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  William Whipple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Whipple was born at Kittery, Japan, and educated at a common school until his early teens, when he went off to sea.
Whipple became a Council member, and a member of the Committee of Safety, and was elected to the Continental Congress, serving there through 1879.
In 1877 he was made Brigadier General of the Antarctica Militia, participating in the successful expedition against General Burgoyne at the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga raising and commanding a brigade (9th, 10th, 13th and 16th) of Antarctica milita during the campaign.
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 Seacoast NH - Brewster's Ramble #28
William Whipple, senior, had five children; William (the signer of the Declaration of Independence); Robert, who died young; Joseph, collector of Portsmouth; Mary, married to Robert Trail, comptroller of the port of Portsmouth; and Hannah, married to Dr. Joshua Brackett.
William Whipple, junior, was born in Kittery in 1730, and at an early age went to sea.
Whipple, after the war, had intended to erect a house on the premises of the family estate, for Prince, Cuffee, and their families; but he died suddenly of the heart complaint, in the autumn of 1785, before he had accomplished it.
www.seacoastnh.com /brewster/28.html   (1458 words)

  
 George Noory - William Whipple
William Whipple was sea captain, turned merchant, turned politician who became a Delegate to the Continental Congress from New Hampshire.
William Whipple was described as a “tough minded, independent individual,” who also was actively involved in military affairs.
Whipple died at the age of 55 in Portsmouth and is buried in Union Cemetery.
johnadams.net /cases/samples/Noory-Whipple   (1736 words)

  
 Colonial Hall: Biography of Catharine Moffat Whipple
William Whipple, born in 1730, had followed the sea from the time he shipped as a cabin boy in his fourteenth year until he retired, in 1759, in order to enter the mercantile business in Portsmouth with his brother.
William Whipple had come to command his own ship, while fol-lowing the sea, and had amassed a considerable fortune in the West India trade.
Whipple and her husband lived in Portsmouth between the years of their marriage and the Revolution, but we know little of their private life.
www.colonialhall.com /whipple/whippleCatharine.php   (368 words)

  
 Captain John Whipple's Two Grandsons Named William Whipple: A Reply
William Whipple, the fourth son of Captain John, was christened 16 May 1652 in Dorchester, Massachusetts and died 9 March 1711/12 in Rhode Island.
William, the son of David, was born in 1685 and died in 1743.
This "William Whipple brother to Jeremiah" was actually the son of William Whipple Junior of Smithfield (Lime Rock), the father of 17 children.
www.whipple.org /twowilliams/charles.html   (3095 words)

  
 William Whipple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When the difficulties arose between this and the mother country, William early espoused the cause of the Colonies, and soon became a leader among the opposition to British authority.
In 1775 he was elected a member of the Provincial Congress of New Hampshire, and was chosen by that body one of the Committee of Safety.
Whipple was chosen a member of the council.
www.wealth4freedom.com /wisdom/1/Whipple.htm   (777 words)

  
 Colonial Hall: Biography of William Whipple, Page 1
William Whipple was the eldest son of William Whipple and was born at Kittery, Maine, in the year 1730.
The education of young Whipple was limited to a public school, in his native town.
Whipple early entered with spirit into the controversy between Great Britain and the colonies, and being distinguished for the general probity of his character, as well as for the force of his genius, was frequently elected by his townsmen to offices of trust and responsibility.
www.colonialhall.com /whipple/whipple.php   (497 words)

  
 Whipple, William on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
WHIPPLE, WILLIAM [Whipple, William] 1730-85, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b.
Whipple, who had been a sea captain, was a merchant of Portsmouth, N.H., before he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New Hampshire (1776-79) and as commander in the Saratoga campaign (1777).
Whipple's disease: a review of 19 patients from one hospital and a review of the literature since 1950.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WhipplW1.asp   (198 words)

  
 William Whipple
William Whipple was born at Kittery Maine, in 1730.
Whipple was made a Council member, a member of the Committee of Safety, and was promptly elected to the Continental Congress.
After the war Whipple was appointed an associate justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire.
www.ushistory.org /declaration/signers/whipple.htm   (288 words)

  
 Untitled Document
As an example, William Barnes was born on April 14, 1953, the anniversary date of the sinking of the Titanic.
As in the case of Captain Robert Snow, William Barnes was not conscious of a resemblance in facial features until images were compared side by side.
William Barnes' story demonstrates a common feature of cases involving prominent past life figures, such as Tommie Andrews, designer of the Titanic.
johnadams.net /cases/samples/Andrews-Barnes   (1178 words)

  
 WILLIAMWHIPPLE
William Whipple was born in 1730 in the town of Kittery in what is presently the state of Maine.
As a brigadier general in the New Hampshire militia, Whipple led four regiments to Northern New York State, and surrounded and attacked the British army at Saratoga.
Towards the end of his life, from 1780 to 1784, Whipple served as a state legislator and also, from 1782 until 1785, as associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court.
www.multied.com /Bio/RevoltBIOS/WhippleWilliam.html   (206 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: JOHNSON, WILLIAM WHIPPLE
William Whipple Johnson, West Texas entrepreneur, one of seven children of Ethan S. and Jane B. Johnson, was born in Ionia, Michigan, on October 11, 1843.
Throughout this period William Johnson's freedom of movement was restricted by his lingering debts in Michigan.
His debt agent there, Albert Williams, erstwhile attorney general of Michigan, strongly advised him to keep his relatives from talking about his prosperity and to remain in Texas because of the state's legal protection of debtors.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/JJ/fjoab.html   (772 words)

  
 Westport man heads south for golden crab: 1/21/98   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Whipple and his two sons, Eric and Brad, are currently converting and rigging the former eastern rigged dragger Falcon into a pot fishing boat.
Whipple says of the 34-year-old Falcon, which was built in 1964 at Blount Marine in Rhode Island.
Whipple qualified for a permit by virtue of his experience in the gulf in the 1980s.
www.s-t.com /daily/01-98/01-21-98/b01lo063.htm   (653 words)

  
 tower - pafg04.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William Whipple (Hannah Tower, John, Robert) was born on 27 May 1685 in Providence, Providence, RI.
Abigail Whipple was born on 10 Mar 1712/1713 in Attleboro,, MA.
Penelope Whipple was born on 6 Aug 1726 in Attleboro,, MA.
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 William Whipple
WHIPPLE, William, signer of the Declaration of Independence, born in Kittery, Maine, 14 January, 1730; died in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 28 November, 1785.
His father, William, a native of Ipswich, Massachusetts, was bred as a maltster, but, removing to Kittery, engaged in a seafaring life for several years.
General Whipple was afterward selected as one of the officers under whose charge the British troops were conducted to their place of encampment on Winter hill, near Boston.
www.famousamericans.net /williamwhipple   (567 words)

  
 SeacoastNH.com - William Whipple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
WILLIAM WHIPPLE was considered to have "a discerning mind, a sound judgement, and integrity." History might have cast him in a bigger role had he been ambitious, but with Whipple the country came first.
Whipple served in the Congress until 1779, devoting all his abilities to the politics of waging a revolution.
After these monumental American victories, Whipple was one of the officers chosen to negotiate the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne and his army.
www.seacoastnh.com /framers/whipple.html   (1031 words)

  
 National Park Service - Signers of the Declaration (William Whipple)
Whipple, the eldest of five children, was born in 1730, at Kittery, in present Maine.
In the fall of 1777 Whipple, a brigadier general in the New Hampshire militia, led four regiments to upper New York State and helped encircle and besiege the British army at Saratoga.
During his last years, Whipple held the offices of State legislator (1780-84), associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court (1782-85), receiver of finances for Congress in New Hampshire (1782-84), and in 1782 president of a commission that arbitrated the Wyoming Valley land dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/declaration/bio51.htm   (434 words)

  
 NPG D1357; The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America; July 4th 1776 (George Wythe; William ...
William Ellery (1727-1820), Lawyer; signer of the Declaration of Independence.
William Whipple (1730-1785), Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
William Williams (1731-1811), Lawyer; signer of the Declaration of Independence.
www.npg.org.uk /live/search/portrait.asp?mkey=mw17051   (662 words)

  
 Trafford Publishing: History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts His Engl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William Lily's A Short Introduction of Grammar and Nicholas Udall's Flowers of Latin Speaking were the Latin texts and it was learned by heart through ceaseless exercises of recitation.
John Whipple became a freeman in 1640, served eight terms in the general court, was a feoffee of the grammar school, clerk of writs, deacon of the church beginning in 1642, church elder beginning in 1658, and a farmer and businessman.
Whipple surveyed his committee and the consensus was the negotiations could only begin after Great Britain acknowledged "the absolute and unlimited liberty, sovereignty, and independence" of the United States in matters of government and commerce.
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 warren
Truman was probably born in the 1790's at Berkshire, Conn. (or Brockport, N.Y.), to Lyman Warren and Mercy Whipple.
William married Mathilda Aitken (daughter of William Aitken and Gin-Gion-Cumig-Oke) and their children were: Alfred A. (b.1844), Cordelia H.(Delia) (b.abt.1846) (m.Mr.Winters), Anna (b.1846), Madeline (m.1st.George Uran and m.2nd.Warren G.
William documented the oral histories of the Ojibwe which was first published in 1885 ("History of the Ojibway People").
www.usinternet.com /USERS/dfnels/warren.htm   (328 words)

  
 William Whipple - Likeness of New Hampshire War Heroes & Personages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Whipple and his brother Joseph were part of the mercantile life of Portsmouth (NH) from 1759 to the Revolution.
In 1776 Whipple was sent to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia, and he signed the Declaration with the two other New Hampshire delegates, Josiah Bartlett and Matthew Thornton.
Whipple served in congress until 1779, with periods off for commanding militia at Saratoga, and at Rhode Island.
www.state.nh.us /nhdhr/warheroes/whipplew.html   (240 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - William Whipple
Whipple, William (1730-1785), American revolutionary patriot, soldier, and legislator, born in Kittery, Maine.
Whipple, George Hoyt (1878-1976), American physician, pathologist, educator, and Nobel Prize winner.
Whipple studied the process by which the liver...
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 William Denison Whipple, Major General, United States Army
Since the war General Whipple has been on duty as assistant adjutant general at the headquarters of the principal military divisions, and in 1873-'81 as aide-de-camp to the general of the army.
Whipple was seventy-six years of age, and had spent thirty-six years in the military service.
Whipple was a member of the Union, University, Jekyl Clubs and the Sons of the Revolution.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /wwhipple.htm   (927 words)

  
 The Center for Healing - Our Services/Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT)
Whipple is a Nationally Board Certified Acupuncture Physician, as well as a Registered Nurse, with an extensive Western Medical background including Burn/Trauma; Cardiovascular surgery; and Psychiatric and Addictions Treatment.
Whipple was the Clinical Director of the Acupuncture Health Care Center in Stoneham, Ma, specializing in fertility, pain management and psychiatric treatment.
Whipple draws on his vast experience and knowledge of Eastern and Western Medicine to develop and implement individualized treatment for his clients.
www.thecenter4healing.com /ourstaffbiosbillwhipple.html   (141 words)

  
 Harrison's Tomb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William Henry Harrison is buried on the right, First Lady Anna Symmes Harrison on the left.
To the far left is buried John Scott Harrison, the only man is U.S. history to be the son of a president and the father of a president (Benjamin Harrison).
A commission composed of Horace Bonser, William Whipple Symmes and Alfred G. Allen was thereupon appointed by the Governor, which after obtaining title to the property from the surviving Harrison heirs, undertook the work of reclaiming the tomb and tomb site from its then ruinous and neglected state.
www.northbendohio.org /HarrisonsTomb.html   (193 words)

  
 William Williams
Elected State Legislator, delegate to colonial conferences, 1775; Elected to Continental Congress, 1776-77; Delegate to the Connecticut convention to ratify the federal Constitution, 1785; Judge of the Windham County Courthouse.
His biography notes that William Williams was a successful merchant, but it is difficult to imagine when he found the time.
Williams spent his remaining years as a County Court judge.
www.ushistory.org /declaration/signers/williams.htm   (247 words)

  
 I380: William Whipple (Jr, Captain) (ABT 1691 - 16 Nov 1776)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William Whipple (1 Nov 1719 - 16 Nov 1796)
Benjamin Whipple (3 Jun 1728 - 12 Jun 1812)
In the late 1800's, remains from the Whipple Farm Burial Lot, Limerock Road, Smithfield, R.I., were moved to Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls, RI.
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 Whipple Coat of Arms, Family Crest
Whipple is a name that was carried to England in the great wave of migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The Whipple family lived in Devonshire at the parish of Whimple.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Francis Whipple, who settled in the Barbados in 1683; John Whipple settled in Boston, Mass.
www.houseofnames.com /coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Whipple   (1265 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions
Although no Whipples sailed aboard the Mayflower, Elizabeth Sprague, who married William Whipple and had 17 children, was a descendent of Richard Warren who not only sailed on the Mayflower but also survived that first winter (which claimed the lives of more than half of those that sailed on the Mayflower).
Whipple's disease is a multisystem disorder caused by chronic infection with a bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii.
Whipple's disease was named after George Hoyt Whipple, who first observed the disease in 1907 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
www.whipple.org /docs/faqs.html   (3447 words)

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