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  • Name Sarah  
    Birth 1624  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1666  Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 21 Dec 1881  SGEOR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID L13S-ZY2 
    Burial North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I725  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Family Captain John Whipple,   b. Abt 1617, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1685, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 1638  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Ensign John Whipple,   b. 9 Mar 1641, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1700, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    +2. Sarah Whipple,   b. 2 Feb 1642, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 12 May 1710, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 68 years)
    +3. Samuel Whipple,   c. 17 Mar 1644, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1711, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
    +4. Eleazer Whipple,   c. 8 Mar 1646, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1719, Lime Rock, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
    +5. Mary Whipple,   c. 9 Apr 1648, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1698, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years)
    +6. William Whipple,   c. 16 May 1652, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1712, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years)
    +7. Benjamin Whipple,   c. 4 Jun 1654, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1704, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years)
    +8. Ensign David Whipple,   c. 28 Sep 1656, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1710, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years)
    +9. Abigail Whipple,   b. Abt 1657, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1725, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +10. Colonel Joseph Whipple,   b. Abt 1662, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1746, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +11. Lieutenant Jonathan Whipple,   b. 17 Mar 1664, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1721, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1624 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1638 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1666 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 21 Dec 1881 - SGEOR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    Whipple, Captain John and Sarah of Dorchester, Massachusetts & Providence History
    Whipple, Captain John and Sarah of Dorchester, Massachusetts & Providence History

  • 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.