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Elnathan or Ethan Whipple

BIRTH: 13 Feb 1758, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 18 Dec 1836, Fair Haven, Rutland, Vermont
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Father: Benjamin Whipple (5 Jan 1725/1726 - Oct 1803)
Mother: Anne or Anna or Annie Brown (14 Jan 1735 - ____)

Family 1: Elizabeth Greene (ABT 1764 - Feb 1786)

MARRIAGE: 28 Apr 1782, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island

+Joseph Whipple (13 Nov 1783 - 28 Aug 1853)

Family 2: Abigail Hawkins (1764 - 12 Feb 1813)

MARRIAGE: 30 Nov 1788, Fairhaven, Rutland, Vermont

+Betsey Whipple (30 Jun 1789 - 1837)
Anna Nancy Whipple (14 Dec 1790 - 18 Mar 1825)
+Sarah Myra "Sally" Whipple (10 Oct 1792 - ____)
Ethan Benjamin Whipple (16 Oct 1794 - 10 Dec 1795)
Ethan Benjamin Whipple (11 Nov 1796 - ____)
Abigail Whipple (12 Jun 1800 - ____)
Amy Whipple (23 Jul 1802 - 1815)
Mary Whipple (1804 - 27 May 1805)

Family 3: Lydia Babcock (17 May 1774 - 13 Aug 1857)

MARRIAGE: 7 Feb 1814, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont

Mary Maria Whipple (2 Dec 1815 - 14 Oct 1821)
John Newton Whipple (17 Apr 1818 - 6 Oct 1821)
+Caroline Whipple (29 Apr 1821 - AFT Jun 1900)

                                                                                                  _________________________
                                                                                                 |                         
                                                                            _John Whipple _______|_________________________
                                                                           | (1617 - 1685) m 1638                          
                                                      _Benjamin Whipple ___|
                                                     | (.... - 1703) m 1686|
                                                     |                     |                      _________________________
                                                     |                     |                     |                         
                                                     |                     |_Sarah ______________|_________________________
                                                     |                       (1624 - 1666) m 1638                          
                                _Benjamin Whipple ___|
                               | (1688 - 1788) m 1722|
                               |                     |                                            _________________________
                               |                     |                                           |                         
                               |                     |                      _James Mathewson ____|_________________________
                               |                     |                     | (1638 - 1682) m 1663                          
                               |                     |_Ruth Mathewson _____|
                               |                       (.... - 1704) m 1686|
                               |                                           |                      _John Field _____________
                               |                                           |                     | (1616 - 1685)           
                               |                                           |_Hannah Field _______|_Ruth Fairbanks _________
                               |                                             (1642 - 1703) m 1663                          
 _Benjamin Whipple ____________|
| (1725 - 1803) m 1756         |
|                              |                                                                  _________________________
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|                              |                                            _Andre Bernon _______|_________________________
|                              |                                           |                                               
|                              |                      _Gabriel Bernon _____|
|                              |                     | (1644 - 1735) m 1673|
|                              |                     |                     |                      _________________________
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|                              |                     |                     |_Suzanne Guillemard _|_________________________
|                              |                     |                                                                     
|                              |_Sarah Bernon _______|
|                                (1700 - 1732) m 1722|
|                                                    |                                            _________________________
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|                                                    |                      _____________________|_________________________
|                                                    |                     |                                               
|                                                    |_Esther LeRoy _______|
|                                                      (1654 - 1710) m 1673|
|                                                                          |                      _________________________
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|                                                                          |_____________________|_________________________
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|--Elnathan or Ethan Whipple 
|  (1758 - 1836)
|                                                                                                 _Chad Brown _____________
|                                                                                                | (1600 - 1650)           
|                                                                           _John Brown _________|_Elizabeth Sharparowe ___
|                                                                          | (1630 - 1706) m 1654  (1604 - 1672)           
|                                                     _James Brown ________|
|                                                    | (1666 - 1732) m 1691|
|                                                    |                     |                      _Obadiah Holmes _________
|                                                    |                     |                     | (1607 - 1682) m 1636    
|                                                    |                     |_Mary Holmes ________|_Catharine or Katherine _
|                                                    |                       (1632 - 1690) m 1654  (.... - 1682)           
|                               _Joseph Brown _______|
|                              | (1701 - 1778) m 1727|
|                              |                     |                                            _William Harris _________+
|                              |                     |                                           | (.... - 1681)           
|                              |                     |                      _Andrew Harris ______|_Susan Hyde _____________
|                              |                     |                     | (1635 - 1686) m 1670  (.... - 1682)           
|                              |                     |_Mary Harris ________|
|                              |                       (1671 - 1736) m 1691|
|                              |                                           |                      _Richard Tew ____________
|                              |                                           |                     | (.... - 1673)           
|                              |                                           |_Mary Tew ___________|_Mary Clarke ____________
|                              |                                             (1647 - 1688) m 1670  (.... - 1687)           
|_Anne or Anna or Annie Brown _|
  (1735 - ....) m 1756         |
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                               |                                                                 |                         
                               |                                            _Thomas Field _______|_________________________
                               |                                           | (.... - 1717)                                 
                               |                      _William Field ______|
                               |                     | (1682 - 1729)       |
                               |                     |                     |                      _Thomas Harris __________+
                               |                     |                     |                     | (.... - 1686) m 1636    
                               |                     |                     |_Martha Harris ______|_Elizabeth ______________
                               |                     |                       (1643 - 1717)                                 
                               |_Martha Field _______|
                                 (1711 - 1736) m 1727|
                                                     |                                            _________________________
                                                     |                                           |                         
                                                     |                      _____________________|_________________________
                                                     |                     |                                               
                                                     |_Mary or Martha _____|
                                                       (.... - 1729)       |
                                                                           |                      _________________________
                                                                           |                     |                         
                                                                           |_____________________|_________________________

Notes

!SOURCE: Descendancy chart of Epenetus Olney mailed to the Whipple Web Site by J.D. Trezise on 10 Nov 1997, citing (among other references) Edward Justin Frost's 1938 genealogy of the Olney, Hawkins and Lewis families.

!MARRIAGE: Abigail Hawkins was second wife. --J.D. Trezise

!CHILDREN: Had 7 children with Abigail Hawkins. --J.D. Trezise

!SOURCE: Email from Mike Smith (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 27 Oct 1998, citing J.O. Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 221-223, and Arnold's Vital Records of Rhode Island, vol. 2, p.197-198, 255-257. ("Elnathan appears of page 257, second line" of Arnold.)

!SOURCE: Email from Joanne Lahr-Kreischer to Weldon Whipple, 28 Oct 1998.

!SOURCE: "Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazeteer, Fair Haven, Vermont Rutland County," vol. 3, p. 724, cited by Pauline Manosh (email hidden) in a post to the email hidden mailing list, 20 Dec 1999. Gives birth in North Providence, Rhode Island.

!SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, vol. 2, North Providence, pt. 4 (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 43. Gives name Ethan Whipple.

!SOURCE: GEDCOM file sent by Clayton J. Olney to Weldon Whipple, 16 Apr 2002. Gives marriage 30 Nov 1788. (Previously entered as Nov 1786.)

!MILITARY: "Served in the Continental army in Rhode Island, the summer he was 20 years old." --Hemenway

!OCCUPATION: "After leaving the army he appears to have worked at carpenter work in Providence." --Hemenway

!RESIDENCES: Moved to Fair Haven, Vermont in 1786. --Hemenway

!SOURCE: Email from Al Lee (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 17 Apr 1999. Gives name Ethan Whipple, dates 1767-1836 (no places), the second husband of Lydia Babcock Does not identify parents.

!SOURCE: Email from Beverly (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 9 Aug 2005. Identifies the Ethan Whipple who earlier married Lydia Babcock as the same person who married Elizabeth Greene and Abigail Hawkins. Cites the following evidence:

History of Fair Haven VT by Andrew Adams, 1870, notes Ethan, son of Captn Benjamin Whipple, had a sister Mary Whipple who married John Brown in Providence RI 2.14.1790. John and Mary (Whipple) Brown lived south of Mr. Whipple. John Brown was the son of Captn Chris. Brown and came to Fair Haven from RI about 1792 when he was 26 so that puts Mary in the right age and family to have married this John Brown.
DAR Records (not always accurate as the old records were often not verified but relied on evidence given by the applicants but they do support the evidence here as the descendant of Ethan and Lydia claims the same Ethan son of Benjamin.)
- DAR Record, #35526
  Benjamin b 1726 m Anna Brown 1756
  Benjamin in Senior Class of old officers, taken ill and son Ethan sent to take his place. Ethan born North Providence, died Fair Haven, VT.
  Ethan enlisted as 1776, Corporal, re-enlisted and took his father's place. Pension allowed 1832 service as corporal and sergeant, RI line. Ethen m first wife Elizabeth Greene 1764-1786 (from another source m Elizabeth 1782) had son Joseph 1783-1853. Joseph m in 1806 to Anna Hawkins 1780-1854, had Joseph who m Eliza A. Culver etc. (you have them and the sons Benjamin and Cyrus with the info from their DAR records so I won't repeat.) (My note, By the way, Hawkins father, Charles Hawkins, was a brother to Mary Hawkins who married Ephraim Whipple b 1729.)
- DAR Record #46346, descendant of Ethan and Lydia
  Ethan 1758-1836 Sergeant Capt Olney's Reg., re-enlisted under Capt Keene. Took his father' place. Ethan's wife Lydia Babcock(Church), his 3rd wife, had Caroline Whipple (Eddy).
Rev War record images
The dates of Ethan's marriages were still confusing me so I got his Rev War records of which there were 13 pages. Here is the info that supports this Ethan m to Lydia (summarized by page):
1. Face sheet lists wife as Lydia
2. States claimant of Fair Haven, VT
3. States born 2.13.1758 as recorded in his father's bible
4. Went to Fair Haven VT age 45 and now resides there
5. Widow's application at Burlington, VT, name Lydia Whipple, same military history as previous Ethan
6. Court record, declaration of Lydia (2 pages) that Ethan died 12.18.1836, that she was married to Ethan by Rev Mr Leonard or Lincoln in Poultney (Rutland County, VT) (my note the date is way off 4.27.1797 unless she was married to him twice), witnesses to marriage are listed; she further declared that her name to be Lydia Church when married to Ethan and that she raised "three children of which said Ethan was the father, to wit, Mary Maria, John Newton Whipple and Caroline are the children of Ethan and Lydia said declarant." signed 2.4.1850pg 8-9 nothing of note
7. I'm sending you a copy of this page which lists the children of Ethan and Lydia and states she is the 3rd wife. It looks like this was taped onto another page and no indication of whose handwriting it is but it lists the three children above and their birth dates (my note, the two children other than Caroline were both deceased at the time of her declaration but were perhaps of another wife?)
8. nothing of note, other than the dates of service were apparently in dispute at Ethan's first claim
9. Nothing of note
10. I'm sending you a copy of this to see what you make of it. It is the second page of a letter restating the facts, adds that Ethan was commissioned Lieutenant 1781 and that Lydia's maiden name was Babcock b 5.17.1774 and reaffirms the names of the three children. What you should look at is the handwritten note at the bottom, looks to me to read, "did not use the dates of birth of the children as there was some fraud". I wonder if Lydia was claiming two of the children who were not hers, for what purpose I don't know since they were deceased and I would not think it would have affected her claim for his pension anyway.

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