Preserved Lippincott was the sixth son and last child born to the English emigrant, Richard Lippincott and his wife, Abigail (maiden name not substantiated). His father, Richard, had previously emigrated to the new world and been made a "Freeman" of the Massachusetts Bay colony by the General Court of Boston in May of 1640. The family resided in the nearby Dorchester settlement but returned in 1652 to England after Richard was excommunicated from the church. In England he became a member of the Society of Friends and was there jailed for religious dissent. The growing family again immigrated to the new world, perhaps in 1663 to live in the tolerant colony led by the Baptist founder Roger Williams. The last child born to this family was Preserved, born in the Rhode Island colony on Christmas day of 1666. However, this child was fated to return to his eternal rest while still in his infancy. Here in Rhode Island the family prospered and joined with other patentees to start the first English colony in New Jersey. They resided on Passequeneiqua Creek, a branch of the South Shrewsbury River, about a mile and a half from the town of Shrewsbury, in what was to become Monmouth County.
Like so many other resting places of the very early colonists, the exact location and any marker for this little child's mortal remains has been lost or decayed away after almost three and a half centuries of time and weather.
Like so many other resting places of the very early colonists, the exact location and any marker for this little child's mortal remains has been lost or decayed away after almost three and a half centuries of time and weather.
Preserved Lippincott was the sixth son and last child born to the English emigrant, Richard Lippincott and his wife, Abigail (maiden name not substantiated). His father, Richard, had previously emigrated to the new world and been made a "Freeman" of the Massachusetts Bay colony by the General Court of Boston in May of 1640. The family resided in the nearby Dorchester settlement but returned in 1652 to England after Richard was excommunicated from the church. In England he became a member of the Society of Friends and was there jailed for religious dissent. The growing family again immigrated to the new world, perhaps in 1663 to live in the tolerant colony led by the Baptist founder Roger Williams. The last child born to this family was Preserved, born in the Rhode Island colony on Christmas day of 1666. However, this child was fated to return to his eternal rest while still in his infancy. Here in Rhode Island the family prospered and joined with other patentees to start the first English colony in New Jersey. They resided on Passequeneiqua Creek, a branch of the South Shrewsbury River, about a mile and a half from the town of Shrewsbury, in what was to become Monmouth County.
Like so many other resting places of the very early colonists, the exact location and any marker for this little child's mortal remains has been lost or decayed away after almost three and a half centuries of time and weather.
Like so many other resting places of the very early colonists, the exact location and any marker for this little child's mortal remains has been lost or decayed away after almost three and a half centuries of time and weather.
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