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Hendrickson Kip. son. of HenArick Kip. who came to Xew Aoisterdani in 1635. His father, a lawyer inborn. 1796. died, 1S63). was graduated at Columbia. 1S15. A.M.. 1S20, and Rutgers, IS^T. He was prepared for college at William Leggett's private school in Xew York city and was grad- uated at Columbia. A.B.. 1S56. A.M., lSo9. He ptirsued a course in theology at the Seminary of the Reformed Church, Xew Brunswick. N.J., and in 1S61 went to Amoy, China, where he was a missionary, 1361-98. He was married, Jtme 2, 1S65, to Helen, daughter of the Rev. Michael Simpson and Mary (Dunlap)Culbertson. of Shang- hai. China, and their only child, Alice, became the wife of the Rev. Alexander S. Van Dyck, missionary at Amoy. China, from 1SS3 to 1895, and subsequently of New Brunswick. X.J. He received the degree of D.D. from Rutgers college

in 188«3. He lived in New Brunswick. 1898-1900. and died at Trenion. N. J., Feb. 27, 1901.

KIP, WUliam Ingraham, first bishop of Califor-

}. and 59Th in succession in the American epis- copate, was born in New York city. Oct. 3. 1811 : son of Leonard and 3Iaria (Ingraham) Kip. and descended fix)m a noble French family, who early in the sixteenth cen- tury had been driv- en from France to Holland by religious persecution. His first ancestor in America. Henry De Kype, born in 1576. immigrated to America from Hol- land with his family in 1635. and soon re- turned to Amster- dam, but his sons Isaac and Henry set- tled in New York, and in 1639 owned the part of Manhat- tan island known as Kip's bay : the site of the City Hall park, and also Kipsburg "Nfanor at Rhinebeck. N.Y. "William passed one year (1827) at Rutgers college, and was graduated from Yale, A.B.. 1831. A.M.. 18S4. He studied law, but deciding to prepare for holy orders he studied at the Virginia Theological seminary in 1832 and was graduated from the General Theo- logical seminary in New York city in 1835. He was made deacon. June 28, 1835. by Bishop On- derdonk, St. John's church. Brooklyn. N.Y.. and ordained priest. Oct. 24. 1835. by Bishop Doane in St. Peters church. Morristown. N.J. He was rector of St. Peters. Morristown. 1835-36 : assist- ant at Grace church. New York city, 1836-37. and rector of St. Paul's church. Albany. N.Y.. 1837- 53. He was elected first missionary bishop of the

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diocese of California, organized, 1S50. and was consecrated in Trinity church. New York city, Oct. 28, 1853, by Bishops Kemper. Alfred Lee, Boone, Freeman, George Burgess. Upfold. White- house and Wain Wright. In 1857 he was elected by the convention of the diocese bishop of California, which see at that time contained but two or three churches, and he had sole charge of the growing diocese until 1874. when northern Cali- fornia was made a missionary district. He was appointed a member of the board of examiners at the U.S. Naval academy by President Hayes in 1880. and of the board of the U.S. ililitary academy by President Arthur in 1883. which latter position he declined. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Trinity college in 1846. from Columbia college in 1847, and LL.D. from Yale in 1872. He was married in 1838 to Maria, daughter of Governor Lawrence, of Rhode Island. He is the author of : The History, Object and Proper Observance of the Holy Season of Lent {1S43): Early Jesuit Jlissions in Xorth America (1846): Christian Holidays at Rome (1860); The Unnoticed Things of Scriptures (1865): Hie Cata- combs of Rome; The Double Witness of the Church; TJie Early Conflicts of Christianity; Xeic York in the Olden Time ; Historical Scenes in the Old Jesuit Missions (1875) : The Church of the Apostles (1877) ; The Early Days of My Epis- copate (1 892). and numerous addresses and con- tributions to church periodicals. He died at San Fi-ancis-?o. CaL. Apnl 7. 1893.

KIRBY, Ephralm, jurist, was born in Litch- field. Conn.. Feb. 23. 1757. His father was a farmer and Ephraim was employed on the farm during his boyhood, and at the age of nineteen marched with the volunteers from Litchfield, and was present at the battle of Bunker HUl. He served through the Revolutionary war and \ras in nineteen battles and skirmishes, including the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth and Ger- mantown. By his own labor he earned the money to pay tuition for a short course at Yale, and in 1787 received from that institution the honorary degree of A.M. He studied law in the office of Reynold Marvin, of Litchfield, who had been king's attorney for the province of Connect- icut before the war. and whose daughter Ruth he married. He was admitted to the bar and practised his profession in Litchfield, Conn., and was the first to report the decisions of the courts in his state. He was a representative in the Connecticut legislature. 1791-18<)4 : was the un- successful cantiidate for governor of Connecticut in opposition to Jonathan Trumbull for several successive years : and was appointed supervisor of the national revenue for the state of Connect- icut by President Jefferson in 1S04. Upon the acqtiisition of Louisiana, President Jefferson ap-