John Whipple & Sarah Unknown

Children of John Whipple and Sarah Unknown

John Whipple

Captain John Whipple (1617-May 16, 1685)
On October 3, 1632, a fourteen-year-old boy, John Whipple, was ordered to
give Israel Stoughton 3 shillings 4 pence for wasteful expenditure of
powder and shot. Such is the undistinguished first reference to John
Whipple in the New World. It is possible to infer from this record that
John was apprenticed to Israel Stoughton in order to obtain passage to
America.( 3 ) Charles Edward Banks includes John Whipple among the
passengers of the ship Lyon, which sailed from London to Boston June
22-September 16, 1632.( 4 )
It is most frequently reported that John Whipple was born in England,
probably in Bocking, County Essex. Captain Whipple's head stone states
that he "was born in England and died in Providence 1685 about 68 years
of age." Some evidence supporting Bocking in County Essex as John
Whipple's place of origin is that it is from there that Israel Stoughton
sailed to America. ( 5 )
Another piece of circumstantial evidence that points toward Bocking,
County Essex, as John Whipple's place of origin is that the Ipswich,
Massachusetts, branch of the Whipple family, founded by Matthew and his
brother John Whipple the Elder, came from Bocking, County Essex, to
Ipswich, Massachusetts. Matthew Whipple, Sr., John the Elder and
Matthew's father, were residents of Bocking County, England. It has not
as of yet been proven that these two John Whipples were cousins, however
there is strong suspicion that they were. It is an interesting
coincidence that both Johns arrived in the New World about the same time,
both received the rank of Captain and both married a woman named Sarah.
The Ipswich Whipple House still stands, and that branch of the family
claims William Whipple, one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence, as a descendant. However, John Whipple of Providence, was
not without a descendent of so high a distinction; Stephen Hopkins, the
signer with "the shakiest hand, but the steadiest heart", was a grandson
of Abigail (Whipple) Dexter Hopkins, Captain Whipple's youngest
daughter.( 6 )
This is the best evidence I would uncover for John Whipple's English
origin. I must note that one source mentioned the possibility of
"Milford, Wales or England",( 7 ) although I could not find additional
evidence to support the theory of Welsh ancestry.
In 1637, John Whipple received a grant of land at Dorchester Neck,
Massachusetts. He married Sarah, at Dorchester about 1639-40, and they
united with the church at Dorchester in 1641. The maiden name of his wife
is not known, although it was suggested in one source that she was Sarah
Darling.( 5 ) Sarah was born of Pilgrim descent at Dorchester about the
year 1624 and died in Providence in 1666, aged about 42 years; thus she
could not have been over sixteen years of age when she married.( 8 )
John Whipple was a house carpenter by trade and owned a house and forty
to fifty acres of land near Neponset Village. Be lived at Dorchester
about eighteen years, and during that time, he had six sons and two
daughters.
In 1658, John sold his house and land to James Minot. The deed is now in
the possession of the Rhode Island Historical Society.
Removed to Providence
John left Dorchester for Providence town where he increased his family by
adding two sons and one daughter, bringing the total to eleven--eight
sons and three daughters. On July 27, 1659, John was received as a
Purchaser at Providence and received appropriation July 29th the same
year. "This day John Whipple is received unto the Town a purchaser to
have purchase right of lands."( 9 ) It is not known why the Whipples left
Massachusetts. However, it is known that the children married into
families whose views coincided with those of Roger Williams. It is
recorded that John Whipple even preached himself. There is a paper in the
Rhode Island Historical Society Library which is entitled "John Whipple
on the Baptist Church."( 10 )
John Whipple House
John Whipple lived in Providence in a house probably created by his own
hands, as he was a carpenter by trade. The house stood on the east side
of the river, a little north of Star Street, between North Main and (what
is now) Benefit Street. The house was a two-story structure, having a
large stone chimney at one end. On the west side of the house there were
steps leading up to it from North Main Street. The house number was 369
North Main Street. In 1676 when Providence was attacked by the Indians,
much of the city was put to the torch. However, the John Whipple House
was spared, as the Indians revered the structure because Roger Williams
and his followers had worshipped there. Thus the John Whipple House, as
it was known, was long the oldest house in Providence. Charles H. Whipple
reported that it was still standing in 1917.( 11 ) I have been
unsuccessful in locating it, and it appears that a parking lot for a
shopping center stands on the house plot today. Thus, I must assume that
the Whipple House, one of the oldest structures in America, was
sacrificed before the wheel of the urbanized sprawl that Americans of
this century call progress.
In 1660 he received a grant of land in Louisquisset. Louisquisset or
Louquisset is an Indian name of a place or brook in the town of
Smithfield, about four miles from Poutucket and easterly from the line
Rock village. This land was divided equally between his sons; Samuel,
Elezer and William; with a 60 acre exception which was formerly deeded to
his eldest son John Whipple, Jr. He also owned other lands as itemized in
his will.( 12 ) It was "ordered that John Whipple Senr. have his land
recorded in the Towne Book the which was laid out to him for his Towne
Right, it lieing at, Loquasqussuck."( 13 )
Public Service
Henry C. Dorr, in his work The Proprietors of Providence and Their
Controversies with the Freeholders, states that when John Whipple came to
Providence "he brought with him a larger property than was commonly
possessed by the immigrants of the day." He "soon became a leading
citizen and a zealous supporter of Harris and Olney. [Roger] Williams
says that he was a constant speaker in town meetings and evidently
regarded him as one of his chief opponents. He was licensed to keep an
Inn and during many years kept the Principal one in Providence in what is
now 'Constitution Hill'. He was a man of ability and influence and his
Inn became a political center of the town. It seems probable that
Williams addressed his letters to Whipple that they might become more
widely known in what was then the chief clubhouse of the village."
After John Whipple is recorded as one of "the names of such as have paid
all of their purchase money and have quittances" he embarked upon a
career of public service as would be the case with a presumably ambitious
and upward mobile man.
On January 6th, 1660 (or perhaps 1661) John Whipple who at this time was
the surveyor, laid out 5 acres of low land for Thomas Clemence. This
survey was recorded on January 27th by his eldest son, John Whipple, Jr.,
who was serving as clerk of the town of Providence.( 14 ) This seems to
have been the first official position that John Whipple held in town
government.
At the Town Meeting of March 26th, 1651, at which Thomas Olney Sr. was
moderator, it was "ordered that a rate of 35 pounds after peage 8 penney
shall be levied upon this towne to pay toward the colony prison." Nine
men were chosen to levy the rate upon the town to make sure that no
person unfairly burdened and that a majority decision of the committee
would be final. One of those chosen to sit on the committee was John
Whipple.
This appointment might be taken to mean that John Whipple had become a
respected member of the town who would be trusted to see that taxes would
be fairly shared. It could also mean that no one else wanted the job.
At a town meeting on June 18th, 1663, John Brown being moderator, the
general court orders made at the court of commissioners on May 12th, 1663
were read. As per the orders men were chosen for jury duty to try cases
in the town. Among the six chosen was John Whipple Senr.( 16 )
In the division of lands at the town meeting of February 19th, 1665, at
which time the land on the east side of the seven mile line was
distributed, John Whipple Senr. received Lot #45.( 17 )
At the town meeting of August 28th, 1666 during which Thomas Olney Sr.
served as moderator, John Whipple Senr. was one of four "chosen to serve
as Deputyes at the Gennerall Assembly holden at Newport the 4th day of
September."( 19 )
During this active year Sarah, his wife, died leaving him with several
small children, the youngest an infant. She had been living with him only
about seven years since they had come to Providence.( 20 )
John Whipple held many offices in Rhode Island. Among the offices John
held were Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly (Representative)
1666-74-6, town treasurer 1668-83, Councillor 1669-81-2, town clerk
(1670-2) (1676-7) 1681-1683.( 21 )
John Whipple - John Whipple, Jr. Deed
In 1663 John Whipple deeded a piece of land to his son John Whipple, Jr.
then about 23 years of age although the deed was not recorded until May
14, 1667.( 22 ) This delay can be explained quite easily as John Whipple,
Senr. was not in legal possession of the lands until 1666. Benedict
Arnold said in a deed to John Whipple Senr. dated 1666 ("tenth day of
September in the 18th year of the reign of our sovereign Charles II King
of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, etc.") "The said Benedict
Arnold having sold the premises about five years ago, and giving then
actual possession of the same unit to ye aforementioned John Whipple. He
having had lawfull possession and use of the same lands. They were
granted to Benedict Arnold 20 years ago." John payed Arnold "9 score"
(180) pounds for the property.( 23 )
Thus only after Arnold filed his deed could John Whipple, file his for
legal claim to the lands.
John Whipple, Jr. lived in the Southernmost of the four home lots that
belonged to his father. John Whipple, Jr. married Mary Olney daughter of
Thomas Olney a town elder.
He lived with his young bride in the former dwelling place of William
Arnold, the father of Benedict.( 24 )
The deed John Whipple to John Whipple, Jr. 1663 is beautifully preserved
in the library of the Rhode Island Historical Society. It is interesting
to note that Thomas Orner, Jr. witnessed the deed.
The Bridge at Providence
In 1660 the town at great expense had built at Bridge at Waybossett. The
structure has cost 160 pounds. 3 years later a committee was appointed to
"goe unto all the inhabetantes of the Towne to see what they will
contribute to the mending the Bridge att Waybossett." Enough money was
raised to maintain the bridge for 2 more years.( 25 ) It is not known
what John Whipple's original involvement with this bridge was, however,
it is recorded:
At a Towne meeting or Quarter Court January 27th 1664, it was ordered
that John Whipple Senr. be sent for to confer with the moderator, Mr.
William Field, about mending the Bridge.( 26 )
Thus on February 6th, 1664/5 an agreement was made between Thomas Harris
Sr. and Valentine Whitman, who were acting on behalf of the Town; and
John Whipple, Thomas Roberts, and Resolved Waterman to build and mend the
bridge at Providence for the consideration of 14 pounds 10 shillings.
This was to be paid in wheat 5 shillings per bushel, "peace" @@ 4
shillings per bushel, Indian corn @@ 3 shillings per bushel "and what
peage is paid to be at 16 per penny white and 8 per penny black.( 27 )
This agreement worked for awhile, however, in 1667 five men were "chosen
to vew the bridge at Wapwoyset and to consider of the most easy and
facill way to repair it so that the passage may not be lost."( 28 ) Among
the committee members were Roger Williams and John Whipple. The committee
sat for a year after which time Roger Williams came forward with a
proposal.
To offer that if you please. I will (with God's helpe) take this bridge
into my care and by that moderate toll of strangers of all sorts ... will
maintain it so long that it pleaseth all that I live in this town.( 29 )
Williams exempted the townspeople from paying the toll in exchange for
one man's days work per year, and those who had "Lessee user half a day."
It is not clear whether Williams' bridge was overly profitable or whether
he was just too insistent in levying the day's work. However, in [Map
Showing Whipple Tavern] March 1672, the town voted that he should not
"any longer keepe at the bridge," but was wholly forbid to so do.
Whipple Inn
At the town council meeting of June 6th, 1670, John Whipple Sr. is paid
10 shillings for holding "the town meeting in his house." The 10
shillings was contributed by 19 men who were to be repaid by the town.(
30 ) Whipple probably realized that a dollar could be made from "meetings
in his house" and perhaps here the idea of the Whipple Inn was born.
Thus in 1674 John Whipple was licensed to keep an "ordinary" (as taverns
were called in those days). Many a "publick" meeting was held in the
Whipple Inn. According to the 1680 license he was one of the three most
competent inn holders of the century. Because of the staid and sober
character of the Whipple Inn and its central location it was a favorite
meeting place for the Town Council and Court of Probate. Further, town
elections were held there. In 1690 the October session of the Rhode
Island General Assembly met at the Whipple Inn.( 31 )
After his death, his son, John, Jr., also kept a tavern for many years on
what is now Mill Street and a younger son, Joseph, also at one time was a
licensed inn keeper within the town of Providence.( 32 )
Land Controversies
Roger Williams believed that he transferred a grant of land he had
purchased from the Indians to an association which would hold the land in
trust until a future town would succeed to it. Williams saw this
plantation as a whole that would be passed down to his successors as a
whole, yet instead, the land was divided and subdivided among the
individual heirs of the residents of Providence Plantation. Williams
received $30 from the town in compensation for his labor and expense in
negotiating with the Sachemas Indians in procuring the grant of land. Be
always insisted that the $30 fee was only for his labor in procuring the
land and that it was not a fee for the land itself. The proprietors, or
purchasers, of which John Whipple was one, were to pay 30 shillings each
for their have lots (6 acres) and farming lands (100 acres). Williams had
no intention of parting with the rest of his purchase.
In Williams' letter to John Whipple August 24th, 1669 Williams' insists
that the disposal of the land should he undertaken by the freeholders at
large in the town meeting:
"Grant that there have been discourses & agitacions many, about ye lands
& purchases, yet is it not reasonable & righteous in all men's eyes. Yt
since there are so many purchasers who ordinarily doe not & others yt
will not come to ye Towne Meeting, yet their consent should be had, and
ye consent of ye majorities should determine ye matters of their
purchase, & oblige the minor differing from them? I understand not yet of
the damage of a farthing yt any of you have sustained, or are likely to
do, from those whom you count your adversaries."
This passage relates to the claim of the Proprietors to an exclusive
right to vote in the town meeting upon all matters relating to the
proprietary estate.( 33 )
In 1669 the town government of Providence faced a crisis. The conflict
between the proprietors and the freedmen was coming to a head. The
confusion in Providence it was feared might cause forfeiture of the
Charter and so the Assembly at Newport on the 27th of October in 1669
tried to resolve the conflict. As it happened, on the last election day,
two separate town meetings had been assembled in Providence. It is not
surprising to discover that only the meeting that represented the
Proprietors is recorded in the Town Book. The Assembly at Newport sent 5
Commissioners to the colony's "oldest town" in order to persuade both the
proprietors and freeholders together to elect town officers and town
deputies to the Assembly. The well-intended plan of the General Assembly
failed. The townspeople of Providence were not in the habit of listening
to the deputies from Newport in any case. Thus, with the town unable to
hold elections for several months, there was not a town clerk, sergeant
or constable. The only authority that remained in Providence was the Town
Council and they took possession of the town records, delivering them to
John Whipple when he was duly-elected on December 15th, 1669. This
election signaled the success of the Proprietors over the freeholders and
the General Assembly could do nothing to aid the small freeholders who
were the partisans of Roger Williams.( 34 )
In November of 1650, Joshua Verin who had left the colony after he had
been censured for "violating the liberty of conscience" was being
threatened with confiscation of his property in Providence. Many of the
townspeople were of the opinion that his land might be forfeited by mere
nonresidence even though the taxes on it were paid. Verin sent a letter
from Salem on November 21st, 1650 which was read at the town's
quarter-day Meeting of April 27th, 1651. Fresh in the minds of certain
town members, not greedy for Verin's land, were the forfeitures and
confiscations of Olde England. Fearful that this might be the small end
of the wedge in New England, William Harris, Thomas Olney and Epenetus
Olney and later John Whipple used all of their influence to prevent the
appropriation of Verin's estate by the town meeting.( 35 )
Later, in the division of land in April 1675 a protest was offered on
behalf on Joshua Verin by Thomas Harris, Sr., Thomas Olney, Jr., Epenetus
Olney and by John Whipple, asserting Verin's right to a proprietor's
share. Again. some of the townspeople wanted Verin's land to be forfeited
because of non-residence. However, with the more enlightened views of
property now prevailing, Verin was allowed his share.( 36 )
King Philip's War
In the year 1675, John Whipple was one among twenty-five others who voted
at a town meeting to stay at Providence rather than flee to Newport. Most
of the inhabitants of the town availed themselves of the offer made them
by their friends at Newport, and thus the town was nearly deserted. John
Whipple stayed and helped garrison the town against Indian attacks, an
action of considerable bravery.
In 1676 the town of Providence was attacked by the Indians. Many houses
were burned and much damage done to those who stayed in Providence. As
was noted earlier, John Whipple's house was spared, because of the
Indian's reverence for the structure where Roger Williams worshipped.
John Whipple was one who, under Captain Roger Williams, defended
Providence and "who staid and went not away." It is also reported in
Drake's History of Providence that Captain John Whipple of Providence
commanded an expedition into Indian territory. Due to his service in King
Philip's war he was known from then on as Captain John Whipple.( 37 )
On August 14thr 1676 "at a towne meeting lawfully called by Cap. Fenner
Magistrate before Thomas Fields house under a tree by ye water side ... A
list of 27 names as staid & went not away were presented under whom the
Indians should be due." Five men were chosen to dispose of the Indian
captives, among them Roger Williams and John Whipple, Jr.( 38 )
Then on August 30th, 1676 - "ye Towne (being adjourned) to ye tre before
Wm Fields - 7 October Thomas Harris and John Whipple chosen to demand and
receive at every Garrison what was taken from the Indians.( 39 ) In 1679,
John Whipple was appointed by the Rhode Island General Assembly to serve
on a committee to give account of the late war with the Indians and make
returns to the Assembly.( 40 )
Due to his service in King Philip's War the descendents of Captain John
Whipple are eligible as members of The Society of Colonial Wars.
Although the loss of life in King Philip's War was not great, the
destruction to the town of Providence was extensive. Many of the town's
people did not return as a large proportion of the homes were destroyed.(
41 )
After King Philip's War as the town tried to settle back into a routine
life. Their first thought was for the preservation of their "Towne books
and records (saved by God's merciful profidence from fire and water)." It
seems that during the Indian raid on the town the building in which the
earliest town records were kept was put to the torch and one of the
twenty-five that "staid and went not away" rescued the burning records by
throwing them in a pond. Thus, in October 1677 the four men who had
previously held the position of Towne Clerk were appointed to "view and
search the papers, what in wanting or lost, and make report to the
Towne." As John Whipple was town clerk of Providence 1670-1672 and
1676-1677 he was one of the four to "make report" to their town clerk,
Daniel Abbott.( 42 )
John Whipple is last mentioned in the town records three years before his
death.
In 1682 the General Assembly considered "Damage in the towne of
Providence by persons riding a gallop." This excessive speed was
forbidden "in the street lying against the great river between the land
of Pardon Tillinghast, and the northerly corner of John Whipple, Senr.,
where his dwelling-house stands."( 43 )
Captain John Whipple lived in Providence about twenty six years. He died
May 16, 1685 and he was buried beside his wife, Sarah, in their garden
lot near their house. Later their bodies were reinterred at the North
Burial Place. This burial ground was established in 1700.( 44 ) The
graves are located in the Whipple Burial Yard on Eastern Avenue. The
Whipple plot is found by going out Eastern until the temple monument is
reached on the left. The plot is about fifty feet northwest of this
monument and the graves of Captain John Whipple and his wife, Sarah, are
located on Dahlia Path.( 45 ) I was able to make a clear grave rubbing of
the stones in 1976. They read:
In Memory of
Capt. John Whipple
Who was Born in England and Died in Providence-town
Ye 16th day of May. Anno Dona 1685
About 68 years of age
In Memory of
Mrs. Sarah Whipple
Wife of Capt. John Whipple
She was born in Dorchester, in New England
and died in Providence Anno Dona 1666
Aged About 42 years

George Carroll Whipple III
At the Graves of John and Sarah Whipple
1976
The Will of Capt. John Whipple, Sen.:
Be it known to all persons to whom this may come, that I, JOHN WHIPPLE,
of the town of Providence in the Colony of R.I., and Providence
Plantations, in New England (Sen), being in good measure of health, and
in perfect memory, upon consideration of mortality, not knowing the day
of my death, and having many children, and to prevent difference that
otherwise may hereafter arise among them concerning my worldly estate, do
see cause to make my will: and do hereby dispose of all my estate in this
world, and do make my last Will and Testament.
I having formerly given unto three of my sons, all of my lands and
meadows in Louquisset, namely: Samuel, Eleazer, and William, equally to
be divided among them three only; excepting thirty acres, which I gave
unto my son John, at the North West End.
I give unto my three aforesaid sons, namely: Samuel, Elezer, and William,
each of them, a quarter part of one right of Common, for pasturing,
chting of timber, and firewood.
I give unto my son Benjamin, a right of land in the late division which
is already made out unto him.
I give unto my son David, a right of land in the late division which is
already made out unto him.
I give unto my son Jonathan, twenty-five acres, on which he now dwelleth.
Also, I give unto my son Jonathan, one division of land which is ordered
by the town to be laid out between the "seven-mile line" and the
"four-mile line," and papers already drawn for.
I give unto my son Joseph, my dwelling-house, and my three house-lots,
and the garden next; also a six-acre lot lying on the southern side of
the neck whereupon the town of Providence standeth,. also twenty acres
near Thomas Clemons, his dwelling; also I give unto my son Joseph my
share of meadow near Solitary Hill, and two six-acre lots, lying on each
side of said Hill; also a six-acre lot, near William Wickenden formerly
dwelt; also one division lying on the "seven-mile line," which is already
ordered by the town and papers drawn for; also I give unto my son Joseph,
all other divisions which shall hereafter belong unto two rights
throughout.
I give unto my sons, namely: John, Samuel, Elezer, William, Benjamin,
David, and Jonathan, these seven, twelve pence every one of them.
I give unto my three daughters, namely: Sarah, Mary, and Abigail, unto
every one of them, ten shillings. I give unto my son Joseph, all my right
of land in the Narragansett country. I give unto my son Joseph, all my
movable goods, of what sort soever, and all my cattle, and all my tools;
also I do make my son Joseph my executor; also my will is that my son
Joseph do see that I be decently buried: this being the absolute Will and
Testament of the John Whipple, Sen., as aforesaid, I do hereunto set my
hand and seal, this eighth day of May, in the year one thousand six
hundred and eighty-two.
Signed and sealed in the presence of
THOMAS ARNOLD,
Witness my hand,
JOHN ARNOLD
JOHN WHIPPLE, L.S.
SHADRACH MANTON
I, Thomas Arnold, and John Arnold, the 27th day of May, in the year 1685,
did upon these solemn engagements declare that they are witnesses unto
the above will, and as these names are there written they do own it to be
their hand.
Shadrack Manton, the 27th day of May, 1685, in the presence of the
Magistrates and the rest of the Council, full and truly declare that he
is witness to the above Will, and that he with his own hand wrote his
name thereunto, as,
Attest, ARTHUR FENNER, Assistant.
Joseph Whipple did upon the 27th day of May, 1685, in the presence of the
Council, as he is Executor to the Testator, upon his solemn engagement
testify and declare that this is the last Will and Testament of his
deceased father as ever yet perfected as he knoweth of; and that he, when
he made it, was of sound mind, and of a good memory.
Taken before us, ARTHUR FENNER, JOSEPH JENCKS, Assistants
On the back side of this Will it is endorsed as follows:
Thomas Olney, Town-Clerk of Providence, in the Colony of Rhode Island,
and Providence Plantation, in New England, aged 53 years or thereabouts,
testifieth that on the sixteenth day of this instant (May), John Whipple
[Sen.] of the aforesaid town of Providence, sent for to speak with him.
This deponent saith he immediately went to him. The said John Whipple
[Sen.] then showed him this paper, and the writing which on the other
side of this paper is written, desiring this deponent to peruse it. This
deponent saith he did well peruse it; and having well perused it, he
asked the said John Whipple what his mind was concerning the land which
he in the said writing had disposed of to his several sons; whether or no
he did intend by that writing or Will that the said land should be unto
his said sons, their heirs and assigns forever; or only onto his said
sons for term of life? He immediately made this answer. That however it
was not worded in the said writing, yet his mind and will was that his
sons, each one of them, should have said house and rights which he in the
said writing unto each one of them had disposed, to be unto them, their
heirs and assigns forever, to dispose the same or any part thereof, at
any time as they see cause; and that the same was omitted to be inserted.
That his son Jonathan should have one of his rights of land and common,
on the west side of the "seven-mile line" to be unto him, his heirs, and
assigns forever; and that that was his mind when the said Will was
written. However, it was omitted in part by the scribe of the said Will.
There was an exception made only of thirty acres of land to be his son
John's, by him formerly given. That he owned to be a mistake; and that
the exception must be of sixty acres, which formerly by deed of gift he
had given to his son John Whipple; and all the remainder of his said farm
lying about Louisquisse should be divided equally between his said three
sons [namely], Samuel, Elezer, and William. This, saith this deponent, is
truth; and he took it immediately from the said John Whipple's mouth and
worded it down. And also that whereas the said Will expresseth a
quarter-part of a right of common to each of his three sons [namely],
Samuel Elezer, and William; he said this meaning was and will, that it
should be so far westward as the "seven-mile line," and no farther. And
that the said John Whipple was then, when he did declare this, of a sound
mind and perfect memory.
May 27th, 1685.
Upon oath taken before us,--
ARTHUR FENNER, Assistant
JOSEPH JENCKS,
The Will on the other side of this paper was at our Council Meeting, May
27th, 1685, by us, the Town Council of Providence, examined, and is by
us, the said Council, approved;
THOMAS HARRIS,
ARTHUR FENNER,
JOSEPH JENCKS,
Witness our hand, JOSEPH WILLIAMS
THOMAS ARNOLD,
ELEAZER ARNOLD,
THOMAS OLNEY.
Captain John Whipple Chronology
1617 Born in England
1637 Granted land at Dorchester Neck
1639 Married Sarah at Dorchester
1642 United with church at Dorchester
1658 Removed to Providence, Rhode Island
1660 Received grant of land at Louisquisset
2/19/1665 Lot #45 in the Division of Lands
5/31/1666 Oath of Allegiance to King Charles II
1669 Town Council of Providence
1670-2 Town Clerk
1676-7 Town Clerk
1682-3 Town Clerk
1666-9, 1670, 2, 4, 6, 7 Deputy to Rhode Island General Assembly
1675 One of 25 who stayed during King Philip's war.
1676 Providence att

Sarah Unknown

Benjamin Whipple

Joseph Whipple

David Whipple

Sarah Whipple

Abigail Whipple

Mary Whipple

William Whipple

Eleazer Whipple

Samuel Whipple