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Many myths have been written about this colourful character often referred to as Johannes Fripp.    Legends say he was a privateer who was granted a strip of land on St. Helena Island, South Carolina by King Charles II, for his help in defeating the Spanish.  No official record has ever been found mentioning this grant or the name Johannes.    John Fripp arrived in South Carolina 1670 - 90 with his son John and in 1696 purchased some land on Edisto Island.   By 1701 he had become High Sheriff of Colleton County.   His cotton plantations prospered and the Fripp family became one of the weathiest and most influential in the area.    His exact roots in England have not yet been traced but in 1836 his Gt Gt Grandson William "Good Billy" Fripp visited a cousin in Bristol, who was Mayor at the time. This must have been William Fripp Jr, whose cousins include George & Alfred Fripp the Artists and Alfred's son Sir Alfred Downing Fripp, the King's Surgeon.