Genealogies of Allied Rhode Island Families
Many of the older titles listed below are out of
print. Some contain inaccurate genealogical
information. If an examination of their genealogical
information leads you to suspect errors in the Whipple
Database, feel free to contact the Webmaster!
Angell
- Smith, Dean Crawford. The Ancestry of
Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910. --
Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society,
1992.
- ISBN : 0-88082-034-9.
- Although listed as out of print in
the Amazon.com
Bookstore catalog, it is still available directly
from the New England
Historic Genealogical Society.
Although the book contains no chapters on Whipples
specifically, the index includes the names of 47
Whipples. Besides Angells, the following Rhode Island
families have special chapters: Adams, Ashton, Barnes,
Beard, Beckwith, Boyes, Briant, Burns, Cargill, Cochran,
Gregg, Hempstead, Hogg, Inman, Johnson, Lee, Mowry,
Olney, Smith, Strickland, Walter, Way, Williams,
Wolterton, Young.
Brown
- Bulkley, Abby Isabel Brown. The Chad
Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs
of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and
Elizabeth Browne. -- Brooklyn, N.Y.,
1888.
- Chad Brown was one of the original settlers of
Providence, Rhode Island. His descendants include many
notable figures in Rhode Island's history, including
governors, senators, and the founders of Providence's
Brown University. A significant percentage of his
descendants are also descendants of Captain John
Whipple.
This title is available from Higginson Book Company
(https://www.higginsonbooks.com).
-
- [Author unknown]. The Brown Genealogy of 1851, upon Which the Chad
Brown Memorial Is Based.
- Bibliographic details regarding this title are still uncertain. It
includes some information not included in the later Chad Brown Memorial.
It is here presented exactly as received from Ian
Mackie. Click
here to view the book in Portable Document Format
(PDF).
Mowry
- Mowry, William Augustus. A Family History:
Richard Mowry, of Uxbridge, Mass.: His Ancestors and His
Descendants. -- Providence : Sidney
S. Rider, 1878.
- Richard Mowry
(1748/49-1835) is the son
of Anne
Whipple, whose ancestry at the time of this
writing is still uncertain. (She is likely a
descendant of Captain John Whipple of
Providence.)
A
reprint edition BiblioLife is available from
Amazon.com.
Olney
- Olney, James H. A Genealogy of the
Descendants of Thomas Olney, an Original Proprietor
of Providence, R.I., Who Came from England in
1635. -- Providence : E.L. Freeman
& Son, 1880.
- Many of Thomas' descendants are also descendants of
Captain John Whipple of Providence. Researchers of Rhode
Island Whipples will want to consult this book.
Clayton J. Olney
(cjolney@pol.net)
has contributed
a copy
of the book to the Whipple Website! It is in
Portable Document Format (PDF).
Smith
- Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from
Rhode Island Periodicals. -- Baltimore
: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983. -- 2 volumes.
- Volume 2 begins with Charles William Farnham's 150
page article entitled "John Smith, the Miller, of
Providence, Rhode Island: Some of His Descendants."
John's son, also named John Smith, married Captain John
Whipple's
daughter Sarah. Except
for the first few pages, the entire article covers Sarah
Whipple's descendants.
- Listed
in the Amazon.com Bookstore catalog.
Allied Rhode Island Families