Notes:

!SOURCE: Jim Bullock, Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others): http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I3039 (12 Oct 2007).

Notes:

!SOURCE: Jim Bullock, Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others): http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I13039 (9 Oct 2007).

William married Barbara Allen on 24 Dec 1789 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. Barbara (daughter of Waterman Allen) was born on 18 Jan 1767 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SOURCE: Jim Bullock, Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others): http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I3039 (12 Oct 2007).

Notes:

!SOURCE: Avery F. Angell, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Angell, Who Settled in Providence, 1636 (Providence, R.I.: A. Crawford Greene, 1872), p. 117. Gives father's name William Harris.

!SOURCE: Jim Bullock, Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others): http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I3893 (9 Oct 2007). Gives father's name Jonathan Harris.

Abner + Amy Colwell. Amy (daughter of Robert Colwell and Martha Winsor) was born on 31 May 1731 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 31 Aug 1807 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SOURCE: Jim Bullock, Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others): http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I3894 (9 Oct 2007).

Notes:

!SOURCE: Jim Bullock, Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others): http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I13482 (12 Oct 2007).

Notes:

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Thomas Lapham, Jr.," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 10 Jan 2005. Cites Arnold's VRs 7:253 (birth).

!SOURCE: Jim Bullock, Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others): http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I7918 (9 Oct 2007).

!SOURCE: Email from Anne Billeter (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 27 Feb 2008. Cites "A Family History. Richard Mowry, of Uxbridge, Mass.: his ancestors and his descendants," by William A. Mowry. Providence: Sidney S. Rider, Publisher, 1878. Anne married(2) "Jonathan Harris; she was his 2d wife; his fa: Richard Harris, b. 14 Nov 1668.

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Richard Harris," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 12 Apr 2009. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (birth); Smithfield, RI Probate Records 1769-1797 d. bet 29 Sep 1784 and 17 Jan 1785, Smithfield, Providence, RI). Death previously entered as 24 Sep 1785 in Smithfield.

Jonathan + Mary Brown. Mary (daughter of Jabez or Jabesh Brown and Mary Whipple) died after 3 Jul 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Thomas Lapham, Jr.," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 10 Jan 2005.

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Richard Harris," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 12 Apr 2009. Died after 3 Jul 1744.

Notes:

!SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipple Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003.

!SOURCE: Jim Bullock, Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others): http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I3895 (8 Oct 2007).

Robert married Martha Winsor on 28 Jul 1728. Martha (daughter of Samuel Winsor and Mercy Harding) was born on 10 Dec 1703 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipple Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003.

!SOURCE: Jim Bullock, Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others): http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I3896 (8 Oct 2007).

Notes:

!SOURCE: LDS Ancestral File 1PKL-BF

!SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 311.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 13 Jun 2003. Norma writes: "I think Rufus Smith {10287} is the son of Richard Smith {19784} and Lydia Clarke {19785}. Richard Smith is the son of Christopher Smith, Jr. {28299 b. 1697 Providence, Providence, RI d. January 27, 1781 Scituate, Providence, RI} and Amity Harris {b. October 10, 1697 Providence, Providence, RI d. May 05, 1769 Scituate, Providence, RI}. Amity Harris is the daughter of Richard Harris {24703} and Elizabeth King {24703}. Here's why I think so: Rufus and Nancy (Whipple) Smith have children named Richard, Lydia C., and Amity. Their other children are apparently named for Nancy's family--Stephen, Mary, and Ziba. The location (Scituate, RI) and ages of the individuals are appropriate as well."

!SOURCE: Email from Miles Harris III (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 18 May 2017. Cites attached article "Thomas and Nicholas Harris of Providence, Rhode Island," by Helen Schatvet Ullman, pp. 2-3 "To be published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register in 2013 ..." (birth, marriages, death).

Richard married Elizabeth Lydia King about 1699. Elizabeth (daughter of Clement King and Elizabeth Baker) was born about 1670 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 28 Mar 1736 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 311. Gives only maiden name (King).

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 13 Jun 2003. Norma writes: "I think Rufus Smith {10287} is the son of Richard Smith {19784} and Lydia Clarke {19785}. Richard Smith is the son of Christopher Smith, Jr. {28299 b. 1697 Providence, Providence, RI d. January 27, 1781 Scituate, Providence, RI} and Amity Harris {b. October 10, 1697 Providence, Providence, RI d. May 05, 1769 Scituate, Providence, RI}. Amity Harris is the daughter of Richard Harris {24703} and Elizabeth King {24703}. Here's why I think so: Rufus and Nancy (Whipple) Smith have children named Richard, Lydia C., and Amity. Their other children are apparently named for Nancy's family--Stephen, Mary, and Ziba. The location (Scituate, RI) and ages of the individuals are appropriate as well."

!SOURCE: "Direct Descendants of Richard Harris," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 4 Feb 2006. Adds alternate name (Lydia) and place of residence (of Providence).

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Richard Harris," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 12 Apr 2009. Cites Odenwald-King Ancestry (AWT) (birth, death).

!SOURCE: Email from Miles Harris III (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 18 May 2017. Cites attached article "Thomas and Nicholas Harris of Providence, Rhode Island," by Helen Schatvet Ullman, p. 2 "To be published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register in 2013 ..." Doesn't list given name(s).

Notes:

!SOURCE: Email from Doug Tucker (email hidden) to the Whipple Web Site, 19 Feb 1998, citing the Richardson family records.

!SOURCE: Carl Boyer, Helen H. Lane, Elaine Varley, New England Colonial Families, Vol. 1 (Newhall, Calif.: Carl Boyer, 1981), p. 19.

!SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. 2, Providence, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 25. Gives name Jabez.

!SOURCE: Email from Charles Whipple to Weldon Whipple, 17 Jun 2004. Cites "Roger Williams' Descendants, Five Generations (Riverside, RI: Roger Williams Family Association, 1937).

!SOURCE: Arnold's Vital Record of Rhode Island, 2:1:25 (marriage).

!SOURCE: International Genealogical Index (Internet).

Jabez married Mary Whipple on 18 Nov 1718 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. Mary (daughter of Israel Whipple and Mary Wilmarth) was born on 3 Nov 1699 in Attleborough or Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SOURCE: Email from Susan Panetta (email hidden) to the Whipple Web Site received 16 Sep 1997, citing information received from the New Hampshire Historical Society, from the book History of the Town of Richmond, NH.

!SOURCE: Vital Records of Attleborough, MA to the End of 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1933), cited by http://www.tiac.net/users/ime/famtree/whipple/whipbirthat.htm.

!SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. 2, Providence, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 25.

!SOURCE: Vital Records of Attleborough, Bristol Co., MA to the end of the year 1849 [compact disc]: Attleborough Births (Wheat Ridge, Colo.: Search & ReSearch Pub. Corp., c 1998), p. 285.

!SOURCE: Vital Records of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts: Rehoboth Births, p. 776.

Notes:

!SOURCE: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983) 2:10.

!SOURCE: GEDCOM file sent by Clayton J. Olney to Weldon Whipple, 16 Apr 2002.

!SOURCE: "Direct Descendants of Robert Colwell, Jr.," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 1 Aug 2015. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (birth). Gives death before 1 Nov 1724 (previously entered as 1748).

Robert married Amey Downing before 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SOURCE: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983) 2:10.

!SOURCE: "Direct Descendants of Robert Colwell, Jr.," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 1 Aug 2015.

Notes:

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 16 Nov 2001. Cites IGI; Rhode Island Cemeteries Database; Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850; The Diary of Samuel Tillinghast of Warwick, R.I., 1757-1766.

!SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipple Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003.

Samuel married Mercy Harding on 7 Jan 1702/1703 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. Mercy (daughter of Abraham Harding and Deborah Gardner) was born in 1683 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 21 Dec 1771 in , , Rhode Island; was buried in North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 16 Nov 2001. Cites Rhode Island Cemeteries Database; Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850.

!SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipple Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003. Had nine children.