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Amos Whipple

Amos Whipple

Male 1783 - 1858  (75 years)


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  • Name Amos Whipple 
    Birth 22 Jan 1783  Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Mar 1858  Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I50040  Whipple Descendants | Dorchester MA/Providence RI Descendants
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father Asa Whipple,   b. 6 Jan 1754, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1831, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Silvia or Sylvia or Sylvania Staples,   b. 4 Feb 1759, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1843, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1 Aug 1773  Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F62  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia Porter,   b. 4 Dec 1777, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, of, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 74 years) 
    Marriage 10 Apr 1803  Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Whipple,   b. 12 Jul 1804
     2. Olive Whipple,   b. 30 Dec 1805
     3. Eliza Whipple,   b. 1 May 1808
    >4. James Arnold Whipple,   b. 18 May 1808   d. 7 Nov 1864, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +5. Julia Ann Whipple,   b. 25 Oct 1809, , , Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1896, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     6. Susan A. Whipple,   b. 16 Jan 1812   d. 3 Nov 1888 (Age 76 years)
    +7. Amos Whipple, Jr.,   b. 26 May 1813, Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1888, Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +8. Ahab Whipple,   b. 18 Dec 1814   d. 7 Oct 1875, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     9. Lydia A. Whipple,   b. 6 Feb 1818   d. 27 Oct 1818 (Age 0 years)
    +10. Sarah Whipple,   b. 6 Nov 1819, Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1904, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +11. Edwin E. Whipple,   b. 10 Aug 1820, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1892, Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F23202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Abigail Crossman,   b. Abt 1797, Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1874, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jul 1857  Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F23203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Jan 1783 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Apr 1803 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Jul 1857 - Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Mar 1858 - Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, vol. 3, Cumberland, pt. 5 (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 131.

      !SOURCE: Will of father, Asa Whipple, dated 15 Apr 1831, recorded 1 Aug 1831. Abstracted in Lucille B. Beaman, "Abstracts of Cumberland, R.I., Probate Records," R.I. Genealogical Register, vol. 5, no. 1 (Jul 1982), p. 32. Amos is the third son listed.

      !SOURCE: "Descendants of Sarah Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 23 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (birth).

      !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 22 Oct 2013. Cites Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (volume and page follow entry): "Amos Whipple {50040} age 70, carpenter, residing Northbridge, MA mar. Abigail (Crossman) Davenport age 60 {b. Northbridge, MA abt 1797 dau. of Noah Crossman) July 14, 1857 in Sutton, Worcester, MA, 2nd marriage for both (110:257)"

      !SOURCE: Email from Beverly H to Weldon Whipple, 29 Mar 2015. Adds death date and place, citing "the DAR publishment in 1931 from Old Bible records."

      !SOURCE: Email from Anne Billeter (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 3 Mar 2024. Adds death place, citing the following:
      • New England Farmer, Boston, Massachusetts, Sat. 27 Mar 1858, p. 3, Newspapers.com
        "Mr. Amos Whipple, Sen., of Sutton, was drowned on Friday, in Whitin's Pond, in Northbridge, by falling through the ice while fishing. A grandson of his, Edgar C. Whipple, a lad of twelve years of age, was drowned in the same pond, and near the same place, some ten weeks, ago, while skating."
      • The Daily Journal, Ogdensburgh, New York, Wed., 24 Mar 1858, p. 2, col. 1, NYS Historic Newspapers, https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org
        "Mr. Amos Whipple, an aged citizen of Northbridge, broke through the ice in a mill pond, on Friday morning, and although rescued alive, survived only about half an hour."


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