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Eleanor Jane Driggs

Eleanor Jane Driggs

Female 1845 - 1929  (84 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Eleanor Jane Driggs was born on 30 Jan 1845 in Elba, Genesee, New York (daughter of Alexander Hamilton Driggs and Charlotte Jane Whipple); died on 17 Apr 1929; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Maple Street, Elba, Genesee, New York.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Jun 2006. Cites/notes the following:
    • Gravestone in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Maple St., Elba, Genesee, NY: "Howland, Eleanor Jane (Driggs), b. 1-30-1845, Elba, N.Y.; d. 4-17-1929, d/o Hamilton Walter & Jane Driggs, w/o Dallas Albert"
    • October 2, 1850 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY p.351
      • Driggs, Alexander H. {102186} 34 farmer b. NY
      • Driggs, Charlotte 29 {102185} b. NY
      • Driggs, Eleanor J. 5 b. NY {See Eleanor Jane Driggs Howland under Maple Lawn Cemetery above}
    • July 18, 1860 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY, p.46
      • Driggs, A. H. 49 farmer b. NY
      • Driggs, Jane C. 39 housekeeper b. NY
      • Driggs, Eleanor J. 15 housekeeper b. NY
      • Driggs, Charles 8 b. NY {see entry Maple Lawn Cemetery above}
      • Driggs, Adda 3 b. NY {abt 1857)

    Family/Spouse: Dallas Albert Howland. Dallas (son of David Howland and Rhoda Harkness) was born on 15 Jun 1845 in North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jan 1922; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Maple Street, Elba, Genesee, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. George Dallas Howland was born on 18 Jul 1873 in Elba, Genesee, New York; died on 29 Dec 1940; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Maple Street, Elba, Genesee, New York.
    2. Nathan H. Howland was born on 9 Sep 1878 in Elba, Genesee, New York; died on 29 Dec 1953; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Maple Street, Elba, Genesee, New York.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alexander Hamilton Driggs was born on 5 Sep 1817 in Kingston, Ulster, New York (son of Griswold Driggs and Beulah); died on 16 Jun 1874; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elba, Genesee, New York.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from Michael Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 30 Jun 2005. Cites http://www.dawnsgenealogy.com/Cemeteries/Elba/pine_hill_cemetery_a-l.html (Pine Hill Cemetery A-L
    Elba, Genesee County, New York, Old Elba or Old Graveyard or Pioneer Cemetery, SE corner at Main and Chapel, Elba, near Methodist Church, behind fire hall.): "Driggs, Alexander Hamilton, s/o Griswold & Beulah Driggs, b. Sept 5, 1817, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY, d. Jun 16, 1874 @ 57y 9m"

    !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Jun 2006. Additionally cites/notes the following:
    • October 2, 1850 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY p.351
      • Driggs, Alexander H. {102186} 34 farmer b. NY
      • Driggs, Charlotte 29 {102185} b. NY
      • Driggs, Eleanor J. 5 b. NY {See Eleanor Jane Driggs Howland under Maple Lawn Cemetery above}
    • July 18, 1860 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY, p.46
      • Driggs, A. H. 49 farmer b. NY
      • Driggs, Jane C. 39 housekeeper b. NY
      • Driggs, Eleanor J. 15 housekeeper b. NY
      • Driggs, Charles 8 b. NY {see entry Maple Lawn Cemetery above}
      • Driggs, Adda 3 b. NY {abt 1857)
    • June 29, 1870 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY, p.572
      • Driggs, Hamilton 53, farmer b. NY
      • Driggs, Lorrie {2nd wife}
      • Driggs, Charles 18 {son of Charlotte 102185}
      • Driggs, Addie 13 {dau. of Charlotte 102185}
      • Driggs, Frank 6 {son of Lorrie/Laura}

    Alexander + Charlotte Jane Whipple. Charlotte (daughter of Ephraim Whipple and Achsah Collins) was born on 27 Jun 1820 in Byron, Genesee, New York; died on 25 Dec 1866; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elba, Genesee, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Charlotte Jane Whipple was born on 27 Jun 1820 in Byron, Genesee, New York (daughter of Ephraim Whipple and Achsah Collins); died on 25 Dec 1866; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elba, Genesee, New York.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from Michael Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 30 Jun 2005. Cites http://www.dawnsgenealogy.com/Cemeteries/Elba/pine_hill_cemetery_a-l.html (Pine Hill Cemetery A-L Elba, Genesee County, New York, Old Elba or Old Graveyard or Pioneer Cemetery, SE corner at Main and Chapel, Elba, near Methodist Church, behind fire hall.): "Driggs, Charlotte Jane (Whipple), w/o Alexander Hamilton & d/o Ephraim & Achsah (Collins) Whipple, b. Jun 27, 1820, Byron, NY, d. Dec 25, 1866 @ 46y"

    !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Jun 2006. Additionally cites/notes the following:
    • October 2, 1850 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY p.351
      • Driggs, Alexander H. {102186} 34 farmer b. NY
      • Driggs, Charlotte 29 {102185} b. NY
      • Driggs, Eleanor J. 5 b. NY {See Eleanor Jane Driggs Howland under Maple Lawn Cemetery above}
    • July 18, 1860 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY, p.46
      • Driggs, A. H. 49 farmer b. NY
      • Driggs, Jane C. 39 housekeeper b. NY
      • Driggs, Eleanor J. 15 housekeeper b. NY
      • Driggs, Charles 8 b. NY {see entry Maple Lawn Cemetery above}
      • Driggs, Adda 3 b. NY {abt 1857)

    Children:
    1. 1. Eleanor Jane Driggs was born on 30 Jan 1845 in Elba, Genesee, New York; died on 17 Apr 1929; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Maple Street, Elba, Genesee, New York.
    2. Charles William Driggs was born on 21 Jan 1852 in Elba, Genesee, New York; died on 27 Apr 1921 in of, Elba, Genesee, New York; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Maple Street, Elba, Genesee, New York.
    3. Addie Driggs was born about 1857 in , , New York.
    4. Georgie Driggs was born on 17 Mar 1861; died on 19 Apr 1862; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elba, Genesee, New York.
    5. Frank Eugene Driggs


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Griswold Driggs

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from Michael Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 30 Jun 2005. Cites http://www.dawnsgenealogy.com/Cemeteries/Elba/pine_hill_cemetery_a-l.html (Pine Hill Cemetery A-L
    Elba, Genesee County, New York, Old Elba or Old Graveyard or Pioneer Cemetery, SE corner at Main and Chapel, Elba, near Methodist Church, behind fire hall.): "Driggs, Alexander Hamilton, s/o Griswold & Beulah Driggs, b. Sept 5, 1817, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY, d. Jun 16, 1874 @ 57y 9m"

    Griswold + Beulah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Beulah

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from Michael Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 30 Jun 2005. Cites http://www.dawnsgenealogy.com/Cemeteries/Elba/pine_hill_cemetery_a-l.html (Pine Hill Cemetery A-L
    Elba, Genesee County, New York, Old Elba or Old Graveyard or Pioneer Cemetery, SE corner at Main and Chapel, Elba, near Methodist Church, behind fire hall.): "Driggs, Alexander Hamilton, s/o Griswold & Beulah Driggs, b. Sept 5, 1817, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY, d. Jun 16, 1874 @ 57y 9m"

    Children:
    1. 2. Alexander Hamilton Driggs was born on 5 Sep 1817 in Kingston, Ulster, New York; died on 16 Jun 1874; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elba, Genesee, New York.

  3. 6.  Ephraim Whipple was born on 9 Feb 1768 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island (son of Joseph Whipple and Katherine or Catherine Greene); died between 1834 and 1840 in of, Elba, Genesee, New York.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 25. Gives birth in Connecticut.

    !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. 1, Coventry, Part 4 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 94.

    !SOURCE: Email from Daniel Wilson (email hidden) to the Whipple Website. Includes a copy of a handwritten deposition by an Ephraim Whipple (Caleb's brother, likely) regarding Caleb, transcribed as follows by Weldon Whipple:
    State of New York, Oswego County
    Ephraim Whipple of Elby in Genesee County in said state personally appeared before one of the Justices of the Peace of Mexico in said County of Owsego on the 8th day of Feb 1838 and says that some time in the summer season of 1778 or 1779 Caleb Whipple with whom deponent is personally acquainted, did reside in Plainfield in the State of Connecticut and that said Caleb did enlist in Service of the said State of Connecticut and was stationed at New London and while there he was wounded and during his confinement deponent visited him there and when sufficiently recovered went and brought him home and that when said Caleb was so recovered as to perform duty he returned [to] his regiment again to complete his nine Months service for which he was enlisted and that after the completion of the said nine Months said Caleb did enlist again for one year in the service of the said State of Connecticut and did serve one year. And further said deponent saith not. --Ephm Whipple


    !SOURCE: Email from Michael Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 30 Jun 2005. Cites http://www.dawnsgenealogy.com/Cemeteries/Elba/pine_hill_cemetery_m-y.html (Pine Hill Cemetery M-Y Elba, Genesee County, New York, Old Elba or Old Graveyard or Pioneer Cemetery, SE corner at Main and Chapel, Elba, near Methodist Church, behind fire hall.): "Whipple, Collins, s/o Ephraim & Achsah (Collins), b. Oct 10, 1803, Vt., d. Oct 28, 1852 @ 49y 18d"

    !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Jun 2006. Cites the following:
    • 1820 Census, Bergen, Genesee, NY p.34
      • Whipple, Ephraim: males 1 under 10, 2 10-16, 1 16-18, 1 18-26, 1 45+; females 1 under 10, 1 26-45
        {NAC note: this census would indicate possibly 6 children--Orrell under 10 male, Anson 10-16, Collins 16-18, Ephraim 45+, Laura under 10, Aschah 26-45, leaving "undiscovered" 1 male b. bet. 1804-1810 & 1 male b. bet. 1794-1802, prob. closer to 1802.}
    • 1830 Census, Byron, Genesee, NY p.372
      • Wipple, Ephraim: males 1 10-15, 1 20-30, 1 60-70; females 1 5-10, 1 15-20, 1 40-50
      • Wipple, Colins: males 1 under 5, 1 20-30; females 1 under 5, 1 20-30
    • 1840 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY p.635
      • Whipple, Achsah: 1 male 30-40, 1 female 50-60 {living next to Samuel Scofield; as she is head of household in this census, it is likely that Ephraim died bet. 1830-1840}
      • Scofield, Samuel: 1 male 30-40; females 2 under 5, 1 20-30
        Ancestry World Tree (AWT) notes that Achsah, wife of Ephrom (sic) Whipple {102177, b. abt 1780 in Rutland, VT per AWT}, was born October 15, 1782 in Cambridge, Washington, NY.


    !SOURCE: Email from John Davis (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 13 Apr 2013. Identifies two Ephraims (one born 9 Feb 1768 in Coventry, Kent, RI, who signed a handwritten deposition while living in Elby [sic], Genewee County, New York, stating that he knew Caleb; the other mentioned in 1820, 1830 censuses (but not 1840). Those two Ephraims are now merged into this one.

    Ephraim + Achsah Collins. Achsah was born on 15 Oct 1782 in Cambridge, Washington, New York; died in 1869 in Byron, Genesee, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Achsah Collins was born on 15 Oct 1782 in Cambridge, Washington, New York; died in 1869 in Byron, Genesee, New York.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from Michael Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 30 Jun 2005. Cites http://www.dawnsgenealogy.com/Cemeteries/Elba/pine_hill_cemetery_m-y.html (Pine Hill Cemetery M-Y
    Elba, Genesee County, New York, Old Elba or Old Graveyard or Pioneer Cemetery, SE corner at Main and Chapel, Elba, near Methodist Church, behind fire hall.): "Whipple, Collins, s/o Ephraim & Achsah (Collins), b. Oct 10, 1803, Vt., d. Oct 28, 1852 @ 49y 18d"

    !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Jun 2006. Additionally cites the following:
    • 1820 Census, Bergen, Genesee, NY p.34
      • 1840 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY p.635
        • Whipple, Achsah: 1 male 30-40, 1 female 50-60 {living next to Samuel Scofield; as she is head of household in this census, it is likely that Ephraim died bet. 1830-1840}
        • Scofield, Samuel: 1 male 30-40; females 2 under 5, 1 20-30
          Ancestry World Tree (AWT) notes that Achsah, wife of Ephrom (sic) Whipple {102177, b. abt 1780 in Rutland, VT per AWT}, was born October 15, 1782 in Cambridge, Washington, NY.
      • June 22, 1860 Census, Elba, Genesee, NY, p.16
        • Whipple, Oriel {102183} 42, farmer, b. NY
        • Whipple, Chloe {102184} 42, b. NY
        • Whipple, Adelburt 16, farmer b. NY
        • Whipple, Lowellen {102182} 12 b. NY
        • Whipple, Elva 8 b. NY {abt 1852}
        • Whipple, Ida 3 b. NY {abt 1857}
        • Whipple, Mary 2 b. NY {abt 1858; see cemetery info above}
        • Whipple, Achsah 77 {102178} b. VT {abt 1783; per AWT she died 1869 in Byron, Genesee, NY}
          They are living next to:
        • Whipple, Anson {102179} 53, master carpenter b. NY {abt 1807}
        • Whipple, Phebe J. {102180} 33 b. NY {abt 1827}
        • Whipple, Emma A. {102181?} 6 b. NY {abt 1854}

    Children:
    1. Collins Whipple was born on 10 Oct 1803 in , , Vermont; died on 28 Oct 1852; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elba, Genesee, New York.
    2. Anson Whipple was born in 1806 in Rutland, Rutland, Vermont; died on 9 Sep 1887; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elba, Genesee, New York.
    3. Laura E. Whipple was born on 25 Aug 1814 in , , New York; died on 12 May 1899; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elba, Genesee, New York.
    4. Orrell Whipple was born in 1818 in , , New York; died on 1 Feb 1896 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; was buried in East Elba or Springvail Cemetery, North of Edgerton Road, near Norton Road, Elba, Genesee, New York.
    5. 3. Charlotte Jane Whipple was born on 27 Jun 1820 in Byron, Genesee, New York; died on 25 Dec 1866; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elba, Genesee, New York.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Joseph Whipple was born on 7 Jan 1737 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (son of Benjamin Whipple and Esther Millard or Miller); died in 1818 in Perry Mills, Clinton, New York.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Genealogy of Whipple, Paddick, Bull Families [microfilm] / Ruth Whipple Kapphahn. -- (Columbus, Ohio : UMI, 1992) -- (Genealogy & Local History ; G5108), p. 3.

    !RESIDENCES: Plainfield, Connecticut, and Perry Mills, N.Y.--Kapphahn.

    !DESCENDANTS: Lived in Wisconsin and Illinois--Kapphahn.

    !BIRTH: Day, month, and place from Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 15.

    !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, vol. 2, Johnston, pt. 3 (Providence, R.I.: Harragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 19.

    !SOURCE: Birth date (7 Jan 1737; previous sources give 1 Jan 1737) appears on "Whipple Family Bible Record," a page posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs/whipple_bible.htm by the Oklahoma Genealogical Society (and viewed by Weldon Whipple on 19 Mar 2003). The web page states:
    This Bible was published 1836 at Hartford, Connecticut, by R. White and Hutchison and D. Wier. Pasted on the inside of the back cover of this Bible is "This Bible was left to me by my mother, Mrs. Dorcas C. Mitchell who was a daughter of Vernon L. Olney and Louisa Olney, /S/ Mrs. Blanche Boswell." Mrs. Boswell died May 17. 1928, was buried May 28, 1928 at Thomas, Oklahoma beside her husband, Wm. C. Mitchell. The Bible was first "presented to Louisa Whipple by her father, Stephen Whipple, Jan.12, 1839."

    This Bible record was copied in California by Magna Merle (Boswell) Williamson (Mrs. B.E.), mother of Jack Ellis Williamson, OGS member, Weatherford, Oklahoma.



    !SOURCE: Email from John Davis (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 5 Jun 2012. He writes the following:
    https://whipple.one-name.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I8233&tree=whipple
    Source: "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record", Vol. 108, April 1977, "Some Whipple Records," Contributed by Ruth (Whipple) Kapphahn, p. 73.
    According to a questionnaire completed by Thomas Rodman Whipple (1804-1902) of Roscoe, IL, his grandparents were: Joseph Whipple, born 7 June 1737 in RI, died in 1818 in Perrys Mills, Clinton Co. NY and Katherine (Greene) Whipple, born 4 Dec 1740 in Coventry, RI, died in 1812 in Pittsford, VT. They were the parents of Thomas Whipple (https://whipple.one-name.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I45076&tree=whipple) of Perrys Mills, NY who was Thomas Rodman Whipple's father.

    https://whipple.one-name.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I45080&tree=whipple
    Thomas Rodman Whipple indicates that he married 1) Delia Sweet 28 May 1838 and they had 4 daughters: Esther Ann Matilda b. 5 June 1839; Lucy Ann Margaret born 7 Feb 1843; Katherine born 2 Feb 1846 and died 15 Apr 1847; and Emily born 22 July 1848. His first wife died 9 Mar 1850 in Roscoe, IL. He married 2) Rhoby Bancroft 26 Nov 1855 in Newark, WI and they had 3 daughters: Mary born 21 June 1857; Anna B. born 3 July 1859 and Sarah born 21 Mar 1862.

    Joseph married Katherine or Catherine Greene on 18 Sep 1760 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island. Katherine (daughter of Caleb Greene and Anne Rodman) was born on 4 Dec 1740 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; died on 4 Dec 1813 in Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Katherine or Catherine Greene was born on 4 Dec 1740 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island (daughter of Caleb Greene and Anne Rodman); died on 4 Dec 1813 in Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from John E. Davis (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 6 Dec 1999.

    !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 9 Sep 2001. Cites Arnold's Vital Record.

    !SOURCE: Email from John Davis (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 5 Jun 2012. He writes the following:
    https://whipple.one-name.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I8233&tree=whipple
    Source: "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record", Vol. 108, April 1977, "Some Whipple Records," Contributed by Ruth (Whipple) Kapphahn, p. 73.
    According to a questionnaire completed by Thomas Rodman Whipple (1804-1902) of Roscoe, IL, his grandparents were: Joseph Whipple, born 7 June 1737 in RI, died in 1818 in Perrys Mills, Clinton Co. NY and Katherine (Greene) Whipple, born 4 Dec 1740 in Coventry, RI, died in 1812 in Pittsford, VT. They were the parents of Thomas Whipple (https://whipple.one-name.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I45076&tree=whipple) of Perrys Mills, NY who was Thomas Rodman Whipple's father.

    https://whipple.one-name.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I45080&tree=whipple
    Thomas Rodman Whipple indicates that he married 1) Delia Sweet 28 May 1838 and they had 4 daughters: Esther Ann Matilda b. 5 June 1839; Lucy Ann Margaret born 7 Feb 1843; Katherine born 2 Feb 1846 and died 15 Apr 1847; and Emily born 22 July 1848. His first wife died 9 Mar 1850 in Roscoe, IL. He married 2) Rhoby Bancroft 26 Nov 1855 in Newark, WI and they had 3 daughters: Mary born 21 June 1857; Anna B. born 3 July 1859 and Sarah born 21 Mar 1862.



    !SOURCE: Email from John Davis (email hidden) to the Whipple One-Name Study, 19 Feb 2022. He writes: "Have found a newspaper record from the Rutland Herald of Dec. 15, 1813 which indicates that Mrs. Catherine Whipple, aged 73 died on the 4th of Dec 1813." (Given name previously entered as Katherine; death date 1812.)

    Children:
    1. Amey Whipple was born on 14 Jan 1761 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island.
    2. Benjamin Whipple was born on 21 Sep 1762 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; died in 1835.
    3. Caleb Whipple was born on 23 Jul 1764 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; died on 15 Oct 1851 in Mexico, Oswego, New York; was buried in Mexico Village Cemetery, Mexico, Oswego, New York.
    4. David Whipple was born on 25 Jun 1766 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; died on 20 Nov 1768 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island.
    5. 6. Ephraim Whipple was born on 9 Feb 1768 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; died between 1834 and 1840 in of, Elba, Genesee, New York.
    6. John Whipple was born in , , Connecticut.
    7. Catherine Whipple was born in , , Connecticut.
    8. Thomas Whipple was born on 17 Sep 1772 in prob, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; died on 13 Jan 1867; was buried in Perry Mills Cemetery, Perry Mills, Clinton, New York.


Generation: 5

  1. 24.  Benjamin Whipple was born on 11 Nov 1688 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (son of Benjamin Whipple and Ruth Mathewson); died on 27 Apr 1788 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 19, 222

    !SOURCE: Descendancy chart of Gabriel Bernon, submitted 6 Feb 2007 by Blaine Whipple to Weldon Whipple. Does not include son Benedict in the list of Benjamin's children.

    !DEATH: Email from email hidden (received 23 Sep 1995) gives date 1787.

    !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 14. From a corrected copy of the book found in the Rhode Island Historical Society Library, call no. CS71.W574 1873 RIHSL.

    !SOURCE: Email from Mike Smith (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 27 Oct 1998, citing J.O. Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 221-223, and Arnold's Vital Records of Rhode Island, vol. 2, p.197-198, 255-257.

    !SOURCE: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1908), 3:2153, 2162. States that Benjamin died in the 100th year of his age. Also indicates that there are two possible pairs of birth and death years, depending on the sources used: 1688-1788, 1686-1786. Seems to prefer the former.

    !SOURCE: Email from Debbie Owen (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 19 Sep 1999. Gives death in 1787.

    !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. 2, Providence, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 198.

    !SOURCE: Birth date (11 Nov 1688) and marriage date (11 Nov 1722) appear on "Whipple Family Bible Record," a page posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs/whipple_bible.htm by the Oklahoma Genealogical Society (and viewed by Weldon Whipple on 19 Mar 2003). The web page states:
    This Bible was published 1836 at Hartford, Connecticut, by R. White and Hutchison and D. Wier. Pasted on the inside of the back cover of this Bible is "This Bible was left to me by my mother, Mrs. Dorcas C. Mitchell who was a daughter of Vernon L. Olney and Louisa Olney, /S/ Mrs. Blanche Boswell." Mrs. Boswell died May 17. 1928, was buried May 28, 1928 at Thomas, Oklahoma beside her husband, Wm. C. Mitchell. The Bible was first "presented to Louisa Whipple by her father, Stephen Whipple, Jan.12, 1839."

    This Bible record was copied in California by Magna Merle (Boswell) Williamson (Mrs. B.E.), mother of Jack Ellis Williamson, OGS member, Weatherford, Oklahoma.

    Benjamin married Esther Millard or Miller on 25 Dec 1734 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 25.  Esther Millard or Miller (daughter of Nehemiah Millard and Phoebe Shores).

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 15. From a corrected copy of the book found in the Rhode Island Historical Society Library, call no. CS71.W574 1873 RIHSL.

    !NAME: David Jillson, "Descendants of Capt. John Whipple, of Providence, R.I.," New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 32 (1878): 406, gives surname of Miller.

    !SOURCE: Email from Mike Smith (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 27 Oct 1998, citing J.O. Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 221-223, and Arnold's Vital Records of Rhode Island, vol. 2, p.197-198, 255-257. Spells surname Mallard; gives marriage date 25 Dec 1734 in Providence (after the birth of child Beneger/Benejah--whom he doesn't include in his list of 7 children ...)

    !SOURCE: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1908), 3:2162. Gives name Esther Miller.

    !SOURCE: Email from John E. Davis (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 6 Dec 1999, citing "Genealogy of Whipple, Paddock, Bull Families in America 1620-1970" by Ruth Whipple Kapphahn and James Grafton-Carter, p. 3.

    !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. 2, Providence, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 198. Spells name Millard.

    !SOURCE: Name (Esther Miller) appears on "Whipple Family Bible Record," a page posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs/whipple_bible.htm by the Oklahoma Genealogical Society (and viewed by Weldon Whipple on 19 Mar 2003). The web page states:
    This Bible was published 1836 at Hartford, Connecticut, by R. White and Hutchison and D. Wier. Pasted on the inside of the back cover of this Bible is "This Bible was left to me by my mother, Mrs. Dorcas C. Mitchell who was a daughter of Vernon L. Olney and Louisa Olney, /S/ Mrs. Blanche Boswell." Mrs. Boswell died May 17. 1928, was buried May 28, 1928 at Thomas, Oklahoma beside her husband, Wm. C. Mitchell. The Bible was first "presented to Louisa Whipple by her father, Stephen Whipple, Jan.12, 1839."

    This Bible record was copied in California by Magna Merle (Boswell) Williamson (Mrs. B.E.), mother of Jack Ellis Williamson, OGS member, Weatherford, Oklahoma.

    Children:
    1. Benajah or Beneger Whipple, Captain was born on 17 Jun 1734 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 17 Mar 1817 in Cooperstown, Otsego, New York; was buried in Whipple Cemetery, , Otsego, New York.
    2. Stephen Whipple was born in 19 Jul 1736 or 21 Jul 1735 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 28 Feb 1813 in Lanesboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Ingalls Road Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts.
    3. 12. Joseph Whipple was born on 7 Jan 1737 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died in 1818 in Perry Mills, Clinton, New York.
    4. Benedict Whipple was born on 13 Oct 1739 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 16 Jun 1819 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Benedict Whipple Lot, Old Plainfield Pike, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island.
    5. Jesse Whipple was born on 16 Sep 1744 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 10 Feb 1823 in Putnam, Windham, Connecticut.
    6. Freelove Whipple was born in 8 Jun 1750 or 8 Jan 1750 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    7. John Whipple, Deacon was born on 9 Dec 1751 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 11 May 1824 in North Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Intervale Cemetery, Intervale Avenue, North Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
    8. Abigail Whipple was born on 12 Oct 1754 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

  3. 26.  Caleb Greene was born on 11 Jun 1716 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island (son of John Greene and Deborah Carr); died on 11 Jan 1793 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; was buried in Greene-Cooke Lot, Waterman Hill Road, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 9 Sep 2001. Cites Arnold's Vital Record and the Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index.)

    !SOURCE: "Direct Descendants of John Greene," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 3 Mar 2013. Cites Vital Record of RI 1636-1850 (birth, marriage); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (death, burial).

    Caleb married Anne Rodman on 22 Nov 1739 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. Anne (daughter of Thomas Rodman, Jr. and Katherine Fry) was born on 20 Apr 1718 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island; died on 2 May 1748 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; was buried on 4 May 1748 in Greene-Cooke Lot, Waterman Hill Road, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 27.  Anne Rodman was born on 20 Apr 1718 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island (daughter of Thomas Rodman, Jr. and Katherine Fry); died on 2 May 1748 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; was buried on 4 May 1748 in Greene-Cooke Lot, Waterman Hill Road, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 9 Sep 2001. Cites Arnold's Vital Record and the Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index.)

    !BIRTH: Arnold's VR, vol. 5, South Kingstown, p. 54 gives 20 Apr 1718; vol. 1, Coventry, p. 73, gives 20 Apr 1717.

    !BURIAL: Greene-Cooke Lot, Waterman Hill Road, Coventry, Rhode Island. --N.A. Combs.

    !SOURCE: "Direct Descendants of John Greene," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 3 Mar 2013. Confirms information submitted previously. "aka: Anne Greene." Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 gives death 2 May 1748 in Coventry, Kent, RI; Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index gives death 1747 in RI.

    Children:
    1. 13. Katherine or Catherine Greene was born on 4 Dec 1740 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; died on 4 Dec 1813 in Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont.
    2. Nathan Greene was born on 2 Nov 1742 in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island; died on 19 Mar 1819 in Potowomut (Warwick), Kent, Rhode Island; was buried in Potowomut, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island.


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