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Thomas Crippen came to Plymouth Colony, America in about 1665. His wife was Francis Bray. I have his descendents since he arrived in this country but do not have any information on his forefathers in England. By any chance has anyone traced the Crippen line back that far and have this Thomas listed in the line?

Thank you

Robert Crippen

Hello Robert and welcome to the boards. Have you used the Search/"search all trees" facility (top right) to see if anyone else has matches?

Thomas Crippen
England, Marriages, 1538–1973
marriage: 20 Sep 1660 Otham,? Kent,? England
spouse: Frances Bray


groom's name: Thomas Crippen
bride's name: Frances Bray
marriage date: 20 Sep 1660
marriage place: Otham, Kent, England
indexing project (batch) number: I01453-4
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1752059

wonder if these are related?

name: Bradley Crippen
gender: Male
birth: ABT 1610
England
AFN: 4F4X-184

Marriages (1)
spouse: Esther Hard (AFN: 4F4X-3BV )
Hide children (1)

child 1: Thomas Crippen (AFN: 4F2L-8S2 )
gender: Male
BIRTH 1640
England
DEATH 1709
East Haddam, CT
BURIAL East Haddam, CT

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Thomas Crippen
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 02 Feb 1639 St. Mary-?Northgate,? Canterbury,? Kent,? England
residence: Canterbury,? Kent,? England
parents: Francis Crippen,? Ann


name: Thomas Crippen
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 02 Feb 1639
baptism/christening place: St. Mary-Northgate, Canterbury, Kent, England
father's name: Francis Crippen
mother's name: Ann
indexing project (batch) number: I04761-4
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1736588

name: Thomas /Crippen/
gender: Male
birth: ABT 1640
England
death: 1709
East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut
burial: Plymouth Colony, East Haddam, Connecticut
will: 10 May 1705
AFN: 8W1B-RK

Parents
father: Moses /Crippen/ (AFN: 2442-DB5 )

Marriages (1)
spouse: Frances /Bray/ (AFN: H07X-L6 )
marriage: ABT 1672
Massachusetts
Hide children (7)

child 1: Jabez /Crippen/ (AFN: ZXHD-4S )
gender: Male
BIRTH 1680
Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
CHRISTENING 1 Jul 1711
East Haddam, Connecticut
DEATH 1785
Manchester, Bennington, Vermont
BURIAL Manchester, Vermont

child 2: Mercy /Crippen/ (AFN: JF3M-6D )
gender: Female
BIRTH 1675
Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
CHRISTENING 24 Dec 1704


child 3: Experience /Crippen/ (AFN: JF3M-7K )
gender: Female
BIRTH 1677
Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
CHRISTENING 24 Dec 1704


child 4: Mary /Crippen/ (AFN: GR4G-H0 )
gender: Female
BIRTH ABT 1660
Haddam, New London, Connecticut
DEATH 9 Jun 1764
East Haddam, Connecticut
BURIAL 9 Jun 1764
East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Ct

child 5: Thomas /Crippen/ Jr (AFN: H07X-MC )
gender: Male
BIRTH 1672
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
CHRISTENING Connecticut
DEATH 25 Oct 1732
Haddam, New London, Connecticut

child 6: Catherine /Crippen/ (AFN: GR4G-KB )
gender: Female
BIRTH 1667/1668
Haddam, New London, Connecticut
DEATH 5 Feb 1719
Colchester, New London Co., Ct

child 7: Lydia /Crippen/ (AFN: 2442-F8W )
gender: Female
BIRTH ABT 1673

name: Thomas Crippen
gender: Male
birth: 1640
England
death: Abt 1710
East Haddam,CT,USA
AFN: 2F4W-Z7J

Marriages (1)
spouse: Frances Bray (AFN: 2F4W-ZVG )
marriage: 1665/1666
Plymouth,Plymouth Cnty,MA,USA
Show children (6)

child 1: Catherine Crippen (AFN: 2F51-B0B )
gender: Female
BIRTH 1659
Plymouth,Plymouth,ma
DEATH 1719
Colchester,CT

child 2: Experence Crippen (AFN: 2F51-CF6 )
gender: Female
BIRTH 1677
Falmouth,Barnstable,MA

child 3: Mary Crippen (AFN: 2F51-B7R )
gender: Female
BIRTH


child 4: Mercy Crippen (AFN: 2F51-C0H )
gender: Female
BIRTH 1675


child 5: Thomas Crippen Jr. (AFN: 2F51-D23 )
gender: Male
BIRTH 1672


child 6: Jabez Crippen (AFN: 2F4W-X0W )
gender: Male
BIRTH 1680
CT,USA
DEATH Abt 1785
Manchester,Bennington,VT,USA


Submitters (1)
submitter: cbruce3687714

Notes
¦Thomas Crippen had a will dated 10 May 1705

I want to thank you all for your replies. They are quite helpful. I do have one question. In one of the replies it said that Thomas's father was Bradley and in another it said Moses. Do we know which is correct?

Are there any records that go back farther than Thomas' parents? I know that in searching my mothers side I can only go back to 1775.

Thank you

Robert Crippen

If you google his name there's loads of info but I don't think any of it gives his exact birth or parents' names. I liked this little bit of info:

"Being a new bride must have brought great happiness to Frances because the next year the Plymouth Colony brought Thomas into court to answer charges that his wife Frances “was too giddy.”"

Thank you Margee. I did check Google but it has most of the information that we have after they arrived in the Plymouth Colony. I would like to find something on the family in England. We also suspect that a Crippen came to the Virginia Colony and wonder if they are related.

Thanks

Bob Crippen

well the Bradley Crippen I posted was earlier - wonder if they were related to Crippen the notorious murderer? [he was born in Michigan]

The Crippens gradually moved westward moving from Massachusetts to Connecticut and then to New York. One of the line had a number of children and some of them migrated to Michigan and further west. Dr. Crippen probably came from the Michigan stock. One of the Crippens from Illinois became a hero in our Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg.

I've been to Gettysburg - amazing place - passed a place called Cardiff on the way and just had to call in- they had a Rehoboth chapel with the service in Welsh on a board outside - founded by slate miners from Wales - that was in 1976 - years later my husband joined Pendyrus Male Choir [arguably the top Welsh Male Choir] and they toured USA many times and actually went to Cardiff and sang in Rehoboth Chapel - they named a street in Cardiff - Pendyrus Street - and he always stayed with the Boyds on their Peach farm - Peach Bottom Farm - loved it there

Ann,

When you were in Gettysburg, did you see the monument to Benjamin Crippen who was a hero on I believe the first day of the battle? He was a Color Guard for his regiment and when he saw the Confederates he raised his fist to them. He was killed but it served to rally his regiment to win the battle. Up to that point they were in retreat.

My great grandfather was also at the Battle of Gettysburg but in a different regiment.

can't recall that I saw it Robert - it was all a bit overwhelming to be honest - the way the place was laid out it seemed to bring it all to life - how wonderful to have such ancestors in your tree