Abraham Whipple (Commodore)

Commodore Abraham Whipple

• BIRTH: 26 Sep 1733, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
• DEATH: 27 May 1819, Marietta, Washington, Ohio
• BURIAL: Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Washington, Ohio

• TITLE: Commodore

• MARRIAGE: 2 Aug 1761

1.  John Hopkins Whipple (____ - ____)
2. +Catherine "Katy" Whipple (ABT 1759 - 1834)
3. +Mary or Polly Whipple (ABT 1767 - AFT 1795)

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                                                                   _John Whipple __________|_____________________
                                                                  | (1617 - 1685) m 1638                         
                                             _Samuel Whipple _____|
                                            | (.... - 1710) m 1666|
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                                            |                     |_Sarah _________________|_____________________
                                            |                       (1624 - 1666) m 1638                         
                       _Noah B. Whipple ____|
                      | (1667 - 1703)       |
                      |                     |                                               _ Harris ____________
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                      |                     |                      _Thomas Harris _________|_____________________
                      |                     |                     | (1605 - 1686) m 1638                         
                      |                     |_Mary Harris ________|
                      |                       (1639 - 1722) m 1666|
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                      |                                           |_Elizabeth Leatherland _|_____________________
                      |                                             (1619 - 1687) m 1638                         
 _Noah Whipple _______|
| (1697 - 1784) m 1722|
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|--Abraham Whipple 
|  (1733 - 1819)
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|                                                                  _Gregory Dexter ________|_____________________
|                                                                 | (1610 - 1700)                                
|                                            _Stephen Dexter _____|
|                                           | (1647 - 1679) m 1672|
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|                                           |                     |_Abigail Fullerton _____|_____________________
|                                           |                       (.... - 1706)                                
|                      _John Dexter ________|
|                     | (1673 - 1734) m 1685|
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|                     |                     |                      _John Whipple __________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                     | (1617 - 1685) m 1638                         
|                     |                     |_Abigail Whipple ____|
|                     |                       (1657 - 1725) m 1672|
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|                     |                                           |_Sarah _________________|_____________________
|                     |                                             (1624 - 1666) m 1638                         
|_Mary Dexter ________|
  (1699 - ....) m 1722|
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                      |                      _Thomas Field _______|
                      |                     | (.... - 1717)       |
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                      |_Mary Field _________|
                        (1673 - 1727) m 1685|
                                            |                                               _ Harris ____________
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                                            |                      _Thomas Harris _________|_____________________
                                            |                     | (1605 - 1686) m 1638                         
                                            |_Martha Harris ______|
                                              (1643 - 1717)       |
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                                                                  |_Elizabeth Leatherland _|_____________________
                                                                    (1619 - 1687) m 1638                         

Notes

!SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief History of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 53. Henry E. Whipple doesn't know who Abraham's parents are.

!SOURCE: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, vol. 2 (New York: James T. White, 1921), p. 16-17.

!MILITARY: Appointed Commodore in 1775, commanding "two armed vessels, fitted out by Rhode Island."--Henry E. Whipple.

!PORTRAIT: "His portrait as Commodore, in full uniform, can be seen in one of the rooms of the R. I. Historical Society at Providence."--Henry E. Whipple.

!SOURCE: Letter from Joanne Lahr-Kreischer to Weldon Whipple, 13 Dec 1997.

!SOURCE: Clara Hammond McGuigan, The Antecedents and Descendants of Noah Whipple of the Rogerene Community at Quakertown, Connecticut (Ithaca, N.Y.: J.M. Kingsbury, 1971), p. 37. Gives death date 29 May 1819.

!SOURCE: Clair A. Hemenway Newton, Captain John Whipple, 1617-1685, and His Descendants (Naperville, Ill., 1946), p. 56.

!SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 28-29.

!SOURCE: "Deaths from the New York Post, 1801-1890," e-mailed by N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 29 Jan 2003. The 7/1/1819 issue gives death in Marietta, Ohio, on the 27th of the previous month ("27th ult"), at age 86. [Probably meant the month before June?].

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

Gravestone of Commodore Abraham Whipple

Abe's headstone is in Marietta, Ohio Photo courtesy of Ralph W. Lange (ralsal@eriecoast.com). Visit The Commodore's Page on the Whipple Website

RIN 2570. Quick link to this page: http://whipple.org/2570