Esther Whipple

Nehemiah Millard, the son of Robert, married first Judith Mason and secondly, Phoebe Shores who was born in Lynn Mass April 20, 1674, the Daughter of Jonathan and Priscilla (Hawthorne) Shores. The Daughter of Nehemiah and Phoebe named Esther married Benjamin Whipple.

The connection of Esther to Nehemiah is undeniable for there are records that Benjamin Whipple and Esther Millard sold the same property that Robert Millard had sold to Benjamin Whipple at an earlier date.

Living 10 Sept. 1777; m. at Providence, R.I., 25 Dec. 1734, as his second wife, Benjamin Whipple, b. there 11 Nov. 1688, d. N. Providence, 27 Apr. 1788, son of Benjamin and Ruth (Mathewson) Whipple. Eight children by Esther, born at Providence. He m. (1) 11 Nov. 1722, Sarah Bernon, dau. Of Gabriel Bernon. (

A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families, 1873, by Henry E. Whipple, pp. 15-16) On 10 Sept. 1777, Esther Whipple (her mark), wife of Benjamin Whipple, surrendered her right of dower and power of thirds in 63 acres and a dwelling house in Providence which her husband had earlier deeded to his son Benjamin Whipple Jr. (Providence, R. I. Deeds, Vol. 19, p. 307) For other Whipple deeds see discussion above.