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'''William Whipple, Jr.''' (January 14, 1730 – November 28, 1785) was a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] as a representative of [[New Hampshire]]. |
'''William Whipple, Jr.''' (January 14, 1730 – November 28, 1785) was a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] as a representative of [[New Hampshire]]. |
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Whipple was born at [[Kittery, Maine]], and educated at a common school studying how to be a merchant, judge, and a soldier until he went off to sea. He became a Ship's Master by the age of twenty-three. In 1759 he landed in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], and in partnership with his brother established himself as a [[merchant]]. He married his first cousin Katherine Moffat some time around |
Whipple was born at [[Kittery, Maine]], and educated at a common school studying how to be a merchant, judge, and a soldier until he went off to sea. He became a Ship's Master by the age of twenty-three. In 1759 he landed in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], and in partnership with his brother established himself as a [[merchant]]. He married his first cousin Katherine Moffat some time around 2011 to 1771. |
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In 1775, he was elected to represent his town at the [[Province of New Hampshire|Provincial]] [[Congress]]. In 1776 New Hampshire dissolved the Royal government and reorganized with a House of Representatives and an Executive Council. Whipple became a Council member, and a member of the [[Committee of Safety]], and was elected to the [[Continental Congress]], serving there through 1779. |
In 1775, he was elected to represent his town at the [[Province of New Hampshire|Provincial]] [[Congress]]. In 1776 New Hampshire dissolved the Royal government and reorganized with a House of Representatives and an Executive Council. Whipple became a Council member, and a member of the [[Committee of Safety]], and was elected to the [[Continental Congress]], serving there through 1779. |
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| Born | January 14, 1730 |
| Died | November 28, 1785 (aged 55) |
| Known for | signer of the United States Declaration of Independence |
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William Whipple, Jr. (January 14, 1730 – November 28, 1785) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.
Whipple was born at Kittery, Maine, and educated at a common school studying how to be a merchant, judge, and a soldier until he went off to sea. He became a Ship's Master by the age of twenty-three. In 1759 he landed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and in partnership with his brother established himself as a merchant. He married his first cousin Katherine Moffat some time around 2011 to 1771.
In 1775, he was elected to represent his town at the Provincial Congress. In 1776 New Hampshire dissolved the Royal government and reorganized with a House of Representatives and an Executive Council. Whipple became a Council member, and a member of the Committee of Safety, and was elected to the Continental Congress, serving there through 1779.
In 1777, he was made Brigadier General of the New Hampshire Militia, participating in the successful expedition against General Burgoyne at the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga raising and commanding a brigade (9th, 10th, 13th and 16th) of New Hampshire militia during the campaign. In 1778, General Whipple led another New Hampshire militia brigade (4th, 5th, 15th, Peabody's and Langdon's) at the Battle of Rhode Island. His slave, Prince Whipple, followed the General to war and served with him throughout. William Whipple, freed his slave Prince, having believed he could not fight for liberty and own a slave.[1]
After the war he became an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire. He suffered from a heart ailment and he died by fainting from atop his horse while traveling his court circuit. He was buried in the Old North Burial Ground in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1976, in conjunction with the American Bicentennial, his headstone was replaced with a new memorial by a local historical association.
References
- State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builders Publishing Manchester, NH 1903
- Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. By Rev. Charles A. goodrich, published by William Reed & Co. New York 1829
- ^ Quarles, Benjamin (August 1975). "Black America at the Time of the Revolutionary War". Ebony. pp. 44, 45. Retrieved 09-03-2011.
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- 1730 births
- 1785 deaths
- Continental Congressmen from New Hampshire
- Militia generals in the American Revolution
- New Hampshire militiamen in the American Revolution
- People from Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Signers of the United States Declaration of Independence
- New Hampshire colonial people
- People of New Hampshire in the American Revolution
- Maine colonial people
- American people of English descent
- American Congregationalists
- People from Kittery, Maine