Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
John Whipple, Captain
1685 - 1769 (84 years)
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Name John Whipple Suffix Captain Birth 18 May 1685 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
Gender Male Death 18 May 1769 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Burial North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Person ID I6152 Whipple Relatives Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Father Joseph Whipple, Colonel, b. Abt 1662, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 28 Apr 1746, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 84 years) Mother Alice Smith, b. 1664, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 20 Jul 1739, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 75 years) Marriage 20 May 1684 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Family ID F316 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Abigail Brown, b. Abt 1705, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 15 Jun 1736, , , Rhode Island (Age ~ 31 years) Children + 1. Abigail Whipple, b. Abt 23 Jan 1725/1726, , , Rhode Island d. 19 Apr 1751, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 25 years)+ 2. Freelove Whipple, b. 24 Dec 1728, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 21 Aug 1751, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 22 years)3. Jeremiah Whipple, b. Abt 1729, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 2 Jan 1730/1731, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 2 years)+ 4. Joseph Whipple, b. Abt 1734, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 6 Jan 1816, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 82 years)Family ID F3484 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 18 May 1685 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
Death - 18 May 1769 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
Burial - - North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 223.
!OCCUPATION: A noted bonesetter--Henry E. Whipple, p. 40.
!SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 39, 40. 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): 406.
!BIRTH: http://members.aol.com/GFSBrenda/Whipple.html (28 Dec 1997) gives birthdate of 18 May 1685. Earlier sources give 28 May 1685.
!SOURCE: Dean Crawford Smith, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: NEHGS, 1992), p. 473, citing Arnold's Vital Records of Rhode Island, 2:255. Gives birth date 18 May 1685.
!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 11 Sep 2001. Cites the Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index; also cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. Gives death 18 May 1769. (Previously entered as 6 Oct 1769.)
- !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 223.