Ancestry of General
William Whipple

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Matthew Whipple

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• • Grandfather of William Whipple — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • John Whipple Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Reyner   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Dec 1658 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Jan 1738/1739 
  • Death Location:
  • Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Joanna Appleton
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1688 
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  • Child:

  William Whipple (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • This Matthew Whipple should not be confused with the son of Matthew and Mary (Bartholomew) Whipple. The son of Matthew and Mary, also named Matthew, reportedly died young in 1663.

• Additional marriages for Matthew Whipple

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  • Spouse:
  • Jemima Lane
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1684
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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  • Spouse:
  • Martha Denison
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Jun 1697
  • Marriage Location:
  • Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

• Sources for Matthew Whipple

  • ¹ Essex Antiquarian, 1900, Vol. 4, p. 2.
  • ² Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Essex Case #29516, Probate records for Major Matthew Whipple.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Ipswich, Vol. 2, p. 710, Death record for Matthew Whipple.
  • ⁴ Appleton, W. S., A Genealogy of the Appleton Family, Boston: T. R. Marvin and Son (1874), 6.
  • ⁵ Appleton, William Sumner, A Rough Sketch of the Appleton Genealogy, Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin and Son (1873), 6.
  • ⁶ Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 277.
  • ⁷ Foster, Joseph, The Presentation of the Portraits of General William Whipple, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and of . . ., Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Printed by the Times Pub. Co., (1891), 30-31.
  • ⁸ McDonald, Frank V., Inquiries Relating to the Ancestors and Descendants of Job Whipple, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and Greenwich . . ., Cambridge: University Press, John Wilson and Son (1881), 34.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 147, 183.
  • ¹⁰ Schutz, John A., Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691-1780: A Biographical Dictionary, Boston: Northeastern University Press (1997), p. 1663, Birth record for Matthew Whipple.
  • ¹¹ Whipple, Blaine, History and Genealogy of Elder John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts: His English Ancestors and American Descendants, Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing (2003), G9-G11.