REPUBLICAN CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933)

Pres. John Calvin Coolidge is a ninth great grandson of Matthew, Sr. and eighth of Matthew, Jr. The lineage: (Col. John Calvin, Sarah Almeda Brewer, Sally Brown, Israel Putnam, Adam, Adam, Jacob, Judith Perkins, Elizabeth Whipple, Matthew, Matthew) was born in Plymouth, Vermont. 4 July 1872 and died 5 January 1933 in Northampton, Massachusetts at 60 years of age. He married Grace Anna Goodhue in Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont 4 October 1905. Grace, daughter of Andrew Issachar Goodhue and Lemira Barrett, was born in Burlington 3 January 1879 and died 8 July 1957 in Northampton, at 78 years of age. President and Mrs. Coolidge were buried in Plymouth.

Grace and Calvin were distant cousins. Their common ancestor was Matthew Whipple of Bocking, England. Grace descends through his youngest son, “Elder” John, while Calvin descends through both “Elder” John (10th generation) and Matthew, making him a double descendant of Matthew Whipple, Sr. (more…)

Zebulon Whipple (5th great grandson of Matthew, Sr.and 4th of Matthew,Jr.) was born in Tolland, Tolland Co., Conn. 28 May 1796 and died of lung congestion 7 June 1879 in Sheffield, Lorain Co. Ohio, at 83. He married Aveline Stanton in Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, 24 Nov. 1822. The daughter of Andrew Stanton and Lucy Ufford, she was born in Tolland 10 January 1804 and died 5 June 1897 in Sheffield at 93. She moved with her parents to Kingsville by by ox team in 1813 where they began farming two miles southwest of Kingsville.

Zebulon served in the War of 1812 and was present at the attack at Stonington Point, Conn. 9 Aug. 1814. The British commander, Commodore Thomas Hardy, with four vessels, entered the harbor and threatened to destroy the town. The town ignored his threat and set up defenses near the end of the peninsula. When the British bombardment began at 8:00 p.m. the American cannoners returned fire and sank one of the barges and forced the bomb ship to retreat. The bombing stopped at midnight and began again at sunrise and continued until noon of 12 August before the British finally gave up and sailed away. Despite being bombarded with more than 60 tons of metal and 170 bombs, the town did not lose a single life or house. This was the only British action in Connecticut in the war.

Zebulon traveled from Connecticut to Ohio by foot in 1818 and arrived at Kingsville 30 days later where he purchased some wild land and converted it to a farm. He became a prominent member of the Masonic order.

His will, dated 27 Jan. 1877 at Sheffield, was probated in 1879 and included. bequeaths to Aveline and sons John R., Gilbert, Wilson S., Andrew J., Henrietta Whipple, wife of John R., Martha J., wife of Andrew J., and a grand daughter with a Whipple surname (given name can’t be deciphered). Bryan C. Smith of Sheffield was executor.

Zebulon Whipple and Aveline Stanton had the following children:

i. Susan S. born in Kingsville in 1824 and died 11 August 1847 in Sheffield, at 23 years of age. She was a school teacher at the time of death.
ii. Gilbert born in 1826.
iii. John R. born in 1828.
iv. Andrew Jackson born 23 January 1832.
v. Perry M. born in Sheffield 3 February 1836 and died there 3 January 1869 at 32 years of age. His death was caused by a bite from a hog.
vi. Wilson S.22 August 1843.

John Adams Whipple, great (9) grandson of Matthew, Sr. (Matthew, Jr.’s 8th) was among the first generation of Americans to practice photography and became an innovator and a leader in this new field. [SEE GALLERY, PAGE 3, FOR PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN ADAMS WHIPPLE.]

The first true photograph was created in the summer of 1827 by Joseph Niepce, a French researcher working in England, and in 1839 the newly discovered daguerreotype process was developed in Paris. John, then 17, made his first photographic image “with a sun-glass for a lens, a candle box for a camera, and the handle of a silver spoon as a substitute for a plate.”

He moved to Boston from Grafton, Mass, in 1840 where he earned his first fee for preparing chemicals making chloride of iodine. This led to his first business venture — making chemicals for daguerrean artists. He was listed as a chemist in the Boston Directory. (more…)

Paul Farnum (1788-1859) married (1) Sally Wadsworth and (2) Mrs. Mary D. Tiffany.  He had a son and daughter with Sally and a son with Mary.  During the embargo prior to the War of 1812, he partnered with his father and built a large woolen mill which became The Grafton Manufacturing Co.  He moved to Boston in 1825 and entered in a commission business with Daniel Kimball.  In 1844, he engaged in a similar business in Philadelphia before retiring to Beverly, N.J. where he built and endowed the Farnum School, a preparatory school which eventually was transferred to the state.  Paul was an eighth generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.   Click on Buy Now to order through Pay Pal or save on shipping and handling by sending a check directly to Blaine Whipple.

Harvey Whipple (1798-1872) was born in Cornish, N.H. and died in Malone, N.Y.  He was married three times.  He moved to Whippleville in 1819 which was then a wilderness with scarcely a pathway leading from Malone village.  He farmed and ran a milling business until 1868 when he moved to Malone.  At one time he owned most of Whippleville.  He became a Deacon of the Baptist church in 1845, serving until his death.  He had two sons, George and Harvey and was an eighth generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.   Click on Buy Now to order through Pay Pal or save on shipping and handling by sending a check directly to Blaine Whipple.

Abigail Brown Pepper (1787-1823), daughter of Joseph Pepper who was a Lt. in the Revolutionary War was born in Eastham, Mass. and married David Whipple of Hardwick, Mass.  Her son, Amiel was interested in genealogy and is said to have researched the Whipple, Pepper, and Sherburne families.  She had 3 daughters and a son with David and he had two more daughters and a son with his second wife Deborah Phinney. The first Pepper in New England was Abigail’s great great grandfather Robert Pepper who settled in Roxbury, Mass. where he was married in March 1642.  David was an eighth generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.   Click on Buy Now to order through Pay Pal or save on shipping and handling by sending a check directly to Blaine Whipple.

Chandler Whipple (1823-1901) was born in Allegany Co. N.Y. and died in Paw Paw, Mich. He married twice, Mary A. Hopkins and Almira Schofield, both in Paw Paw.  Chandler farmed, operated a sawmill and brickyard, and was active politically.  He was an ardent Unionist and took part in the founding of the Republican Party “under the Oaks” at Jackson, Mich. in 1854.  He was a Van Buren Co. delegate at the Republican Convention in 1884 in Chicago which nominated James G. Blaine for President.  Chandler and Mary had a son and daughter and he had 2 sons and 2 daughters with Almira.  Chandler was an 8th generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.  Check on Buy Now to order through PayPal or send your check directly to Blaine Whipple to avoid shipping and handling charges.

Warner Wright Whipple (1804-1875), born in Putnam, Ohio and died in LaSalle. Ill. married Phebe Brown in Muskingum Co., Ohio 5 June 1832.  His wedding gift to Phebe was a Bible.  Before leaving Ohio, Warner was widely known in the anti-slavery cause and for participating in the Underground Railroad.  His first Illinois far was 80 acres which cost $7 an acre.  He broke the prairie sod with a breaking plow and a team of oxen.  Warner and Phebe are buried in Oakwood Cemetery.  They had 5 children, one who died as an infant.  Warner was an 8th generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.  Check on Buy Now to order through PayPal or send your check directly to Blaine Whipple to avoid shipping and handling charges.