flag female ancestor  Patience  HERRINGTON

  (b. abt. 1759 Smithfield, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations   d. abt. 1798 Gaspé, Lower Canada )  

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Patience HERRINGTON was born abt. 1759 in Smithfield, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Patience HERRINGTON was the child of ?   and   ?

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Patience  married  Robert TRIPP abt. 1778 in Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Robert TRIPP  was born 9 June 1758 in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA (Nooseneck).  Robert died 5 May 1863 in Baie de Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. 

Patience HERRINGTON died abt. 1798 in Gaspé, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Patience HERRINGTON married flag male ancestor Robert TRIPP-- Date: abt. 1778 Place: , Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations


Children of Robert TRIPP and Patience HERRINGTON:

flag male ancestor Samuel TRIPP (b.18 September 1779, Gaspé, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 5 May 1863, Gaspe Bay, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada)
m. Elizabeth CUNNING 1811



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Added: 12/8/2025 10:52:07 AM - Updated: 12/8/2025 10:52:39 AM
Did You Know?The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state

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