James Kipp

ID: I3211 Name: James KIPP Given Name: James Surname: Kipp Sex: M Birth: 6 Apr 1751 in North Castle, Westchester Co., NY, USA Death: Oct 1785 in Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Can _UID: B4FD0353F8814873B5A43223D66C0198C4AF Change Date: 22 Oct 2008 at 17:46 Note:

   Loyalist.

   He joined the British in 1776 and served the whole war with the West Chester volunteers under the command of Col. DeLancey. James was compelled to leave at the close of the Revolution, because of his outspoken loyalty to King George.

He emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1783, and was there drowned in October 1785. His wife subsequently returned to New Castle, Westchester Co.
Sources:

   National Archives of Canada. Claims of American Loyalists, Part II.

   Microfilm B-1161, A.O. 12, vol.26, #235-238.

Kipp Family Tree. The Descendants of Jacobus Kipp (1632 to 1807). Manuscript chart. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
History of The Kip Family In America, by Frederic E. Kip and Margarita L. Hawley, 1928. No. 407, p. 395, 399.
Society of Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne. World Connect/Rootsweb.