Whipple Database

Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)

Preserved Whipple, twin

Preserved Whipple, twin

Male 1746 - 1813  (66 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Preserved Whipple, twin was born on 26 Sep 1746 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island (son of Daniel Whipple and Anne Chamberlain); died on 25 May 1813 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in South Cemetery, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from Hugh Hudson (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 2 Aug 2017. Corrects cemetery name to South Cemetery, citing Find a Grave. Confirmed by email from Sandy Sliviak (email hidden):
    South Cemetery is the correct name.  When you see "Old South" it simply helps indicate which section of that cemetery a person is interred. This cemetery has had 3 extensions thus far, all the same South Cemetery.

    Whipple [Website] indicating "Richmond Cemetery" must be giving a general location, none by that name. There are 18 cemeteries in the little town of Richmond! [pop. 1,155 on 2010 Census]  The larger main cemeteries for Richmond are: South, Middletown & Benson. All the others are Quaker & small neighborhood &/or family plots:



    !SOURCE: David Jillson, "Descendants of Capt. John Whipple, of Providence, R.I.," New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 32 (1878): 405.

    !SOURCE: Vital Records of Attleborough, MA to the End of 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1933), 1-102, cited by http://www.tiac.net/users/ime/famtree/whipple/whipbirthcu.htm

    !SOURCE: Email from Ward Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 11 Feb 1998. Gives death place of Richmond, Sagadohoc [i.e. Cheshire] County, NH. (??)

    !SOURCE: William Bassett, History of the Town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire (Boston: C.W. Calkins, 1884), p. 527.

    !RESIDENCES: "Removed from Cumberland [R.I.] to Richmond [N.H.], 1794." --W. Bassett

    !SOURCE: Adin Ballou, An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America ([Providence?]: Ariel and Latimer W. Ballou, c1888), p. 170.

    !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), Volume 3, Cumberland, Part V, p. 129.

    !SOURCE: "Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections," submitted to the Whipple Website by N. Combs, 10 Jan 2003. Gives death 25 May 1813, [age] 68 years.

    !DEATH: 25 May 1812 or 13. --A. Ballou

    Preserved married Olive Ballou in 1766 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island. Olive (daughter of James Ballou, Jr. and Tamasin or Thomasin Cook) was born on 13 May 1751 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 14 Apr 1845 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in South Cemetery, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Otis Whipple was born on 28 Dec 1767 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 22 Aug 1852 in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.
    2. Preserved Whipple, Jr. was born on 27 Mar 1770 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died about 1840 in of, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.
    3. Stephen Whipple, Colonel was born on 27 Nov 1772 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 7 Nov 1844 in , , Rhode Island; was buried in Cumberland Cemetery, Dexter Street, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    4. Philadelphia "Phila" Whipple was born on 25 Apr 1776 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 9 Mar 1864 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Quaker Cemetery, Abbott Run Valley Road, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    5. Silas Whipple was born on 8 Sep 1778 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 28 May 1862 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
    6. Comfort Whipple was born on 7 Jan 1781 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 25 Feb 1863 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    7. Nancy Whipple was born on 18 Sep 1783 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 23 Apr 1855 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
    8. Olive Whipple was born on 2 Jul 1786 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 30 Jan 1866 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Old Diamond Hill Cemetery, Reservoir Road, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    9. Russell Whipple was born on 11 Aug 1789 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 25 Oct 1877 in Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
    10. James Whipple was born on 30 Apr 1792 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died in Dec 1812 in , , New Hampshire.
    11. Tamasin Whipple was born on 7 Sep 1797 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire; died in Jul 1802 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
    12. Seraph Whipple was born in 1798 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire; died on 21 Sep 1865 in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daniel Whipple was born in 1688 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (son of Eleazer Whipple and Alice Angell); died on 3 Oct 1768 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 222.

    !SOURCE: David Jillson, "Descendants of Capt. John Whipple, of Providence, R.I.," New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 32 (1878): 405.

    !RESIDENCES: Attleboro, Massachusetts.

    !SOURCE: The World Wide Web, 30 Oct 1997: http://members.tripod.com/~rjsnyder/sub1/fam00038.htm

    !SOURCE: Email from Ward Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 11 Feb 1998. Gives birth "Abt. 1685 in RI," death 13 Mar 1768 in Cumberland, Providence County, RI.

    !SOURCE: Frank V. McDonald, Inquiries Relating to the Ancestors and Descendants of Job Whipple, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and Greenwich, Washington County, New York (Cambridge: University Press, John Wilson & son, 1881), p. 7. Records that Daniel "departed this life the third day of October, Annoque Domini 1768."

    !SOURCE: Judith Whipple, "Genealogy Chart of Captain John Whipple 1617-1685 to Grace Louise (Whipple) Pitcher 1892 and Alfred Whipple 1903 and John Whipple 1904 and Lorey Whipple 1910-1970" (Portland, Tex., c1977). Copy in the NEHGS library, call number CS71.W574 1977. Gives birth "ca. 1680 R.I."

    Daniel + Anne Chamberlain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Anne Chamberlain

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: David Jillson, "Descendants of Capt. John Whipple, of Providence, R.I.," New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 32 (1878): 405.

    !NAME: Surname from World Wide Web, 30 Oct, 1997: http://members.tripod.com/~rjsnyder/sub1/fam00038.htm.

    Children:
    1. Anne or Anna Whipple was born on 12 Jun 1736 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    2. Eve Whipple was born on 7 Dec 1737 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    3. Alice Whipple was born on 26 Mar 1740 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    4. Amey Whipple was born on 14 Apr 1742 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 21 Jul 1832 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    5. Joel Whipple was born on 3 Aug 1744 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 21 Feb 1822 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Cumberland Cemetery, Dexter Street, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    6. 1. Preserved Whipple, twin was born on 26 Sep 1746 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 25 May 1813 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in South Cemetery, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
    7. Comfort Whipple, twin was born on 26 Sep 1746 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 27 Feb 1792 in , , Rhode Island.
    8. Sarah Whipple was born on 7 Feb 1748/1749 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; died after 10 Nov 1786 in Utica, Oneida, New York.
    9. Job Whipple was born on 15 Mar 1752 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Eleazer Whipple was christened on 8 Mar 1645/1646 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts (son of John Whipple, Captain and Sarah); died on 25 Aug 1719 in Lime Rock, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Whipple-Mowry Lot, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !OCCUPATION: Housewright. See John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island_ (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 222.

    !NAME: Given name spelled Elezer by Henry E. Whipple, p. 14.

    !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 14. From a corrected copy of the book found in the Rhode Island Historical Society Library, call no. CS71.W574 1873 RIHSL.

    !SOURCE: David Jillson, "Descendants of Capt. John Whipple, of Providence, R.I.," New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 32 (1878): 405.

    !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. 2, Providence, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 197.

    !SOURCE: Email from Barbara Carroll to Weldon Whipple, 15 Feb 2003. Barbara writes: "The first Eleazer did have a son, ensign James, c. 1686/87, who is buried with him in the Whipple-Mowry Lot in Lincoln."

    !DEATH: Place from World Wide Web, 30 Oct, 1997: http://members.tripod.com/~rjsnyder/sub1/fam00208.htm.

    !SOURCE: Charles M. Whipple, Jr., A History of William Whipple of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Smithfield, Rhode Island, 1652-1712: His Antecedents and Descendants. (Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, c2006), p. 4. Gives death in Lime Rock, Rhode Island. (Previously entered as Providence, Rhode, Island.)

    !SOURCE: Email from Randolph Neel to Weldon Whipple, 5 Nov, 2022. Eleazer is mentioned in "An Index of Ancestors and Rolls of Members of the Society of Colonial Wars," 1922. Which states: "Eleazer Whipple 1646-1719, Providence, wounded serving during King Philip's War."

    Eleazer married Alice Angell on 26 Jan 1669/1670 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. Alice (daughter of Thomas Angell and Alice Ashton) was born in 1649 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 13 Aug 1743 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Alice Angell was born in 1649 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (daughter of Thomas Angell and Alice Ashton); died on 13 Aug 1743 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 222. Writing of Alice, he writes: "1733, Jan. 22. His [Eleazer's] widow [i.e. Alice] being very ancient (she now living in Smithfield), and not willing further to act as administratrix on husband's estate, administration was given to John Rhodes, of Warwick, who had married the widow of James Whipple." [Note: The James Whipple mentioned is Alice's son, b. in 1686.]

    !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. 2, Providence, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 197. Gives marriage: "[Whipple], Eleazer, and Alice Angell (intention, 1-451), published by Thomas Olney, Jr., Jan. 8; m. Jan 26, 1669."

    Children:
    1. Margaret or Margery Whipple was born about 1668 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died in 1722 in , , Rhode Island.
    2. Deborah Whipple was born on 1 Aug 1670 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 24 Jun 1748 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    3. Eleazer Whipple, Jr. was born about 1672 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 17 Dec 1734 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island.
    4. Alice Whipple was born on 3 Jun 1675 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died after 19 May 1746 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island.
    5. Harriet Whipple was born about 1677 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    6. Elizabeth Whipple was born in 1680 in , , Rhode Island.
    7. Job Whipple, Captain was born in 1684 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 19 Apr 1750 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Whipple-Mowry Lot, Great Road, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island.
    8. James Whipple, Ensign was born in 1686; died on 3 Oct 1731; was buried in Whipple-Mowry Lot, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island.
    9. 2. Daniel Whipple was born in 1688 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 3 Oct 1768 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    10. Hannah Whipple was born about 5 Mar 1695 in , , Rhode Island; died on 1 Apr 1727 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Whipple, CaptainJohn Whipple, Captain was born about 1617 in , , England; died on 16 May 1685 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in 1685 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !IDENTITY: Beginning in the 1990s and culminating in 2021, this person was thought to have been the John Whaple(s) who was listed in the baptism register of St. Mary and St. Lawrence Church in Great Waltham, Essex, England, baptized 13 Dec 1618. Until late 2021, no one had found any mention of John Whaple(s) after that baptism. Then, in a January 2022 report by Debrett Ancestry Research of Winchester, UK, it was discovered that John Whaple(s)'s grandmother Margaret Nevell of Great Waltham had mentioned him in her will of 29 Nov 1634, more than two years after the September 1632 arrival in Dorchester, Massachusetts, of this John, who later became Captain John Whipple and died in 1685 in Providence, Rhode Island. As a result, this database retracts its decision to identify this John as being the same person as John Whaple(s) of Great Waltham, England. John Whaple(s) is now found in the database as Person ID 167544. --Weldon Whipple, 18 Feb 2022.

    !SOURCE: Email from Charles Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 20 Sep 2008. John was "buried in 1685 [in his home gravelot and reburied in the North Burial Ground] in about 1750."

    !SOURCE: The following primary sources of information were supplied by Charles Whipple (charlemail hidden) to the Whipple Website, 1 Aug 2008:
    Place of birth of John Whipple: According to his gravestone, John was born circa 1617/18. There is absolutely no published primary research data that proves that John Whipple was born in Milford, Wales--or anywhere else. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island: A Multigenerational Study of the First Whipple Family in America (Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing Company, 2007) 2 & 34.

    First evidence of John Whipple's presence in America: "September 16, 1632, being the Lord's Day. In the Evening, Mr. Pierce, in the ship Lyon arrived and came to an anchor before Boston...." [James K. Hosmer, ed., Governor Winthrop's Journal. 1630-1649 (New York: Scribner and Sons, 1908) 1:92. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 2 & 33.

    First record of public activity in America: "3 October 1632, John Wipple and Alex Miller were ordered to pay fines of 3s, 4d to their master Israel Stoughton, for wasteful expenditure of powder and shot." [Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 6 volumes in 5 (Boston: W. White, 1853-54) 1974] [John O. Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, NY: 1887; Reprint ed, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978) 221.] As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple...1 & 33.

    Church membership at Dorchester: Sarah Whipple, on 29 October 1641, addressed as "Goodwife Whipple," one of the lowest social class distinctions, was admitted to the Dorchester church. [Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England, 1636-1734 (Boston: George H. Ellis, 1891) 6.] John would have had to be a member by then, as freemen were required to be members of the church. It is believed that the record of John's admittance to membership was taken to Connecticut in 1635/36. "There is little hope of finding these ancient records either in Windsor or in Dorchester." [Records of First Church, iv & xi]. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 6.

    Record of John Whipple's public life in Dorchester: "Astonishingly, only twice in almost two decades does John's name appear in public records." John Whiplle was the last proprietor to sign a fencing agreement [Dorchester Town Records, City Document 9, report 4, 1880, p. 27]. He was mentioned in an estate in 1656. [New England Historical and Genealogical Society Record, Vol. 6, 1852, p. 41.] [Robert C. Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1632-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1995) 3:1974.]. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 9.

    John Whipple sold his 45 acre Dorchester property, 15 November 1658: "John Whipple, carpenter...his now dwelling house and housements scituate and being in Dorchester near the river Naponset together with thirty-seven acres of upland more or less thereto adjoining, also eight acres of salt marsh more or less lying near the place commonly called the penny ferry." Suffolk Land Records, Deeds, 14 vols. (Boston: 1880-1906) 3:204-05. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 16.

    Church membership at Providence: "Was it coincidence that one month after the proclamation of the death penalty for Quakers, 19 October 1658, John sold his property...and began preparation to leave for Rhode Island, the only safe haven in New England for members of that sect? However, it is just as conceivable that Captain John could have become disenthralled with religion in general." Irvin Richman, Rhode Island, Its Making and Meaning (New York: B.P. Putnam Sons, 1908) 292.

    "He was received as a preacher at Providence in 1659." This quote, which appears only in [Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, 3 vols (Chicago: J.H.J. Beers and Company, 1908) III:1639] is an apparent miss-reading, by the compiler or editor, of the well known statement that appeared in earlier histories, "He was received as a proprietor at Providence in 1659." There is no record that Captain John Whipple or his children were members of the clergy. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 15-16.

    Captain John Whipple's tavern: John's short lived, one room, Inn was not "staid or sober," nor was it a particularly popular meeting place as chronicled in previous histories. That honor belongs to John Whipple Junior's tavern. At least three of John's children and four grandsons owned more popular taverns. However, John's was the best known of the two earliest taverns. [Gertrude Kimball, Providence in Colonial Times (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912) 126. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 23.

    John Whipple's military title: His title of "Captain" was strictly honorary. There is no record that he or his compatriots, including Roger Williams, used a weapon against the warring Indians of 1675/76 (the Indians refused to take up arms against Williams), or ever led a group of men into battle as an officer. [Early Records of the Town of Providence, 21 vols, collected and compiled by the Record Commissioners (Providence: Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892-1915). XV:153.] As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 25.

    Last Will and Testament: John's last Will and Testament was flawed, which allowed his grandson, John Whipple III, to win a law suit against four of his Whipple uncles. They had to pay him hundreds of dollars to retain their inherited properties. [The Early Records of the Town of Providence, 21 vols, collected and compiled by the Records Commissioners (Providence: Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892-1915) XX:274-75.] As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 25-27.

    The deaths of John and Sarah Whipple: John and Sarah's gravestones were carved around the year 1750, subsequent to the removal of their remains to the North Burial Grounds. Sarah died in 1666, being dead then for approximately 85 years before her gravestone was carved. Moreover, John would have been dead for approximately 65 years in 1750. A lack of accurate and complete cemetery information was the result. Those who had access to the truth were long since deceased themselves. Well-meaning descendants, likely their grandsons, Deputy Governor Joseph Junior and his brother, John, were insufficiently prepared to carry out Captain John's 1682 directive to their father to see to it that "I be decently buried." It must be pointed out that John and Sarah's gravestones are recognized to be the earliest dated in the cemetery. [John E. Sterling, North Burial Ground, Old Section, 1700-1848, Special Publication #5 (Providence: Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 2000) xii. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 28-31.



    SOURCE: Dr. Charles M. Whipple, in an email to the Whipple Website dated 11 Mar 2021, cites Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1908), 3:1676-1677 as the only known source that gives Sarah's maiden name They. Suggesting that evidence to positively identify Sarah's maiden name is as yet inconclusive, he writes:
    Three hundred years of anecdotal and theoretical primary research attempts have proven to be of no use whatsoever in explicating the mystery of Sarah's wayward surname that appears on the Whipple marriage certificate of 1638. I therefore undertook an empirical attempt, using the above-cited 1908 secondary source--the only known source that gives her name as "They"--to determine Sarah's maiden name once and for all. I advanced the possibility of the standalone name "They," or a proximate variant of the name, "Theyer," having conceivably been Sarah’s name. The evidence proved encouraging yet indeterminate. (See my post Sarah Theyer Whipple, Putative Wife of Captain John Whipple, 25 February 2021, on the Whipple Website blog).


    !SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 44.

    !IMMIGRATION: "Banks lists John Whipple of Bocking, Essex County, England, in 1632, as a passenger on a ship called 'The Lyon.' This ship: with Mr. William Peirce as Master, sailed from London, June 22, and arrived September 16th at Boston." Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Sons and Daughters of Jesse: A 360 Year History of the Whipple Family (Oklahoma City: Southwestern Press, 1976), p. 10. The same reference says he married Sarah They? or Darling? about 1639. (The quotation might actually refer to RIN 5890 or 5933 [father and son John Whipple, who were born in Bocking, Essex, England]? Neither 5890 or 5933 had a wife named Sarah They or Darling.)

    !BIRTH: Variant place: Milford, Pembroke, Wales. --Brenda Bova (email hidden), in a post to the Whipple Mailing List (email hidden) 5 Oct 1997. Records of the Edson Whipple Family family Organization list Milford, Surrey, England. (We probably don't know where Captain. John was born ... --Weldon Whipple)

    !BIRTH: Philip Currier, The Currier Family Records, v.4, p. 12, shows Captain John born in Bocking, Essex, England, on 19 Dec. 1588. (Being born in Bocking would seem to refer to one of the Ipswich Whipples. -- Weldon Whipple)

    !DEATH: Age at death: 68.

    !BIRTH: Date from John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island_ (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978.

    !DEATH: Date from Austin, _Dictionary_, p. 221.

    !RESIDENCES: Dorchester, Mass., and Providence, R.I. (Austin, _Dictionary_, p. 221.)

    !RESIDENCES: In 1658, John sold his house and some 40 or 50 acres of land in Dorchester, Mass., to James Minot, and soon after moved with his family to Providence, R.I. Land was granted to him in Providence in July 1659, and he was admitted as an inhabitant. --Nancy Cluff Siders (email hidden) to the Whipple Family discussion list (email hiddena.edu), 5 Apr 1997, citing "The Steere Genealogy" by James P. Root, 1890.

    !NOTE: 3 Oct 1632 ordered to give 3s. 4d. to his master Israel Stoughton for wasteful expenditure of powder and shot. (Austin, p. 221)

    !SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipple Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003.

    !OCCUPATION: Carpenter by trade. --Brown genealogy of 1851.

    !SOURCE: Mail from Charles M. Whipple, Jr., to Weldon Whipple, 8 Dec 2006. Estimates marriage in 1638 or earlier (previously entered as 1639/40) based on the Early Records of the Town of Providence, XVII:53-4: "On 24 Nov 1684, John junior made a declaration that he was 45 years old at the time, making his date of birth 1639." Thus his parents likely married in 1638 or earlier.

    John married Sarah in 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Sarah was born about 1624; died in 1666 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in 1666 in North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  SarahSarah was born about 1624; died in 1666 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in 1666 in North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: The following primary sources of information were supplied by Dr. Charles M. Whipple (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 1 Aug 2008:
    Church membership at Dorchester: Sarah Whipple, on 29 October 1641, addressed as "Goodwife Whipple," one of the lowest social class distinctions, was admitted to the Dorchester church. [Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England, 1636-1734 (Boston: George H. Ellis, 1891) 6.] John would have had to be a member by then, as freemen were required to be members of the church. It is believed that the record of John's admittance to membership was taken to Connecticut in 1635/36. "There is little hope of finding these ancient records either in Windsor or in Dorchester." [Records of First Church, iv & xi]. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 6.

    Sarah Whipple's maiden name: Previous antiquarian researches claim that Sarah's maiden name, among others, could have been: Hutchinson, Darling, or They. Regrettably, none of these writers provided requisite proof for their assertions. Sarah's birthplace and date of birth are likewise unknown.

    In a subsequent email to the Whipple Website dated 11 Mar 2021, Charles cites Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1908), 3:1676-1677 as the only known source that gives Sarah's maiden name They. Suggesting that evidence to positively identify Sarah's maiden name is as yet inconclusive, he writes:

    "Three hundred years of anecdotal and theoretical primary research attempts have proven to be of no use whatsoever in explicating the mystery of Sarah’s wayward surname that appears on the Whipple marriage certificate of 1638. I therefore undertook an empirical attempt, using the above-cited 1908 secondary source--the only known source that gives her name as 'They'--to determine Sarah's maiden name once and for all. I advanced the possibility of the standalone name 'They,' or a proximate variant of the name, 'Theyer,' having conceivably been Sarah’s name. The evidence proved encouraging yet indeterminate. (See my post Sarah Theyer Whipple, Putative Wife of Captain John Whipple, 25 February 2021, on the Whipple Website blog)."

    The deaths of John and Sarah Whipple: John and Sarah's gravestones were carved around the year 1750, subsequent to the removal of their remains to the North Burial Grounds. Sarah died in 1666, being dead then for approximately 85 years before her gravestone was carved. Moreover, John would have been dead for approximately 65 years in 1750. A lack of accurate and complete cemetery information was the result. Those who had access to the truth were long since deceased themselves. Well-meaning descendants, likely their grandsons, Deputy Governor Joseph Junior and his brother, John, were insufficiently prepared to carry out Captain John's 1682 directive to their father to see to it that "I be decently buried." It must be pointed out that John and Sarah's gravestones are recognized to be the earliest dated in the cemetery. [John E. Sterling, North Burial Ground, Old Section, 1700-1848, Special Publication #5 (Providence: Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 2000) xii.



    !DEATH: Age at death: 42.

    !SOURCE: Dwane V. Norris, Whipple Family Tree, Revised 23 Jul 1996 (Jackson, Mich.: D.V. Norris, c1993), p. 81.

    !SOURCE: Judith Whipple, "Genealogy Chart of Captain John Whipple 1617-1685 to Grace Louise (Whipple) Pitcher 1892 and Alfred Whipple 1903, and John Whipple 1904 and Lorey Whipple 1910-1970" (Portland, Tex., c1977). Copy in the NEHGS library, call number CS71.W574 1977.

    !NAME: Philip Currier, The Currier Family Records, v.4, p. 12, gives Sarah's surname as Hutchinson. The name Sarah Hutchinson occurs much less frequently than "Sarah They? or Darling?" as Captain John's wife. One Sarah Hutchinson does appear in the Whipple genealogy (RIN 3573 in this database)--married to Joseph(4), Joseph(3), Matthew(2), Matthew(1) of the Ipswich/Bocking Whipple line.

    !BIRTH: Date from John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island_ (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Judith Whipple gives birth place of Massachusetts (no date given).

    !BURIAL: Sarah's grave marker in the Whipple section of the North Burial Grounds, Providence, R.I., reads: "IN MEMORY / of / Mrs. Sarah WHIPPLE / wife of / Capt. John Whipple / She was born in Dorchester, in New England; and died in / Providence, Anno Dona, 1666 / aged about 42 years." -- D.V. Norris, p. 81.

    !RESIDENCES: Dorchester, Mass., and Providence, R.I. (Austin, _Dictionary_, p. 221.)

    !SOURCE: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1908), 3:1676-1677. Gives surname They.

    !SOURCE: Mail from Charles M. Whipple, Jr., to Weldon Whipple, 8 Dec 2006. Estimates marriage in 1638 or earlier (previously entered as 1639/40) based on the Early Records of the Town of Providence, XVII:53-4: "On 24 Nov 1684, John junior made a declaration that he was 45 years old at the time, making his date of birth 1639." Thus his parents likely married in 1638 or earlier.

    Children:
    1. John Whipple, Ensign was born in 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 1 Nov 1641 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 15 Dec 1700 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    2. Sarah Whipple was born on 2 Feb 1641/1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 6 Feb 1641/1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died after 12 May 1710 in of, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    3. Samuel Whipple was christened on 17 Mar 1643/1644 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 12 Mar 1710/1711 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    4. 4. Eleazer Whipple was christened on 8 Mar 1645/1646 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 25 Aug 1719 in Lime Rock, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Whipple-Mowry Lot, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island.
    5. Mary Whipple was christened on 9 Apr 1648 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 12 Jul 1698 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    6. William Whipple, Sr. was christened on 16 May 1652 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 9 Mar 1711/1712 in Lime Rock, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Whipple Farm Burial Lot, Limerock Road, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island.
    7. Benjamin Whipple was christened on 4 Jun 1654 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 11 Mar 1703/1704 in North Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    8. David Whipple, Ensign was christened on 28 Sep 1656 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 18 Dec 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    9. Abigail Whipple was born about 1657/1658 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 19 Aug 1725 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    10. Joseph Whipple, Colonel was born about 1662 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 28 Apr 1746 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    11. Jonathan Whipple was born about 1664 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 8 Sep 1721 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

  3. 10.  Thomas Angell was born on 1 May 1618 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died on 2 Sep 1694 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 222.

    !SOURCE: Printout (dated 7 Nov 1997) of the Sprague Database, mailed by Dick Weber (REWeber@sprague-database.org) to the Whipple Web Site.

    !SOURCE: U.S. mail from Earle K. Peckham (email hidden) to the Whipple Web Site, January 1998.

    !SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 44.

    Thomas married Alice Ashton on 10 Apr 1643 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. Alice (daughter of James Ashton and Alice) was born on 1 Feb 1617/1618 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died on 24 Dec 1694 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Alice Ashton was born on 1 Feb 1617/1618 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (daughter of James Ashton and Alice); died on 24 Dec 1694 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 222.

    !NAME: Given name from "Sam" Behling's Whipple Home Page, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7116/whipple.html, 3 Oct 1997.

    !SOURCE: Printout (dated 7 Nov 1997) of the Sprague Database, mailed by Dick Weber (REWeber@sprague-database.org) to the Whipple Web Site.

    !SOURCE: http://members.aol.com/GFSBrenda/Ashton.html, 28 Dec 1997.

    !SOURCE: U.S. mail from Earle K. Peckham (email hidden) to the Whipple Web Site, January 1998.

    Children:
    1. Annphillis or Amphillis Angell was born about 1640 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died after 21 Oct 1694.
    2. John Angell was born about 1646 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 27 Jul 1720 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    3. Mary Angell was born after 1640; died after 23 May 1685.
    4. Deborah Angell was born about 1648 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died after 21 Oct 1694.
    5. 5. Alice Angell was born in 1649 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 13 Aug 1743 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    6. James Angell was born after 1650 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 3 Mar 1710/1711 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    7. Hope Angell was born after 1650 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died before 23 May 1685.
    8. Margaret or Margery Angell was born about 1660 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died after 1 Mar 1702/1703.


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