John Whipple (settler)

[6] In 1658 he sold his homestead and lands in Dorchester to George Minot and moved with his family to Providence, where he was received as a purchaser on 27 July 1659.

[2] In 1669 and again in 1670 he was paid for allowing the Providence Town Council to meet at his house,[7] probably referring to his tavern for which he was later granted a license in 1674.

[2] He held a number of positions in Providence, including treasurer in 1668, surveyor in 1670 and 1671, selectman in 1670 and 1674, and moderator in 1676.

[12] Whipple's tenth child, prominent merchant Joseph Whipple, married Alice Smith, and his youngest child, Jonathan, married first Margaret Angell, the daughter of Thomas Angell, and secondly a woman named Anne.

[14] Another great-grandson, Stephen Hopkins was a governor of the colony, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.