Notes for Stephen Hipp, Sen'r




			The Ancestors of D O N N A J O Y J O H N S O N of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Notes for Stephen Hipp, Sen'r

I have heard from other HIPP family descendants that there was a tradition in some HIPP families that three brothers immigrated from Germany and debarked in the North. They were said to have stayed there for several years. Then, as the story goes, one or two brothers came to the South.

On page 418 of "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" is the following information:
[List 141 C] At the Court House at Philadelphia, Saturday, the Seventh Day of October, 1749.
Present: Thomas Lawrence, Esquire, Mayor.
The Foreigners whose Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Leslie, Captn J. Ballendine, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes in England, did this day take the usual Oaths to the Government. By the List 121. 400 Persons from Palatinate, Manheim, Zweybreckt. [Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Norristown, PA., Pennsylvania German Society, 1934]

Among the names on the list of passengers were: Hs. Stephan Hepp; Bernhardt Hepp; Jerg Hepp.

Perhaps these three were brothers, but no proof exists. Perhaps Stephan Hepp is the Stephen Hipp who in 1766 received a land grant in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

In his book "Emigrants From the Palatinate to the American Colonies in the 18th Century," [1953], Dr. Friedrich Krebs describes the area known as the German Palatinate:
"Zweibrucken; on the Schwarzbach, 54 miles southwest of Mannheim. It is known also by the French name, Deux-Ponts. It was for many centuries the capital of the Duchy of Zweibrucken, under the rule of cadet branches of the House of Wittelsbach." [Dr. Frederich Krebs, Emigrants from the Palatinate to the American Colonies in the 18th Century. Edited, with an introduction by Milton Rubincam. Norristown, Pennsylvania German Society, 1953.]

A Stephen Hipp received a land grant in Berkeley Co., SC. It was certified by Gov. Wm. Simpson on 3 Aug 1761, which would have been shortly after the birth of son Valentine. Stephen Hipp and Anne Walkin on the 5th of January 1761 proved 150 acres in the province and bounty. I was told that on February 4, 1771, a tract of 100 acres was laid out to a Stephen Hipp in Berkely County, Amelia Township, in the Province of South Carolina. I have not confirmed the latter information, but the date is suspect.

I've been told that it was the custom of German wives to keep their last name at marriage but add an "in" suffix to indicate that she was married, not single. Thus, Ann Walkin may have been Ann Walk before she married. (KF, research)

Stephen's family resided in that part of South Carolina that (in 1769) became the Orangeburg Precinct, and in progression, the Old 96 and Camden Districts. Valentine Hipp reported that he was born in the Santee River area of South Carolina. The Camden District, SC was contiguous to the area of North Carolina that would become Mecklenburg County. (Monte Knight, research)

In 1766, Stephen Hyp received a land grant on the east side of the Catawba River in the Garr Creek watershed, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. This agrees with the information from son Valentine Hipp in his Revolutionary War Pension that he was born in May 1760 and that his family moved to Mecklenburg County when he was small. The first chain-bearer was George Elliot, and the second chain-bearer was Gideon Thompson. Neighbors of the property were Gideon Thompson, Robinson, John Anderson, Lawson, and Lawing Thompson.

In 1768, Stephen Hyp served as second chain-bearer when Gideon Thompson received a grant of land in the Catawba River watershed. William Lawing was first chain-bearer.

Again in 1768, Stephen Hyp served as first chain-bearer when John Anderson received a grant of land in the watershed of Garr Creek of the Catawba River. Jno. Anderson was second chain-bearer.

Listed in the DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition, Part II; p. 1435:

Hipp, Stephen b a(nte) 1740 d a 1- -1783 NC m Ann - - - Patriot Service NC

Apparently, this is Stephen Hipp who married Ann Walkin. The information indicates that he was born before 1740 and died after January 1783. He performed Patriot Service during the Revolutionary War.

In 1890, John Young Hipp traveled from Texas to visit his elderly father in Tennessee. While there, David D. Hipp gave his son John the following information, which John wrote into his survey book.

From page 3 of John Y. Hipp's Survey Book:
(No 11) March 23rd 1890. at Fathers
D.D. Hipp Grandpa was Stephen Hipp
D.D. Hipp Father was David Hipp
D.D. Hipp Father Bro's was Volentine & George Hipp
There was a great many of the Hipp's back in North Carolina
Jacob Hipp & family, John Hipp was D.D.'s uncle & he had a family. There was a Steven Hipp & a family. Voluntine children was Mollie Hipp - Bob & Andrew & Bill & Joe & more. [SIC]

This information presents a mystery. In his will, Stephen Hipp named seven sons. He did not name David as a son, which is contrary to the information in the survey book. Was the memory of the elderly, failing D. D. Hipp unclear? Some researchers, myself among them, believe that David was actually a son of Stephen Hipp, Jr., who, along with brother Valentine, remained in Mecklenburg County after the death of his father.

George Hipp, apparently a contemporary of Stephen Hipp, lived in the Newberry District of South Carolina. Whether they were related is not known to me. George Hipp's descendants were known as the "Dutch Fork Hipps" after the waterway that they settled along. Five of Stephen's seven sons relocated from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to the Newberry District after 1790, and sold their share of their father's land grant in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to brother Valentine Hipp.

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The recorded copy of the will can be found in Mecklenburg County Will Book C, page 140.

Mecklenburg County Original Wills NC
1749-1918 CR.065.801.20
Stephen Hipp 1782
Xerographic Copy By North Carolina State Archives Mar 31 2000
Transcribed by Donna J. Johnson, 07 Apr 2000

Stephen Hip his Last Will and Testament

In the Name of God Amen. I Stephen Hip of the State of North Carolina & County of mecklenburg Being in good health & sound in mind and memory Blessed be God for all his mercys, And calling to mind the mortality of my Body and that it is appointed once for all men to Die, Do make this my Last Will and Testament and (and crossed through) in manner & form following Viz first of all I Recommend my ^body to the earth from Whence it was taken and my Soul to God who give it me nothing Doubting But I Shall Receive ye same again at the General Resurrection by the mighty Power of my Lord & Saviour Jessa (Jessa crossed through) Jessus Christ & first I order that all my Lawful Debts be paid and fully Discharged -- I will and bequeath unto my well beloved Wife Ann and my well beloved Son Andrew one hundred acres of Land Whereon I now Live together with all my household furniture, and at the death of my well beloved wife Ann the said land and furniture Shall be the only Sole Property of my said son Andrew Hip -- I will and bequeath unto my well beloved son Stephen Hip the Sum of five shillings -- I will and Bequeath unto my well Beloved Sons John George Joseph and Jacob Hip all the Remaining Part of my Land to be Equally Divided Between them at their Discretion and that each of my Said Sons John George Joseph and Jacob (at my Death) shall pay or cause to be paid unto my well beloved Son Valentine Hip the Sum of five pounds each. And for the true execution of this my Last Will & Testament I do nominate and appoint my well beloved Friends and Neighbours George Elliot and John Long to be my Executors. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed My Seal this 25th Day of Augt and in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred + eighty one --
Signed Sealed Pronounced
And Delivered as my Last
Will & Testament in the
Presence of
Richd Barry Jurat
Archibald Gordon
Andw Barry Stephen /His mark/ Hipp {seal}

1787 April Session - Return of the Estate of Stephen Hipp
The executors of Stephen Hipp, deceased
To amount of sales of estate...................................Ł105.14.00
Cr by sundry payments as per vouchers filed........ 24.09.06
Balance in executors hands................................... Ł 81.04.06

The following information is from the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina lists of Taxables, various years:

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1797 Taxables
Valentine Hipp 77 acres, 1 white poll
Steven Hipp 150 acres
John Hipp 145 acres, 1 white poll

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1808 Taxables
Stephen Hipp 147 acres
Valentine Hipp 156 acres
John Hipp 150 acres
Jacob Hipp -
David Hipp -

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1810 Taxables in Capt. McKinley's Company
John Hipp 200 acres 1 white poll
Valentine Hipp 155 acres 1 white poll
Andrew Hipp 145 acres 1 white poll
David Hipp 147 acres 1 white poll
Jacob Hipp - 1 white poll

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1815 Taxables in Capt. Hoover's Company
Valentine Hipp 155 acres $310 0 WP 0BP
John Hipp, Sr 146 acres $584 1WP 0BP
Andrew Hipp 145 $362.50 1WP 0BP
John Hipp, Jr - - 1WP 0BP
Jacob Hipp - - 1WP 0BP
David Hipp 147 $294 1WP 0BP

Note that in 1799, 1806, 1807 and 1808 Stephen Hipp is taxed for 147 acres. This was probably Stephen Jr., son of Stephen Hipp and Ann Walkin. In 1810 and 1815, David Hipp is taxed for 147 acres.

And then, there is Mrs. Fanny Rea, who died in 1997 at the age of 107. She states that the Hipp family came from Ireland to the east coast of North Carolina in the 1700's. (LH, research)

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