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William Whipple, Jr., Captain

William Whipple, Jr., Captain

Male Abt 1691 - 1776  (~ 85 years)

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  • Name William Whipple 
    Suffix Jr., Captain 
    Birth Abt 1691  Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Nov 1776  Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Whipple Farm Burial Lot, Limerock Road, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I380  Whipple Descendants
    Last Modified 15 May 2016 

    Father William Whipple, Sr.,   c. 16 May 1652, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1711/1712, Lime Rock, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Mary   d. Aft 16 Jun 1713 
    Marriage 1675 
    Family ID F301  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Sprague,   b. 26 May 1694, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1735 (Age > 42 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1713 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Whipple,   b. 28 Feb 1714/1715, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1752 (Age > 38 years)
     2. Elizabeth Whipple,   b. 26 May 1716, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 24 Oct 1718 (Age < 2 years)
     3. Jemima Whipple,   b. 4 Oct 1717, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Elizabeth Amy "Amy" Whipple,   b. 24 Oct 1718, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1764 (Age 45 years)
     5. William Whipple,   b. 1 Nov 1719, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1796, Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +6. Mercy "Mary" Whipple,   b. 15 Mar 1721, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Jeremiah Whipple,   b. 19 May 1722, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. INFANT
    +8. Hopestill "Hope" Whipple,   b. 28 Apr 1723, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1793, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     9. John Whipple,   b. 7 May 1724, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1807, Lime Rock, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     10. Anthony Whipple,   b. 9 Apr 1725, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1751 (Age 26 years)
    +11. Sarah Whipple,   b. 10 Oct 1726, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    +12. Benjamin Whipple,   b. 3 Jun 1728, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1812, Lime Rock, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +13. Moses Whipple,   b. 21 Jan 1729/1730, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1807, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     14. Joseph Whipple,   b. 18 Apr 1731, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1760 (Age 29 years)
     15. Amey Whipple,   b. 31 May 1732, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. INFANT
    +16. Eleazer Whipple,   b. 20 Jan 1733/1734, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1781, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    +17. Hannah Whipple,   b. 2 May 1735, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1825 (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1691 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Nov 1776 - Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Whipple Farm Burial Lot, Limerock Road, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Common Headstone at Moshassuck Cemetery (William Whipple Jr., abt 1691-1776) and William Whipple III (1719-1796)
    Common Headstone at Moshassuck Cemetery (William Whipple Jr., abt 1691-1776) and William Whipple III (1719-1796)
    In the late 1800's, remains from the Whipple Farm Burial Lot, Limerock Road, Smithfield, R.I., were moved to Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls, RI. William Whipple Jr. and William Whipple III are among those now buried at Moshassuck.

  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: Email from Charles Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 22 Oct 2007. Cites The Mayflower Quarterly vol. 73, no. 3, (September 2007), p. 292: "Mayflower Families Correction," Judith H. Swan, Co-Director, Five Generation Project:
      Mayflower Families 18:2, page 66, states that Elizabeth Sprague, 5th generation descendant of Richard Warren, married William Whipple, born 1685, died after 1759, son of William and Mary (----) Whipple. This is corrected to read Elizabeth Sprague married ca. 1714, William Whipple, Jr., born ca 1691; died Smithfield RI, 16 Nov 1776; son of William and Mary (---) Whipple.

      Captain John1 Whipple and his wife Sarah (----) had eleven children, including William2 and David. William2 and Mary (----) Whipple had William3 (c1691 - 16 Nov 1776); Mary; and Seth (c1696 - 1724). David2 and Hannah (Tower) Whipple had seven children, including William3 (27 May 1685 - 1743). Identity of William Whipple, Jr. as the husband of Elizabeth Sprague is made by a 1734 Providence RI deed, in which "William Whipple, Jr., brother of Seth Whipple," sold land formerly granted to Seth Whipple, and signed by William's wife, Elizabeth, with an "X."



      !FATHER: Some sources state that this William's father is David(2), Capt. John(1). Others indicate that this William's father is William(2), Capt. John(1). Email from Joanne Lahr-Kreischer to the Whipple Web Site on 29 Sep 1997 has persuaded the family webmaster to choose David(2), Capt. John(1). The webmaster reversed that decision following receipt of "Captain John Whipple's Two Grandsons Named William Whipple: A Reply" from Charles Whipple, 1 Nov 2002.

      !SOURCE: Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Sons and Daughters of Jesse: A 360 Year History of the Whipple Family (Oklahoma City: Southwestern Press, 1976), p. 13. (Gives William(2) as this William's father.)

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

      !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 38. From a corrected copy of the book found in the Rhode Island Historical Society Library, call no. CS71.W574 1873 RIHSL. (The original copy gives David(2) as this William's father; the annotations give William(2) as the father.)

      !SOURCE: David Jillson, "Descendants of Capt. John Whipple, of Providence, R.I.," New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 32 (1878): 405, states that *this* William (with 17 children) was the child of William(2).

      SOURCE: "Captain John Whipple's Two Grandsons Named William Whipple: A Reply," email from Charles M. Whipple to Weldon Whipple, 1 Nov 2002.

      !SOURCE: Mail from Charles M. Whipple to Weldon Whipple, 4 Feb 2003.

      !BURIAL: Whipple Farm Burial Lot, Limerock Road, Smithfield, Rhode Island. (Headstone removed to Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls, Rhode Island.) --C.M. Whipple, 4 Feb 2003


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