Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
James Dexter
1691 - 1731 (40 years)
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Name James Dexter Birth 22 Feb 1690/1691 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
Gender Male Death 7 Nov 1731 Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Person ID I6290 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 1 May 2004
Father John Dexter, Major, b. 6 Nov 1652 d. 23 Apr 1706, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 53 years) Mother Alice Smith, b. 1665, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 19 Feb 1735/1736, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 71 years) Marriage 16 Feb 1687/1688 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Family ID F3440 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Hannah Wilkinson, b. Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Marriage 1711 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Children + 1. John Dexter, b. 1 Feb 1716/1717, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. Aft 1762, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age > 46 years)2. Anne Dexter, b. 22 Oct 1718, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island + 3. James Dexter, b. 24 Feb 1720/1721, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. 6 Aug 1801, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 80 years)+ 4. David Dexter, b. 24 Feb 1722/1723, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island 5. Mary Dexter, b. 1725, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island + 6. Hopestill Dexter, b. 15 Sep 1726, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. 21 Sep 1815 (Age 89 years)+ 7. Mercy Dexter, b. 10 Oct 1730, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Family ID F3582 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary Whipple, b. 1692, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Family ID F3583 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Birth - 22 Feb 1690/1691 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
Marriage - 1711 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
Death - 7 Nov 1731 - Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - !MARRIAGE: "Austin's _Genealogical Dictionary_ lists his wife as Hannah Wilkinson, daughter of Josias and Hannah (Tyler) Wilkinson. The Dexter family genealogy names Mary Whipple as his wife; possibly he was twice married. His children were: John, Anne, James, David, Hopestill, and Mercy Dexter. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:9.
!SOURCE: M.M. Wilkinson, _Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families_ (Shelby, Miss.: Shelby Book Store, 1949), p. 75. Lists Hannah Wilkinson as wife, with no mention of Mary Whipple.
!SOURCE: "Descendants of Sarah Whipple," descendancy chart from Beverly Phillips (rogerp@vegas.info.net) to the Whipple Website, 21 Dec 1998. Gives place of death as Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. (Previously entered in database as Providence, R.I.) Gives Hannah Wilkinson as wife, mentioning Mary Whipple in notes.
!SOURCE: S.C. Newman, Dexter Genealogy: Being a Record of the Families Descended from Rev. Gregory Dexter (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1859), p. 47-48. Gives Mary Whipple as wife (and mother of six children John, James, David, Anna, Marcy and Hopestill); makes no mention of Hannah Wilkinson.
!GOVERNMENT: "The youngest member ever elected to the [General] Assembly [of Rhode Island, 1711, 1713, 1717] under the Charter." --S.C. Newman
- !MARRIAGE: "Austin's _Genealogical Dictionary_ lists his wife as Hannah Wilkinson, daughter of Josias and Hannah (Tyler) Wilkinson. The Dexter family genealogy names Mary Whipple as his wife; possibly he was twice married. His children were: John, Anne, James, David, Hopestill, and Mercy Dexter. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:9.