Elizabeth Rippey

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Elizabeth Rippey (Finley)

Also Known As: "Betsy Finley"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania
Death: September 16, 1832 (85)
Big Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Finley and Martha Finley (Berkley)
Wife of William Peebles; William McCracken and William Rippey
Mother of John Peebles; Elizabeth "Betsy" Geddes; Robert Peebles; Gen. Samuel Finley MacCracken; Jane McCoy and 1 other
Sister of Clement W. Finley; Mary Leonard; James Finley; Michael Finley; Ann Johnson and 3 others

Managed by: John Anastasios Mountzouris
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About Elizabeth Rippey

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68963017/elizabeth-rippey

William McCracken was with William Peebles (Elizabeth's first husband) in the Battle of Flatbush. McCracken returned to Shippensburg,PA. to inform Elizabeth Finley Peebles of the death of her husband. Lt. McCracken was quite taken with the widow Peebles and married her on 8/22/1777. McCracken died 1/16/1803, leaving his widow with three children: Martha,Jane and Samuel Finley McCracken. In addition, she had three children by her first husband: John, Betsy and Robert Peebles. Her third husband was Capt. William Rippey (1741-1819).

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Elizabeth Rippey's Timeline

1735
April 1735
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
1747
September 16, 1747
Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania
1769
November 21, 1769
1772
February 8, 1772
Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pa.
1775
May 15, 1775
1779
December 27, 1779
Pennsylvania
1832
September 16, 1832
Age 85
Big Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States