Portrait and biographical record of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Part 101

Author: Chapman Publishing Company
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: New York, Chapman pub. co.
Number of Pages: 906


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On the 17th of December, 1844, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Mullikin and Miss Mary Elizabeth Satterfield, and they have four chil- dren, of whom George and John are living, in Queen Anne's County. Mr. Mullikin is a lead- ing member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is now serving as steward and trus- tee. He is active in its work and is a liberal con- tributor to its support. His interest in all mat- ters pertaining to the public welfare is deep and commendable and he is accounted a public- spirited and progressive citizen. He has been the architect of his own fortunes, and has builded wisely and well and the superstructure of finan- cial success which he has raised rests upon a firm foundation of honesty, industry and enterprise.


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ILLIAM B. SPARKS is the genial and popular proprietor of a good hotel and liv- ery at Queen Anne, in the county of the name. Everything about the place is kept up in a commendable manner, and pleas- ant accommodation is afforded the weary trav- eler. The hotel impresses such a one with a sense of quiet, cleanliness and the comforts of home, rarely obtained in the great hotels of a metropolis,


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and he is loath to leave when business or other necessary evils call him elsewhere. Mr. Sparks endeavors to please his extensive patronage, and well does he succeed. In May, 1896, he was ap- pointed magistrate by the governor, and is dis- charging the duties of the office with ability and faithfulness. He is a strong worker in the ranks of the local Republicans, and is greatly interested in everything bearing upon the party's prosper- ity.


His father, Joseph B. Sparks, is a native of the first district of Queen Anne's County, and is still residing in that neighborhood, now in his seven- ty-fourth year. He has led a very active life and has been a man of prominence. He was in the custom house in Baltimore for about nine years, and was at one time a candidate for the position of sheriff on the Republican ticket, and was a constable for many years. He married Sarah Rebecca, daughter of Joshua Walls, of this coun- ty, and she is still in the enjoyment of good health, though about sixty-three years of age. Their children are as follows: Annie, Mrs. Thomas Hill, of Wilmington, Del .; William B .; · John F., of the first district; Carrie V., wife of Andrew Brown, Jr., of Baltimore; Frank B., of Philadelphia; Mary, who is unmarried; and Joseph B., Jr.


William B. Sparks was born in the first district of this county, September 15, 1851. He was reared to farm life and received such an educa -- tion as he could obtain in the common schools of the vicinity. When he was sixteen he went to farming in earnest, and worked for his father for a number of years. He became a practical, indus- trious business man and succeeded in almost every- thing which he undertook. In 1895 he bought, sold and shipped immense quantities of peaches, and did very well on the whole. The year fol- lowing he rented the hotel property which he is now managing, and has since carried on the bus- iness, as well as that of the livery.


The first marriage of Mr. Sparks took place in Sudlersville, January 28, 1881, his bride being a Miss Lucy Crossley. She died in May, 1887, and left two children, Edith and William Dudley. December 19, 1888, Mr. Sparks and Miss A. Le-


venia Stevens were united in marriage in the Sud- lersville Methodist Episcopal Church. She comes of an old and honored family here, and is of Scotch descent. Our subject and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are actively concerned in all enter- prises worthy of their support which are started in this vicinity. August 4, 1897, Mrs. Sparks received her commission as postmistress at Queen Anne.


LIJAH FREENY an honored old resident of the ninth district of Wicomico County, Md., but whose postoffice address is Delmar, Del., built the first house ever put up in that flourishing town, which now has a population of seventeen hundred people. The house was con- structed by him nearly four decades ago, in 1859, and soon afterward he opened a general store at the same point, but sold out two years later. By strict attention to business and the exercise of good judgment and industry he has become quite well-off in this world's goods, and owns consider- able property, a part of which is located in a fine farming section and the remainder in town lots, etc.


The founder of the Freeny family in this region was one Peter Freeny, who was a native of Ire- land, and upon his arrival in America settled upon a tract of land for which he had a grant from the King of England. This property lies just across the state line in Delaware, and here several generations of his descendants were born, among others our subject's great-grandfather, John, and grandfather Joshua Freeny. They have been noted for longevity, many of them reaching the age of eighty-five or ninety years. John, father of our subject, was born upon a farm two miles from the home of Elijah Freeny, in Worcester County, adjoining. He was a life- long tiller of the soil, and was very prosperous, leaving a valuable estate at his death. He pur- chased the farm now owned and cultivated by our subject in 1810, and it has always belonged to the family since. Though he was never a church


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member, he was an upright and just man, and was generous in his contributions to religious and charitable endeavors. His wife was Miss Mattie, daughter of William Brewington, of Salisbury, of an old and respected family there. They had ten children, of whom only one, Elijah, survives.


The birth of the gentleman of whom we write occurred on this homestead August 7, 1823. His time was given to his father as a dutiful son in his youth. He learned to be proficient in all kinds of farm work, and after he was twenty his father paid him a fixed sum and eventually left him the old farm. He now cul- tivates about four hundred and fifty acres, and in addition to this owns another farm of four hun- dred acres in the vicinity, and several houses, stores and town property.


Mr. Freeny has never desired or held public office. For sixty years he has been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the meantime having held numerous offices of trust and honor in the congregation. January 9, 1861, Mr. Freeny married Maria E., daugh- ter of M. Fooks, of this county, who was a very liberal and religious man and built a church him- self. Seven of the nine children born to our worthy subject and wife are still living, viz .: Rosa L., Matilda M., Mary E., Harry H., of Delmar; James W., of this locality; Henry B., of Salisbury, and Elijah E.


AJOR T. RUARK has been for sixty years, or his entire life, a citizen of Straits dis- trict, and for two-score years has been en- gaged in the oyster business and in farming to a greater or less extent. He commenced his com- inercial career without a dollar, and by the force of his will and his unwearying industry, not only made a comfortable livelihood for himself and family, but accumulated a competence for his declining years. He has always been actively concerned in whatever movements have been instituted for the public welfare, and for years


has upheld the principles of the Republican party. The only official position he has ever held was that of constable, and as such he acted six years to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens.


James Ruark, father of our subject, was a na- tive of England and came to Maryland in com- pany with his three brothers, Thomas, William and Major. They were probably among the very first settlers on Hooper's Island, this county. James followed the sea during the most of his life and died on board a vessel, at Washington, D. C., about 1835. He had located in Straits


district, taking up a tract of land under date of August 30, 1820, and here he made his home and headquarters. To himself and wife, Sarah, were born several children, but the only ones now living are Amelia A., widow of V. Cannon, and our subject.


The Major was born April 28, 1837, in Straits district and what education he gained was ob- tained in the public schools before he was twelve years old. At that age he shipped aboard a vessel as a sailor, at the munificent sum of $2.50 a month. He has been upon the water much of the time since, and rapidly worked his way up to a place of prominence and a good income. In 1893 he met with an accident, his leg being broken, and he has been forced to abandon the active life he had hitherto led. In 1861, when the war broke out, he enlisted in Company B, First Eastern Shore Volunteers, and served his country for three years. He participated in the dreadful battle of Gettysburg and in many lesser engagements; and was noted for his bravery and fidelity to duty under all circumstances.


Major Ruark has been twice married. His first union was with Miss Laura J. Wingate, who died, leaving seven children, viz .: Alexander W., merchant, of Caroline County; Howard, of this place; Mrs. William H. Moore; Ernest L., of this town; Frederick E. (see his sketch, which is printed elsewhere in this work), Richard and Lina, at home. The lady who now bears the name of our subject was formerly Amanda A. Jones, and they have one child, Wilbur. Mrs. Ruark attends the Methodist Episcopal Church with the other members of the family.


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L DWARD R. TRIPPE, M. D., a prominent physician of Easton, was born on a farm six miles from that place in Talbot County, March 25, 1840, and traces his ancestry back to a distinguished and honored family of Eng- land. He has in his possession an ancient es- cutcheon, on which is painted and emblazoned their coat of arms. Under the shield is the in- scription: "This achievement was given unto my Lord Howard's fifth son at the siege of Boulogne. King Henry V. being there, asked how they took the town and castle. Howard answered: 'I tripp'd up the walls'; said his majesty: "Tripp shall be thy name and no longer Howard." James II. in his autobiography mentions Mr. Trippe and Mr. Howard conjointly, aiding his escape when Duke of York from Hampton Court at the time of the death of Charles I.


That the family resided in Somersetshire and had landed property there for many generations appears from a great number of old parchment deeds in the possession of Dr. Trippe. The old- · est which has at present been found is dated in the reign of Henry VIII., and relates to the estate of East Brent, which has only lately been sold and which must therefore have been in the family from that time at least and perhaps before. Relating to the same estate of East Brent, there are several deeds in the succeeding reigns and a marriage settlement at the time of Charles II., in which East Brent, Shipham and Newburg are mentioned as family property.


John Tripp, Esq., of Shipham and Huntshill, Somersetshire, England, living in the reigns of William and Mary and Anne, married twice, and by his first wife had two children, John men- tioned below; and Mary, who died unmarried. From his second marriage are derived the Tripps of Bristol, one of whom went to Holland and acquired great wealth at Amsterdam, where a street is still called Tripp street in his honor. In Holland, his son was created Baron Tripp by the Prince of Orange, and one of his descendants was in the British army and served against Napoleon. John Tripp, Esq., the son of the first marriage, became rector of Huntshill, married and had two sons, John, the heir; and Samuel, who married


and had a large family. The older son, John Tripp, Esq., barrister at law, deputy recorder of Taunton and justice of the peace for the counties of Wills, Dorset, Gloucester, Devon and Somer- set, married Anne, daughter of Rev. James Up- ton, rector of Hills Bishop, near Taunton, and to them were born four sons and three daughters: John is mentioned below; James Upton married Miss Edsaver, of Fibbleworth, and had five chil- dren; James, who married first Miss Ruckle and second Miss Harvey; George; Charles Upton; Frances Upton; and Sarah Caroline. George married Miss Deacon and had one daughter, Elizabeth Anne, who married her cousin, Rev. Robert Henry Tripp. Robert, rector of Rewe, near Exeter, married Miss Thompson, of Kirk Deighton, and had eight children: Robert Henry, victor of Albarnum, County Cornwall, who mar- ried his cousin Elizabeth Anne, daughter of George Tripp; William Upton; John; Charles Upton, captain in the Thirty-sixth Native In- fantry; Marianne; Elizabeth; Anne; and Henry, an eminent lawyer of Lincoln Inn, who resided at Orchard Wyndham for fifty years and died unmarried. Mary died unmarried. Anne mar- ried Brig .- Gen. William Owen. Frances A. Deborah Frederica Upton died unmarried.


. The oldest of the above-named family, Rev. John Tripp, S.T.D., rector of Spofforth and Cat- lin, County York, married Sarah Rurchell and died February 11, 1814. His children. were as follows: . George, captain of the Twenty-fifth Regiment of Foot, who served in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, was in the battle of Abonkie, and died unmarried, August 21, 1804; George, the present representative of the family; Peter, lieutenant-colonel of the Ninety-eighth Regiment of Foot, who married Frances, daugh- ter of Mr. White, Esq., army surgeon, and had a family; John Upton, who married his cousin Sarah, daughter of James Upton Tripp, Esq., and had a family; Harriet, who died young; Frances, who married Henry Eyre, Esq., of Robleigh Grange, Hampshire; and Elizabeth, who died unmarried in 1845. Rev. Charles Tripp, D.D., rector of Silverton, County Devon, and justice of the peace, was born April 20, 1784, and was mar-


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ried June 15, 1815, to Frances Owen, second daughter of Brig .- Gen. Owen, lieutenant-colonel of the Sixty-first Regiment. Their children were as follows: Henry, born April 6, 1816, graduated in Holy Orders, Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford; John, born July 21, 1821, married No- vember 11, 1856, Eliza, eldest daughter of Rev. James Gould; Charles died young; Charles George, of Lincoln's Inn, was born July 1, 1826; William Owen, born May 13, 1828, married No- vember 27, 1856, Mary Georgina, eldest daugh- ter of Rev. Dr. Llewellyn; Arthur Sampford was born January 1, 1831; Howard died April 9, 1857; Frances died young; Anne was married October 5, 1850, to Rev. John Henry Wise, rector of Brendon, North Devon; and Eliza was married in August, 1846, to Capt. Rentley, of the Fifty- first Regiment.


The first settlement of the Trippe family in Maryland was made by Capt. Henry Trippe in or about 1663, in Dorchester County, on or near Todd's Point, then called Sark, Trippe's Neglect and Lindy. These tracts are now included in the Todd's Point farm. There was a tract of fifty acres patented by Francis Tripp, January 17, 1759, on Rush River, now in Harford County, but of him nothing is known. He spelled his name differently and does not seem to have set- tled in the colony. From what place Capt. Henry Trippe came is not known. Capt. Rich- ard Trippe, of Avonville, Md., believed that the family came from French Flanders, and though one of the Tripps of Bristol emigrated to Flan- ders, amassed great wealth and his son became Baron Tripp and was a captain with Blucher at Waterloo, by his will and signature it is thought he was an Englishman. Capt. Henry Trippe was a member of the upper house of the assembly of Maryland, from Dorchester County in 1671 and 1674. He died about 1697 or 1698 (his will was admitted to probate March 28, 1698), leaving a widow, Elizabeth Trippe, and five children: Henry died in 1723 or 1724, leaving a widow, Susannah Trippe, and six children: Henry, John, Elizabeth, Edward, Sarah and Mary. John was the second son of Capt. Henry Trippe. Edward died leaving two sons, Edward, Jr., who died in


1756, leaving as his sole heiress, Mary, who married Col. Joseph Ennalls; and John. Will- iam married a Miss Tate and died April 24, 1766, at a very advanced age, leaving five chil- dren, who are mentioned below; and another, Henry, died in 1761. Henrietta was the only daughter of Capt. Henry Trippe.


The children born to William Trippe and his wife, Miss Tate, were as follows: Henrietta, Eliza- beth, William, John and Edward. Henrietta married a Mr. Hughes; Elizabeth married Ed- ward Noel, of Castle Haven, Dorchester County, and left one son and four daughters, namely: Edward, who married a Miss Eccleston, of Dor- chester County, and died leaving one daughter, Delia, who married Capt. Bartholomew Rogers and died childless; Elizabeth, who married the Rt .- Rev. James Kemp, D. D., bishop of Mary- land, and had one son, Edward D. Kemp (judge of the orphans' court of Baltimore City), who married Sarah Donnell, daughter of John Don- nell, of Baltimore, and died leaving three daugh- ters, of whom Eliza, the oldest, died unmarried, and Sarah, the youngest, married James Har- wood, of Baltimore County, a purser in the Uni- ted States navy, and had one son, Edward; Sa- rah, who married Captain Cox, and had one son, Edward Noel Cox, a first lieutenant, afterwards a purser in the United States navy, and whose wife was a Miss Lawrence, sister of Capt. Law- rence, of the Chesapeake; Mary wedded Will- iam, son of John and Elizabeth (Noel) Trippe mentioned below, and she had one son, John, who distinguished himself at Tripoli; and two daughters, Margaret and Mary. William came to Talbot County and bought Avonville, formerly called Marshy Point, Canlerbury Manor. He died June 1, 1777, at the age of fifty-seven years. He was twice married, his first union being with a Mrs. Gibson, by whom he had one son, James, who married Ann Dawson and died, leaving no children. His widow afterward became the wife of Levin Trippe mentioned below, who was killed in a fight at sea during the Revolution, and she later wedded a Captain Caulk or Cork and after his death married Dr. Stevenson, of Baltimore. After the death of his first wife, William Trippe


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married Elizabeth Skinner, of Talbot County, by whom he had five children. William died un- married. Richard, born January 30, 1763, died January 16, 1849, and was buried at Avonville. He was married January 5, 1794, to Harriett Ed- mondson, who died December 13 of the same year, at the age of nineteen years. She left one son, William, who died September 11, 1816, when in his sixteenth year. Richard Trippe was again married, May 5, 1799, his second union being with Mary, daughter of Col. Joseph and Sarah (Heron) Ennalls, of Dorchester County. The colonel's first wife, Mary, daughter of Ed- ward Trippe, died, leaving six children: Will- iam, Thomas, Joseph, John, Elizabeth and Ann. Mrs. Richard Trippe (née Mary Ennalls) died October 14, 1836, aged fifty-six years, and was buried at Avonville. By this union there were ten children: Sarah Elizabeth, born September 17, 1800, died July 9, 1879. She married her cousin, Edward Trippe, of Todd's Point, Dor- chester County, and to them was born one son, Edward Richard Trippe, M. D., whose name in- troduces this review. Richard John, born Aug- ust 22, 1805, died June 25, 1845. On the 20th of November, 1838, he married Sarah S. H. Hay- ward, of Talbot County, and to them were born four children. Thomas Hayward, who was born December 12, 1842, and married Martha Mason, only daughter of Rev. Henry M. Mason, D. D., rector of Christ Church, Easton, Md .; Richard John, who was born August 15, 1844, and married Annie R. Townsend, of Talbot County; Helen, who was born February 3, 1841, and married Hugh Hambleton, of Easton, Md .; and Mary Smythe, still living and unmarried. Edward Thomas, born February 14, 1808, died Septem- ber 23, 1843. He was married November 30, 1841, to Catherine D. Bowie, who died October 18, 1856, aged thirty-eight, leaving one son, Richard (born September 5, 1842), who married Sophia, daughter of Hon. Philip Francis Thomas, ex-governor of Maryland. Joseph Ennalls, born March 6, 1810, was married November 6, 1832, to Elizabeth H. Darrow, of New York, and had five children: Richard Henry; Frederick Wright, who married Mary Louisa White, of New York;


Joseph Ennalls, Jr .; William H., who married Florence Joy, of Newark, N. J., and has two children, William H. Jr .; and Elsie Caroline. William James, born March 17, 1812, was mar- ried March 23, 1852, to his cousin, Elizabeth Purnell, daughter of James Trippe, and has no children. Mary Harriett, born February 22, 1815, married, May 23, 1854, Barclay Haskins, of Talbot County, who died in 1877, leaving no children. Robert H., born September 6, 1817, was married June 3, 1846, to Eliza C. Robinson, of Newark, N. J., and has three children: Robert; Theodore; and Maggie, wife of William Smith, of Orange, N. J. Margaret Helen, born August 11, 1820, died October 8, 1839. Nicholas Hammond is the next. Mary Susannah, born February 3, 1803, died October 25, 1804. John, the third son of William and Elizabeth (Skinner) Trippe, mar- ried Susan Heron and has five children. Will- iam Richard married Lavinia Martin, of Talbot County, a sister of the late Gov. Daniel Martin. She died childless and he later married Marion Chamberlaine, of the same county, by whom he has three children: John, Henrietta and Samuel C. Trippe, M. D. John Fletcher married El- eanor Condit, daughter of M. T. Silas Condit, of Newark, N. J., and has two sons and four daugh- ters. James married Ann, daughter of Rev. Dr. Matthews, of New York, and has seven sons, of whom Edward, the youngest, died young; and Cuthbert. Mary Ann married Thomas Old- ham Martin, of Talbot County, and has no chil- dren. Edward, born August 5, 1765, died in infancy. Mary wedded a Mr. Benton, of Kent Island, Md., and died November 21, 1795, at the age of twenty-seven years and six months, while on a visit to Avonville and was buried there. She had no children. Edward, the fourth child of William Trippe and his wife, Miss Tate, was twice married, his second union being with Sarah Byas, widow of Joseph Byas, and a sister of Edward Noel, of Castle Haven. Edward had a family of seven children, of whom James was a son by his first wife. He first married Elizabeth Purnell, who died childless, and he then wedded Mary Purnell, of Delaware, and to them were born four children: Joseph Everitt, Sarah, Margaret


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and Elizabeth. Joseph Everitt, born July 18, 1805, married Sarah Patterson Cross, of Baltimore County, and to them were born four sons and three daughters, of whom two sons, James and Henry, died in infancy and one daughter also died in infancy. The others are as follows: Andrew Cross, born November 29, 1839, was married November 7, 1872, to Caroline Augusta McCon- key, and to them were born four children: James McConkey; Andrew Noel; Sarah Patterson; and Grafton Wallace, deceased. Joseph Everitt, born in 1844, married Frances, daughter of Daniel Holliday, of Baltimore, and had one son, Holli- day, since deceased. Mary Purnell is the wife of William Bell, of Baltimore City, and has no children. Rachel Elizabeth is unmarried. Mary Purnell married John Smith, of Dorchester County, who afterward became a resident of Bal- timore County. They had two daughters: Mary Elizabeth; and Anne, who died unmarried in 1878. Elizabeth Purnell married her cousin, William James Trippe, son of Richard and Mary (Ennalls) Trippe, and has no children. John, the fifth child of William Trippe and Miss Tate, was born April 17, 1711, and died April 24, 1778. In 1743 he married Elizabeth Noel, who was born April 25, 1729, and to them were born twenty-one children, of whom the following reached years of maturity: Amelia, William, Henrietta, Elizabeth, Levin, Frances, James, Sarah, Margaret, Harriet, John, Mary and Ed- ward. The father left to his son James Todd's Point, but as he died childless it became the prop- erty of the youngest son, Edward, who is the only male survivor of that large family. Amelia, born March 27, 1744, died June 17, 1773. She married Col. James Woolford, of Dorchester County, and left one son, Roger, who married a lady of that county; and a daughter, who also married. William, born March 19, 1746, mar- ried his cousin Mary Noel and died, leaving three children: Margaret, who was born in 1755 and married Capt. John Hughes, of Somerset County, Md .; Elizabeth, who was born October 20, 1791, and married James Price, of Talbot County, by whom she had one daughter, Mary, who became the wife of Henry Hooper, of Dorchester County;


and John, a lieutenant in the United States navy, who distinguished himself at Tripoli, and also commanded the United States brig Siren at Ha- vana. Henrietta, born April 16, 1748, married Colonel Birkhead, father of the late Dr. Solon Birkhead, and died leaving two sons: William, who married, and Levin, who died unmarried; and four daughters. Elizabeth, born February 17, 1750, married her cousin, Basil Noel, but had no children. Levin, born March 17, 1752, married the widow of his cousin James, son of William, and was killed in a naval engagement during the Revolution. He left no children. His widow, Nancy Dawson, of Bayside, Talbot County, after- ward married Dr. Stevenson, of Baltimore, who survived her. She was a famous beauty, and Dr. Trippe, of this sketch, has her medallion likeness. She was born at Avonville and died in Baltimore. Frances, born September 4, 1755, married John E. Gist, of Baltimore County, and had three children: William, Henrietta and Harriett. Will- iam married Eliza, daughter of General Eccles- ton, of Dorchester County, and had three daugh- ters: Henrietta, Valeria and Margaret; and one son, John Trippe Gist, who married a lady in Florida and died not long afterward, leaving a pair of twins, who have since died. Henrietta married Mr. Creighton, of Cambridge and died in 1878, leaving a family. Valeria married James Chaplain, of Cambridge, Dorchester County, and left one daughter, Henrietta, who married John Richard Keen, of Dorchester County. Margaret married Solomon Higgins, of Dorchester County, but had no children. James, born September 28, 1758, died June 13, 1826. He was married January 29, 1796, to his cousin, Henrietta Rogers (Hennie Trippe), who was born November 7, 1775, and died May 27, 1858. They had no chil- dren. Sarah, born March 19, 1761, died Decem- ber 18, 1794, became the second wife of Maj. Peter Webb, of Talbot County, and had no chil- dren. Margaret, born May 19, 1762, died March II, 1785. She was the first wife of Major Webb, and died leaving a daughter, Margaret, who mar- ried Richard Thomas, of Queen Anne's County, Md., a lieutenant in the United States navy, and had three daughters: Margaret, who married




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