William Whipple Jr. (1730 - 1785)

Born 14 Jan 1730 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Katharine Moffat — married 1770 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Died 28 Nov 1785 at age 55 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

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General William Whipple Jr. served with American Founding Fathers during the American Revolution.

William Whipple, Jr., b. 14 Jan 1730 (Julian)/25 Jan 1731 (Gregorian), Kittery, Maine, British America d. 28 Nov 1785, at the age of 55 in New Hampshire, U. S.^[1]

wikipedia.com has:

"Rank Union Army Brigadier General rank insignia.svg

Commands held:

1. New Hampshire Militia (Bellow's Regiment of Militia
2. Chase's Regiment of Militia,
3. Moore's Regiment of Militia,
4. Welch's Regiment of Militia)

Battles/wars

American Revolution

1. Battle of Saratoga
2. Bemis Heights (Second Saratoga: Battle of Bemis Heights (October 7))
3. Battle of Bennington
4. Battle of Rhode Island"

General William Whipple Jr. (1730-1785) Commander of the 2 nd Brigade, NH Militia, Delegate to Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Monument: GPS (lat/lon): 43.07822, -70.76318

Married Catharine Moffat, lived in Moffat-Ladd House, Portsmouth 1770-1785.

Sources

1. ↑ [1]

• Find A Grave: Memorial #2814 memorial done in 1998
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whipple

!SOURCE: A Partial List of the Descendents of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England, by Henry Burdette Whipple. (High Point, N.C., 1965), p. 14.

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

!SOURCE: Frank C. Meyers, "William Whipple," in American National Biography (New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 23:166-167. Gives marriage in 1767.

!SOURCE: Speech given by Comrade Joseph Foster, Paymaster U.S. Navy, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 20th, 1892. Published in The Presentation of the Portraits of General William Whipple, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and of David Glasgow Farragut, Admiral, United States Navy (Portsmouth, N.H., 1891), p. 6-14.

!GOVERNMENT: A signer of the Declaration of Independence, from New Hampshire. A member of the Provincial Congress of New Hampshire in 1775, and of the Continental Congress, 1776-1779. After signing, he freed his slaves, including Prince Whipple.

MILITARY: General of one of the brigades of New Hampshire troops in 1777, serving at the battle of Stillwater and Saratoga, and one of the two representatives of General Horatio Gates who arranged the terms of capitulation at the surrender of John Burgoyne, and assisted General John Sullivan at the siege of Newport in 1778.

!MARRIAGE: Date (1770/71) from email from J. Lahr-Kreischer, Feb 1998.

!CHILDREN: Had three children; all died in infancy. --J. Lahr-Kreischer. "They had one child, who died in infancy." --F.C. Meyers. May have had as many as seven children. --J. Foster

!SOURCE: Blaine Whipple, History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts (Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, 2004), p. G50. Gives marriage in Portsmouth abt 1769.