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1 Manning Ford CRIPPEN1 (1894- ) [4478]. Born 8 Jan 1894.1 Died Dallas, TX.1 Buried Roseville Cemetery, Roseville, PA.1
2 George Rush CRIPPEN1 (1845-1939) [4473]. Born 3 Aug 1845, Rutland Township, Tioga County, PA.1 Marr Lottie Amelia SEELEY 24 Dec 1890.1 Died 1939, Mosherville, PA.1
From Crippen Ancestry by Creig Crippen.
All his life George Rush Crippen remained a Republican and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served as town clerk of Rutland Township and as school director for eight years. His son considered him a gentlemen farmer, a well respected citizen who frequently acted as advisor to neighbors and friends. The Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania describe him:
"George Rush Crippen has behind him a long line of splendid colonial and revolutionary ancestry, of which any American may justly be proud. His forbearers helped to maintain law and order in the colony of Massachusetts; they fought the Indians, the French, the English, in both the war of the revolution and that of 1812, upheld the moral and religious element at all times and assisted in conquering the wilderness and building homes for themselves and others. Mr. Crippen is the sixth generation since Jabez Crippen came to America, and his children are the seventh, a distinctive record indeed.".
4 George Pine CRIPPEN2 (1812-1883) [4453]. Born 7 Mar 1812, Walton, Delaware County, NY.2 Marr Louisa WATSON bef 1845.2 Died 25 Mar 1883, Rutland Township, Tioga County, PA.2 Buried Mar 1883, Watson Cemetery, Roseville, Rutland Twp., Tioga Co., PA.2
8 David CRIPPEN2 (1785-1858) [4210]. Born May 1785, Alford Township, Berkshire County, MA.2 Marr Elizabeth WORDEN bef 1804.2 Marr Sophronia ROSE 1844.2 Died 3 Apr 1858, Rutland Township, Tioga County, PA.2 Buried Apr 1858, Crippen Cemetery, Rutland Township, Tioga County, PA.2
David was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census in Rockland, Sullivan County, New York. Elizabeth and David were next door to her parents in this census.
He migrated from Rockland,Sullivan County NY to Tioga County, PA 1814. Elizabeth and David followed her sister Annis and her husband, Jesse Smith, to the area that later became Sullivan Township, Tioga County and then still later became Rutland Township, Tioga County PA. They already had a large family of small children who accompanied them.
David registered to pay taxes 1816 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Sullivan Township was formed in 1816. It was taken from Covington Township. Its original boundaries included the southern half of Rutland formed in 1829, and the northern part of Ward which was formed in 1852.
David was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. David registered to pay taxes 1829 in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Rutland Township was formed From Jackson and Sullivan in 1828. William Howland, William Rose and Ezra Wood performed the first tax assessment.
David was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In the Census of 1850, David was listed as a head of household in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Youngest sons, John and Charles were in the household with David and Sophronia this year.
David had his will probated 19 MAY 1858 in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Widow, S. Crippen; Adm. George P. Crippen, Daniel Crippen, Hiram Hodges. Bail - Asa Crippen. See also John Crippen page 214 Tioga County 1897 History. Same age but born in different place. See N.Y. Genealogical & Biographical Records. Vol. 88, pg. 161. June 1957 from a letter by David reviewing what genealogy he knew about his family. Says he married Sophronia in the sixtieth year of his life. That being the case, she was fifty five and not likely to have three children after that.. David lists the last three daughters with his wife Elizabeth, not with Sophronia, which is certainly more likely. Based on that, I will move them. David is specific that he had eight sons and seven daughters with Elizabeth. Earlier reference attributing the last three daughters to Sophronia is obviously wrong. David migrated to Rutland Township with his first wife, Elizabeth WORDEN, in 1814. They settled adjacent to Elizabeth's sister, Annis WORDEN, and her husband Jesse SMITH. This is in the area where the Crippen Cemetery remains in its abandoned and uncared for state.
9 Elizabeth WORDEN2 ( - ) [4213].
5 Louisa WATSON2 (1816-1888) [4452]. Born 24 Mar 1816, Sullivan Twp., Tioga County, PA.2 Died 21 Jan 1888.2 Buried Jan 1888, Watson Cemetery, Roseville, Rutland Twp., Tioga Co., PA.2
From Crippen Ancestry.
George Pine Crippen married Louisa Watson, the daughter of John and Sophronia (Rose) Watson of Ohio. John Watson and his wife were natives of Massachusetts. John Watson descended from a distinguished English family noted in England for centuries of brainy men. The first Watson to come to America crossed in 1672, settled near Salem, Massachusetts with his family and later drifted to New York. The Rose family, another substantial New England one, stood for honor and sobriety. John Watson moved his family to Ohio when it was comparatively new country, and there reared his family. Sophrona Watson, married a second time and had one child, Martha Rexford, who married Gideon Hodges. Martha Rexford Hodges and Louisa Watson Crippen corresponded for many years after Martha Rexford and Gideon Hodges relocated on farmland in Illinois. Sophronia's third marriage was to David Crippen.
10 John WATSON2 (1787-1825) [4204]. Born 1787, East Haddam, MIddleses County, CT.2 Marr Sophronia ROSE c. 1811, Burlington, Burlington Twp., Bradford County, PA.2 Died Sep 1825, Monroeville, Huron County, OH.2
John registered to pay taxes 1816 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Sullivan Township was formed in 1816. It was taken from Covington Township. Its original boundaries included the southern half of Rutland formed in 1829, and the northern part of Ward which was formed in 1852. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
11 Sophronia ROSE2 (1789-1881) [4203]. Born 30 Oct 1789, Poultney, Rutland County, VT.2 Marr Thomas REXFORD aft 1830. Marr David CRIPPEN 1844.2 Died 19 Mar 1881, Rutland Township, Tioga County, PA.2 Buried Mar 1881, Watson Cemetery, Tioga Co., PA.2
Sophronia was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Sophronia lived alone in 1830 aged 30-40. She was next door to her sister Phoebe Rose and her husband WIlliam Luddington. She was listed as Saffrona Watson. This helps date her marriage to Thomas Rexford which apparently had not occurred by the time of the 1830 census. None of her young children were with her at the time of the census.
In the Census of 1850, Sophronia was listed as a head of household in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Youngest sons, John and Charles were in the household with David and Sophronia this year. Sophronia's third husband David Crippen is father to her son in law George Crippen who married her daughter Louisa Watson. Info has her born in Putney, Rutland County Vermont. Putney is in Windham County. Poultney is in Rutland County. I assume the Rutland County is correct because brother Enos is said to have been born in Pultney which is similar to Poultney. Sophronia travelled with her parents and siblings in 1807 from Connecticut to Sullivan Township at age 17. Mansfield Advertiser 7 Dec 1881: Died Mrs Watson, Roseville, 92 years, one day last week, mother of Daniel Watson Esq.
3 Lottie Amelia SEELEY1 (1865-1946) [4474]. Born 13 May 1865, Rutland Township, Tioga County, PA.1 Died 1946.1,3
6 Lewis SEELEY1 ( -1900) [4475]. Born Bradford County, PA.1 Died 9 Feb 1900, Columbia, Bradford Co., PA.1
7 Mary BURR1 ( - ) [4476]. Born Orange County, NY.
Mary Burr came from one of the most noted families in the state. Mary Burr was a cousin of Aaron Burr.
| 1 | "Crippen Ancestry by Creig Crippen". |
| 2 | "Information provided by Joyce M. Tice, Tioga County, PA researcher". |
| 3 | "Watson Cemetery Burial Records, Tioga Co., PA". |