Matthew Whipple Jr. (abt. 1591 - 1647)

Born about 1591 in Bocking, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Hawkins) Whipple — married 7 May 1622 (to about 1643) in Bocking, Essex, England

Husband of Rose (Clarke) Whipple — married 13 Nov 1646 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1647 at about age 56 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Matthew Whipple Jr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 368) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Matthew Whipple, the eldest son of Matthew and Joan (______) Whipple of Bocking, Essex, England, was born about 1590 and died at Ipswich, Massachusetts September 28, 1647. He married Anne Hawkins May 7, 1622. She died about 1643 and on November 13, 1646 he married Rose ____, the widow of Lionel Chute.^[1]

Matthew of Bocking, Essex, England was a wealthy Ipswich, Massachusetts resident. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church at Ipswich. He and his brother, John, received a grant of 200 acres in 1638.

When Matthew became seriously ill, on 7 May 1645, he drew up his will.^[2] In it, he left L60 to his eldest son, John, and L40 each to his younger sons, Matthew and Joseph. To each of his daughters (Mary, Anna and Elizabeth) he left L20. He also left lesser bequests to the Elders of the Ipswich church, Nathaniel Rogers and John Norton, and to "the poor of Ipswich." He also stipulated that his brother, John Whipple, together with the Elders, be guardian for his children, and that his executors be the two Elders, his brother, John, and Robert Payne. His witnesses were John Norton and John Whipple.

He survived that illness and, on 13 September 1646, he made an addition to his earlier will to take into account his marriage to Rose, so that she would, after his death, receive L10 and retain all the property with which she had entered the marriage. His witnesses, for this addition were Theophilus Wilson and Thomas Knowlton.

Matthew died September 28, 1647, in Ipswich. His will was proved in the court of Ipswich on 28 Sep 1647.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "The Granberry Family and Allied Families " (Hartford 1945), page 347.
2. ↑ "Will of Matthew Whipple," The Essex Antiquarian (1899) vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 35-36: (accessed 5 Apr 2017)
3. ↑ "Will of Matthew Whipple," The Essex Antiquarian (1899) vol. 3, no. 3, p. 35, citing the town's register: Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 28. (see link in previous note)

• Frank Virgil McDonald, "Inquiries Relating to the Ancestors and Descendants of Job Whipple: Of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and Greenwich, Washington County, New York", University Press : John Wilson & Son, 1881; p. 31

• William Wyman Fiske, “The Whipple Family of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire: Proposed Ancestral Origin of Matthew Whipple of Bocking, Essex, and a Whipple Ancestral Line for Arthur Gary of Roxbury, Massachusetts.” The Genealogist, Vol 20 (2006), pages 191-217.

• Mary Lovering Holman, "Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury", 2 volumes (Concord NH, 1938), pages 43-48.

• Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Directory", NEHGS, 2015, page 368, entry for Matthew Whipple of Bocking, Essex, who immigrated to Ipswich in 1638.