Joseph Whipple Jr.

Joseph Whipple Jr. (December 30, 1687 - 1750)[1][2] was a wealthy merchant in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a Deputy Governor of the colony.[2]

Joseph Whipple Jr.
27th and 29th Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In office
1743–1745
GovernorWilliam Greene Sr.
Preceded byWilliam Greene Sr.
Succeeded byWilliam Robinson
In office
1746–1747
GovernorWilliam Greene Sr.
Preceded byWilliam Robinson
Succeeded byWilliam Robinson
Personal details
BornDecember 30, 1687
Providence, Rhode Island
Died1750
Newport, Rhode Island
Spouse(s)Anne Almy
Sarah Redwood
Children
  • first wife (all died as infants): Joseph, Christopher, Joseph, William
    *second wife: Sarah, Joseph, Benjamin, Abraham, William, Amey, Alice, Mehitable, Mary
OccupationMerchant, Deputy Governor

Life

The son of Col. Joseph Whipple Sr. who was also a merchant, Whipple was born in Providence, the third of 12 children.[1] He was a ship-owner, dealing in many goods including slaves, and he often traded illicitly with the Spanish and French who were at war with the British.[2] He was considered the wealthiest member of his extended family of merchants, though the full value of his estate is not found in the public record.[2]

In addition to being very wealthy, he married into wealth as well. His first wife, Anne Almy, bore four of his children, all of whom died as infants, she dying less than two weeks after her last child died. He then married Sarah Redwood, the daughter of probable business partner, Abraham Redwood.[2] Redwood was a merchant, ship-owner, slave-owner and philanthropist who had a large and profitable plantation on Antigua in the West Indies. He was the founder of the Redwood Library in Newport.[2] With Sarah, Whipple had nine children, the second of whom, Joseph III became Deputy Governor at a very young age, following his father's death. Whipple's will was dated May 28, 1750, and proved on July 2 following, suggesting that he died in June 1750.[2]

See also

References
  1. Austin 1887, p. 223.
  2. Whipple & Carroll 2003.

Bibliography
  • Austin, John Osborne (1887). Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany, New York: J. Munsell's Sons. ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1.
  • Whipple, Dr. Charles M.; Carroll, Barbara R. (2003). "Yeomen and Princes: Benjamin, David, & Joseph, Sons of Captain John Whipple".

Further reading

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