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James Dexter

BIRTH: 22 Feb 1690/1691, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 7 Nov 1731, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
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Father: John Dexter (6 Nov 1652 - 23 Apr 1706)
Mother: Alice Smith (1665 - 19 Feb 1735/1736)

Family 1: Hannah Wilkinson (____ - ____)

MARRIAGE: 1711, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

+John Dexter (1 Feb 1716/1717 - AFT 1762)
Anne Dexter (22 Oct 1718 - ____)
+James Dexter (24 Feb 1720/1721 - 6 Aug 1801)
+David Dexter (24 Feb 1722/1723 - ____)
Mary Dexter (1725 - ____)
+Hopestill Dexter (15 Sep 1726 - 21 Sep 1815)
+Mercy Dexter (10 Oct 1730 - ____)

Family 2: Mary Whipple (1692 - ____)

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                       _Gregory Dexter _____|
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 _John Dexter ________|
| (1652 - 1706) m 1687|
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|--James Dexter 
|  (1690 - 1731)
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|                      _John Smith _________|
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|_Alice Smith ________|
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                      |                      _John Whipple _______|
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                      |_Sarah Whipple ______|
                        (1641 - 1710) m 1659|
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                                            |_Sarah ______________|
                                              (1624 - 1666) m 1638|
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Notes

!MARRIAGE: "Austin's _Genealogical Dictionary_ lists his wife as Hannah Wilkinson, daughter of Josias and Hannah (Tyler) Wilkinson. The Dexter family genealogy names Mary Whipple as his wife; possibly he was twice married. His children were: John, Anne, James, David, Hopestill, and Mercy Dexter. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:9.

!SOURCE: M.M. Wilkinson, _Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families_ (Shelby, Miss.: Shelby Book Store, 1949), p. 75. Lists Hannah Wilkinson as wife, with no mention of Mary Whipple.

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Sarah Whipple," descendancy chart from Beverly Phillips (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 21 Dec 1998. Gives place of death as Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. (Previously entered in database as Providence, R.I.) Gives Hannah Wilkinson as wife, mentioning Mary Whipple in notes.

!SOURCE: S.C. Newman, Dexter Genealogy: Being a Record of the Families Descended from Rev. Gregory Dexter (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1859), p. 47-48. Gives Mary Whipple as wife (and mother of six children John, James, David, Anna, Marcy and Hopestill); makes no mention of Hannah Wilkinson.

!GOVERNMENT: "The youngest member ever elected to the [General] Assembly [of Rhode Island, 1711, 1713, 1717] under the Charter." --S.C. Newman

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