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The name ROSE spans the centuries connecting me with George RIPPON senior, baptised on 16 March 1600 and became a cutler in Beauchief Abbey, Derbyshire.
The title and craft of a cutler was obtained by registering with the Cutlers Company and serving an apprenticeship learning the craft of hand cutting tools such as sickles, scythes and knives. Water was essential in cutlery making and Beauchief Abbey, on the road between Baslow and Sheffield, has the River Sheaf nearby. An exhibit of a cutler's dam, hammer and forge is still preserved at Beauchief Abbey.
Richard RIPPON, Mary Ann's father, was born in 1748 at Eckington, Derbyshire, the son of John and Elizabeth (née MARSDEN) RIPPON. His grandparents were Richard and Elizabeth (née YOULGREAVE) RIPPON of Eckington; his great grandfather was John, his great, great grandparents were George junior and Anna (née HOBSON) RIPPON, a sickle maker in Beauchief Abbey. Richard RIPPON's three X great grandfather, George RIPPON senior, was also a sickle maker.
Milicent ROSE (wife of the above Richard RIPPON) was born 28 February 1759 at Eckington and one of the twelve children of John and Martha (née TURNER) ROSE. John was born in 1726 at Mosbrough Moor, Eckington.
Richard RIPPON, a hat maker and hosier, married Milicent ROSE in August 1778 at Eckington.
By 1781, Richard and his family were living in Lincoln City. He became a Freeman of that city and continued his trade of a Hatter and Hosier, taking on apprentices, one of whom was his first-born child, George RIPPON.
Richard and Milicent (née ROSE) RIPPON's choice of names for their eleven children (with the exceptions of George and Elizabeth) resulted in a naming pattern usually only seen in the equine, canine and other pets’ world. All the church ceremonies took place in St Benedicts, Lincoln.
Children:
1. George RIPPON (bef 1780-1806), became his father's apprentice, married Mary YOULE and had five children. He died in Lincoln City and in his Will of 1806 he left land, property and £1,000 to his wife and three surviving children.
2. Maria RIPPON (1780-1781).
3. Milicent RIPPON (1782-) married Thomas WAND at St Peter at Arches, Lincoln.
4. Martha RIPPON (1785-aft 1861) a Hatter Mistress and owned at least two properties, one a house on the west side of the High Bridge and the other, 211 High Street, Lincoln. She remained a spinster and in her old age lived at 210 High Street, Lincoln with her nephew, our John Edward HARMSTON.
5. Elizabeth RIPPON (1786-1786).
6. Reuben RIPPON (1787-bef 1800).
7. Rose RIPPON (1789-1790).
8. Robert RIPPON (1791-1791).
9. Rosetta RIPPON (1791-1791).
10. Mary Ann RIPPON (1794-1873) who married John HARMSTON the younger - my line.
11. Richard RIPPON junior (1796-) a Freeman of the City of Lincoln by birthright.
Richard RIPPON senior died in January 1800 and left a Will. He made his wife, Milicent and son, George joint executors.
Milicent (née ROSE) RIPPON, the widow of Richard senior, died in April 1810. She, described as a hatter and hosier, left a far more informative Will mentioning items such as the bed with its crimson hangings, a pair of silver sugar ‘Tongues’ and six silver teaspoons marked with ‘R’.
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