Studied divinity with Rev Eleazar Wheelock at Hanover, ordained a missionary in 1772 and went to Caghnawagas (Canada); was a tutor at Dartmouth (1772-1778), Dartmouth trustee (1775-1787); pastor of the Dartmouth College Church in 1779, and Phillips Professor of Theology in 1782, holding the three last positions to the day of his death.
Died of injuries sustained from a fall from his sleigh while returning from religious services.
m Abigail Wheelock
Children:
- John Philips Ripley
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley
- Mary Ripley m Nicholas Baylies
- Abigail Ripley m Eliphalet Lyman
- Elizabeth Ripley m Judah Dana
Source:
- The History of Dartmouth College By Baxter Perry Smith (1878)
- Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College: By George Thomas Chapman (1867)
Studied divinity with Rev Eleazar Wheelock at Hanover, ordained a missionary in 1772 and went to Caghnawagas (Canada); was a tutor at Dartmouth (1772-1778), Dartmouth trustee (1775-1787); pastor of the Dartmouth College Church in 1779, and Phillips Professor of Theology in 1782, holding the three last positions to the day of his death.
Died of injuries sustained from a fall from his sleigh while returning from religious services.
m Abigail Wheelock
Children:
- John Philips Ripley
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley
- Mary Ripley m Nicholas Baylies
- Abigail Ripley m Eliphalet Lyman
- Elizabeth Ripley m Judah Dana
Source:
- The History of Dartmouth College By Baxter Perry Smith (1878)
- Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College: By George Thomas Chapman (1867)
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