__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _ Whipple ___________| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _William Whipple ____| | (1764 - 1808) m 1785| | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--William Wright Whipple | (1788 - 1867) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Abigail Wright _____| (1766 - 1847) m 1785| | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
!SOURCE: Grace Hildy Croft, The Benson Family: Descendants of Isaac Benson and Mary Bumpas and Allied Families, 2nd ed. (Provo, Utah, 1973), p. 649. Gives parents Ezek Whipple and Mindwell Waters.
!OCCUPATION: Lumber dealer, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, 1850 census. --G.H. Croft
!SOURCE: Email from Beverly H. to Weldon Whipple, 1 Dec 2015. Disputes Grace Hildy Croft's identification of Ezek Whipple (RIN 33167) and Mindwell Waters (33173) as William Wright Whipple's parents. Instead, her research shows that William Wright Whipple's parents are William Whipple and Abigail Wright. Cites (among other things) Oakwood Cemetery Troy, New York 1851-1872 Interments (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/cemoak1851.htm), entry 2750, which identifies his parents as William and Abigail Whipple.
!SOURCE: Letter written by Miss Abbie Whipple Sherman, written on the letterhead of (her father?) Job G. Sherman, Attorney at Law, dated Greenwich, New York, January 1, 1898. Letter is in the possession of the historical society of Stonington (Connecticut), transcribed by R. Gilebarto and sent to the Whipple Website, 6 Nov 1999. Spells middle name Knight.
!RESIDENCES: "Lived in Lansingburgh, N.Y. & Troy, N.Y., and held several county offices." -- A.W. Sherman
!SOURCE: Email from Carol Kwaitkowski (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 11 Jul 2003. Cites a family Bible (in her possession) and records from (and the gravestones in) Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, NY (Section F, Lots 96 and 97). Gives burial place, spells middle name Wright.
!SOURCE: Email from R. Gilebarto to Weldon Whipple, 2 Feb 2008. Gives name William W. Whipple, d. 14 May 1867, age 80.
!SOURCE: Email from Shannon Martel (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 13 Dec 2016. Includes scanned letter dated January 1, 1898. (See note above from R. Gilebarto.)
RIN 33174. Quick link to this page: https://genweb.whipple.org/33174
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