About this episode

Crista Cowan explores her ancestry, uncovering a secret message from her 10-times-great-grandparents, Richard and Abigail Lippincott, through Quaker records.

Imagine diving into your family tree to discover that your ancestors left you a secret message more than 300 years ago, encoded into the literal names of their children. I follow a trail of meticulous Quaker records from a genealogy brick wall in Ohio all the way back to 17th-century Boston to discover the story of Richard and Abigail Lippincott, my 10-times-great-grandparents. Together, they survived public excommunication in colonial Boston, two imprisonments in Devonshire, England, and rel...

People in this episode

Host: Crista Cowan

Topics covered

• genealogy
• family history
• Quaker records
• colonial America
• survival
• ancestry

Keywords

• genealogy
• Quaker records
• Richard Lippincott
• Abigail Lippincott
• colonial Boston
• family tree
• ancestry
• survival

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New Jersey, Boston, Devonshire

More episodes of Stories That Live In Us

• Stories That Connect Us (And Why DNA Isn't Enough) | Episode 120 · July 16, 2026 · 17 min
• Fifty Nifty United States (with Lisa Elzey) | Episode 119 · July 9, 2026 · 59 min
• Delaware: Courage to Save the Words That Built America (with Anna Crowley Redding) | Episode 118 · July 2, 2026 · 47 min
• Pennsylvania: Stashed-Away Secrets and Forgotten Family (with Jessica Rae) | Episode 117 · June 25, 2026 · 49 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Stories That Live In Us podcast page.