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Sophia Matilda Prosser

Sophia Matilda Prosser

Female Abt 1809 - 1837  (~ 27 years)

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  • Name Sophia Matilda Prosser 
    Birth Abt 15 Dec 1809 
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Aug 1837  prob, Sweden, Monroe, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Job Whipple Lot, East Sweden Cemetery, Sweden, Monroe, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I44588  Whipple Descendants
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2009 

    Father Joshua Prosser,   b. 30 May 1782, of, Lake George, Warren, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1815 (Age 32 years) 
    Mother Mary Milk,   b. Abt 1785   d. 1829 (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1802 
    Family ID F21001  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family David Whipple,   b. Jun 1801, Cambridge, Washington, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1863, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1828 
    Children 
    +1. Horace Whipple,   b. 17 May 1829, Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1899, Orleans, Ionia, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +2. Mary Whipple,   b. 14 May 1831, Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Seneca Prosser Whipple,   b. Oct 1833, , , New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1898, poss, Brandon, Oakland, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)
     4. Simeon A. Whipple,   b. Abt 1834, , , New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 3 Aug 1850, of, Brandon, Oakland, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 16 years)
     5. Sarah A. Whipple,   b. 1 Jun 1835, , , New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1854, of, Brandon, Oakland, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F9289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Aug 1837 - prob, Sweden, Monroe, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Job Whipple Lot, East Sweden Cemetery, Sweden, Monroe, New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: Grace Hildy Croft, The Benson Family: Descendants of Isaac Benson and Mary Bumpas and Allied Families, 2nd ed. (Provo, Utah, 1973), p. 651.

      !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 19 Apr 2003. Regarding Sophia, Norma writes: "This would appear to be Sophia Matilda {44588}: Sophia, consort of David; d Aug. 15, 1837 @ 27y 8m. {born abt 12/15/1819}. She is buried in the Job Whipple lot in the East Sweden Cemetery, Sweden, Monroe, NY with other Whipples in David's line."

      !SOURCE: Email from Beverly Huckins (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 19 Jan 2007. Cites Grace Hildy Croft, History and Genealogy of the Milk-Milks Family (1956). Indicates that David Whipple was married to a Sophia Prosser, indicating that she is a sister to Adelia (called Delia) Prosser, who married Ira Whipple, David's cousin.
      "Court Records of Warren Co, Lake George, NY show David Whipple and Sophia Matilde Whipple as his wife inheritated as heirs of Joshua Prosser and conveyed land on the west shore of Lake George, again conveying land along with other heirs in 1833."


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