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- Family tradition maintains that the Siprell family was of French Huguenot descent but nothing of their ancestry is known for certain. Many Huguenots fled France during the persecution. Many religious refugees from these countries came to America seeking that religious freedom promised by William Penn. Between 1727 and 1776 over 68,000 came. Included were many Huguenots from Alsace and Lorraine. Lancaster County is located in the very centre of the area settled by the refugees.
A careful check of the William Penn Memorial Archives and the libraries of historical societies in Wiles-Barre (Wyoming Valley) and Lancaster has yielded the following. In the Penn Archives is preserved an indenture dated 5 October 1762 between a Jacob Downer of Lampiter Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania and William Siprel of Mountjoy Twp., Lancaster Co. for the sale of lot no. 48 in May Town. (May Town was so named because it was founded on 1 May 1762) William and his wife, Rebeka, sold this property to an Abraham Etter, 18 May 1774. Tax rolls show him resident in Donegal Twp. as late as 20 August 1777.
A Revolutionary War roll shows a William Siprol enrolled 1 Oct 1777.(1) Another roll of the Continental Line shows a William Siprile discharged 28 Jan 1780. Also Pennsylvania. John B. Linn and Wm. H. Egle, M.D. Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol XI : Lane S. Hart, State Printer, 1880 (2)
Under date of 16 Sept. 1965, a grand-daughter of Seth, Mrs. Helen Beck received from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission this certificate.
"To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that one Wm Siprill served a tour of duty at Lancaster during the period July 1-23, 1781, as a substitute for Urly Tanner in Lieutenant James Cook's Company of the Third Class, seventh Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, according to the evidence of a Muster Roll dated 1781. (3)
Wm. H. Work, Chief, Division of Public Records"
There was also evidence that William enlisted in the 1812 war with the Pennsylvania militia. (4)
Sources:
William Penn Memorial Archives
“U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783” Thruston's Regiment; Warner's Regiment: Ancestry.com (1)
"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-B4SS). (2)
"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG29-7VKN), Entry for Wm Siprill, 23 July 1781. (3)
"United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815", (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-TQCV), Entry for William Siprell, 1812-1815. (4)
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