Richard Lippincott
Genealogists believe Richard Lippincott was a direct descendant of Ruald of Lovecote,
whose name appears in the 1086 Domesday Book of William the Conqueror.
Richard and his wife, Abigail, first came to America from Devonshire, England,
around 1640. They settled near Dorchester, then part of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony. During the next decade, the Lippincotts were beginning to disenfranchise
themselves from the Puritanical movement.
After he was excommunicated in 1651, the Lippincotts returned to England. During
the next five years, as they grew to embrace Quaker ideals, Richard was imprisoned
several times. Finally, in 1655, Richard returned to America. This time to
Shrewsbury, the first English settlement in New Jersey, where he was the largest
shareholder.
Work cited:
Lippincott Five Generations of the Descendants of Richard and Abigail Lippincott;
Olsen, Judith M.; The Gloucester County Historical Society, Woodbury, New Jersey;
copyright 1982.