Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Joseph Silvester or Sylvester
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Name Joseph Silvester or Sylvester Gender Male Death 12 Jul 1769 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island 
Person ID I68532 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Family 1 Mary Whipple d. Bef 10 Jun 1754 Marriage 15 Oct 1738 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island Children 1. Christopher Silvester or Sylvester, b. 5 Apr 1742, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island 2. Amy Silvester or Sylvester, b. 22 Jul 1743, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island 3. Joseph Silvester or Sylvester, b. 2 Sep 1745, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island Family ID F30075 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mercy Davenport Marriage 10 Jun 1754 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island Children 1. Henchman Silvester, b. 17 Mar 1755, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island Family ID F30076 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Marriage - 15 Oct 1738 - Newport, Newport, Rhode Island 
Marriage - 10 Jun 1754 - Newport, Newport, Rhode Island Death - 12 Jul 1769 - Newport, Newport, Rhode Island = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 5 Aug 2002. Cites James N. Arnold's Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), 4:2:76, Newport 123. Entry reads: "Silvester, Joseph and Mary Whipple, married ------- 15, 1738." The Newport Mercury of July 17, 1769 reported the death of Joseph Sylvester, Esq. "last Wednesday" at the age of 57 (Arnold's VR 12:64).
!SOURCE: Email from Charles M. Whipple Jr. to Weldon Whipple, 24 Jul 2003. Father-in-law's will mention wife's "Sylvester children."
!SOURCE: Email from Barbara Carroll to Weldon Whipple, 27 Jul 2003.
!SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. Volume 4, Newport, Part 2 (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1893), p. 63 and 76. Gives marriage of Joseph Silvester and Mary Whipple, "---- 15, 1738."
!SOURCE: Email from Christopher Congdon to Weldon Whipple, 24 May 2011. Cites James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. Volume 8, Episcopal and Congregational (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1896), p. 479. Gives marriage of Joseph Sylvester and Mary Whipple, "Oct. 15, 1738."
- !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 5 Aug 2002. Cites James N. Arnold's Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), 4:2:76, Newport 123. Entry reads: "Silvester, Joseph and Mary Whipple, married ------- 15, 1738." The Newport Mercury of July 17, 1769 reported the death of Joseph Sylvester, Esq. "last Wednesday" at the age of 57 (Arnold's VR 12:64).