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.

Ithamar Whipple (1780-1868), born in Rutland Co., Vt. and died in Mosiertown, Penn. married Lydia Bills of Washington Co., N.Y 25 March 1802.  They settled in Dryden, N.Y. in 1806 and he served in War of 1812 as an Ensign of a Company of Light Infantry in the Regt of Infantry commanded by Lt. Col. Henry Bloom. His commission was signed by Governor Daniel D. Tompkins 4 Feb. 1812.  They had 13 children.  Ithamar 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.

Nathan Whipple was born in Whipple Hollow near Rutland, Vt. 21 April 1794 and died 3 Dec. 1863 in Saybrook, Ohio.  He married Laura Mixer in Ohio in abt. 1817.  Nathan moved from Rutland Co. to Licking Co., Ohio in the fall of 1813 along with his older brother Enoch and younger brother Abraham.  In 1817 he moved his family to Madison, Geauga County.  In his last will and testament, signed in June 1863,  he bequeathed all his real and personal property to Laura.  A codicil signed 26 Nov. named his son Horatio sole executor.  They had 2 sons and 2 daughters.  Nathan 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.

Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886) married Charlotte B. Hasings in 1847.  He was an author and lecturer in Boston whose literary criticism was notable.  It was said that Whipple was surpassed only Edgar Allen Poe and James Russell Lowell as an informed, judicious, and comprehensive critic.  (Whipple and Lowell were distant cousins through their 6th great grandfather, Matthew Whipple of Bocking, England.)   After joining Boston’s Mercantile Library Assn. and the Attic Nights Club, he began writing essays of  literary criticism for the Boston Times and became a popular lecturer on the Lyceum Circuit from Maine to Ohio appearing an estimated 1,000 times.  He became the literary critic of the Boston Globe in 1872. He is a 9th generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  They had a son and a daughter. 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.

The Congressman was born in Shaftsbury, VT and died in Cazenovia, NY.  He attended William College in MA, was graduated from Yale,  and admitted to the NY bar in 1811.  He served in the NY Assembly before being elected to the 18th Congress in 1823, the last Congress to serve during President Monroe’s second term.  He was a Judge following his congressional service.  He and Louise, born in Nelson, NY 18 May 1795, had 7 sons and 2 daughters.  Louise was an eighth generation member of 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.

Zebulon Whipple was born in Tolland, Conn. 28 May 1796 and died of lung congestion 7 June 1879 in Sheffield, Ohio.  He married Aveline Stanton in Kingsville, Ohio 24 Nov. 1822.  They had 5 sons and 1 daughter.  He served in the War of 1812 and was present at the attack at Stonington Point, Conn.  Despite being bombarded by the British with more than 60 tons of metal and 170 bombs, the town did not lose a single life.  This was the only British attack in Connecticut in the war.  Zebulon traveled from Connecticut to  Ohio by foot in 1818 where he purchased wild land near Kingsville and converted it to a productive farm.   His will dated 27 Jan. 1877 was probated in 1879.

Betty Spooner was born in Petersham, Worcester Co., Mass. 28 Feb. 1771 and died 26 May 1853.  She married Capt. Samuel Faxton 28 Jan. 1796.  He was a Captain in the New York State militia and attained a high rank in the Masons.  He was a musician of some note and led the choir of the Baptist church and Betty was known for her Biblical knowledge.  They had two sons and six daughters.  Betty is a seventh generation member of the Matthew Whipple, Sr. family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples, An American Story.  Check on “Buy Now” to order through Pay Pal or buy direct from the author.

Rev. Jacob Haven was born 25 April 1763 in Framingham, Middlesex Co. Mass. and died 17 March 1845 in Croydon, Sullivan Co., N.H. and married Asenath Arms i n Deerfield, Mass.  They had two sons and two daughters.  He was graduated from Harvard College in 1785 and was admitted to the First Church in Dedham, Mass. as a “student in Divinity” and was ordained 19 June 1788 as the first minister at Croydon where he was called “Priest” as were all Congregational ministers in the region.  He was known for terse and logical sermons and his oratory was described as solemn and impressive.  He was Town Clerk for 31 years and is a seventh generation member of the Matthew Whipple, Sr. family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples, An American Story.  Check on “Buy Now” to order through Pay Pal or buy direct from the author.

Squire Whipple was born 16 Sept. 1804 in Hardwick, Worcester Co., Mass. and died 15 March 1888 in Albany, Albany Co., N.Y. He married Anna Case of Utica, N.Y in 1837.  He was graduated from  Union College of Schenectady, N.Y in  1830 and became a well known civil engineer, inventor, and theoretician.   Steam engines required bridges which could support heavy live loads and he developed the first scientifically based rules for bridge construction.  Previously, wooden trusses had been built according to “rule-of-thumb” methods without scientific or mathematical means to obtain accurate quanitative information on stresses.  This method didn’t work with iron and in 1847 he published a collection of essays entitled A Work on Bridge-Building.  It was the beginning of the era of scientific bridge design.  The result:  After 1850, most bridges were made of wrought iron until near the end of the century when replaced by steel.  His formula was also important to American architecture and led to the design of the skyscraper.  He published a more thorough and exhaustive textbook in 1869:  An Elementary and Practical Treatise on Bridge-Building.  He is an eighth generation descendant of Matthew Whipple, Sr.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples, An American Story.  Check on “Buy Now” to order through Pay Pal or buy direct from the author.

Levi Whipple was born24 July 1773  in Westborough, Worcester Co., Mass.  and died 24 April 1845 in Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio.  He married Eliza Warner in Hardwick, Mass. and they had 5 sons and 2 daughters.  At 16, he went to the Northwest Territory to work for his uncle Gen. Rufus Putnam of Revolutionary War fame.  He eventually acquired land in both Washington and Licking counties, was one of the founders of the town of Springfield (renamed Putnam in 1814) where he built a grist mill, a cotton factory, and woolen mill, and worked as a surveyor.  He was Springfield’s first Justice of the Peace, Muskingum county’s first surveyor, first coroner, and first joint coroner-sheriff.  He and some partners operated a ferry between Springfield and Zanesville and in 1812 along with his partners were granted a Charter by the Ohio General Assembly to build a toll bridge over the Muskingum river.  He opposed slavery and was president of  “A Society for the Promotion of Freedom and Universal Rights.”  His home was a part of the Underground Railroad.  He was a seventh generation member of the Matthew Whipple, Sr. family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples, An American Story.  Check on “Buy Now” to order through Pay Pal or buy direct from the author.