Ipswich (MA) Whipples

IPSWICH (MA) WHIPPLES

Austin, John Osborne. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families. -- Salem, Mass., 1893 ; reprint ed. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977.

Listed in the Amazon.com Bookstore catalog.

Fiske, William Wyman. "The Whipple Family of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire: Proposed Ancestral Origin of Matthew^A Whipple of Bocking, Essex, and a Whipple Ancestral Line for Arthur¹ Gary of Roxbury, Massachusetts," The Genealogist, vol. 20, no. 2 (Fall 2006), pp. 191-217.

ISSN: 0197-1468.
Business address (subscriptions): The Genealogist, Picton Press, PO Box 1347, Rockland, ME 04841
Editorial address (articles for publication): The Genealogist, 25 Rodeo Ave. 22, Sausalito, CA 94965-1783

The author convincingly identifies Thomas Whipple of Braintree and Newport, Essex, England as the father of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, clothier of Bocking, England. He further proposes that Thomas' father is Thomas Whipple of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.

Jones, Louis C. Murder at Cherry Hill: The Strang-Whipple Case, 1827. -- Albany, N.Y. :Historic Cherry Hill, c1982.

ISBN: 0-943366-04-6.
Listed in the Amazon.com Bookstore catalog.

The book is about a love affair between Elsie (Lansing) Whipple, daughter of a leading Albany family, and Jesse Strang, a hired hand. The affair culminates in the murder of Elsie's husband, John Whipple, for which Strang was convicted and hanged. It was the last public execution in Albany.

Preston, Charles H. "Genealogy of the Whipples of Ipswich for Five Generations," Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 5-14; vol. 2, no. 2-3 (Oct.-Nov. 1893), pp. 62-66.

Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. -- Santa Clarita, Calif. : Carl Boyer; Boston : Published in cooperation with the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.

ISBN: 0-936124-19-9.

Listed in the Amazon.com Bookstore catalog. Also available directly from the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Two U.S. Presidents, Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, are descendants of Matthew Whipple of Bocking, England. Their relationships are outlined on a descendancy chart on pate 292. More detailed information about each president's ancestry begins on pages 70 and 79 respectively.

Waters, Thomas Franklin. The John Whipple House in Ipswich, Mass., and the People Who Have Owned and Lived in It. -- Ipswich, Mass. : Ipswich Historical Society, 1915. -- (Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society ; 20)

Traces the house (still maintained by the Ipswich Historical Society), beginning in the late 1630s (?), as it passed from Elder John Whipple, to his son Captain John Whipple (not the one from Providence!), to his son Major John Whipple, to his daughter Mary (who married Benjamin Crocker), to Deacon John Crocker, continuing until its purchase by the Ipswich Historical Society in 1890.

The book is available from Higginson Books.

Whipple, Blaine. 15 Generations of Whipples: Descendants of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Abt 1590-1647: An American Story. -- Baltimore, MD : Gateway Press, 2007.

ISBN: 978-0-9801022-4-6 (4-volume set).

This monumental 4-volume work is about the descendants of the older of the two sons of Matthew Whipple the Elder of Bocking, Essex County, England. The two sons (Matthew and John) sailed from England to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1638. (Matthew's brother, "Elder" John Whipple, is discussed in Blaine's History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts. See below.)

Available from http://blainewhipple.com/

Whipple, Blaine. History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts: His English Ancestors and American Descendants. -- Victoria, B.C. : Trafford, 2004.

ISBN: 155395676-1.
The first of two anticipated books by Blaine (the other one is about John's brother, Matthew).

Here is some of what Diane Ptak of Albany, N.Y. writes in her review in the March 2005 National Genealogical Society Quarterly (vol. 93, no. 1). (Note: Ms. Ptak is a Certified Lineage Specialist (CLS), certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists.)

Rarely does one come across a family history text of this depth. Ambitious and rich in detail, it is a genealogical compilation and also a historical accounting that will appeal to students of colonial American history. Extensive historical backdrop has been intertwined with Whipple family story, expanding its time span and subject.

... Chapter endnotes -- some of them massive in number-- include valuable narrative information in addition to source citations.

... This book represents a unique text that will appeal to those interested in Whipple family history and in American colonial history. It is unsurpassed in detail, a captivating read, and a massive fait accompli.

CONTENTS: The Whipples of Bocking, Essex County, England -- Sea Voyage to New England -- The "Elder" John Whipple Family -- The Captain John Whipple Family [Note: This Captain John is the son of "Elder" John--not the Captain John Whipple of Providence, R.I.] -- The Sarah Whipple and Deacon Joseph Goodhue Family -- General William Whipple of New Hampshire, Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Includes two appendices. The last half of the book is a descendancy chart of Elder John's father, Matthew, comprising 320 pages, followed by 30 pages of genealogical sources.

Available from www.trafford.com. (For a copy autographed by the author, contact blainewhipple@eschelon.com)

Whipple, Henry Burdette. A Partial List of the Descendants of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England. -- High Point, North Carolina : [s.n.], 1965-1969. -- (Genealogy & Family History ; G681)

In two volumes Henry Burdette Whipple (Henry Burdette [10], Burdette [9], Chandler [8], Samuel [7], John [6], Edwards [5], Jonathan [4], Joseph [3], Matthew [2], Matthew [1]) lists hundreds of descendants of the Ipswich, Massachusetts, Whipple line. Volume 2 fills out the family tree started in volume 1.

Henry traces the Whipples as they spread from Ipswich throughout New England, the Midwest (Michigan, Indiana, the Dakotas, Nebraska, etc.), Wyoming, and California (and other states).

This title was "filmed by Microfilming Corporation of America (A New York Times Company)." The book is available from Higginson Books.


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