Excerpt from Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania, Vol. 3Chapter, no. 2, in Duke Center. She married, in Duke Center, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1890, Phineas Lounsbury Golden (see Golden III).The Ripley family in America traces its descent through vari ous lines to the earliest settlers in this country. The immigrant ancestor, Wil liam Ripley, came from England, probably from Windham, which is distant a few miles from Hingham. Accompanied by his wife, two sons and two daughters, he settled at Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638, where he was admitted a freeman on May 18, 1642. The date of his birth is unknown, his death occurring July 30, 1656. He was twice mar ried, the name of his first wife not being given. His second wife, whom he married, September 29, 1654, was Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Thaxter, she survived him and married John Dwight, of Dedham, dying in 1660. William Ripley's children were all born in England. The names on record being John, Abraham and Sarah.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.