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Ancestor is complete! immigrant flag male ancestor  John  WHIPPLE

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21 December 1625 England
Died
John  married  Martha REYNER abt. 1653 in Ipswich, Massachusetts? .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Martha REYNER  was born abt. 1635 in England.  Martha died 24 February 1679 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.  Martha was the child of Humphrey REYNER and Mary MIDDLEBROOK .

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John was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1653.


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John  married  Martha REYNER abt. 1653 in Ipswich, Massachusetts? .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Martha REYNER  was born abt. 1635 in England.  Martha died 24 February 1679 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.  Martha was the child of Humphrey REYNER and Mary MIDDLEBROOK.





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John WHIPPLE married immigrant flag female ancestor Martha REYNER
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

Marriage notes:
"John (1628-1683) & 1-wf Martha [REYNER] (-1679-80); ca 1653, by 1655; Ipswich {Ipswich Ant. Papers 133; Britton 37, 38; Pillsbury Anc. 48; Bridges Anc. 111; Reg. 11:239, 109:11; Briggs-DeGroff 449; Rowley MA Fam. 329; Brown-Parker 22; Putnam's Mag. 2:7, 9; Whipple Chart; Hammatt: Ipswich 276; Essex Ant. 8:105; Lane Fam. PaPers 21; Utah Gen. Mag. 22:17}"

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John Whipple (1625-1683)

'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
BirthBirth — 1625
21 December 1625
England
1658 Birth of Child
Matthew WHIPPLE was born 20 December 1658, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

John was 33 years old.
1679 Death of Spouse/Partner
Martha REYNER died 24 February 1679, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
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Event Date: 10 Aug 1683
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