Where does Chauncey Kipp fit into the
Canadian Kipp Families?
In
my years of research on the Kipp families in Ontario, I came to realize there
were at least two Kipp families in Southern Ontario.
One
of these was my family, the descendants of Isaac Kipp and Hannah Meed (Mead),
who generally lived in the area of Blenheim, Blandford, East Oxford and Burford
Townships.
The
other family, descendants of John (James) Kipp and Lydia McPherson, I call the
Tillsonburg Kipp Family. In general they
lived in the southern part of Oxford County in the Dereham Township area and in
areas further west such as Middlesex and Elgin Counties.
After
doing some DNA testing, we determined that the two families are related. The problem is the furthest back ancestor we
can identify in each family comes to a dead end in the paper trail in New York
State. Both families are related to the
Kip/Kipp family of New Amsterdam (New York) (determined through DNA testing).
The
Tillsonburg Kipp family can be traced back to John (James) Kipp (cir 1770-cir
1828) and Lydia McPherson (cir 1774-?). Of
their children, there are two of interest.
Henry
Kipp (cir 1800 - ?), married Rachel Ann Wintermute (1794-?), on June 23, 1827
at Queenston, Upper Canada. One of their
children was Chauncey Kipp (1828-1876) (1861 & 1871 Census of Canada), who
married Lucinda Thompson (1837-1912) cir. 1855.
Resided in Middlesex County, Ontario.
William
Kipp (1790-1856), married Rachel Mann (1794-1857) cir 1818, probably in Upper Canada.
They had a son named Chauncey Kipp
(1834-1918) (1851 Census of Canada), who married Sara Jane Laur (1840-1918) on
Dec. 10, 1859.
Family
of Isaac Kipp and Hannah Meed
They
had a son named Jonathan Kipp (cir. 1792-1831), who married Roda or Rhoda Chausey
(cir. 1795-?), cir. 1818. I have only
found one child for them named Sylvanus Kipp (1819-1889), who married Lorena
Bush (1820-?) on May 13, 1842 at Woodstock, Canada West. They do not seem to have had a son named
Chauncey.
Please
contact me if you have additional information.
