Peter Ripley, Grassington, Yorkshire

Peter and Ann (Waterhouse) Ripley, both born in Yorkshire, came to the Wheeling (West Virginia) directly from England in 1842. Their first five children were born in Grassington or Burnsall, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. They joined two of Ann Ripley's brothers in Wheeling, Stephen and John Waterhouse, either concurrently or within the same time frame. Two more children were born in Wheeling. [http://www.lindapages.com/wvcw/5wvc/5wvc-ripley.htm]; [http://newsfeed.rootsweb.com/th/read/RIPLEY/2009-03/1238239958]