Thomas Whipple, Jr

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LHS3-DGX
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Mar 1948

Notes:

SOURCE: Clair A. Hemenway Newton, Captain John Whipple, 1617-1685, and H i s Descendants (Naperville, Ill., 1946), p. 66. Gives marriage 8 Nov 172 2.

SOURCE: Email from VaDonna Whipple (vadonna dot whipple at gmail dot co m ) to Weldon Whipple, 19 Mar 2007. Adds death date and place. Cites th e Ba rbour Collection of Vital Records for Tolland County, Connecticut.

Thomas married Mary Gary on 22 Nov 1722 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel Gary and Anne Rice) was born on 20 Jul 1699 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died on 21 Feb 1767 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Whipple, III was born on 16 Jul 1723 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
2. Mary Whipple was born on 23 Jul 1725 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in Nov 1763.
3. Abigail Whipple was born on 8 Jun 1727 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 14 Jan 1728.
4. Abraham Whipple was born on 16 Feb 1728 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 11 Mar 1729 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
5. Abigail Whipple was born on 30 Jan 1729 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; died on 21 Apr 1806 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
6. Nathan Whipple was born on 24 Dec 1731 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; died on 19 Mar 1813 in Vermont, United States.
7. Rachel Whipple was born on 13 Oct 1733 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
8. Ann Whipple was born on 21 Oct 1735 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
9. Elizabeth Whipple was born on 26 Feb 1739 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
10. Amos Whipple was born on 22 Jan 1742 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 2WN2-R46
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Jul 1931, SLAKE

Notes:

SOURCE: Edson Whipple Family Organization microfilm.

SOURCE: David Jillson, "Descendants of Capt. John Whipple, of Providenc e , R.I.," New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 32 (1878): 4 05 .

SOURCE: Clara Hammond McGuigan, The Antecedents and Descendants of Noa h W hipple of the Rogerene Community at Quakertown, Connecticut (Ithaca , N.Y. : J.M. Kingsbury, 1971), p. 36.

SOURCE: Clair A. Hemenway Newton, Captain John Whipple, 1617-1685, and H i s Descendants (Naperville, Ill., 1946), p. 52.

SOURCE: Father Samuel's will, dated 9 Mar 1710/11, proved 20 Mar 1710/1 1 , p. 181-2. Abstracted in Abstracts Providence Wills, Rhode Island Gene al ogical Register, vol. 12, p. 151.

SOURCE: U.S. Mail from Charles M. Whipple, Jr., to Weldon Whipple, May 2 0 03. Gives death between 1726 and 1730. (Previously entered as "Bef 31 M a r 1766.") Charles included a photocopy of a typescript of data "from t h e original records in Providence [R.I.] and Tolland, Conn. [typed] by E mi ly G. Weiss, 130 E. 57th St., New York City." The document reads (in p art ):

Thomas Whipple Family
(Thomas was the son of Samuel and grandson of Capt. John, the emigra n t.)

The proof that Abraham4 Whipple of Enfield, Conn., was the son of Th o mas3, Samuel2, Captain John1 has been sought for many years. The follow in g land records of Providence, R.I., and Tolland, Conn., are, therefore , o f especial interest to descendants of this branch of the family.

Providence, R.I., Land Records, Providence, R.I.

vol. 2:236:
Samuel Whipple of Groton in the Colony of Connecticut and Thom a s Whipple of the Town of Providence, Rhode Island ... Dec 30, 1712.
vol. 5:39:
April 23, 1717, recorded March 9, 1720/21, Thomas Whipple and Ab i gail Whipple, his wife, of Providence, Rhode Island ...
vol. 2:595:
Oct 1716/1717, Samuel Whipple of Groton and Thomas Whipple of Pr o vidence, Rhode Island ... recorded Feb 24, 1716/1717
vol. 3:191:
Nov 22, 1718, recorded Nov 29, 1718, Thomas Whipple of Tollan d i n the County of Hartford State of Connecticut ...

Tolland, Conn., Land Records, Tolland, Conn.

vol. 1:73:
April 2, 1720, record of a lott of Thomas Whipple of 40 acres ly i ng in the south of Tolland in the County of Hartford in Colony of Conne ct icut ... the bound is as follows ;..
vol. 1:73:
... Division of Thomas Whipple seven acres
vol. 2:50:
July 22, 1726 ... Thomas Whipple and Abraham Whipple (for) 33 po u nds ... to be paid by Samuel Chapman living at or near Stratford (sel l to ) the said Samuel Chapman ... a certain tract or parcel of land .. . bein g within the Township of Tolland near Thomas Pond containing by es timatio n 30 acres ...
Signed: Thomas Whipple
Abraham Whipple
vol. 2: 284:
March 31, 1726: Thomas Whipple (of) Township of Bolton near th e w est side of the Town of Tolland (sells) for fifty pounds ... 47 acre s .. . laid out and surveyed in the year 1720 by Dan'l Eaton and Ebeneze r Ny e to my said Thomas Whipple's honorable father Thomas Whipple now su ppose dly deceased. Dated Mar 31, 1726
Signed: Thomas Whipple
vol. 2:391:
Nov 3, 1730, Thomas Whipple and Abraham Whipple of Enfield in t h e County of Hampden and in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New Eng la nd (sell) for forty pounds (to) Josiah Goodrich of Tolland ... 77 acre s o f land ... in the common and undivided lands of said Town together wi th o ne Ceadr [sic] Swamp lot already drawn for which lands were orinigal ly [s ic] granted to our honored father Thomas Whipple late of Tolland de cease d ...
Signed: Thomas Whipple
Abraham Whipple
RESIDENCES: Lived in Glocester, Rhode Island. --C.A.H. Newton; accordi n g to C.M. Whipple, Jr., he lived in Smithfield, R.I. (not Glocester) ; h e "left Rhode Island in about 1718" -- C.M. Whipple, Jr.

CHILDREN: According to Clair A. Hemenway Newton, Captain John Whipple, 1 6 17-1685, and His Descendants (Naperville, Ill., 1946), p. 52, Thomas a n d Abigail had three additional children, named Enoch, Daniel and Noah . Ch arles M. Whipple, Jr., in email to Weldon Whipple dated 13 Jan 2005 , sugg ests otherwise. He writes:

I have been diligently searching the records for Noah, Enoch, and Da n iel, the supposed sons of Thomas Senior (636). I am presently writin g o n his history and have entitled it--from the Louquisset Meadows to Th omas ' Pond. I have come to the conclusion that that they never existed . Do yo u know off hand where the present information on the website wa s obtained ? I think Newton took her source from Jillson. I would like t o hypothesiz e what might have happened. The sons of Noah (635) were als o Noah, Enoch , and Daniel. Could it be that they were mistakenly added t o Thomas? .. . McGuigan, (p. 36) the most authoritative source on the Sam uel Whipple f amily I've consulted, does not know of these three sons o f Thomas.

Thomas married Abigail Jenckes in 1692 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Abigail (daughter of Joseph Jenckes, Jr and Esther Ballard) was born in 1676 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 12 Mar 1756 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LZ24-ZB6
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 May 1908, SLAKE

Notes:

Birth: Date from the Sprague Database (Mail from Dick Weber [RE Webe r a t sprague-database dot org] to Weldon Whipple, received 23 Oct 1997 . On t he Internet at http://www.sprague-database.org)

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LV6D-8GZ
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Feb 1883, SGEOR

Notes:

SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief History of the Whipple Families Who Se t tled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 13. I t ap pears that Henry *might* have skipped a generation in his book. Samu el' s children listed on page 13 appear to be his grandchildren--the chil dre n of Samuel Jr. in other sources. Furthermore, the Elizabeth Eddy lis te d as Samuel's wife on page 13 is listed as Samuel's daughter-in-law (w if e of Samuel's son named Samuel) in other sources. (A corrected copy o f th is source in the R.I. Historical Society Library also indicates tha t ther e are major problems with this information.)

SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island_ ( A lbany, N.Y., 1887; reprinted. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1 97 8) p. 222.

SOURCE: Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Sons and Daughters of Jesse: A 360 Ye a r History of the Whipple Family (Oklahoma City: Southwestern Press, 197 6) , p. 12.

SOURCE: Email from Charles M. Whipple, Jr., to Weldon Whipple, 22 Mar 20 1 3. Samuel "....was the first to set up a stagecoach [to Boston]; afte r hi m, Robert Currie, then Samuel Whipple; when they got through by dayl ight , they thought to have done well." -- William R. Staples, Annals o f the T own of Providence (Knowles and Vose, 1843) 605.
As you will note from my book on Capt. John and family that Samuel was i n deed a most enterprising fellow. Currie was his son-in-law.

SOURCE: Samuel's will, dated 9 Mar 1710/11, proved 20 Mar 1710/11, p. 18 1 -2. Abstracted in Abstracts Providence Wills, Rhode Island Genealogica l R egister, vol. 12, p. 151.

Burial: 1st person to be buried at North Burial Ground, Providence, R. I . --Wm. Lee Whipple.

RESIDENCES: Lived and died in "Abbot House," N. Main, Providence, R.I.

Death: Family Tree Maker database of William Lee Whipple (billw at wlw d o t com)--received by the Whipple Web Site 4 Dec 1997, gives year 1709/10 .


Genealogy Dictionary of Rhode Island by Austin, pgs. 221-3

Early Town Records of Providence
Vol. XV:73, Samuel & Eleazer Shipple made freemen. 4 May 1669
Vol. III:206-7 7 Mar 1671 Deed of sale. Stephen Paine of Rehoboth sol d t o Samuel Whipple three house lots, with a dwelling house, and all o f th e out housing standing upon the lots, which Stephen Paine purchase d fro m Mary Mowry, executor of the estate of her deceased husband Roge r Mowry . One lot originally belonged to Daniel Comstock, one to John Smi th, an d one to Richard Prey, all of Providence. Also one right of common ing, on e 25 acre right of commoning both reaching westward as the seve n mile lin e. [Rec. 21 Sep 1671]
Vol VIII: 68 27 Jan 1678 Samuel Comstock requested the town lay ou t l a n d which remains due to him of his father's right which he bough t fro m John Smith. Samuel Whipple objected. The council suspended an ans wer un til 10 Feb. On that date they decided against Samuel Comstock.
Vol VIII: 94 17 Apr 1681 Granted to Samuel Whipple with permission of h i s father-in-law Thomas Harris, that he should have a piece of ground 4 0 f oot square and the privilege of a wharf within his father-in-law's lo ts.
Vol. XIV Deed Book 1, p. 97 Samuel Whipple and Mary his wife give 5 acr e s to Samuel's brother Eleazer Whipple. 7 Jun 1684.
Vol VII, Part of Will Book 1, p.22-29 Last Will & Testament dated 9 Ma r 1 711. Names sons Samuel and Thomas. Grandson Noah Whipple and Grandson s En och & Daniel Whipple. Wife Mary to have the home stead which belonge d t o the deceased Daniel Browne. Daughters Abigail & Hope. Son Samuel t o b e Executor.

Samuel married Mary Harris in 1666 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Mary (daughter of Thomas Harris and Elizabeth Cutter) was born in 1639 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 14 Dec 1722 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: KNZ7-RVL
• Initiatory (LDS): 2 Jun 1921, MANTI

Notes:

SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island_ ( A lbany, N.Y., 1887; reprinted. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1 97 8) p. 222

SOURCE: Judith Whipple, "Genealogy Chart of Captain John Whipple 1617-16 8 5 to Grace Louise (Whipple) Pitcher 1892 and Alfred Whipple 1903 and Jo h n Whipple 1904 and Lorey Whipple 1910-1970" (Portland, Tex., c1977) . C o p y in the NEHGS library, call number CS71.W574 1977. Gives death 1 67 6 i n Providence, R.I.

SOURCE: Husband Samuel's will, dated 9 Mar 1710/11, proved 20 Mar 1710 / 1 1, p. 181-2. Abstracted in Abstracts Providence Wills, Rhode Island G en e al ogical Register, vol. 12, p. 151.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LRYM-669
• Initiatory (LDS): 15 Dec 1921, LOGAN

Joseph married Esther Ballard in 1655 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Esther (daughter of William Ballard and Elizabeth Mary Lee) was born on 28 Oct 1632 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1695 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED
• FamilySearch ID: LT2N-LT4

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.

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• FamilySearch ID: LC3H-JYS
• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Apr 1905, SGEOR

Thomas married Elizabeth Cutter about 1626 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Cutter and Elizabeth Ledrede) was born on 22 Apr 1608 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England; died on 1 Sep 1687 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: MWBH-71R
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Dec 1900

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• FamilySearch ID: KN4F-915
• Initiatory (LDS): 13 Dec 1921

Joseph married Joan Hearne on 5 Nov 1627 in Horton, Buckinghamshire, England. Joan (daughter of George William Hearne and Catharine Underwood) was born about 1607 in Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 28 Feb 1634 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England; was buried in Ilseworth, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED, OAKLA
• FamilySearch ID: 9V95-QMT

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• FamilySearch ID: LK3Q-5WB
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Jan 1917, SLAKE

William married Elizabeth Mary Lee about 1630 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Lee and Ann Hungerford) was born on 12 Jan 1608 in England; died on 15 Mar 1687 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LCX6-KM7
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Jun 1997, OGDEN