Col. Moses Whipple was born in Grafton, Worcester Co., Mass. 13 May 1733 and died 14 May 1814 in Charleston, Sullivan Co., N.H.  He married Catharine Forbush in Grafton 20 May 1758.  He was a member of the Grafton Co. of training and alarm soldiers during the French and Indian War in 1757 and was in the alarm for the relief of Fort William Henry on the shores of Lake George, N.Y.  Moses and family were original settlers of Croydon, N.H. where he was a farmer and operated a potato whiskey distillery.  He was elected Selectman at the first town meeting and served for an additional 13 terms and for 10 terms as Town Clerk and was Chair of the Committee of Safety during the Revolutionary War and commanded a company of men from Croydon and Cornish during the critical Battle of Saratoga, N.Y. in October 1777.  When the militia was reorganized at the close of the Revolution, he was appointed Colonel of the 15th Reg’t.  He served as Deacon of Croydon’s  first church for 30 years and Catharine established the town’s first school which was held in their home.  Elected to more offices than any other man in Croydon, he was known as “father of the town” and some called him “the George Washington of Croydon.”  He was a sixth generation member of the Matthew Whipple, Sr. family and they had 13 children.  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.