Job Shippee (abt. 1712 - 1791)

Born about 1712 in Providence, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island, New England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Rose Shippee — married 25 Jun 1738 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, New England

Husband of Hannah (Williams) Shippee — married about 1760 in Rhode Island, New England

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1791 at about age 79 in Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States of America

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Biography

Job Shippee was born in the unincorporated village of Smithfield, in Providence, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in about 1712, perhaps earlier. He was the son of Solomon Shippee and Elizabeth Hempstead.^[1]

He married his first cousin, Rose Shippee, daughter of Thomas Shippee (Job's uncle) and Sarah Place, in Smithfield on 25 Jun 1738.^[2] After their marriage they lived in Scituate, in Providence County, where they had four children:

1. Sarah Shippee (b. 28 Sep 1738, Scituate;^[3] m. Joseph Phillips)
2. Elizabeth Shippee (b. 31 May 1741, Scituate)^[4] Note: She is mentioned in her maternal grandfather's will in 1765, however, she is not mentioned in her father's will written in 1783.
3. Job Shippee (b. 28 Sep 1747, Scituate)^[5]
4. Solomon Shippee (b. 1749)

Rose Shippee died between about 1749 and about 1760, when Job remarried. His second wife was Hannah Williams. Job Shippee helped out with the inventory of the estate of Robert Williams, Hannah's father, in 1759. They had four children:

1. Willard Shippee (b. 1761, m. 10 Apr 1794, Foster, Rhoda Slater)^[6]
2. Esek Shippee (b. 1762, m. 7 Nov 1787, Foster, Katherine Martin)^[7]
3. David Shippee
4. Hosea Shippee (b. 1767, m. 14 Jan 1790, Foster, Mary Mitihael)^[8]

Job Shippee died on February 20, 1791, in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. His Will was dated in Foster, Rhode Island on 26 October 1783, and was probated in Foster on 4 April 1791. It mentioned his wife, Hannah, six sons (Solomon, Willard, Esek, David, Hosea, and Job), one daughter, Sarah Phillips (wife of Joseph Phillips) and Sarah's daughter, his granddaughter Rosabella Phillips.^[9]

Research Notes

Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island: The town of Smithfield was settled in 1660, but, until it was incorporated in 1731, it was part of the town of Providence.^[10]

Date of Birth: In the abstract of Solomon Shippee's will found in Austin,^[11] Solomon bequeathed: "To son Job, £35. To son Christopher, £35, at age." This would imply that, by December of 1733, when the will was written, Job was at least 21 years old (assuming that 21 was the cut-off age, as it was elsewhere in New England). This would place his birth in 1712 or earlier (or the will would have specified, as it did for the younger son, "at age"). Pending discovery of actual documentation for the date of Job's birth, the data field has been changed to 1712, in preference to 1710 or 1713, as appeared in the two merged profiles. Anderson-27719 19:03, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ For year of birth, see Research Note, below. For parentage: "Shippee ... VII. Solomon, d. 1734, Mar. 13 m. Elizabeth, d. 1733+ ... 3. Job:" Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Page 180, Columns 2 and 3.
2. ↑ "Providence ss Smithfield June 25^th 1738 Then was Job Shippe & Rose Shippe Lawfully joyned in marage attest Tho^s Sayles Jus^t Peace -- Recorded march th^e 15^th -- 1738/9 pr me Daniel Jenesses Town Clerk Rerecorded th^e 26^th of Feb^y 1754 By Tho^s Sayles Town Cler[k] --:" Register, Image 19 of 507, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 Sep 2021). See also (transcript): Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 3, Providence County, "Smithfield - Marriages," Page 65, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry.com (subscription required).
3. ↑ "Shippee, Sarah, of Job and Rose, Sept. 28, 1738:" Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 3, Providence County,"Scituate - Births and Deaths," Page 48 (accessed 30 Sep 221 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry.com (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required).
4. ↑ "Shippee, Elizabeth, of Job and Rose, May 31, 1741:" Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 3, Providence County,"Scituate - Births and Deaths," Page 48(accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry.com (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required).
5. ↑ "Shippee, Job, of Job and Rose, Sept. 28, 1747:" Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 3, Providence County,"Scituate - Births and Deaths," Page 48 (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry.com (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required).
6. ↑ "Shippee, Willard, of Job dec., and Rhoda Slater, of John, m. by Elder John Wescott, Apr. 10, 1794:" Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 3, Providence County,"Foster - Marriages," Page 26 (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry.com (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required).
7. ↑ "Shippee, Esek, of Job, and Katherine Martin, of John, m. by John Wescott, Justice, Nov. 7, 1787:" Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 3, Providence County,"Foster - Marriages," Page 26 (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry.com (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required).
8. ↑ "Shippee, Hosea, of Job, and Mary Mitihael, of Daniel, m. by John Wescott, Justice, Jan. 14, 1790:" Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 3, Providence County,"Foster - Marriages," Page 26 (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry.com (accessed 30 Sep 2021 - subscription required).
9. ↑ Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932, Foster (Rhode Island). Town Clerk; Probate Place: Providence, Rhode Island, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
10. ↑ "Smithfield, Rhode Island", Wikipedia.org (accessed 30 Sep 2021).
11. ↑ "1733, Dec. 15, Will - proved 1734, Mar. 27:" Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Page 180, Column 2.

• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, First Series. Births, Marriages and Deaths. A Family Register for the People, Volume 3, Providence County, Provicence, Rhode Island: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1892; Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014) (subscription required). Also available online at Ancestry.com (subscription required).
• Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came before 1690, Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1887.
• Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VJ-L4D : accessed 24 August 2021), Job Shippe, 25 Jun 1738; citing Marriage, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archive, Providence City Archives, city and town clerk offices; FHL microfilm 959,589.