John Whipple (Captain)

• BIRTH: ABT 1617, , , England
• DEATH: 16 May 1685, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
• BURIAL: 1685, North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

• TITLE: Captain

• MARRIAGE: 1638, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

1. +John Whipple (1639 - 15 Dec 1700)
2. +Sarah Whipple (CHR 6 Feb 1641/1642 - AFT 12 May 1710)
3. +Samuel Whipple (CHR 17 Mar 1643/1644 - 12 Mar 1710/1711)
4. +Eleazer Whipple (CHR 8 Mar 1645/1646 - 25 Aug 1719)
5. +Mary Whipple (CHR 9 Apr 1648 - 12 Jul 1698)
6. +William Whipple (CHR 16 May 1652 - 9 Mar 1711/1712)
7. +Benjamin Whipple (CHR 4 Jun 1654 - 11 Mar 1703/1704)
8. +David Whipple (CHR 28 Sep 1656 - 18 Dec 1710)
9. +Abigail Whipple (ABT 1657/1658 - 19 Aug 1725)
10. +Joseph Whipple (ABT 1662 - 28 Apr 1746)
11. +Jonathan Whipple (ABT 1664 - 8 Sep 1721)

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Notes

!IMMIGRATION: "Banks lists John Whipple of Bocking, Essex County, England, in 1632, as a passenger on a ship called 'The Lyon.' This ship: with Mr. William Peirce as Master, sailed from London, June 22, and arrived September 16th at Boston." Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Sons and Daughters of Jesse: A 360 Year History of the Whipple Family (Oklahoma City: Southwestern Press, 1976), p. 10. The same reference says he married Sarah They? or Darling? about 1639. (The quotation might actually refer to RIN 5890 or 5933 [father and son John Whipple, who were born in Bocking, Essex, England]? Neither 5890 or 5933 had a wife named Sarah They or Darling.)

!BIRTH: Variant place: Milford, Pembroke, Wales. --Brenda Bova (BBova2332 at aol dot com), in a post to the Whipple Mailing List (WHIPPLE-L at rootsweb dot com) 5 Oct 1997. Records of the Edson Whipple Family family Organization list Milford, Surrey, England. (We probably don't know where Captain. John was born ... --Weldon Whipple)

!BIRTH: Philip Currier, The Currier Family Records, v.4, p. 12, shows Captain John born in Bocking, Essex, England, on 19 Dec. 1588. (Being born in Bocking would seem to refer to one of the Ipswich Whipples. -- Weldon Whipple)

!DEATH: Age at death: 68.

!BIRTH: Date from John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island_ (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing 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 land in Dorchester, Mass., to James Minot, and soon after moved with his family to Providence, R.I. Land was granted to him in Providence in July 1659, and he was admitted as an inhabitant. --Nancy Cluff Siders (siders at lookingglass dot net) to the Whipple Family discussion list (whipple at rmgate dot pop dot indiana.edu), 5 Apr 1997, citing "The Steere Genealogy" by James P. Root, 1890. !PROBATE: 3 Oct 1632 ordered to give 3s. 4d. to his master Israel Stoughton for wasteful expenditure of powder and shot. (Austin, p. 221)

!SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipple 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 2006. Estimates marriage in 1638 or earlier (previously entered as 1639/40) based on the Early Records of the Town of Providence, XVII:53-4: "On 24 Nov 1684, John junior made a declaration that he was 45 years old at the time, making his date of birth 1639." Thus his parents likely married in 1638 or earlier.

Headstone of Captain John Whipple

In Memory of Capt. John Whipple who was Born in England & Died in Providence-Town ye 16th day of May. Anno Dona[?] 1685 About 68  Years of age Captain John Whipple is buried in the Whipple family plot in the North Burial Ground on Main Street in Providence, R.I. Secondary sources indicate that John and his wife Sarah were initially buried in the garden burial site near their home. Their bodies were moved to the North Burial Ground when it was established in 1700. The headstones of John and his wife Sarah are located approximately 48 feet  WSW (west-south-west) of the "Dahlia Path" sign in the cemetery. Read John's name on two versions of the Lyon passenger list. Compare this John with his contemporary (also named John) who arrived in America about six years later and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

RIN 366. Quick link to this page: http://whipple.org/366