Known as Capt. Edward Ripping.
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Genealogy of the Ragland Families, Margaret Miriam Strong, St. Louis, Mo., 1928,
. p 24, Book No. 11, from 1719 to 1724, a grant of land, 5,000 acres, to Edward RIpping, page 89; and others 10,000 acres, page 151 (Does not list county)
. p 64, Pettus Ragland lived at Ripping Hall. Large grants of land were allowed Edward Ripping about the time of the grants to John Ragland. (Does not list county) Possibly Hanover Co, VA.
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Will proved in York County, VA, Orders, Wills, & Inventories 1733-34, p 141
Does not name his wife to whom he gives all my lots and houses in Williamsburg, during her natural life, and after her death, to my daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. John Tarpley.
To my 3 grandsons, Edward, James, and Quintus Tarpley - my tract of land in Spotsylvania County, to be equally divided between them. At this time neither grandsons were of age or married.
