Isaac Tripp 1 2 3
- Born: 27 Nov 1760, Warwick, Rhode Island
- Marriage: Eleanor Frear
- Died: 15 Apr 1820, Susquehanna Co, Pennsylvania, at age 59
- Buried: Clifford Corners, Susquehanna Co, Pennsylvania
General Notes:
Genealogy of the Tripp Family by Arthur D. Dean
"He came with his father, Job Tripp, to Providence, Pa., about 1771. Soon after the bloody massacre which occurred on 3 July 1778, in the Wyoming Valley, Squire Isaac Tripp and his grandson, Isaac Tripp, with two other young men, Keys and Hocksey, were captured by the Indians at Providence. The old man, who was a Quaker, and had been friendly with the Indians, they painted and dismissed. The young men were taken through Leggett's Gap into the forests of Abington. Near the present village of Clark's Summit, Key and Hocksey were tomahawked and scalped. Tradition says that when the bloody knives were flourished around young Tripp's head he never winced, and on account of his bravery they spared his life. He was carried off with much suffering to Canada, where he was retained in captivity till after the end of the Revolutionary war, when he escaped and returned to his old home in Pennsylvania.
He was one of the early members of the first Baptist Church, of Abington, Elder John Miller, pastor, and helped form the Scott Valley Baptist Church, nearer his home."
Biography of Frances Slocum the Lost Sister of Wyoming by John Meginness
"In 1774 a grandson, also named Isaac Tripp, settled on a part of the Capoose farm. At the age of eighteen, and soon after the Wyoming massacre, he was captured by the Indians, and with others, marched to Canada. On the way he experienced great suffering from hunger and cruel treatment. At Niagara he met his cousin, Frances Slocum, who was also a captive. They planned their escape, but were discovered, separated, and never more met on earth. He was sold to the English and compelled to enter their service, in which he reluctantly continued to the close of the revolutionary war. He was then released, returned home and resumed the peaceful pursuits of the farm. He died April 15th, 1820, aged 60 years.--Hollister's Hist. Lackawanna Valley, p.127; also Hist. of the Slocums, p. 123."
Isaac married Eleanor Frear. (Eleanor Frear was born about 1749, died on 10 May 1816 and was buried in Clifford Corners, Susquehanna Co, Pennsylvania.)
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