Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameIsaac Liptrap 
Deathbef 1 Jun 1820, Moffatt Creet, Augusta Co., Virginia
FatherThomas Liptrap
MotherJane [Liptrap]
Spouses
Marriage29 Jul 1785, Augusta Co., Virginia
Marr MemoRev. Archibald Scott of Bethel and Hebron Presbyterian Churches, southwest of Staunton, Virginia
ChildrenThomas Liptrap (1796-1873)
Notes for Isaac Liptrap
1481Issac Liptrap, founder of the family in America, lived in Middlesex, England, for the first twenty years of his life. He first appears in official records in January, 1772, age 19, while living in the East End of London. He had apparently been
orphaned about fourteen years earlier and lived with aunts and uncles until mid-1771. What he did for a living in London is unrecorded, though he had done some farm work as a boy. In 1772, a laborer's wages of 9 to 12 shillings for a 75-hour
work week were totally consumed by food, lodging, and clothing needs. London was dirty, overcrowded, using the ditch down the middle of the street as the sewer, very much resembling the worst Charles Dickens could describe 70 years later.
In July, 1772, Issac Liptrap, about 20 years of age, boarded the ship Tayloe under Captain Dougal McDougal for the two-month voyage to Williamsburg, Virginia. It is unknown whether the voyage was direct or by way of the Barbados or some other
port; but Captain McDougla was still in Williamsburg in January of 1773.
Issac's indenture was sold to a citizen in the Williamsburg area, and nothing is known of him for the next seven years, a considerable portion of American History took place - much of it in Williamsburg. What part Isaac played in the fight for
independence we may never know. He did not serve in any army, at least not under his own name. We have no way of knowing whether he may have been a "substitute" for his master's son, for he would have served under his name instead of his own.
Perhaps he was taken as a servant up the James River to the Natural Bridge area, far from the conflict.
It may have been Alexander McClenachan who bought him to the Border Tract of Rockbridge County. Isaac rented McClenachan's land in the Border Tract during the late 1780's. The name "Isaac Cliptrap" first appears on the tax list of Charles
Campbell's Counpany, Rockbridge County, Virginia, in September, 1780. Isaac's name remained, correctly spelled, on the tax rolls of Rockbridge County until 1794, when he appears in the first district of Auguast County, in Middlebrook area.
Augusta County was at the time a western point of civilization in Virginia. It was created from Orange County in 1738, and included territory as far as the Mississippi River. But no county government was formed until 1746, due to the lack of
settlement in the area. Little evidence of Indian culture has been found in the Valley of Virginia, and that dating from even earlier times. The town of Staunton was established in 1761 and incorporated in 1801, and has served as the center of
government, commerce, and culture ever since. From there, those bound for the frontier would travel south-west toward the Cumberland Gap and Kentucky or across the mountains to the Greenbrier, New, and Kanawha Rivers toward Ohio. Six of Isaac
Liptrap's children answered the call of cheap, fertile land and travelled to the limits of the new Republic, as later their children did as the Territories expanded across the continent.
Isaac was married on July 29, 1785, in Augusta County, to Mary Bright, born 1763, died after 1850, daughter of George Adam Bright. The minister officiatingwas Rev. Archibald Scott of Bethel and Hebron Presbyterian Churches southwest of Staunton,
Virginia. The marriage bond was made on June 28, and permission of the father of the ride granted on July 27, 1785. Some of Isaac's descendants still attend Bethel Presbyterian Church 200 years later.
orphaned about fourteen years earlier and lived with aunts and uncles until mid-1771. What he did for a living in London is unrecorded, though he had done some farm work as a boy. In 1772, a laborer's wages of 9 to 12 shillings for a 75-hour
work week were totally consumed by food, lodging, and clothing needs. London was dirty, overcrowded, using the ditch down the middle of the street as the sewer, very much resembling the worst Charles Dickens could describe 70 years later.
In July, 1772, Issac Liptrap, about 20 years of age, boarded the ship Tayloe under Captain Dougal McDougal for the two-month voyage to Williamsburg, Virginia. It is unknown whether the voyage was direct or by way of the Barbados or some other
port; but Captain McDougla was still in Williamsburg in January of 1773.
Issac's indenture was sold to a citizen in the Williamsburg area, and nothing is known of him for the next seven years, a considerable portion of American History took place - much of it in Williamsburg. What part Isaac played in the fight for
independence we may never know. He did not serve in any army, at least not under his own name. We have no way of knowing whether he may have been a "substitute" for his master's son, for he would have served under his name instead of his own.
Perhaps he was taken as a servant up the James River to the Natural Bridge area, far from the conflict.
It may have been Alexander McClenachan who bought him to the Border Tract of Rockbridge County. Isaac rented McClenachan's land in the Border Tract during the late 1780's. The name "Isaac Cliptrap" first appears on the tax list of Charles
Campbell's Counpany, Rockbridge County, Virginia, in September, 1780. Isaac's name remained, correctly spelled, on the tax rolls of Rockbridge County until 1794, when he appears in the first district of Auguast County, in Middlebrook area.
Augusta County was at the time a western point of civilization in Virginia. It was created from Orange County in 1738, and included territory as far as the Mississippi River. But no county government was formed until 1746, due to the lack of
settlement in the area. Little evidence of Indian culture has been found in the Valley of Virginia, and that dating from even earlier times. The town of Staunton was established in 1761 and incorporated in 1801, and has served as the center of
government, commerce, and culture ever since. From there, those bound for the frontier would travel south-west toward the Cumberland Gap and Kentucky or across the mountains to the Greenbrier, New, and Kanawha Rivers toward Ohio. Six of Isaac
Liptrap's children answered the call of cheap, fertile land and travelled to the limits of the new Republic, as later their children did as the Territories expanded across the continent.
Isaac was married on July 29, 1785, in Augusta County, to Mary Bright, born 1763, died after 1850, daughter of George Adam Bright. The minister officiatingwas Rev. Archibald Scott of Bethel and Hebron Presbyterian Churches southwest of Staunton,
Virginia. The marriage bond was made on June 28, and permission of the father of the ride granted on July 27, 1785. Some of Isaac's descendants still attend Bethel Presbyterian Church 200 years later.
Notes for Isaac Liptrap
saac Liptrap (1749-1819) founder of the family in America, lived in Middlesex, England, when he first appears in official records in January, 1772, age given as 19, while living in the East End of London. (1) He had apparently been apprenticed out fourteen years earlier at age 8, after his mother died. What he did for a living in London is unrecorded, though he had done some farm work as a boy. In 1772, a laborer's wages of 9 to 12 shillings for a 75-hour work week were totally consumed by food, lodging, and clothing needs. London was dirty, overcrowded, crime-ridden, the sewer was the ditch down the middle of the street, very much resembling the worst Charles Dickens could describe 70 years later.
Around the first of May, 1772, Isaac Liptrap stood in the dock at the Old Bailey Justice Hall in London, accused of burglary of the house of one Eliezar Pigot of Endfield, Middlesex. (1) His accomplice, Isaac Francis, testified against him. Three men testified to his character, John Liptrap of London, John Allen of Whitechappel, and John Dutton of Ralph's Key. See the transcript of his trial. He was sentenced to death; then as was the custom, that sentence commuted to transportation to the colonies.
In July, 1772, Isaac Liptrap, 22 years of age, boarded the ship Tayloe under Captain Dougal McDougal (2) along with 173 other convicts, for the two-month voyage to Virginia. The Tayloe sailed for Stewart & Campbell Company, convicts from England to Annapolis Maryland, or to the Rappahannock River ironworks in Virginia, returning iron and/or tobacco to England (3) It is unknown where Isaac Liptrap's indenture was sold, but Captain McDougal was still in Williamsburg in January of 1773. (4) With the outbreak of the American Revolution, the convict trade was lost. The Tayloe was anchored in the Thames River in London and became one of the infamous Prison Hulks that held transportable convicts until transportation to Australia was established in 1787. (3)
Isaac's indenture was probably sold to a citizen or company in the Rappahannock River area, and nothing is known of him for the next seven years, which would be the typical length of service for an indenture. During those seven years, a considerable portion of American History took place. What part Isaac played in the fight for independence we may never know. He did not serve in any army, at least not under his own name. We have no way of knowing whether he may have been a "substitute" for his master's son, for he would have served under his name instead of his own.
It may have been Alexander McClenachan who brought him to the Borden Tract of Rockbridge County. Isaac rented McClenachan's land in the Borden Tract during the late 1780's. (5) The name "Isack Cliptrap" first appears on the tax list of Charles Campbell's Company, Rockbridge County, Virginia, in September, 1780.(6) Isaac's name remained, correctly spelled, on the tax rolls of Rockbridge County until 1794, when he appears in the first district of Augusta County, in the Middlebrook area.
Augusta County was at that time a western point of civilization in Virginia. It was created from Orange County in 1738, and included territory as far as the Mississippi River. But no county government was formed until 1746, due to the lack of settlement in the area. Little evidence of Indian culture has been found in the Valley of Virginia, and that dating from even earlier times. The town of Staunton was established in 1761 and incorporated in 1801, and has served as the center of government, commerce, and culture ever since. From there, those bound for the frontier would travel south-west toward the Cumberland Gap and Kentucky or across the mountains to the Greenbrier, New, and Kanawha Rivers toward Ohio. Six of Isaac Liptrap's children answered the call of cheap, fertile land and travelled to the limits of the new Republic, as later their children did as the Territories expanded across the continent.
Isaac was married on July 29, 1785, (7) in Augusta County, to Mary Bright, born 1763, died after 1850, daughter of George Adam Bright. (8) The minister officiating was Rev. Archibald Scott (9) of Bethel and Hebron Presbyterian Churches southwest of Staunton, Virginia. (10) Some of Isaac's descendants still attend Bethel Presbyterian Church 200 years later.
George Adam Bright (1731-1805) was born Georg Adam Brecht, third son, and first American-born son of Johann Stephan Brecht (1692-1747) of Lancaster (now Berks) County, Pennsylvania. George married Maria Catharina Kaufeldt probably in Frederick County, Virginia, then moved back to York County, Pennsylvania, during the disturbances of the French and Indian War. His oldest child was born there in 1756. They moved to Augusta County, Virginia, in the summer of 1759. He had nine children who survived to be listed in his will written in April, 1804, and proved in June, 1804. (See details on the Brecht page.)
Not long after his father-in-law's death, Isaac Liptrap purchased land in the Borden Tract in Augusta County from Robert Wasson on March 10, 1806, (11) paying 200 pounds for 150 acres described as follows:
"Beginning at three black oak saplings corner to Robert Cooper, thence S. 87°W. 64 poles to a black oak and white oak, N. 3°W. 208 poles crossing a spring run with John Handley's line to 2 hickories saplings, N. 87E. 100 poles to two hickories and a chestnut sapling corner to the said Robert Cooper, thence with said Cooper's lines S. 5°W. 135 poles crossing said spring run to a post, S. 16°E. 28 poles to two chestnut oaks and S.13°W. 105 poles to the beginning."
This land is apparently two miles southeast of the town of Moffatts Creek, Virginia, being along or near Otts Creek about one mile from the Rockbridge County Line. On June 22, 1839, this land was granted to John McNutt; in which deed, (12) seven of the nine heirs to the estate of Isaac Liptrap were named. Isaac died in May or June, 1819, (11) leaving his widow and eight of his nine children. His estate was inventoried and sold in 1820 for $231, less notes and expenses leaving $9 for his heirs.(13) Mary Liptrap died soon after the Census of 1850. (14) Their Children: . . (see three generations)
1. James Liptrap (1786-c1871) m.1805 Elizabeth Potter, lived in Bath County, Virginia, until 1837, when he moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, by 1850 to Caldwell County, Missouri, and later to Kansas City, Missouri, where he married 1853 Mrs. Sarah Jackson. Two of his nine children stayed in Bath County, the others scattered over "the West"
2. Sarah Liptrap (1789-1880) m.1812 Peter Cox. Lived in Preble County, Ohio, and had nine children who settled mostly in Preble Co, Ohio, and Whitley Co, Indiana.
3. Jane Liptrap (c.1790-after 1850) m.1816 Thomas Cole and lived in Greenbrier County (West) Virginia, until after 1853. Seven children shown on census records, three whose names are known.
4. Isaac Liptrap (1793-1814) m.1812 Polly Lotts Lived in Bath County, Virginia. Isaac had two sons, one moved to Colorado, the other to Nebraska. Polly had four additional children.
5. Thomas (Liptrap) Bright (1797-1873) m.1815 Nancy Drury. Their son moved to Tennessee._ In 1816, Thomas married Margaret Cox, moved to Tucker County, (West) Virginia, started calling himself Thomas Bright, and had 15 children. Nancy Drury Liptrap, calling herself a widow, married James Peters in 1821.
6. Nancy Elizabeth Liptrap (1798-1834) m.1822 James Humphreys and lived in Pike County, Ohio They had eight children.
7. George Liptrap (1800-1863) m.1822 Catharine Linkswiler, m.1839 Elizabeth Hoover, m.1850 Susan Rodifer Hoddy. Lived in Benton County, Indiana, and had ten children. 8. Elizabeth "Betsy" Liptrap (1803-after 1850) never married. Lived with her mother in Augusta County, Virginia.
9. John Liptrap (1805-1841) m.1828 Catherine Lotts and lived in Augusta County, Virginia, and had five children.
Around the first of May, 1772, Isaac Liptrap stood in the dock at the Old Bailey Justice Hall in London, accused of burglary of the house of one Eliezar Pigot of Endfield, Middlesex. (1) His accomplice, Isaac Francis, testified against him. Three men testified to his character, John Liptrap of London, John Allen of Whitechappel, and John Dutton of Ralph's Key. See the transcript of his trial. He was sentenced to death; then as was the custom, that sentence commuted to transportation to the colonies.
In July, 1772, Isaac Liptrap, 22 years of age, boarded the ship Tayloe under Captain Dougal McDougal (2) along with 173 other convicts, for the two-month voyage to Virginia. The Tayloe sailed for Stewart & Campbell Company, convicts from England to Annapolis Maryland, or to the Rappahannock River ironworks in Virginia, returning iron and/or tobacco to England (3) It is unknown where Isaac Liptrap's indenture was sold, but Captain McDougal was still in Williamsburg in January of 1773. (4) With the outbreak of the American Revolution, the convict trade was lost. The Tayloe was anchored in the Thames River in London and became one of the infamous Prison Hulks that held transportable convicts until transportation to Australia was established in 1787. (3)
Isaac's indenture was probably sold to a citizen or company in the Rappahannock River area, and nothing is known of him for the next seven years, which would be the typical length of service for an indenture. During those seven years, a considerable portion of American History took place. What part Isaac played in the fight for independence we may never know. He did not serve in any army, at least not under his own name. We have no way of knowing whether he may have been a "substitute" for his master's son, for he would have served under his name instead of his own.
It may have been Alexander McClenachan who brought him to the Borden Tract of Rockbridge County. Isaac rented McClenachan's land in the Borden Tract during the late 1780's. (5) The name "Isack Cliptrap" first appears on the tax list of Charles Campbell's Company, Rockbridge County, Virginia, in September, 1780.(6) Isaac's name remained, correctly spelled, on the tax rolls of Rockbridge County until 1794, when he appears in the first district of Augusta County, in the Middlebrook area.
Augusta County was at that time a western point of civilization in Virginia. It was created from Orange County in 1738, and included territory as far as the Mississippi River. But no county government was formed until 1746, due to the lack of settlement in the area. Little evidence of Indian culture has been found in the Valley of Virginia, and that dating from even earlier times. The town of Staunton was established in 1761 and incorporated in 1801, and has served as the center of government, commerce, and culture ever since. From there, those bound for the frontier would travel south-west toward the Cumberland Gap and Kentucky or across the mountains to the Greenbrier, New, and Kanawha Rivers toward Ohio. Six of Isaac Liptrap's children answered the call of cheap, fertile land and travelled to the limits of the new Republic, as later their children did as the Territories expanded across the continent.
Isaac was married on July 29, 1785, (7) in Augusta County, to Mary Bright, born 1763, died after 1850, daughter of George Adam Bright. (8) The minister officiating was Rev. Archibald Scott (9) of Bethel and Hebron Presbyterian Churches southwest of Staunton, Virginia. (10) Some of Isaac's descendants still attend Bethel Presbyterian Church 200 years later.
George Adam Bright (1731-1805) was born Georg Adam Brecht, third son, and first American-born son of Johann Stephan Brecht (1692-1747) of Lancaster (now Berks) County, Pennsylvania. George married Maria Catharina Kaufeldt probably in Frederick County, Virginia, then moved back to York County, Pennsylvania, during the disturbances of the French and Indian War. His oldest child was born there in 1756. They moved to Augusta County, Virginia, in the summer of 1759. He had nine children who survived to be listed in his will written in April, 1804, and proved in June, 1804. (See details on the Brecht page.)
Not long after his father-in-law's death, Isaac Liptrap purchased land in the Borden Tract in Augusta County from Robert Wasson on March 10, 1806, (11) paying 200 pounds for 150 acres described as follows:
"Beginning at three black oak saplings corner to Robert Cooper, thence S. 87°W. 64 poles to a black oak and white oak, N. 3°W. 208 poles crossing a spring run with John Handley's line to 2 hickories saplings, N. 87E. 100 poles to two hickories and a chestnut sapling corner to the said Robert Cooper, thence with said Cooper's lines S. 5°W. 135 poles crossing said spring run to a post, S. 16°E. 28 poles to two chestnut oaks and S.13°W. 105 poles to the beginning."
This land is apparently two miles southeast of the town of Moffatts Creek, Virginia, being along or near Otts Creek about one mile from the Rockbridge County Line. On June 22, 1839, this land was granted to John McNutt; in which deed, (12) seven of the nine heirs to the estate of Isaac Liptrap were named. Isaac died in May or June, 1819, (11) leaving his widow and eight of his nine children. His estate was inventoried and sold in 1820 for $231, less notes and expenses leaving $9 for his heirs.(13) Mary Liptrap died soon after the Census of 1850. (14) Their Children: . . (see three generations)
1. James Liptrap (1786-c1871) m.1805 Elizabeth Potter, lived in Bath County, Virginia, until 1837, when he moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, by 1850 to Caldwell County, Missouri, and later to Kansas City, Missouri, where he married 1853 Mrs. Sarah Jackson. Two of his nine children stayed in Bath County, the others scattered over "the West"
2. Sarah Liptrap (1789-1880) m.1812 Peter Cox. Lived in Preble County, Ohio, and had nine children who settled mostly in Preble Co, Ohio, and Whitley Co, Indiana.
3. Jane Liptrap (c.1790-after 1850) m.1816 Thomas Cole and lived in Greenbrier County (West) Virginia, until after 1853. Seven children shown on census records, three whose names are known.
4. Isaac Liptrap (1793-1814) m.1812 Polly Lotts Lived in Bath County, Virginia. Isaac had two sons, one moved to Colorado, the other to Nebraska. Polly had four additional children.
5. Thomas (Liptrap) Bright (1797-1873) m.1815 Nancy Drury. Their son moved to Tennessee._ In 1816, Thomas married Margaret Cox, moved to Tucker County, (West) Virginia, started calling himself Thomas Bright, and had 15 children. Nancy Drury Liptrap, calling herself a widow, married James Peters in 1821.
6. Nancy Elizabeth Liptrap (1798-1834) m.1822 James Humphreys and lived in Pike County, Ohio They had eight children.
7. George Liptrap (1800-1863) m.1822 Catharine Linkswiler, m.1839 Elizabeth Hoover, m.1850 Susan Rodifer Hoddy. Lived in Benton County, Indiana, and had ten children. 8. Elizabeth "Betsy" Liptrap (1803-after 1850) never married. Lived with her mother in Augusta County, Virginia.
9. John Liptrap (1805-1841) m.1828 Catherine Lotts and lived in Augusta County, Virginia, and had five children.
Notes for Mary (Spouse 1)
Isaac was married on July 29, 1785, in Augusta County, to Mary Bright, born 1763, died after 1850, daughter of George Adam Bright. The minister officiatingwas Rev. Archibald Scott of Bethel and Hebron Presbyterian Churches southwest of Staunton,
Virginia. The marriage bond was made on June 28, and permission of the father of the bride granted on July 27, 1785. Some of Isaac's descendants still attend Bethel Presbyterian Church 200 years later.