Person:Abraham Whipple (1)
Abraham Whipple
b.26 Sep 1733 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
d.27 May 1819 Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States
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m. 24 May 1722
  1. Abraham Whipple1733 - 1819
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  • H.  Abraham Whipple1733 - 1819
  • W.  Sarah Hopkins (add)
m. 2 Aug 1761
  1. Catherine Whipple1762 - 1835
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Name Abraham Whipple
Gender Male
Birth[1] 26 Sep 1733 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 2 Aug 1761 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United Statesto Sarah Hopkins (add)
Death[1] 27 May 1819 Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States
Burial[1] Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States
Reference Number? Q4669225?


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Abraham Whipple (September 26, 1733 – May 27, 1819) was an American naval officer and slave trader best known for his service in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and being one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio. Born near Providence, Colony of Rhode Island, Whipple chose to be a seafarer early in his life and embarked on a career in the lucrative trade with the West Indies, working for Moses and John Brown. In the French and Indian War period, he became a privateersman and commanded privateer Game Cock from 1759 to 1760. In one six-month cruise, he captured 23 French ships.

In 1772, Whipple burnt the first British naval casualty of the American Revolution, the revenue cutter Gaspee, in the Gaspée Affair. The first to unfurl the Star Spangled Banner in London, Whipple was also the first to sail an ocean-going ship 2000 miles downriver from Ohio to the Caribbean, which opened trade with the Northwest Territory. Abraham Whipple was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Rhode Island.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Larry Overmire. The Ancestry of Overmire Tifft Richardson Bradford Reed. (larryover@worldnet.att.nethttp://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&id=I38779Sources:1) Whipple Website,2004http://genweb.whipple.org/d0100/I5528.html2) Jannelle ThurstonDatabase, 15 Aug2001http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jannellet&id=I4183) Genealogy of the Fields of Providence, RhodeIsland, by Harriet A. Brownell, J.A. and R. A. Reid, 1878, Providence,RI, Genealogy Library, Call Number: R929.2 F457, Pg. 7)
    Recorded 15 Jul 2004.
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