At the age of 14 years, 11 months and 14 days, Augustus enlisted on September 23, 1778, as a Private in Captain Samuel Fairfield's Company, Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's Massachusetts Militia Regiment. The Company served at Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, and was discharged, December 12, 1778. Augustus served 2 months and 25 days during this enlistment.
Augustus married, November 26, 1789 in Lanesboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Polly Walker (1768-1820) by whom he had 2 children (1 son and 1 daughter): Ansel (1792-1869) and Clarissa (1795-1854).
About 1789, Augustus took title to land in what is now New Haven, Addison County, Vermont. After his marriage, he and his wife, moved from Lanesboro to New Haven, Vermont. The 1st house he built was of logs, but about 1792, he built the permanent Tripp homestead, a typical New England home close by to which he planted an elm tree. In 1914, the elm was said to be magnificent, a very beautify tree and the largest elm in that part of the State. It is also said that one day, Augustus, after dismounting from his horse, carelessly stuck his riding whip into the ground, where it remained, took root, and in 1882, stood as a majestic elm, 12 feet and 7 inches in circumference.
References:
(1) "Genealogical Record of Augustus Tripp of Lanesboro, Mass." by George A. Tripp, 1914, pages 5-7
(2) "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War." Vol. XVI, by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1907, page 55
(3) "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Addison County, VT., for 1881-82" by Hamilton Child, 1882, page 1882
Augustus married, November 26, 1789 in Lanesboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Polly Walker (1768-1820) by whom he had 2 children (1 son and 1 daughter): Ansel (1792-1869) and Clarissa (1795-1854).
About 1789, Augustus took title to land in what is now New Haven, Addison County, Vermont. After his marriage, he and his wife, moved from Lanesboro to New Haven, Vermont. The 1st house he built was of logs, but about 1792, he built the permanent Tripp homestead, a typical New England home close by to which he planted an elm tree. In 1914, the elm was said to be magnificent, a very beautify tree and the largest elm in that part of the State. It is also said that one day, Augustus, after dismounting from his horse, carelessly stuck his riding whip into the ground, where it remained, took root, and in 1882, stood as a majestic elm, 12 feet and 7 inches in circumference.
References:
(1) "Genealogical Record of Augustus Tripp of Lanesboro, Mass." by George A. Tripp, 1914, pages 5-7
(2) "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War." Vol. XVI, by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1907, page 55
(3) "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Addison County, VT., for 1881-82" by Hamilton Child, 1882, page 1882
At the age of 14 years, 11 months and 14 days, Augustus enlisted on September 23, 1778, as a Private in Captain Samuel Fairfield's Company, Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's Massachusetts Militia Regiment. The Company served at Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, and was discharged, December 12, 1778. Augustus served 2 months and 25 days during this enlistment.
Augustus married, November 26, 1789 in Lanesboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Polly Walker (1768-1820) by whom he had 2 children (1 son and 1 daughter): Ansel (1792-1869) and Clarissa (1795-1854).
About 1789, Augustus took title to land in what is now New Haven, Addison County, Vermont. After his marriage, he and his wife, moved from Lanesboro to New Haven, Vermont. The 1st house he built was of logs, but about 1792, he built the permanent Tripp homestead, a typical New England home close by to which he planted an elm tree. In 1914, the elm was said to be magnificent, a very beautify tree and the largest elm in that part of the State. It is also said that one day, Augustus, after dismounting from his horse, carelessly stuck his riding whip into the ground, where it remained, took root, and in 1882, stood as a majestic elm, 12 feet and 7 inches in circumference.
References:
(1) "Genealogical Record of Augustus Tripp of Lanesboro, Mass." by George A. Tripp, 1914, pages 5-7
(2) "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War." Vol. XVI, by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1907, page 55
(3) "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Addison County, VT., for 1881-82" by Hamilton Child, 1882, page 1882
Augustus married, November 26, 1789 in Lanesboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Polly Walker (1768-1820) by whom he had 2 children (1 son and 1 daughter): Ansel (1792-1869) and Clarissa (1795-1854).
About 1789, Augustus took title to land in what is now New Haven, Addison County, Vermont. After his marriage, he and his wife, moved from Lanesboro to New Haven, Vermont. The 1st house he built was of logs, but about 1792, he built the permanent Tripp homestead, a typical New England home close by to which he planted an elm tree. In 1914, the elm was said to be magnificent, a very beautify tree and the largest elm in that part of the State. It is also said that one day, Augustus, after dismounting from his horse, carelessly stuck his riding whip into the ground, where it remained, took root, and in 1882, stood as a majestic elm, 12 feet and 7 inches in circumference.
References:
(1) "Genealogical Record of Augustus Tripp of Lanesboro, Mass." by George A. Tripp, 1914, pages 5-7
(2) "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War." Vol. XVI, by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1907, page 55
(3) "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Addison County, VT., for 1881-82" by Hamilton Child, 1882, page 1882
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AUGUSTUS TRIPP,
a Revolutionary
Soldier.
died Sept. 14, 1844
AE. 81 y's.
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