Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
William Whipple, Captain
1755 - 1820 (65 years)
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Name William Whipple Suffix Captain Birth 1755 , , Rhode Island 
Gender Male Death 5 Jul 1820 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Burial North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Person ID I10068 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 13 May 2014
Father Joseph Whipple, b. Abt 1734, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 6 Jan 1816, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 82 years) Mother Sarah Mawney, b. 1735, , , Rhode Island d. 20 Apr 1820, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 85 years) Marriage 5 Oct 1752 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Family ID F3495 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Abigail Browne, b. Abt 1754, of, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 16 Nov 1818, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 64 years) Children 1. Pardon Mawney Whipple, Lieutenant, b. Abt 1791 d. 11 May 1827, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 36 years)2. Joanna Whipple, b. 1798 d. 15 Dec 1850 (Age 52 years) + 3. Leonidas Whipple, b. Abt 1800, , , Rhode Island d. Abt 25 Aug 1832, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 32 years)4. Joseph Brown Whipple d. Bef 17 Oct 1801, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Family ID F5878 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Birth - 1755 - , , Rhode Island 
Death - 5 Jul 1820 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
Burial - - North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones Gravestone of Captain William Whipple
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Notes - !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 40, 41. From a corrected copy of the book found in the Rhode Island Historical Society Library, call no. CS71.W574 1873 RIHSL.
!SOURCE: Email from Joanne Lahr-Kreischer to Weldon Whipple, 6 Jul 2001. Cites headstone in the North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island.
!SOURCE: Will of brother John, dated 19 Nov 1811, proved 30 Dec 1811. Abstracted in "Abstracts of Providence, Rhode Island, Wills," Rhode Island Genealogical Register, vol. 9, no. 1 (Jul 1986), p. 20.
!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 11 Sep 2001. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850; also cites John E. Sterling, North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island: Old Section 1700-1848. Gives birth 1755. (Previously entered as 1750.)
!SOURCE: Father Joseph's will, dated 29 Aug 1814, proved 20 Jan 1816, p. 589-90. Abstracted in "Abstracts Smithfield Wills," R.I. Genealogical Register, 15:74.
!SOURCE: Email from B. Huckins to Weldon Whipple, 1 May 2008. Cites Sons of the American Revolution, Empire State. Identifies son Leonidas.
- !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 40, 41. From a corrected copy of the book found in the Rhode Island Historical Society Library, call no. CS71.W574 1873 RIHSL.