Died: 28 January 1739, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
John WHIPPLE
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John was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1653.
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Marriage date: abt. 1653
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Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
Martha REYNER was the child of Humphrey REYNER and Mary MIDDLEBROOK
Children of John WHIPPLE and Martha REYNER
Died: 28 January 1739, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 4 August 1713, Billerica, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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'The only son of John Whipple (1596-1669) and Susanna Stacey (ca. 1620-61), John Whipple’s father arrived in Ipswich some time between 1636 and 1638. The family came from Bocking, in Essex, England, where they had been prominent textile merchants.
John Whipple served as Cornet of the Ipswich Troop in 1668, under Captain John Appleton. At the outbreak of King Philip’s War, he was “early in the field” as a lieutenant in Captain Paige’s troop. Fresh troops and horses were ordered in 1675-6 to “repel the Indian foe,” and Whipple was appointed Captain of the new unit. In 1677, he led his troops into battle at Salisbury, Massachusetts.
That same year, 1677, Captain Whipple began construction on a handsome town house near the center of town and his many business interests. Today, his home, the Whipple House, is owned by the Ipswich Historical Society.
Captain Whipple married first Martha Reyner, the daughter of Humphrey and Mary Reyner of Rowley; she
21 December 1625
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1658 Birth of ChildMatthew WHIPPLE was born 20 December 1658, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
John was 33 years old.
Martha REYNER died 24 February 1679, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
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Event Date: 10 Aug 1683
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