WHIPPLE, Eve

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Daniel Whipple, son of Eleazer Whipple, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in about 1690. He was at Wrentham, Massachusetts, but finally settled at Cumberland, Rhode Island, in or near what is now Woonsocket, where many generations of his descendants have lived. He married Mary Smith and they had the following children:
Daniel, born August 19, 1716;
Joseph, born August24, 1718, see forward;
Eleazer, born 1717, died 1720, aged three;
Mary,born December 3, 1724;
and perhaps others.

Daniel — CHAIMBERLAIN, Ann. [Group Sheet]

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Eleazer was the son of John Whipple, baptized at Dorchester, Massachusetts on March 8 , 1746, and was born probably within a month of that date. He was also a carpenter or housewright. He was a soldier in King Philip's War and was wounded. The town of Providence paid six pounds "for curing" him of his wound. He took the oath of allegiance in 1667. He was deputy to the general assembly in 1693 and 1701. He distributed his estate largely before his death. He deeded land to his sons Job and Eleazer, January 1, 1714. Later he gave the homestead to James , provided he pay legacies of fifty pounds each to his brother Daniel and his sister Elizabeth. His sons Eleazer, James and Job, all of Providence, deeded to brother Daniel, of Wrentham, certain lands. He died November 9, 1719, and his widow Alice and son James administered the estate. He married, January 26, 1669, Alice Angell, born 1649, died August 13, 1743, daughter of Thomas and Alice Angell, of Rhode Island. Alice, widow of Eleazer, made her home at Smithfield. She resigned as administratrix of the estate January 22, 1733. The children:
Eleazer, Jr.;
Abel, born at Providence, June 3, 1675;
Margaret;
Elizabeth, born 1680;
Job, born 1684;
James , born 1686;
Daniel
and perhaps others.

Eleazer married ANGELL, Alice 26/26 Jan 1669/1670, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Alice (daughter of AGNELL, Thomas and ASHTON, Alice) was born 1649, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; died 1743, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet]

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John's birthplace is speculated in several locations, Milford, Pembroke, Wales or Milford, Surry, England. His recorded immigration lists John Whipple of Bocking, Essex County, England, in 1632, as a passenger on a ship called "The Lyon", with Mr. William Peirce as Master. "The Lyon" sailed from London, June 22, 1632 and arrived September 16, 1632 at Boston. On 3 Oct. 1632 John was ordered to give3s. 4d. to his master Israel Stoughton for wasteful expenditure of powder and shot. John married Sarah (They or Darling ?) about 1639. She was born 1624 and died 1666, according to her gravestone. His house was near what is now called Neponset. He removed to Ipswich and became a proprietor of that town in 1638. His brother, Matthew Whipple, also settled at Ipswich and was the ancestor of many Essex County and New Hampshire families. John Whipple returned to Dorchester and was a freeman and deputy to the general court, May 13, 1640. He was one of the court's commissioners of valuation in 1640. He was engaged in trade with William Paine and others in 1647. He had the rank of cornet in the military service. He was a town officer of Dorchester. He and his wife joined the Dorchester church, in 1641. In 1658, John sold his house and some 40 or 50 acres of land in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to James Minot, and soon after moved with his family to Providence, Rhode Island. Land was granted to him in Providence on July 27, 1659, and drew lot 45 as proprietor February 19, 1665. He took the oath of allegiance in 1666. He was a deputy from Providence to the general assembly in 1666-69-70-72-74-76-77. He was licensed to keep a tavern at Providence in 1674. He was treasurer of the town from 1668 to 1683; town clerk 1670-71-72-76-77-81-82-83. He was in the Providence town council in 1669. He was virtually a resident of Providence after 1659. He refused to abandon his home during King Philip's War and was one of those entitled to the Indian prisoners, who were sold for a term of years to the planters. John Whipple died May 16, 1685, at Providence, aged about sixty-eight years, according to his gravestone there. John sold land in Ipswich on May 31, 1673.
John and Sarah had the following children:
John, baptized March 9, 1640, married, December 4, 1663, Mary Olney;
Sarah, baptized February 6, 1641-42,married John Smith, Jr.;
Samuel, baptized March 17, 1644;
Eleazer, baptize d March 8, 1646;
Mary, baptized April 9, 1648, married Epenctus Olney;
William , born 1652, baptized May 16, 1652, married Mary (???);
Benjamin, baptized June 4, 1654, married, April 1,1686, Ruth Mathewson;
David, baptized September 28, 1656, married, May15, 1675, Sarah Harndon; married (second) Hannah Tower;
Abigail, born at Providence, married, January 16, 1682, William Hopkins, son of ThomasHopkins;
Joseph, born at Providence, married, May 20, 1 684, Alice Smith;
Jonathan, born 1664, died September 8, 1721; married Margaret Angell, married (second) Anne (???).

John married DARLING, Sarah 1637, Dorchester, Suffolk, England. Sarah (daughter of DARLING, George and GRIDLEY, Katherine, daughter of MUCKLE, Isabel) was born 1624, Dorchester, Massachusetts; died 1666, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried , Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married ASHTON, Alice 10 Apr 1643, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Alice (daughter of ASHTON, James and ALICE) was born 1/01 Feb 1617/1618, Saint Albans, Hertshire, England; died 24 Dec 1694, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet]