Esther Tower

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• FamilySearch ID: LX3C-RFT
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Jun 1957, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: LDB8-76X
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Mar 1935, ARIZO

Benjamin married Deborah Whipple in 1697 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Deborah (daughter of Ensign David Whipple and Hannah Tower) was born on 12 Sep 1681 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 26 Mar 1755 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Cumberland #19, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L836-6VM
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Nov 1906, MANTI

Notes:

SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (A l bany, N.Y., 1887; reprinted. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 19 78 ) p. 222

SOURCE: Vital Records of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts: Rehobot h M arriages & Intentions, p. 511.

SOURCE: Email from Don Streeter to Weldon Whipple, 6 Mar 2003. Gives l o c a tion of grave "in an ancient cemetery near the Arnold's Mills Cemet er y in Cumberland, RI."

SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 15 Apr 2006. Adds death d a te and precise burial place, citing the Rhode Island Historical Cemeter ie s Database Index.

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• FamilySearch ID: LZ8T-JXB
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Mar 1935, ARIZO

John married Sarah Harding on 14 May 1669 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah (daughter of John Harding and Hannah Hurst) was born in 1645 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died on 16 Oct 1729 in Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L6DR-G37
• Initiatory (LDS): 13 May 2002, VERNA

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• FamilySearch ID: 8NL3-CN2
• Initiatory (LDS): 29 Nov 1906, MANTI

Notes:

MARRIAGE: American Marriage Records American Marriage Records Before 16 9 9
SOURCE: Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Sons and Daughters of Jesse: A 360 Ye a r History of the Whipple Family (Oklahoma City: SouthwesternPress, 1976 ) , p.13.

MARRIAGE: Edson Whipple Family Organization microfilm lists (1) Sarah He r nden, married 15 May 1675. It may also list (2) Esther MillerWillard. [ Ho wever, the footnote lists Esther as 2nd wife of Child number seven: Da vid 's older brother Benjamin. Benjamin's wife, however, is not qualifie d wit h a "(1)"; this leads me (Weldon Whipple)to wonder if perhaps it wa s a ty po, and was intended to refer to David--child number 8?]. These ar e diffe rent from the wife listed in PAF as David 's wife.]

DEATH: Date from e-mail from Joanne Lahr-Kreischer JLahr-Kreischer@mmt.c o m)
to the Whipple Web Site, 13 Aug 1997.

MARRIAGE: Place from e-mail from Sharon(kislen@www.LakeNet.COM), to th e W hipple Mailing List (WHIPPLE-L@rootsweb.com), 14 Oct 1997, citing Cha rle s Knowles Bolton's Marriage Notices 1785-1794 for the Whole United St ate s (Salem: E. Putnam, 1900), p. 12.

David married Hannah Tower on 11 Nov 1677 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Hannah (daughter of John Tower and Margaret Ibrook) was born on 17 Jun 1652 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died in Nov 1722 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: M8S1-BQZ
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Nov 1928, SLAKE

Notes:

SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (A l bany, N.Y., 1887; reprinted. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 19 78 ) p. 222.

SOURCE: John Whipple Hill, _Genealogical Notes of the Whipple-Hill Fam i l i es_ (Chicago: Fergus, 1897), p. 63.

SOURCE: "Tower Family Ancestors" (Descendancy chart of John Tower, 160 9 - 1 701/1702), emailed by Chuck Shelby (chuckshelby1 at msn dot com) t o t h e W hipple Website, 19 Jun 2001. Gives death in Attleborough, Rhod e Isl an d. (Actually Attleborough, Massachusetts, and Cumberland, Rhod e Islan d w ere r ight next to each other geographically. Depending on wh ere th e Mass achuse tts-Rhode Island boundary is at a given time period , the sa me poin t on th e map might be in either jurisdiction. --Weldo n Whipple ) Gives ma rriage t o David Whipple on 13 Dec 1677. (Previousl y entered a s 11 Nov 16 77.)

SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol . 2 , Providence, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1 892) , p. 197. Spells surname Travers.

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• FamilySearch ID: LC6G-Q6T
• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Jan 1934, SLAKE

John married Margaret Ibrook on 13 Feb 1638 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Margaret (daughter of Richard Ibrook and Margaret Clark) was born before 3 Sep 1620 in Southwold, Suffolk, England; was christened on 3 Sep 1620 in Southwold, Suffolk, England; died on 15 May 1700 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L4BQ-SBM
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Jan 1934, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: LZJJ-DMJ
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Feb 1899, LOGAN

John married Hannah Hurst about 1644 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Hannah was born in 1629 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died on 7 Jan 1690 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L2Q8-2PF
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 May 1928, ARIZO

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LZZ8-M4R
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Nov 1906, MANTI

Notes:

SOURCE: Email from Charles Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 2 0 S ep 2008. John was "buried in 1685 [in his home gravelot and reburie d in t he North Burial Ground] in about 1750."

SOURCE: The following primary sources of information were supplied by Ch a rles Whipple (charlemail hidden) to the Whipple Website, 1 Aug 2008:
Place of birth of John Whipple: According to his gravestone, John was bo r n circa 1617/18. There is absolutely no published primary research dat a t hat proves that John Whipple was born in Milford, Wales--or anywher e else . As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sar ah Whip ple of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island : A Multigen erational Study of the First Whipple Family in America (Vict oria, BC: Tra fford Publishing Company, 2007) 2 & 34.
First evidence of John Whipple's presence in America: "September 16, 163 2 , being the Lord's Day. In the Evening, Mr. Pierce, in the ship Lyon ar ri ved and came to an anchor before Boston...." [James K. Hosmer, ed., Go ver nor Winthrop's Journal. 1630-1649 (New York: Scribner and Sons, 1908 ) 1:9 2. As quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sar ah Whi pple... 2 & 33.
First record of public activity in America: "3 October 1632, John Wipp l e and Alex Miller were ordered to pay fines of 3s, 4d to their master I sr ael Stoughton, for wasteful expenditure of powder and shot." [Nathanie l B . Shurtleff, ed. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachus ett s Bay in New England, 6 volumes in 5 (Boston: W. White, 1853-54) 1974 ] [J ohn O. Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, NY : 1887 ; Reprint ed, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978) 22 1.] A s quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah W hipple ...1 & 33.
Church membership at Dorchester: Sarah Whipple, on 29 October 1641, addr e ssed as "Goodwife Whipple," one of the lowest social class distinction s , was admitted to the Dorchester church. [Records of the First Churc h a t Dorchester in New England, 1636-1734 (Boston: George H. Ellis, 1891 ) 6. ] John would have had to be a member by then, as freemen were requir ed t o be members of the church. It is believed that the record of John' s admi ttance to membership was taken to Connecticut in 1635/36. "There i s littl e hope of finding these ancient records either in Windsor or in D orcheste r." [Records of First Church, iv & xi]. As quoted in: Charles Wh ipple , A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 6.
Record of John Whipple's public life in Dorchester: "Astonishingly, on l y twice in almost two decades does John's name appear in public records . " John Whiplle was the last proprietor to sign a fencing agreement [Dor ch ester Town Records, City Document 9, report 4, 1880, p. 27]. He was me nti oned in an estate in 1656. [New England Historical and Genealogical S ocie ty Record, Vol. 6, 1852, p. 41.] [Robert C. Anderson, The Great Migr atio n Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1632-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: Ne w Engl and Historical and Genealogical Society, 1995) 3:1974.]. As quote d in: Ch arles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 9.
John Whipple sold his 45 acre Dorchester property, 15 November 1658: "Jo h n Whipple, carpenter...his now dwelling house and housements scituate a n d being in Dorchester near the river Naponset together with thirty-sev e n acres of upland more or less thereto adjoining, also eight acres of s al t marsh more or less lying near the place commonly called the penny fe rry ." Suffolk Land Records, Deeds, 14 vols. (Boston: 1880-1906) 3:204-05 . A s quoted in: Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whi pple ... 16.
Church membership at Providence: "Was it coincidence that one month aft e r the proclamation of the death penalty for Quakers, 19 October 1658, J oh n sold his property...and began preparation to leave for Rhode Island , th e only safe haven in New England for members of that sect? However , it i s just as conceivable that Captain John could have become disenthr alled w ith religion in general." Irvin Richman, Rhode Island, Its Makin g and Mea ning (New York: B.P. Putnam Sons, 1908) 292.
"He was received as a preacher at Providence in 1659." This quote, whi c h appears only in [Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Islan d , 3 vols (Chicago: J.H.J. Beers and Company, 1908) III:1639] is an appa re nt miss-reading, by the compiler or editor, of the well known statemen t t hat appeared in earlier histories, "He was received as a proprietor a t Pr ovidence in 1659." There is no record that Captain John Whipple or h is ch ildren were members of the clergy. As quoted in: Charles Whipple , A Histo ry of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 15-16.
Captain John Whipple's tavern: John's short lived, one room, Inn was n o t "staid or sober," nor was it a particularly popular meeting place a s ch ronicled in previous histories. That honor belongs to John Whipple J unior 's tavern. At least three of John's children and four grandsons own ed mor e popular taverns. However, John's was the best known of the two e arlies t taverns. [Gertrude Kimball, Providence in Colonial Times (Boston : Hough ton Mifflin Company, 1912) 126. As quoted in: Charles Whipple , A Histor y of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 23.
John Whipple's military title: His title of "Captain" was strictly honor a ry. There is no record that he or his compatriots, including Roger Will ia ms, used a weapon against the warring Indians of 1675/76 (the Indian s ref used to take up arms against Williams), or ever led a group of me n into b attle as an officer. [Early Records of the Town of Providence, 2 1 vols, c ollected and compiled by the Record Commissioners (Providence : Snow and F arnham, city printers, 1892-1915). XV:153.] As quoted in: Ch arles Whipple , A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 25.
Last Will and Testament: John's last Will and Testament was flawed, whi c h allowed his grandson, John Whipple III, to win a law suit against fo u r of his Whipple uncles. They had to pay him hundreds of dollars to ret ai n their inherited properties. [The Early Records of the Town of Provid enc e, 21 vols, collected and compiled by the Records Commissioners (Prov iden ce: Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892-1915) XX:274-75.] As quote d in : Charles Whipple, A History of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 25 -27.
The deaths of John and Sarah Whipple: John and Sarah's gravestones wer e c arved around the year 1750, subsequent to the removal of their remain s t o the North Burial Grounds. Sarah died in 1666, being dead then for a ppro ximately 85 years before her gravestone was carved. Moreover, John w oul d have been dead for approximately 65 years in 1750. A lack of accura te a nd complete cemetery information was the result. Those who had acces s t o the truth were long since deceased themselves. Well-meaning descend ants , likely their grandsons, Deputy Governor Joseph Junior and his brot her , John, were insufficiently prepared to carry out Captain John's 168 2 dir ective to their father to see to it that "I be decently buried." I t mus t be pointed out that John and Sarah's gravestones are recognized t o be t he earliest dated in the cemetery. [John E. Sterling, North Buria l Ground , Old Section, 1700-1848, Special Publication #5 (Providence: Rh ode Islan d Genealogical Society, 2000) xii. As quoted in: Charles Whippl e, A Histo ry of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 28-31.


SOURCE: Dr. Charles M. Whipple, in an email to the Whipple Website dat e d 11 Mar 2021, cites Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Isla n d (Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1908), 3:1676-1677 as the only known source th a t gives Sarah's maiden name They. Suggesting that evidence to positive l y identify Sarah's maiden name is as yet inconclusive, he writes:
Three hundred years of anecdotal and theoretical primary research attemp t s have proven to be of no use whatsoever in explicating the mystery o f Sa rah's wayward surname that appears on the Whipple marriage certifica te o f 1638. I therefore undertook an empirical attempt, using the above- cite d 1908 secondary source--the only known source that gives her name a s "Th ey"--to determine Sarah's maiden name once and for all. I advance d the po ssibility of the standalone name "They," or a proximate varian t of the na me, "Theyer," having conceivably been Sarah’s name. The evide nce proved e ncouraging yet indeterminate. (See my post Sarah Theyer Whip ple, Putativ e Wife of Captain John Whipple , 25 Februar y 2021, on th e Whipple Website blog).


SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consistin g o f Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and El izab eth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 44.

IMMIGRATION: "Banks lists John Whipple of Bocking, Essex County, Englan d , in 1632, as a passenger on a ship called 'The Lyon.' This ship: wit h Mr . William Peirce as Master, sailed from London, June 22, and arrive d Sept ember 16th at Boston." Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Sons and Daughter s of Jes se: A 360 Year History of the Whipple Family (Oklahoma City: Sou thwester n Press, 1976), p. 10. The same reference says he married Sara h They? o r Darling? about 1639. (The quotation might actually refer to R IN 5890 o r 5933 [father and son John Whipple, who were born in Bocking , Essex, Eng land]? Neither 5890 or 5933 had a wife named Sarah They or D arling.)

BIRTH: Variant place: Milford, Pembroke, Wales. --Brenda Bova (email hid d en), in a post to the Whipple Mailing List (email hidden) 5 Oct 1997. R ec ords of the Edson Whipple Family family Organization list Milford, Sur rey , England. (We probably don't know where Captain. John was born ... - -Wel don Whipple)

BIRTH: Philip Currier, The Currier Family Records, v.4, p. 12, shows Cap t ain John born in Bocking, Essex, England, on 19 Dec. 1588. (Being bor n i n Bocking would seem to refer to one of the Ipswich Whipples. -- Weld on W hipple)

DEATH: Age at death: 68.

BIRTH: Date from John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhod e I sland_ (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publi shin g Co., 1978.

DEATH: Date from Austin, _Dictionary_, p. 221.

RESIDENCES: Dorchester, Mass., and Providence, R.I. (Austin, _Dictionary _ , p. 221.)

RESIDENCES: In 1658, John sold his house and some 40 or 50 acres of la n d in Dorchester, Mass., to James Minot, and soon after moved with his f am ily to Providence, R.I. Land was granted to him in Providence in Jul y 165 9, and he was admitted as an inhabitant. --Nancy Cluff Siders (emai l hidd en) to the Whipple Family discussion list (email hiddena.edu), 5 A pr 1997 , citing "The Steere Genealogy" by James P. Root, 1890.

NOTE: 3 Oct 1632 ordered to give 3s. 4d. to his master Israel Stoughto n f or wasteful expenditure of powder and shot. (Austin, p. 221)

SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipp l e Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003.

OCCUPATION: Carpenter by trade. --Brown genealogy of 1851.

SOURCE: Mail from Charles M. Whipple, Jr., to Weldon Whipple, 8 Dec 200 6 . Estimates marriage in 1638 or earlier (previously entered as 1639/40 ) b ased on the Early Records of the Town of Providence, XVII:53-4: "On 2 4 No v 1684, John junior made a declaration that he was 45 years old at t he ti me, making his date of birth 1639." Thus his parents likely marrie d in 16 38 or earlier.

John married Sarah in 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah was born in 1624 in England; died in 1666 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L13S-ZY2
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Dec 1881, SGEOR

Notes:

SOURCE: The following primary sources of information were supplied by Ch a rles Whipple (charles at whipple dot net) to the Whipple Website, 1 Au g 2 008:

Church membership at Dorchester: Sarah Whipple, on 29 October 1641, ad d ressed as "Goodwife Whipple," one of the lowest social class distinctio ns , was admitted to the Dorchester church. [Records of the First Churc h a t Dorchester in Newand, 1636-1734 (Boston: George H. Ellis, 1891) 6. ] Joh n would have had to be a member by then, as freemen were required t o be m embers of the church. It is believed that the record of John's adm i ttanc e to membership was taken to Connecticut in 1635/36. "There is li ttl e ho pe of finding these ancient records either in Windsor or in Dorc hester. " [Records of First Church, iv & xi]. As quoted in: Charles Whipp le, A Hi story of Captain John and Sarah Whipple... 6.

Sarah Whipple's maiden name: Previous antiquarian researches claim th a t Sarah's maiden name, among others, could have been: Hutchinson, Darli ng , or They. Regrettably, none of these writers provided requisite proo f fo r their assertions. Sarah's birthplace and date of birth are likewis e unk nown.

The deaths of John and Sarah Whipple: John and Sarah's gravestones we r e carved around the year 1750, subsequent to the removal of their remai n s to the North Burial Grounds. Sarah died in 1666, being dead then fo r ap proximately 85 yearsore her gravestone was carved. Moreover, John wo uld h ave been dead for approximately 65 years in 1750. A lack of accurat e an d complete cemetery information was the result. Those who had acces s to t he truth were long since deceased themselves. Well-meaning descend ants, l ikely their grandsons, Deputy Governor Joseph Junior and his brot her, Joh n, were insufficiently prepared to carry out Captain John's 168 2 directiv e to their father to see to it that "I be decently buried." I t must be po inted out that John and Sarah's gravestones are recognized t o be the earl iest dated in the cemetery. [John E. Sterling, North Buria l Ground, Old S ection, 1700-1848, Special Publication #5 (Providence: Rh ode Islan d Gene alogical Society, 2000) xii.



Death: Age at death: 42.

SOURCE: Dwane V. Norris, Whipple Family Tree, Revised 23 Jul 1996 (Jacks o n, Mich.: D.V. Norris, c1993), p. 81.

SOURCE: Judith Whipple, "Genealogy Chart of Captain John Whipple 1617-16 8 5 to Grace Louise (Whipple) Pitcher 1892 and Alfred Whipple 1903, and J oh n Whipple 1904 and Lorey Whipple 1910-1970" (Portland, Tex., c1977). C op y in the NEHGS library, call number CS71.W574 1977.

!NAME: Philip Currier, The Currier Family Records, v.4, p. 12, gives Sar a h's surname as Hutchinson. The name Sarah Hutchinson occurs much less f re quently than "Sarah They? or Darling?" as Captain John's wife. One Sar a h Hutchinson does appear in the Whipple genealogy (RIN 3573 in this dat ab ase)--married to Joseph(4), Joseph(3), Matthew(2), Matthew(1) of the I psw ich/Bocking Whipple line.

Birth: Date from John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhod e I sland_ (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprinted. Baltimore: Genealogical Publis hin g Co., 1978. Judith Whipple gives birth place of Massachusetts (no da te g iven).

Burial: Sarah's grave marker in the Whipple section of the North Buria l G rounds, Providence, R.I., reads: "IN MEMORY / of / Mrs. Sarah WHIPPL E / w ife of / Capt. John Whipple / She was born in Dorchester, in New En gland ; and died in / Providence, Anno Dona, 1666 / aged about 42 years . " -- D . V. Norris, p. 81.

RESIDENCES: Dorchester, Mass., and Providence, R.I. (Austin,_Dictionar y _ , p. 221.)

SOURCE: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (Chicago: J. H . Beers, 1908), 3:1676-1677. Gives surname They.

SOURCE: Mail from Charles M. Whipple, Jr., to Weldon Whipple, 8 Dec 200 6 . Estimates marriage in 1638 or earlier (previously entered as 1639/40 ) b ased on the Early Records of the Town of Providence, XVII:53-4: "On 2 4 No v 1684, John junior made a declaration that he was 45 years old at t he ti me, making his date of birth 1639." Thus his parents likely marrie d in 16 38 or earlier.