George Hipp Family

George Hipp came to SC in 1749, brought by John Jacob Ramensperger (Council Journal 17(2)-671, 22 October 1749). At the time he had a wife and 3 children and was awarded a 250 acre bounty grant on Crims Creeek.  In 1762 the son, John Hipp obtained a memorial to this grant (Memorials 6-23).

The following outline of this family is by Luther W. Hampton (Dutch Fork Digest IX(3), 1994.

  John Hipp, died 1801, with will dated 18 November 1786 (Newberry Wills C-175). In his will he names wife, Susanna, and children. John Hipp was among petitioners for incorporation of St. John's Lutheran Church at Pomaria, SC in 1794.

Their children were:
I. Mary Isabella (Sibel) Hipp, born 23 August 1764, died 29 March 1829, married 25 November 1783, John Livingston, born 18 December 1764, died 11 December 1823, son of Martin Luther Livingston.

A. Martin Livingston, born 23 May 1785, died 27 February 1786
B. Susannah Livingston, born 14 March 1787, died 31 December 1842, married David Williamson born 1785, died 1849.
C. Sarah Livingston, born 25 September 1789, died 1857, married Emanuel Huffman (Hoffman).
D. John Henry Livingston, born 31 March 1791, died 21 December 1849, married 1) Ann Jones and married 2) Mary Davis.
E. John Hipp Livingston, born 9 December 1794, died 15 June 1854, married 1) Levithia Busbee and married 2) Mary Carson.
F. Frederick Livingston, born 3 August 1797, died 11 March 1851, married 1) Martha Jeffcoat and married 2) Isabell King.
G. George Livingston, born 25 January 1800, died 25 May 1818.
H. Elizabeth Livingston, born 5 March 1803, died 14 February 1879, married William Harley, born 1797, died 30 July 1845.
I. Barnett Livingston, born 22 September 1805, died 29 October 1864, married Eliza Rhodes born 5 September 1810, died 29 July 1886.

II. Christina Hipp, married Francis Summer, born December 1756, died 1810, son of John Adam and Anna Maria Jost Summer. Christina was his second wife.

A. Mary M. Summer, born 30 August 1795, died 17 May 1880, married 1) John Legronne, born 24 September 1788, died 21 May 1831; and married 2) Silas Merchant, born 14 November 1787, died 7 February 1850. Mary and Silas are buried at St. Luke's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Newberry County, SC. John is buried at Legrone Cemetery, Newberry County, SC.
B. John (Yellow Leg) Summer, born 7 December 1797, died 10 December 1864, married Cynthia Ray, born 10 May 1802, died 19 March 1879, daughter of Jesse Rhea.
C. Joseph (Poor Joe) Summer, born 7 December 1797, died 1879, married 1827 Sarah Swittenberg, born 1805 died after1880, daughter of John and Elizabeth Gantt Swittenberg.

III. Catherine Hipp.
IV. John Hipp, born 1773, died 31 October 1848, married Susannah Margaret Summer, born 1785, died 1860/70, daughter of George Adam and Susannah Margarita Thomas Summer.

A. George John Adam Hipp, born 7 May 1797, died 19 April 1855, married 1) Elizabeth Piester, died about 1835; and married 2) Eve Setzler, born 1806, died after 1870

Children by first wife:
1. Sarah E. Hipp, born 2 January 1825, died 8 November 1853, married John Adam Cannon, born 28 December 1820, died 16 September 1878, son of David M. and Mary Magdalene Folk Cannon.
2. George Hipp, born 22 October 1827, died 29 July 1863 (CSA), married 28 January 1850, Martha Magdalene Summer, born 10 May 1832, died 3 September 1865, daughter of Joseph Pinckney Summer and Eve Margaret Counts Houseal. Both buried Summer Cemetery #2, Newberry County, SC.
3. John Adam Hipp, born 1840, married Elizabeth Miller, moved to MS.
4. David Hipp, born 21 July 1832, died 7 November 1903, married Martha M. Hipp, born 30 January 1840, died 27 January 1914, daughter of John and Amanda Hipp.
5. Elizabeth Hipp, born 1835, married 15 May 1856, John C. Sease son of John and Christina Bearberg Lowman Sease

Children by second wife:
6. Catherine Hipp, born 1830.
7. James M. Hipp, born about 1841, died about 1862 (CSA) of Typhoid Fever in VA.
8. Adam Isadore Hipp, born 10 April 1843, died 22 June 1892, married Narcissa Cummings Epting, born 21 April 1843, died 30 April 1929, daughter of Capt. George and Elizabeth Epting. (information provided by Sallie Hipp Packham - smpackham@aol.com)

B. Elizabeth Hipp, born 4 September 1801, died 21 May 1901, buried at Capers Chapel Methodist Church, Newberry County, SC.
C. Mary Magdalene Hipp, born 1802, died 28 May 1883, married Jonathan H. Fulmer, born 1800, died 5 July 1856.

1. Susannah Elizabeth Fulmer, born 31 August 1822, died 9 October 1844.
2. Elviry Fulmer, born 8 July 1824, died 10 June 1837.
3. John Hartwell Fulmer, born 3 February 1827, died 9 April 1910, married Amy Catherine Miller, born 1827.
4. Terzy Fulmer, born 12 December 1828, died 9 September 1914, married Henry Y. Setzler.
5. Jacob Belton Fulmer, born 1 December 1830, died before 1881, married Martha Ann Mahala Sease, born 11 May 1838.
6. Martha Fulmer, born 14 March 1833, died 9 July 1856, married Thomas Shealy.
7. Nancy Margaret Fulmer, born 20 August 1835, died 20 November 1837.
8. Elizabeth Harriet Fulmer, born 29 April 1838, died 25 July 1856.
9. Mary Elvy Fulmer, born 17 December 1840, died 27 June 1925, married Govan Luther Sease, born 20 June 1836, died 24 May 1923.
10. Sarah Cathron Fulmer, born 23 December 1839, died 21 January 1933, married Levi Kibler, born 11 May 1839, died 21 March 1907.
11. Frances Rebecca Fulmer, born 19 November 1846, died after 20 July 1861.

D. Susannah Margaret Hipp, born 1809, died before 10 December 1889, married William David Cromer, born 1818, died December 1881, son of Michael and Mary Boyd Cromer.

1. Henry Cromer, born 1838, died 1850/60.
2. Mary Ann Cromer, born 1840, died 1860/70.
3. John W. Cromer, born September 1844, died 12 October 1861 CSA.
4. George Cromer, born 1849, died 1850/60.

E. Christina Hipp, born 1813, died before 1860, married 20 March 1834, William Summer, born 1814, died after 1880, son of George Adam Summer, Jr. and Penny _______ .

1. Elizabeth Summer, born 20 December 1834, died 13 October 1908, married John H. Haltiwanger, born 19 July 1830, died 21 October 1897.
2. John Benedict Summer, born 1840, died before 1889.
3. William Thomas Summer, born 4 March 1843, died 11 June 1924, married 1) Martha Mayer Eargle, born 1 March 1843, died 14 December 1874; and married 2) Mary Ellen Setzler, born 18 October 1843, died 15 October 1903.
4. James Henry Summer, born 10 November 1845, died 5 December 1918, married Hercilla C. Stuck, born 30 June 1847, died 21 December 1921.
5. Walter E. Summer, born February 1849, married Virginia _____, born July 1854.
6. Mary Emily Summer, born 28 September 1852, died 5 October 1932, married Henry Pinckney Summer, born 24 October 1846, died 24 May 1932, son of William Anderson and Susanna Setzler Summer.
7. James P. Summer, born 1855, died 15 November 1938, married Mary Counts Epting.

F. John Hipp, Jr., born 1815, died 28 September 1848, married Amanda ______, born 1811, died 1879.

1. William Walter Hipp, born 1838, died CSA.
2. Martha M. Hipp, born 30 January 1840, died 27 January 1914, married David Hipp, born 21 July 1832, died 7 November 1903, son of John George Adam and Eve Setzler Hipp.
3. Frances Kesiah Hipp, born 6 October 1842, died 5 July 1929, married George A. Bundrick, born 16 November 1850, died 3 April 1938.

G. Anna Hipp, born 15 December 1816, died 13 December 1895, married John Adam Boland, born 26 March 1813, died 13 December 1895, son of Abramm and Eve Christina Sease Boland.

1. Jonas Benson Boland, born 10 August 1842, died 9 August 1862 CSA.
2. Susannah Christine Boland, born 4 January 1846, died 8 March 1888, married John William Summer born 25 October 1838, died 14 January 1933.
3. John Adam Boland, Jr., born 12 December 1848, died 16 December 1942, married Sarah Elizabeth Singley, born 4 September 1856, died 1 January 1913, daughter of George Milton and Mary Ann Etheridge Singley.
4. Warn Preston Boland, born about 1852, died 15 March 1854.
5. Mary Elvira Boland, born 13 August 1851, died 25 November 1889, married James Edward Shealy, born 13 April 1848, died 19 November 1925.
6. Andrew Pickens Boland, born 1858, buried in PA.
7. Lenorah C. Boland, born 26 August 1860, died 3 July 1893, married J. Wade P. Harmon, born 5 September 1864, died 20 July 1940.

H. William Andrew Hipp, born 19 February 1825, died 8 January 1901, married Catherine E. Kinard, born 7 January 1827, died 2 June 1889, daughter of William and Christina Werts Kinard.

1. Sarah E. Hipp, born 1845.
2. John Jacob Hipp, born 13 December 1846, died 1931, married Martha Quinta Rebecca Derrick, born 30 April 1848, died 4 June 1908.
3. William Quincy Hipp, born 10 April 1849, died 2 December 1915, married Emma Mary Derrick, born 22 September 1852, died 6 November 1926.

V. Margareth/Margaret Hipp is believed to have married John Seibert Byerly.born about 1764.. (*See Byerly bio for more information)

Bio last updated on: 17 July, 2003