Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Restore LIPPINCOTT
"QUAKER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of Ministers and Elders, and other
concerned members of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia" [1682-1800]
Edited by Willard Heiss (Indianapolis: 1972) Page 135
"RESTORE LIPPINCOTT. Restore Lippincott, son of Richard and Abigail,
his wife, was born at Plymouth, Old England, Fifth month 3d, 1653.
Restore was educated as a Friend, and appears to have been a consistent
cross-bearing christian. His father, when he was young, settled at
Shrewsbury, East Jersey, and there, on the 6th of Ninth month, 1674,
Restore was married. His wife was the daughter of William Shattock,
who being obliged by the cruel rulers of New England to leave Boston,
had found a settlement at last where no priest dared molest him for
not coming to the parish place of worship. The marriage took place
at William Shattock's house. The marriage record of Shrewsbury
contains a copy of this certificate, which we here insert, as showing
the difference between the practice of that day and this:
'Att a meeting of the people of God, gathered together for that end
and purpose; before whom William Shattock, father to Hannah Shattock,
gave his daughter Hannah to wife unto Restore Lippincott, son of
Richard and Abigail Lippincott, in these words as followeth: I desire
you all to take notice, that I do give my daughter Hannah to Restore
Lippincott, to be his wife. The words of Restore Lippincott as
followeth: I desire you all to take notice, that accordingly I
freely receive her to be my wife. The words of Hannah Shattock, as
followeth: I desire you all to take notice, that I do take Restore
Lippincott to be my husband in the fear of the Lord. And they were
published two or three times and they had Friends consent to take
each other. And we, whose names are underwritten, are witnesses
of this thing, &c." There are seventeen witnesses'names to the
certificate, besides the parties married.
Restore Lippincott was a useful citizen, and a concerned Friend. He,
with his brother, stood up for the Truth against George Keith, and
maintained a small meeting at Shrewsbury, when everything like
Quakerism seemed almost swept away from East Jersey. He was, although an
illiterate man, in 1703, one of the council of New Jersey, for the
western division, he having removed to the neighborhood of Mount Holly.
Here he lived in good esteem, to an advanced age.
Thomas Chalkley says: "On Fourth-day, the 22d, [of Fifth month, 1741]
I was at mount holly, at the burial of our ancient Friend, Restore
Lippincott. He was, as I understood, nearly one hundred years of age*,
and had upwards of two hundred children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren, many of whom were at his funeral. The meeting was
large, and thought to be serviceable. [Volume 30 Page 20]
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