The Descendants of Leonard Slipp

Notes

1. Leonard Slipp

RESIDENCES:
(1748- ) Frankfurt-on-the-Cross, Germany.
(1767- ) New York, NY.
(1783- ) Near Gagetown, Queens Co, NB.

BIRTH-DEATH: Family bible record of George Leonard Slipp (b 1819); 1748-1971; ; ; (Rick Crume's file #P 147); NOTE: Leonard Slipp, b 20 Aug 1748, d 1 Oct 1833. Other sources say he was b 20 Aug 1746, d 29 Sep 1833.

BIRTH-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE-LAND-BIOGRAPHY: E-mail from Marke Slipp, Edmonton, Alberta, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1746-1783; dtd 11 Feb 1994 & 18 Apr 1994; ; (Rick Crume's file #P 538, P 539, P 547); NOTE: According to the family bible record of George L Slipp (b 1819) (in poss of John J Johnston, Prince Albert, Sask), Leonard Slipp was born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1746. He signed articles with a sea captain to serve three years on the condition that at the end of that time he would be landed in New York. After 2 1/2 years Slipp was allowed to have his indenture transferred to a potash maker in New York and worked in that trade for six months. The year was 1767. In 1769 Slipp started a tavern and made a lot of money in a short period. He married Elizabeth (Katherine) Ryson in 1772. At the time of the American Revolution, Slipp remained loyal to the British Empire and was driven out of the US. He came to Saint John, NB in 1783 and later Long Island, NB where he bought 1/2 of lot #20 where he established a tavern at Blizzards.

BIOGRAPHY: THE LOYALISTS; 1783; publ Saint John, NB, New Brunswick Museum, 1975; ; photocopy in poss of Marke L Slipp, Edmonton, Alberta. Rick Crume's file P 556, 561; NOTE: Contains photos of two 9" pewter candlesticks and a silver candle snuffer, all brought from New York by "German Loyalist Leonard Slipp".

BIRTH-DEATH-BIOGRAPHY: Esther Clark Wright, "Pioneer Families of New Brunswick: Slipp"; 1748-1869; SAINT JOHN TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL, Saint John, N.B., Sept. 16, 1943; ; Vertical file, Archives & Special Collections, Harriet Irving Library, Univ. of N.B., Fredericton, N.B.; NOTE: Died 29 Sep 1833?; Rick Crume's file #P 445.

BIRTH-RESIDENCES: E. Stone Wiggins, L.L.D., "History of Queen's County, NB", (manuscript), in the SAINT JOHN WATCHMAN, 1876; 1748-1783; ; ; Rick Crume's file #P 51); NOTE: "Slipp, Leonard, a German and a United Empire Loyalist, born at Frankfort-on-the-Cross, 20 Aug 1748, came to Saint John in 1783 and settled at the mouth of the Otnabog, on the farm now owned and occupied by Elias Gerow. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Riemer, was born 18 Dec 1756."

RESIDENCES: Rev. Walter R. Greenwood, THE EARLY BAPTISTS OF CAMBRIDGE PARISH, QUEENS COUNTY, N. B.; 1748-1783; Privately published, 1941; p 78; (Rick Crume's file #P 70, P 86); NOTE: "Leonard Slipp came originally from Frankfort-on-the- Cross and came as a Loyalist in 1783, settling at the mouth of the Otnabog" (a lake which flows into the St. John River six miles south of Gagetown). "He married Elizabeth Riemer. . ."

LAND: Letter from Murray S Thomson, Saint John West, NB, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1758-1926; Letter postmarked 19 Oct 1988; ; (Rick Crume's file #P 146); NOTE: Leonard Slipp received a grant of land on the St. John River at Hampstead, Queens Co, NB.

BIRTH-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE-LAND: Murray S Thomson & David Allen, compilers, Slipp family database; 1748-1989; 1989 update; ; ; (Rick Crume's file #P 193); NOTE: Leonard Slipp was born Frankfort-On-The-Cross (this is now in the bounds of Germany). Came to New York in 1765 or 1767 and was married in 1772 and arrived in Saint John River in 1783 - Grand Lake, Long and Hampstead where he purchased 1/2 of Lot #20.

BIRTH-IMMIGRATION-RESIDENCES-DEATH: Ruth Augusta Slipp, Hampstead, NB, compiler, History of Clarke, Peters, Merritt and Slipp families; 1748-1955; typed manuscript; p 3; Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #P 281 p. 19).

BURIAL: Interview with George Slipp, Hampstead, NB; 1812; conducted by Rick Crume, 7 May 1993, in Hampstead, NB; ; Rick Crume's file #P 434; NOTE: Leonard Slipp is buried in Slipp/Merritt Cemetery in Queenstown, just across from Central Hampstead.

CEMETERY: Message of 23 Aug. 2007 from Carol Brown Parker to Rick Crume. "The cemetery was listed as The Slipp Cemetery with a sideways picture of the sign. Anyway did you know that the cemetery was originally next to the Saint John River but when the railway wanted to put in the rail line they exhumed the coffins and moved the tombstones as well to the present day position."

Elizabeth Reisner

BIRTH-DEATH: Family bible record of George Leonard Slipp (b 1819); 1748-1971; ; ; (Rick Crume's file #P 147); NOTE: Elizabeth (Ryson) Slipp was born 18 Dec 1756, died 9 Feb 1827. Other sources spell her name Riemer or Ryerson and say she was born 18 Dec 1757 and died 11 Jan 1821.

BIRTH-DEATH-BIOGRAPHY: Esther Clark Wright, "Pioneer Families of New Brunswick: Slipp"; 1748-1869; SAINT JOHN TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL, Saint John, N.B., Sept. 16, 1943; ; Vertical file, Archives & Special Collections, Harriet Irving Library, Univ. of N.B., Fredericton, N.B.; NOTE: Died 11 Jan 1821?; Rick Crume's file #P 445.

CEMETERY: Interview with George Slipp, Hampstead, NB; 1812; conducted by Rick Crume, 7 May 1993, in Hampstead, NB; ; Rick Crume's file #P 434; NOTE: Buried in Slipp/Merritt Cemetery in Queenstown, just across from Central Hampstead. Name on gravestone is spelled Elizabeth Ryerson.