Stephan Hipp

M, #917, b. about 1720, d. about 1782

Relationship=5th great-grandfather of Wendell Harding Wilcox.
     Stephan Hipp was born about 1720. He married Ann Walkin? about 1748..1
Stephan Hipp emigrated aboard the ship "Leslie" from Germany with Bernhardt Hepp and Jerg Hepp; he was supposedly a Palatine from Mannheim or Zweibrucken.2,3,4
Stephan Hipp immigrated on 10 October 1749 aboard the ship "Leslie" to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.3
Stephan Hipp and Ann Hipp received a land grant in Berkeley District, South Carolina, on 5 January 1761 of 150 acres.5 In 1765 Stephan Hipp bought land on Gar Creek, the East side of the Catawba River in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.6
A will was left in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on 25 August 1781 with the following individuals specified:

Stephen Hipp was the testator.3,7

Ann Hipp as "wife Ann."3,7

Andrew Hipp as "son Andrew."3,7

Stephen Hipp Jr. as "son Stephen Hipp."3,7

John Hipp as "sons John ... Hipp."3,7

George Hipp as "sons ... George ... Hipp."3,7

Joseph Hipp as "sons ... Joseph ... Hipp."3,7

Jacob Hipp as "sons ... Jacob Hipp."3,7

Valentine Hipp as "son Valentine Hipp."3,7
;
Will of Stephen Hipp of the County of Mecklenburg being in good health ... to wife Ann & son Andrew 100 acres of land whereon I now live with all furniture & at the death of my wife to be the only sole property of my son Andrew Hipp; to son Stephen Hipp, the sum of five shillings; to sons John, George, Joseph & Jacob Hipp all remaining part of my land to be equally divided between them, and to pay to son Valentine Hipp, (pounds) 5 each ... friends & neighbors George Elliott & John Long, exrs. 25 Aug 1781

Wit: Richard Barry, Jurat; Archibald Gordon; Andrew Barry
Stephan Hipp died about 1782 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.3

Children of Stephan Hipp and Ann Walkin?

Citations

  1. [S489] Stephan Hipp Will in Will Book C page 140: and oldest son born circa 1749.
  2. [S2292] Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Vol 1 Page 420.
  3. [S340] Research of Sharon Arnold.
  4. [S2293] PA Immigrants by I. Daniel Rupp, pp 217-218.
  5. [S488] Research of Robert Maddigan.
  6. [S490] Sale of Land to Stephan Hipp.
  7. [S489] Stephan Hipp Will in Will Book C page 140.
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