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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBlaine WhippleTHE WHIPPLE FAMILIES OF AMERICA AND THEIR ENGLISH ANCESTORS By Blaine Whipple, M.S., Portland, Oregon An update on the Whipple families of America. From 1632 to today, America's history has been intimately entwined with the Whipple family. Few families look back over a longer, more colorful history than the Whipple family. All Whipple and allied family pedigrees welcome. Submit now. Expected Publication date, December 1993. Blaine Whipple 8455 S.W. Brookridge Portland, OR 97225-6339 LUCILE L. LUTHER 2531 LAKEVIEW ST LAKELAND FL 33801 (%' ee • r +�'"�d0"K=mow, ..y •,q.. a',...,.;. .. ..us.%�xl til r USA OregonTrail 1843-1993 8455 S.W. Brookridge Portland, OR 97225 April 1993 (503) 292-2790 Res. (503) 292-6332 Bus. (503) 292-6332 FAX To: Contributors to the Whipple History -Genealogy From: Blaine Whipple, author Subj: Progress Report Eleven chapters are written: Chapter 1 -- First There Was England Chapter 2 -- Essex County and Bocking Chapter 3 -- The Whipple Family of Bocking Chapter 4 -- Sea Voyage to New England Chapter 5 -- Then There Was New England Chapter 6 -- Ipswich & Hamilton, MA Chapter 7 -- The Matthew Whipple Family Chapter 8 -- Elder John Whipple of Ipswich Chapter 9 -- Dorchester, MA & Providence, RI Chapter 10 -- Capt. John Whipple & Family Chapter 11 -- Unlinked Whipple Families in addition the following Appendixes are written: Abstracts of English Records from Essex Whipple Coat of Arms Dates, Names, and Relationships First Settlers of Ipswich Through 1651 Whipple Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution What Did It Cost? -- pp. 1-50 -- pp. 51-77 -- pp. 78-147 -- pp. 1.48-172 -- pp. 173-239 -- pp. 240-298 --pp. 299-332 -- pp. 333-371 -- pp. 372-395 -- pp. 396-433 -- pp. 434-490 -- 29 pages -- 3 pages -- 4 pages -- 6 pages -- 22 pages -- 5 pages I 'Guam' � :� : .rte w a1% . ► was, son. soon. The latter is a retail price index chart for the years 1270 to 1812 allowing readers to convert values from then to the present. All of the above is a narrative of the various Whipple families from 1560 to 1993 -- a span of 433 years. The genealogy of 600 families is in addition to the narrative. The story begins in Bocking, Essex Co., England with the family of Matthew and Joan Whipple and follows their sons Matthew and John and their families to New England. The story of the Capt. John Whipple family begins with his arrival at Dorchester, MA in 1632. It con- cludes with Whipple families who have been unable to link their lines to these three. The genealogy extends to the present. There will be f our indexes -- unlinked families, Elder John of Ipswich, Matthew, and Capt. John. Dr. Ralph Crandall, director of the prestigious New England Historic Genealogical Society, a de- scendant of Capt. John through Samuel, has agreed to write the book's introduction. Rich- ard E. Whipple, Professor of Administration of Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA and a descendant of Matthew of Ipswich as is the author, has reviewed the narrative and wrote: I really like your approach at the beginning of each chapter with event/date sequencing to develop an appropriate read- er mind -set f or comprehending the environ- mental circumstances surrounding early 2 Whipple family existence. I appreciate the specificity you provide in describing the various communal participants, influences, and/or social structures of the period. I particularly enjoyed the warm and inviting manner in which you projected a modern- day Whipple into the architecture of the period. I compliment you on your endnotes which gives the reader an opportunity to further research areas of special interest. Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Ph.D, Ed.D., Litt. D., professor in the department of psy- chology at Central State University, Edmond, OK and associate minister of Edmond's Plym- outh Congregational Church, has shared many insights. He is author of Sons and Daughters of Jesse, a genealogy published in 1976 on Capt. John tracing the line of his son William. Dr. Whipple has generously shared extensive original research seeking Capt. John's parent- age and ties to the Bocking Whipples. Neither was found. On Jan. 1, 1993, Dr. Whipple sent a New Years greeting to his mailing list com- menting as follows: There has been far too much shoddy genealogical research done on the Whipples. Finally, here is a work of which we can all take pride. I believe Blaine Whipple's book will be the most complete, accurate, and definitive history ever written on North American Whipples, including the descendants of our Capt. John. I am most impressed with his dedica- tion to accuracy and writing skills, and encourage you to provide information on your own branch of the family and to order the book as soon as it is available. The publisher, Bullbrier Press of Ithaca, NY, is owned by Dr. John Kingsbury, a descendant of Capt. John. He has published many genealogies, including T h e A n t e c e d e n t s and Descendants of Noah Whipple by Clara Hammond McGuigan published in 1.971. Kingsbury and McGuigan descend from Capt. John through Samuel. Brothers Matthew and John were clothiers in Bocking. Capt. John left England as an indentured servant, age about 15. Two John Whipples in Massachusetts in the early 1600s has confused many latter day Whipples. This book eliminates this confusion. Genea- logical sources include parish records, vital statistics, wills, a book commissioned by Charles Deering in 1929, research by Debrett Ancestry Research Limited of Alresf ord, Hampshire, England, and responses from approximately 600 Whipple families. Family of Matthew & Anne (11awkins) Whipple: i. Matthew, born about 1623; buried 11-27-1623. ii. Matthew, born about 1624; buried 4-3-1627. iii. Mary, born about 1626; living in 1645. iv. Anne, born about 1628; married (1) John Annable, (2) Nicholas Clapp. V. Elizabeth, born about 1629; married Jacob Perkins. vi. John (Lieutenant), b. 9-6-1632; d. 12-22-1695. m. (1) Sarah Kent, (2) Elizabeth Woodman, (3) Mary Stevens. vii. Matthew, born ca 1635; died 10-20-1658; m. Mary Bartholomew. viii. Joseph, born ca 1640; died between 20 November 1708 and 7 May 1709; married (1) Sarah , (2) Sarah Fairchild. Family of Elder John and Susanna Whipple: i. Susanna, b. 7-1-1622; m. Lionel Worth. ii. John, b. 1-11-623-4; buried 8-4-1624. iii. John (Captain), born 12-21-1625; d. 8-10-1683. Martha Reynor, (2) Elizabeth (Burl-) I'::sn%. iv. Elizabeth, b. 11-1-1627; d. 12-15-1648 without issue. m. Anthony Potter. V. Matthew, b. 10-7-1628; d. 10-12-1634. vi. William, b. 10-1631; d. 6-4-1641. vii. Anne, b. 6-2-1633; d. 5-4-1634. viii. Mary, b. 2-20-1634; d. 6-2-1720; m. Simon Stone. ix. Judith, b. 8-1636; d. 6-27-1637. X. Matthew, b. 2-17-1637-8; d. 3-30-1637-8. xi. Sarah, b. 11-3-1641; d. 7-23-1681; m. Joseph Goodhue. Matthew and John were Puritans who believed that the principles of all truth and a complete guide to life were found in scripture. Their belief motivated them to leave the settled life of clothiers and the amenities of Bocking, a town over 700 years old, to become farmers in a wilderness where they had to build houses, barns, and other outbuildings for two families, prepare for the onset of winter, plan for the coming year's farming operation without horses and farm implements, and assume the obliga- tions of community leadership. The emigrants to America had a num- ber of published works to review and it is presumed the Whipples read at least some of them. They probably gained most of their information from William Wood's N e w 3 England's Prospect. This slender volume was first offered for sale in 1634 by London bookseller John Bellamie at his Three Golden Lions shop in Cornhill. Wood had recently returned from four years in Massachusetts and wanted to share his excitement about and knowledge of the new world. His readers were promised "A true, lively, and experimental description of that part of America, commonly called New England, the state of that country, both as it stands to our new -come English planters; and to the old native inhabitants, laying down that which may both enrich the knowledge of the mind -traveling reader or benef it the future voyager." One-way passage was £5; children's fare: "Suckling children not to be reckoned; such as under f our years of age, three f or one fare; under eight, two for one; under 1.2, three f or two." It cost £4 a ton to ship household goods. Medical care was extra and cost 2 shillings 6 pence per person. Fare included food and drink of salt beef and pork, salt fish, butter, cheese, peas, pottage, water gruel, biscuits, water, and "six- S11- ling it�,�; r." Tho -3%.11— �v ho co-uid afford at were told to bring their own provisions of "conserves and good claret wine ... salad oil ... a com- fortable thing for the stomach for such as are sea sick. Prunes are good to be stewed; sugar for many things; white biscuits, eggs, bacon, rice, poultry, and sheep to kill aboard; fine flour -baked meats will keep about a week or nine days at sea. Juice of lemons well put up is good either to prevent or cure the scurvy." The first known American reference to the Bocking families is March 2, 1637 when each brother was granted a 200 acre farm and a six acre house lot. Approximately 96 f amilics lived in Ipswich and five to six thousand peo- ple in the Bay colony when they arrived. Family of Capt. John and Sarah Whipple. i. John, Jr, bapt. 3 (7 or 9) 1640, d. 12-15-1700; m. (1) Mary Olney 12-4-1663, (2) Rebecca Scott 4-15-1678. ii. Sarah, bapt. 2-6-1641, died ca 1687; married John Smith. iii. Samuel, bapt. 3-17-1643, d. 3-12-1710-1.1; m. Mary Harris. iv. Eleazer, bapt. 3-8-1645, d. 8-25-1719; m. Alice Angell 1-26-1669. v. Mary, bapt. 4-9-1648, d, ca 1698; m. Epenetus Olney 3- 9-1666. vi. William, bapt. 5-16-1652, d. 3-9-1712; m. Mary vii. Benjamin, bapt. 6-4-1654, d. 3-11-1703-4; m. Ruth Matthewson 4-1-1686. viii. David, bapt. 9-28-1656, d. Dec. 1710; m. (1) Sarah Ilearnden 5-15-1675 (2) Hannah Tower 11-11-1677. ix. Abigail, born ca 1660, died 8-19-1725; m. (1) Stephen Dexter (2) William Hopkins Jan. 1682. x. Joseph, born in 1662, died 4-28-1746; m. Alice Smith 5-20-1684. xi. Jonathan, born in 1664, died 9-8-1721; m. (1) Mar- garet Angell (2) Anne ( ). It was September 1632 and fall was in the air and the trees were turning when 15 - year -old John Whipple arrived in Dorchester ready for adventure and looking forward to making something of his life in the new world. Only about 2,000 settlers had preceded him. An indentured servant, he was in the vanguard of New England settlers. He had no experience to guide him and had to learn to survive in a society where status was all important and his status as an indentured carpenter apprentice put him at the bottom of the social scale. John was granted eight acres in Dor- chester January 2, 1637. He was about 20 and undoubtedly his term of indenture was over. After five years in New England he was a landowner, a circumstance that would have been impossible in Old England. He eventually acquired between 40 and 50 acres and farmed and practiced the carpenter trade. After about 26 years in Dorchester, John moved his wife and 11 children to Providence where he was re- ceived as a purchaser July 27, 1.659 with rights as a proprietor. When he died May 16, 1685, John had 36 grandchildren. Two more were born within weeks of his death. His children eventually produced 73 offspring, 39 grandsons and 34 granddaughters. Of the grandsons, 26 bore the Whipple name making his descendants the most numerous to bear the surname. He was a widower his last 19 years but with such a large family, service to the town lasting until 1683, and running one of the most popular inns in that part of New England, John had little time to be idle or lonely. He was an inspiration to his children and grandchildren with many following him into public service. John, Jr. served in the general assembly as both deputy and assistant, as town treasurer, town clerk, and on the town 4 council. Samuel, Eleazer, and Joseph were deputies; Joseph also served as an assistant, on the town council, and as colonel of the militia. David was an ensign of the militia. Grandson Joseph ('1687-1750) (Joseph2 , John) served as deputy governor in 1743, 1744, and 1746 as did his great grandson Joseph (1725-61) from 1749 to 1754 (Joseph3"2, John'). Abigail's second husband was William Hopkins and this union produced John's great grandsons Stephen and Esek Hopkins. Stephen became governor of Rhode Island, a member of the continental congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. (General William Whipple, a great great grandson of Elder John Whipple of Ipswich, served with Hopkins and signed the Declaration of Independence on behalf of New Hampshire.) Esek was the f irst commander-in- chief of the continental navy. Great great grandson Commodore Abraham Whipple (1733- -1819) (Noah4"3, Samuel2, John') was a genuine American hero and a man of firsts: first to lead a successful act of rebellion against British rule on America's shores (the Gaspee incident in Narragansett Bay in 1772); first to fire on and fighi a successful naval engagement against a British warship at the outset of the Revolu- tion (against HMS Rose in 1.775); first of the Rhode Island captains to serve under Esek Hopkins in the continental navy, 1776); first to demonstrate the vast potential for trade of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers by sailing with a cargo from Marietta, Ohio to Cuba in 1801. Matthew and Anne, Elder John and Susanna, and Capt. John and Sarah helped lay the foundation of New England; helped make Massachusetts and Rhode Island a reality. They were among the first to cut the primeval forests, to cultivate the virgin soil, to build a home on the frontier, to worship in the log meeting houses. Those who came after 1650 found New England a reality because of efforts of early colonists like Matthew and Anne, Elder John and Susanna, and Capt. John and Sarah Whipple. Their descendants should be proud they led the way to America. Those receiving this update have not been able to link their families to any of the original American Whipples. However, their family history and genealogy is equally impor- tant to my book as I want it to be as complete and definitive as possible. Because of information provided by many of you, we have been able to extend some lines several generations and link others to one of the original American families. After all the names have been entered into the computer, it is our hope to be able to extend more lines. But many of the unlinked family members have submitted only minimal information. Some have expressed a desire to own the book but have provided no information. The completeness and quality of your input is critical and may result in extending your line. Another reason to upgrade and/or submit your genealogy is that we expect a widespread distribution of the book. The index will enhance the opportunity of a connection. Unknown relatives may have the clue you seek to extend your line. If you are in the book, they will know how to contact you and share missing family information. There is no charge nor is there an obligation to buy. I have invest- ed three decades in research and want the book to be as complete as possible -- from the earli- est to the latest generation -- including females lines who no longer carry the Whipple name. My goal is to complete the book by the end of 1993. Because of your interest, I want you to have a sense of the book and an opportunity to update and expand your genealogy. Reproduce the family group sheet included with this mailing, organize your inf ormation on it, and f orward to me. Encourage others to contribute. Remind them they do not need to know their pedi- gree back to any of the original settlers. By submitting whatever inf ormation they have, they will help make this the definitive book on Whipples in America. I look forward to your early submission of any updates. If you have questions, be sure to enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope with your replies. Trafford Publishing: History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts His Englis... Page I of 7 IINFORMACION1 DOWNLOAD OUR I 4PTRAFFORD EN E;SPA tt L PUBLISHING GUIDE)(AUTHOR LQ4GTN 5P Tra rw rop o r PUtALIS H1 o About theBrowse earch hopping Book Trade Just Return Help Bookstore Aisles Desk Basket Terms Released! Policy Here is the full reference card for this book... ADD BOOK to my Shopping Basket EMAIL THIS PAGE to a Friend If you'd rather place an order by talking to one of our cheerful order desk clerks, please call 1-888-232-4444 (USA and Canada only) or 250-383-6864. From Europe, ring our UK order desk clerk at local rate number 0845 230 9601 (UK only) or 44 (0) 1865 722 113. History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts His � English Ancestors and American Descendants by Blaine Whipple t; 667 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-0039; ISBN 1-55395-676-1; US$49.95, C$62.0� EUR40.307 £27.93 The subject is "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts and 6.880 of his American Descendants. The.boo - divided into two sections- historical and genealogical � Read more! � t� about the book reviews about the author sample excerpts catalogue info About the Book Four men with the surname Whipple were in the American colonies by the early 1630s. This book is about one of those men: "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts and his 6,880 American descendants, covering 15 generations. In addition to these lineages, the book offers a social history of various family members beginning with John's father, Matthew, Sr., a successful Clothier of Bocking, Essex Co., England who was born about 1560. Many of the most prominent families of early colonial America married into the Whipple family. Included in the pages of this book are members of the Dea. Simon Stone family of Great Bromley, England and Watertown, Mass., http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/dosearch 11/8/2007 Trafford Publishing: History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts His Englis... Page 2 of 7 Samuel Appleton of Little Waldingfield, England and Ipswich; William Goddard of London and Watertown; Thomas Hinckley, last govenor of Plymouth colony, Humphrey Reynor of England and Rowley; Daniel Denison , major general of the Massachusetts colony; Dr. Comfort Starr of Canbrook, Kent Co., England and Suffolk Co., Mass.; Dea. William Goodhue of England and Ipswich; Job Lane of England and Malden Mass.; etc. A full biography of general William Whipple, New Hampshire singer of the Declaration of Independence, is presented. Other biographies include president Calvin Coolidge; Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross; James Russell Lowell, author and diplomat; Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; professor Albert Enoch Pillsburry who taught consitutional law at Boston university; and many other. REVIEWS "Rarely does one come across a family history text of this depth. Ambitious and rich in detail, it is a genealogical compilation and also a historical accounting that will appeal to students of colonial American history. Extensive historical backdrop has been intertwined with Whipple family story, expanding its time span and subject." "Chapter endnotes -some of them massive in numbe-include valuable narrative information in addition to source citations." "... this book represents a unique text that will appeal to those interested in Whipple family history and in American colonial history. it is unsurpassed in detail, a captivating read, and a massive fait accompli." Diane Ptak, CLS The full review can be seen in Vol. 93, No. 1, March 2005 of National Genealogical Society Quarterly About the Author Blaine Whipple has been a commercial real estate broker in Portland, Oreg. since 1963 and authored a 202 page genealogy on his maternal family, Scott, in 1981. He is president of the Roots Users Group of Portland, a self-help group of amateur genealogists; former editor of the Gena Log, a quarterly newsletter of the Washington Country (Oreg.) famly History Society; a contributor to Heritage Guest The Genealogy Magazine; and a memeber of a number of genealogical societies in various parts of the U.S. He began his genealogical work on brothers Matthew and John Whipple of Bocking and Ipswich in the early 1950s doing original research in Bocking and in the various communities in the U.S. settled by his Whipple ancestors. He has served as an Oregon State Senator, School Board Chairman, Water District Chairmen, Fire District Treasurer, and Emergency Medical Service District Board member. He has degrees from the U. Of Minnesota and the U. Of Oregon and is married with three children and five grandchildren. Sample Excerpts http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/dosearch 11/8/2007 Trafford Publishing: History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts His Englis... Page 3 of 7 Chapter THE WHIPPLES OF BOCKING, ESSEX COUNTY, ENGLAND Parish records from Bocking�St. Mary's church, Matthew's will dated 19 December 1G1G.Abstracts of English Records for the Ancestry of Matthew Whipple n/560-Y8/8.and original research inadjacent parish records are some ofthe sources for information onthe family. Matthew's 1616 will was written in English and the probate in Latin leading us to believe he was educated. School for boys began at age 7 and Matthew probably had a new satchel to carry books and papers, a sharp penknife, and some candies when hearrived for his first day ofschool. The boys sat onhard benches, two sharing each ofthe slanted oak desks set in rows in a heavy -beamed, high -ceiling room. The school, always cold in wintertime, brought on an endless runny nose and fingers stiff as twigs. In summer afternoons the room was as sweaty as a chimney corner. There Matthew would have labored every day except Sunday under the unblinking gaze of the tall, thin, weary master perched on a stool in front ofthe class with a supple birch nod ready for use. Behind, unseen but always felt, was the usher watching everything. |twas olong heavy -lidded day from first light until first stars. The curriculum included mathematics, English, Greek. Hebrew, and Latin Students learned to write, in prose and verse in the slowly dying tongue of Caesar and Cicero. Their memory was enhanced by a ferule laid smartly across an open palm or swollen knuckles and/or by the master's birch rod as it struck the flinching bare flesh of their backside. William Lily's A Short Introduction of Grammar and Nicholas Udall's Flowers of Latin Speaking were the Latin texts and it was learned by heart through ceaseless exercises of recitation. The Hebrew grammar was also by Udall. The Greek text was William Camden's 1587 grammar. Reading assignments includes authors Aesop, Cato, Homor, Horace, Ovid, Theognis, and Virgil. As he headed toward manhood, he would have listened and occasionally participated in the endless debates on religion. His fellow citizens talked freely and openly and passionately on delicate subjects such as transubstantiation, predestination, the true and proper nature and number of the holy sacraments; the virtues and faults and strengths and weaknesses of the Book of Common Prayer, the best ways and means to translate the scriptures into the common tongue, the thorny questions of whether good works count with God or whether man could be justified by faith alone; whether the Pope in Rome is the anti -Christ; the place and purpose if any, for altars and images and vestments and candles and incense, whether these were morally neutral or merely tolerable and foolish things or whether there was any place for these things in a reformed and purified service of worship- it there should be by name and title, bishops; if priests should marry; if married people may ever lawfully divorce; should private conscience or civil and public ordinances prevail. He was probably about 16 when he made his first trip to London. He had listened many times to travelers speak of the city and had undoubtedly formed an impression - probably Jerusalem and Babylon with bits and pieces of Sodom and Gomorrah Traveling there he would have been amazed by the numbers of birds in the countryside and the sounds of bells tolling and ringing toeach other inthe towns and villages hepassed through on the 4bmile journey. There were bells of every tone of voice from cockcrow day bell at first light until evening curfew and finally ending with the solemn tolling of midnight. Many towns and villages had their own language of bells - bells to announce birth, death, baptisms, burial, the marriage feast, and the call toprayer and communion. Eventually the city appeared straight ahead of him, across fields with scattered houses, buildings, and churches rising tofill the wide horizon. There stood the battlement wall, like a vast painted cloth, with its gates and gate houses and towers. The spires and the steeples ofthe churches must have seemed like awild forest stretching from the White Tower to the town of London to St. Paul's church atop its hill. Weathervanes sparkled from the four corners of each. The towers and long roof of St. Peter's church at Westminister Abbey, the Old Palace, Whitehall Palace, and the great houses lining the banks of the Thames must have been beyond his imagination. This ancient city, built between and among low hills and marshy ground by a river, would have seemed newly baptized to the eyes of this sixteen -year old. As any first time visitor would, heexplored itall. He would have gone to the Smithfield market, easy to identify by its odors ofhay and manure and the warm scents ofcows, horses, sheep. and swine. Dnto St. Nicholas Shambles (next to Newgate) where the smell of the butcher and poulterer mingle. He followed his nose around London and found the dry fatty stink ofthe skinners tanning their furs inanarea known st the Paltry.The musty odors ofall kinds ofgrain were on Lombard street near its intersection with Bridge street. Fresh fruits and vegetables mixing with the odors of bake house and brew house meant he was just south of St. Paul's churchyard in Carter lane. Just west of Knightrider onThames street was the garlic market. As he explored the wonders of this city, anew essence suddenly exploded upon him. His sense of smell would have Trafford Publishing: History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts His Englis... Page 4 of 7 been flooded with a paradise of spices - mace and cinnamon, almonds and anise, ginger and clove and nutmeg. The essence of all these were happily confused with black English peppermint, rosemary, wild thyme, sweet violet, chamomile, lemon scented sweet flag, sweet cicely, and sweet woodruff, as licorice as any anise seed. And for a penny he could climb the tower of St. Paul's, see the Tower of London and the wondrous zoo there, get a guided tour of Westminister Abbey and touch the graves of kings. At the King's Head tavern he would have been introduced to oysters in bastard gravy - cooked with ale and bread crumbs and seasoned with ginger and pepper and sugar and saffron. On to the Mermaid for a salad of boiled turnips and beets and carrots followed by sturgeon cooked in claret, some chicken and fruit in a pie, and ending with a sweet pie of apples and oranges. He must have believed it was a meal even the Queen couldn't top. Chapter 2 SEA VOYAGE TO NEW ENGLAND The ships were not built for passengers so the colonists had to adjust to the inconveniences of a freight -carrying vessel. The more important passengers booked tiny cabins in the poop deck containing an upper and lower bunk no larger than coffins. Though unbelievably cramped, these cabins were luxurious compared to the rest of the passengers who slept on hammocks and pallets in the hold. Cabin passengers had a tiny square porthole and a bucket dangling on a rope for the disposal of bodily waste. The common folk had no privacy at all and were kept under the hatches during prolonged storms. It is left to the reader's imagination how sanitary needs were met. Livestock were carried on the same ships and suffered more than the passengers as they were housed on the storm -swept decks. On their initial tour of what would be their home for up to 12 weeks, Matthew and John probably began by descending through the hatch by ladder to the 'tween decks,' an area six feet high, where many of the passenger's hammocks were slung. Even though the stench was strong and the light poor, it was the preferred space since it had portholes. Down another hatch was the dark, smoky hold where a small hearth had been built of fire bricks. Here the ship's cook made a stew of salt beef and dried peas in an enormous iron pot, dinner for the common folk and the sailors. Officers and cabin passengers had a separate galley under the poop. About the seventh week many of the ships were still battered by contrary winds and suffered fog so heavy they lost sight of vessels traveling with them. Sudden gales and fierce rainstorms kept passengers below deck and the usual accidents happened- the flying jib tore off in a heavy sea, some of the shrouds on the mizzen parted, and a sailor fell from the rigging of the mainmast, breaking a leg. When they sighted a ship with an unfamiliar rig, they probably thought it was an enemy privateer and manned the guns. But usually it turned out to be a harmless Danish trader bound for home with cod from the Grand Banks. Pods of whales, each almost as big as the ship, frolicked too close for comfort. When goats or cattle died they were quickly eaten since several casks of provisions spoiled on every voyage. Chapter 3 THE "ELDER" JOHN WHIPPLE FAMILY John Whipple became a freeman in 1640, served eight terms in the general court, was a feoffee of the grammar school, clerk of writs, deacon of the church beginning in 1642, church elder beginning in 1658, and a farmer and businessman. To be elected, both deacons and elders had to demonstrate they were "tried and proved, honest, and of good report." Scripture determined qualifications. "Elders must be blameless, sober, apt to teach, and imbued with such as other qualifications as are laid down in 1 Timothy 3 and 2 and Titus- 1, 6 to 9.fl Deacons, sometimes called "Helps," were responsible for the temporal, not the spiritual, needs of the church. They were to have "the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience, endured with the Holy Ghost," to be "grave, not double tongued, not given too much to wine, not given to filthy lucre." They received offering and gifts, kept the treasury, and served the Tables of the church- "the Lord's Table, the table of the ministers, and of such as are in necessity, to whom they are to distribute in simplicity." When contributions waned, they spurred greater giving. They were to keep dogs out of the meeting house on Sabbath or Lecture days between noon and 3-00 and keep the meeting house water tight. http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/dosearch 11/8/2007 Trafford Publishing: History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts His Englis... Page 5 of 7 Elders joined pastors and teachers in acts of spiritual rule but did not participate in teaching and preaching. They were expected to have attained "wisdom and judgment endued with the Spirit of God, able to discern between cause and cause, between plea and plea, and accordingly to prevent and redress evils, always vigilant and intending to see the statutes, ordinances, and laws of God kept in the church, and that not only by the people in obedience, but to see the officers do their duties." They "must be of life likewise unreprovable, governing their own families orderly ... of manners sober, gentle, modest, loving, temperate." Ruling meant they were to call the church together upon any weighty occasion. Members were obliged to attend, could not leave until dismissed, could not speak until recognized by the elders, could be silenced in mid sentence, and could not contradict the judgment or sentence of elders without "sufficient and weighty cause." Chapter 4 CAPTAIN JOHN WHIPPLE FAMILY It is hard to imagine John Whipple, Jr. acquiring an estate of £3,000 and matching his accomplishments had he remained in Bocking, England. He had to be a man of energy and drive to accomplish so much. A man in similar circumstances in Bocking would have spent as much labor and cost for an acre or two of land. John saw opportunity in the new land and took advantage of it. He died of an unknown sickness August 10, 1683. His will, written eight days before his death, included language that he was "not like (sic) to escape this sickness." Elizabeth, his "beloved wife, was to enjoy one half of my dwelling house so long as she shall see cause to live therein." His daughters Sarah, 12, and Susanna, 22, wife of maj. John Lane, were each to receive £150. If she was willing, Sarah was to be brought up by her stepmother with her maintenance to come from the estate. She was to receive the £150 at "the time of her marriage or when she comes to one and twenty years of age." He made specific bequests to sons John, Matthew, and Joseph. Chapter 5 SARAH WHIPPLE AND DEACON JOSEPH GOODHUE Sarah was the only child born to John and Susannah in Massachusetts, making her the first generation American of this branch of the Whipple family tree. She was exposed to the many facets of her father's life and unlike most girls of that time learned to read and write. In July 1681, pregnant with twins and the mother of three sons and four daughters born in her first 20 years of marriage, Sarah had a strong premonition she would die in childbirth and wrote a letter to her husband found after death - she died six days after the date of the letter. She wrote of her profoundly religious life, "her joy in the Lord and her delight in sermons and all religious exercises" and of her tender affection for her husband and children. The letter, addressed to her "dear and loving husband" included messages to her children, siblings, and in-laws. She wrote that she believed that the Lord had "fit me for himself' and that she would die "either at my travail, or soon after it. I am very willing to enjoy thy company and my children longer [but] if it be the will of the Lord that I must not, I hope I can say cheerfully the will of the Lord be done." Sarah's "Valedictory and Monitory Writing," reproduced in full here, is a classic in the annals of the olden times. It reveals the depths of spiritual experience that underlay the severe legalism of the old Puritan religion. The literary style is chaste and beautiful and suggests a cultured and luminous atmosphere in her early home. Chapter 6 GENERAL WILLIAM WHIPPLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Previous biographers have emphasized William Whipple's lack of participation in public affairs prior to the revolution. is obvious they failed to do their research. His participation in public life began in 1760, 16 years before he signed the Declaration of Independence. In the 1770s when problems with England escalated, his Portsmouth neighbors consistently elected him to committees to deal with these problems and to the legislature where he immediately became a leader. In 1775 he was on the provincial committee of correspondence and was chairman pro tem of the committee of safety, the executive body running the providence. In 1776 he was selected third of the 12 councilors to run the colony. http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/dosearch 11/8/2007 Trafford Publishing: History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts His Englis... Page 6 of 7 He served in the continental congress from February 29, 1776 to September 25, 1779, longer than any other New Hampshire delegate. Between sessions, as brigadier general of the New Hampshire militia, he was one of the negotiators of gen. John Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga in October 1777 - considered the turning point of the war -- and commanded a militia brigade in the 1778 Rhode Island campaign. After leaving congress, he represented Portsmouth in the state legislature and was judge of the superior court. He declined federal appointment as commissioner of admiralty in 1779 but served the federal government as New Hampshire receiver of the United States and as presiding judge of the federal court hearing the 1782 dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut. He as ahead of his time in medical science, advocating inoculation for small pox and authorized an autopsy on his body, Whipple quickly became one of the work horses of congress. His colleagues recognized both his people skills and broad knowledge of marine and foreign affairs, money and taxation, and commerce and military affairs. He was named to the most important committees, chaired the naval, foreign affairs, and tax committees, and was a ranking member on military and quartermaster committees. He served on scores of sub committees, chairing many of them. Whipple's crowning virtue was hopefulness, something badly needed in the dark and discouraging days of 1777. His persistent and contagious hopefulness was always there to inspire his colleague Josiah Bartlett who had previously served as a New Hampshire delegate and was often the victim of doubt, despair, and gloom. In a February letter Whipple wrote "I am sorry you want any thing to keep up your spirits. I should think the glorious cause in which we are engaged is sufficient for that purpose. The prospect of laying a foundation of liberty and happiness for posterity and securing an asylum for all who wish to enjoy those blessings is an object in my opinion sufficient to raise the mind above every misfortune." Bartlett wrote Whipple in September 1777 how important it was for him to accept reelection because peace negotiations were to begin and Whipple's abilities were needed. "I hope...you will have as great a hand in making peace and confirming our independence as you had in carrying on the war and declaring total separation from Britain." French insistence in January 1779 that congress enter into peace negotiations with England occupied a great deal of Whipple's time as chairman of the foreign affairs committee. The French minister plenipotentiary Conrad -Alexandre G6rard told Whipple's committee on February 15 it had to decide on issues critical to a peace conference. Whipple surveyed his committee and the consensus was the negotiations could only begin after Great Britain acknowledged "the absolute and unlimited liberty, sovereignty, and independence" of the United States in matters of government and commerce. Whipple wrote Bartlett that he anticipated that congress would receive British peace proposals in the spring but didn't expect them to include independence. He said his bottom line for an acceptable peace was independence, Britain "quitting all pretensions to Canada and Nova Scotia, and dividing Florida with Spain." Despairing of victory, Bartlett wrote back advocating peace. In a strong letter dated February 18, Whipple, in an attempt to strengthen Bartlett's resolve, wrote the country could and would eventually win. "Peace ... is desirable but...a secondary object. War with all its horrors is preferable to an inglorious peace. I hope we never consent to a peace [that leaves our] posterity greater evils that we have suffered. I [believe] there is virtue enough in the army to undergo the fatigues of one more campaign. By the last accounts from Europe, American affairs have a much better aspect there than here. [I cannot share] the particulars but ... I shall e'er long have it in my power to ... dispel those gloomy forebodings that pervade your mind. GENEALOGY The genealogical section includes 6,910 individuals, 1,570 surnames, and 2,544 marriages. The period covered is from about 1560 in England to October 2001 in the United States and includes 15 generations. The individuals have been identified by hundreds of family historians who claim descent from the earliest known Whipple ancestors from Bocking. Some lineages are explored more extensively than other. Sources are cited in endnotes which are as diverse as vital statistics, town and county histories, cemetery and church records, Bible, probate, and guardianship records, deed records, personal knowledge of the provider of the information, etc. Documentation is from primary and secondary sources. The genealogical format follows the modified Register style where all children receive an Arabic number in birth order beginning with the next number after the last number used in the previous generation. Children whose line continue have a plus (+) in front of their number. Names of main persons are printed in bold upper/lower case letters. http://vwvw.trafford.com/4dcgi/dosearch 11/8/2007 Trafford Publishing: History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts His Englis... Page 7 of 7 Catalogue Information ADD BOOK to my Shopping Basket EMAIL THIS PAGE to a Friend Canada • USA • UK • Europe ()Secured by r rtmwte Contact Us I Privacy Policy j Terms of use ( Author Login click to verify , 2407-11-09 URL http://www.trafford.com © 1995-2007 Trafford Publishing, a division of Trafford Holdings Ltd. laums http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/dosearch 11/8/2007 March 14-, 1992 Blain Whipple 8455 SW Brookridge Portland, Oregon 97225 Dear Blain, Lucile and I finally have our. Whipple chart fairly well in jS of SoMa U -p , t.0 you. Tie data are shape and hope 1 t r various source.Q., all of whlillh you probably have studied. If you f ind discrepancies we woull like to no of them. We can provide the days and months of birlk-.hs-, deaths., and marriages if you find :,a,- need for them. Your Obed Whipple �''17-97) apparently is not closely connected wi"th. cour's (1813"CO, but somewhere along the line maybe you car'l, j Connect them. It'zs our feeling that Benjamin Whipple almost certainly -is forebear to John and Jonah since his son, Reverend der .Jamin emigrated to the Finger Lakes. We hope some day to confir-ti-i the relationship. thanks for the publishing advice. As time goes on I will be checking with John Kingsbury in Ithaca, aS>- well as others for quotations. Sincerely, George Luther Enc: WhipplI e/Finger Lakes chart & Index; 1-1. pedigree chart. P.S. Dori" -t recall if I sant you a samptle of our newsletter so will slio one in the envelope. February 18, 1992 George Luther The Luther Family Association 2531 Lakeview Street Lakeland, FL 33801 Dear George: Thank you for your letter of January 29. Regarding your question concerning Gunter Luther, I am unfamiliar with his publishing process in Berlin but would welcome your sharing any additional information you maya learn. You are at liberty to contact my publisher, John Kingsbury, pro- prietor, Bullbrier Press, Ten Snyder Heights, Ithaca, NY 14850 re- garding publishing venture. I have forwarded him a copy of your letter of the 29th. I am interested in your grandfather's first wife, Sarah, daughter of Obed Whipple who died in the civil war. I have information on Obed Whipple, born 8 Oct. 1797 in Charlestown, NH, died in Promf ret , NH 7 July 18 8 0 . He was the son of Thomas and Thankful (Powers) Whipple and married Charlotte Clement 13 June 1819. They had a daughter Matilda and sons Obed Jr., born 21 Nov. 1825 and William C . , born 7 Jan. 18 3 0 . Obed Jr. married Phi 1 ena Goff 21 May 1848. She died 28 April 1914 and according to her obituary Obed Jr. was still alive. Obed Jr. and Philena had daughters Matilda and Carrie and sons Harry V., Fred G., and William C. I am interested in your Obed and would appreciate any information you may share. Tell your wife Lucile I am looking forward to her next communication. Yoe rs truly, r' Blaine Whipple 8455 SW Brookridge Portland, OR 97225 cc: John Kingsbury December 12, 1991 Lucile L. Luther 2531 Lakeview St. Lakeland, FL 33801 Dear Lucile: responding to my notice in the last NEXUS. Your for resp Thank you should be included in my book.. Whipple line Jonah Pp definitely . • information on him, the answer is Regardingyour question if I have n is et to be inputted great deal of my information Y I don't know. A g formation already inputted computer but a check of the information have him, some - into the p even if I don some - does not find your Jonah. However, vide you with the clue d eventually pro Y one reading the book may is a copy of a family carr the line back. Enclosed necessary to Y you should reproduce blank t and pedigree form which Y generations you have* group sheet P rmation on all the gener copies and provide the info ndchi ldren , if any • Be as P our children and gra Be sure to include y rtes with as much particular - complete as possible and cite your sou comp l , • e as I will include the sources, ity as possible ' st eight chapters of my book are written and have been The fir g New York. ded to the publisher in Ithaca, p• 1-53 forwarded t There Was England P Chapter 1 Firs pp• 51-77 Essex County and Bocking 78-125 Chapter 2 , hi le Family of Bocking pp Chapter - Chapter 3 The Whipple n land pp. 126-151 Chapter 4 -- Sea Voyage to New E g 152-218 Chap There Was New England -" pp• _ 9 Chapter 5 Then pp. 219 26 Ipswich, Massachusetts Chapter 6 -- P Ipswich -- pp. 270-304 Chapter 7 Matthew Whipple of p 305-338 Chap John Whipple of Ipswich pp. Chapter 8 Elder win Appendixes are written: In addition the following p 2 from Essex _- 9 pages Abstracts of English Records 3 pages Whipple Coat of Arms 4 pages Names, and Relationships 6 ages Dates, Ipswich Through 1651 p First Settlers of Ip evolution -- 22 pages MA soldiers and Sailors in the R 5 pages What Did It Cost?. chart for the years 1270 to 1812 r is a retail price index The latter vert values from then to thepresent. allowing readers to con sin the individual Whipple ' with chapter 7, I am addressing to the Beginning arrive in Massachusetts Bay families from the first to being written, is about Chapter 9 in the process of g 2 and later present. Chap , MA in 163 ' le who migrated to Dorchester, Capt. John Whipp moved to Providence, RI. fated. I wish you a joyous Your prompt response will be apprec year for you. holiday season a ma • and 1992 be an out y Y Sincerely,, L:.ni1�l�ri.l�D. •c`:�_.\l1 lY=% BLAINE WHIPPLE 8455 SW. BROOKRIDGE ST. PORTLAND, OR. 97225 l'�(1"•4 J.1 ^ •.vl ~ �'y �"n�'V1,'tii _1 :�V ti's L �/`Q'� T .a .. B 1. a i ne Wh 1r,#p I e 4- 8455 S. W. Brookrdige Street Portland., Oregon 974-225 Dear Blaine, January 29, 1994"2" My w1f6, Lucile (Lane) Luther, has corresponded with you regarding her JONAH WHIPPLE (biC.Irn 1774) line and will be in further touch with you. In your ie"ter of Deceziber 12th you mention plans to have your book published i: ­t Ithaca . I am now starting research of publishing costs and particulars on -a sequel 'to my 1976 publishing ventu,re of The Luther Fay-iin Amer icd, compiled by my father,, Leslie L. Lut..'hei­. That 1,730 page, hard cover II -C I story we had pI�, inted by chronical Press In Moravia, New York, a job we were riot entirely pleased w.­'Ith and -i"-or the sequel hope to f -Ind a more eMaC.J.-ting printer. I have contacted Heritage Books, Inc., Bowle, aryl and, and Gateway Press,, Inc., Baltimore, since they both special-Ize in genealogies, but wonder if I shiould contact your Ithaca Siiource*? GUnter Lutheir, publisher of Das Luttiev--Ndchkommnbuch, genealogy of the descendants of Mar -tin and ..'acu-b Luther, has described Lo me his process (in Berlin). He wait.<->- until "he 1"a"S sales of 20 or so books then orders that i � I 1; Su GilLoe'' printed arid bound. In addition to saving storage costs of a laryei tt­1vet1t-­;,y this lets him make editorial changes with each pi-Anting. It scands like an ideal system to accomodate genealogies. Have you heard of itf? appreciate any advice. Yours truly, eel George Luther P.S.. While I'm not descended from ther toy grandfather's first wife was SARAH WHIPPI E born Locke, NY c-1362, died Liocke Feb. 25, 1878, married Mar. 28, 1876; daughter of OBED W11413 `PLE (w1hk,,.,1 died in the War),*