Matthew Whipple

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 337

• Maj Matthew Whipple
• Birth: Dec. 20, 1658 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Jan. 28, 1739 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Family links:
• Parents:
• John Whipple (1625 - 1683)
• Martha Reynor Reyner Whipple (1635 - 1679)
• Spouse:
• Joanna Appleton Whipple (1663 - 1696)
• Children:
  • John Whipple (1689 - 1781)*
• Sibling:
• Matthew Whipple (1658 - 1739)
• Susannah Whipple Lane (1662 - 1713)*
• Note: Burial - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusettes
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 62627165
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62627165 _____________
• WHIPPLE, Matthew
• b. 20 DEC 1658 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• Family:
• Spouse: DENISON, Martha
• b. 1 MAR 1667/8 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: DENISON, John
• Mother: SYMONDS, Martha
• Family:
• Marriage: ABT 1688 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• Spouse:APPLETON, Joanna
• Children:
  • WHIPPLE, John
  • WHIPPLE, William
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_6a.htm#5 ________________
• History and genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts : his English ancestors and American descendants by Whipple, Blaine
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• The children of Matthew and presumably Joan (maybe Stephens) Whipple were born and married in Essex County, England. Following are their christening dates:
  • i. Anne (Anna), 9-1-1583; married John Pepper, 1-13-1605/06.
  • ii. Margaret, 3-26-1585; buried, 2-13-1607/08; married Laurence Arthur, 7-5-1603.
  • iii. Jane (Jana), 9-13-1587; married (1) Henry Caldam, 1613, (2) Edward Feast, 1618 or 1619.
  • iv. Matthew, abt 1590; died, Ipswich, Mass. 9-28-1647; married (1) Anne Hawkins, 5-7-1622, (2) Rose Chute 11-13-1646 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
  • v. Elizabeth, 4-14-1594, married Isaac Green, 9-3-1618.
  • vi. John, 8-29-1596, died Ipswich, Mass. 6-30-1669; married (1) Susanna (probably Stacy), 1620, (2) Janet Dickinson after 1662 in Ipswich.
  • vii. Mary (Maria) abt 1599; died before 2-26-1663; married Richard Baker, 1625.
  • viii. Amy, 1-20-1605; married William Hoston, 10-31-1626.
• Both a Jane and Johane are in Matthew's Will written in 1616. Johane is not in the parish records.
• Information on the Matthew Whipple, Sr. family is sketchy but enough is known to establish the beginning. Parents of Matthew and his wife Joan have not been identified. The Margaret Whipple buried in Bocking2 June 13, 1577 is presumed to be Matthew's mother.3 .... etc.
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• John1 Whipple (MatthewA) baptized 29 August 1596 in Bocking, Essex County, England; died 30 June 1669 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married (1) Susanna (probably Stacey) abt 1620 at Bocking; died after 13 July 1661 in Ipswich, Massachusetts (2) the widow Janet (Jennet) Dickinson after 1662 at Ipswich. A clothier, John appears to have emmigrated in 1638. He farmed and engaged in several business ventures, was an eight term delegate to the general court, Ipswich clerk of writs for several terms, deacon and ruling elder of the Ipswich church.
• Children of John and Susannah Whipple, all but Sarah born in Bocking:
  • i. Susanna, born 1 July 1622; married Lionel Worth in Ipswich.
  • ii. John, born 11 January 1623/24; buried 4 August 1624 in Bocking.
  • iii. John (Captain), born 21 December 1625; died 10 August 1683 in Ipswich; married (1) Martha Reynor, (2) Elizabeth (Coggswell) Paine, both in Ipswich
  • iv. Elizabeth, born 1 November 1627; died 15 December 1648 without issue; married Anthony Potter in Ipswich.
  • v. Matthew, born 7 October 1628; died 12 October 1634 in Bocking.
  • vi. William, born October
  • vii. Anne, born 2 June 1633; died 4 May 1634 in Bocking.
  • viii. Mary, born 20 February 1634; died 2 June 1720 in Watertown, Mass.; married Simon Stone in Watertown.
  • ix. Judith, born August 1636; died 27 June 1637 in Bocking.
  • x. Matthew; born 17 February 1637/38; died 30 Mar 1637/38 in Bocking.
  • xi. Sarah, born 3 November 1641 in Ipswich; died there 23 July 1681; married Joseph Goodhue in Ipswich.
• JOHN'S FIRST MARRIAGE is not listed in St. Mary's parish register. Some genealogists have identified his wife as Sarah Hawkins, others as Susannah Stacy or Clark. It seems more plausible to this author that is was Susannah Stacy or Clark. Hawkins has been proposed by those who claim that the Whipple brothers married Hawkins sisters. Sarah and Ann Hawkins were married in Bocking in 1622; Anne to Matthew Whipple on May 7 and Sarah to William Coppin on September 26. .... etc.
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• John2 Whipple (John1, MatthewA) baptized 25 December 1625 in Bocking, Essex County, England; died 10 August 1683 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married (1) Martha Reyner about 1653 at Ipswich. She died 24 February 1679 in Ipswich (2) Mrs. Elizabeth (Cogswell) Paine 28 June 1680 at Ipswich. John emigrated to Massachusetts Bay colony in 1638 with his parents when he was almost 13 years old. He was an entrepreneur and started a number of business in Ipswich. He was an officer in King Philip's War, served as selectman, Essex county treasurer, and Ipswich's representative to the general court for four years between 1674-1683. He left an estate of £3,000. John and Elizabeth had no children.
• Children of John and Martha Whipple, all born in Ipswich:
  • i. John (Major), born 15 July 1657; died 12 June 1722 in Ipwich; married Kathrin Layton 6 June 1681.
  • ii. Matthew (Major), born in 1658; died 28 January 1739 in Ipswich; married (1) about 1684 Jemima Lane (2) Johanna Appleton about 1688 (3) Mrs. Martha Denison) Thing 11 June 1697. He and Johanna were the grandparents of Gen. William Whipple who signed the Declaration of Independence for New Hampshire.
  • iii. Susanna, born in 1661; died 4 August 1713 in Billerica, Mass; married Major John Lane 2 January 1681.
  • iv. Joseph, born 6 March 1664; died in August 1665 in Ipswich.
  • v. Joseph, born 8 June 1666; died 11 May 1699 in Ipswich; married Mary Symonds 10 December 1697.
  • vi. Sarah, born 2 September 1671; died 16 March 1709 in Ipswich; married Col. Francis Wainwright 12 March 1686. no children.
• .... etc. _____________
• The Presentation of the Portraits of General Whipple, Signer of the ... By Grand Army of the Republic. Storer Post (Portsmouth, N.H.), Joseph Foster
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• General William Whipple, of Portsmouth, N. H., signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born January 14th, 1730, in Kittery, Me. He was the son of Captain William Whipple, senior, of Kittery, grandson of Major Matthew Whipple* of Ipswich, Mass., great grand-son of Captain John Whipple, and great-great grandson of Elder John Whipple, both also of Ipswich.
  • * Major Matthew Whipple, of Ipswich, Mass., grandfather of General William Whipple, is stated in the Appendix to "The Presentation of Flags to the Schools of Portsmouth, N. H.," Portsmouth, 1890, page 20, to have been a grandson of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich (brother of Elder John Whipple), through his son John. As both brothers, Matthew and John, had sons John, "these three Johns are grievously confounded by most writers who have noticed them," and following the authority there quoted the mistake occurred. It is now corrected on the authority of a scarce pamphlet, entitled "A brief Genealogy of the Whipple Family,' compiled by John H. Boutelle of Woburn, for Oliver M. Whipple, Esq., of Lowell, Mass., Lowell, 1857, where "the earlier generations especially have been traced through, and several important points, hitherto wrongly printed, are now satisfactorily investigated," as stated in the "N. E. H. G. Register," vol. XI, page 360.
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• "The Whipple family in this country undoubtedly descended from Matthew Whipple of Bocking, county Essex, England, a clothier. Will of December 19th, 1616, probated January 28th, 1618, mentions son Matthew, son John, daughters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Anne [Amce?], Johane, Amye ; 'my sister, wife of Richard Rathbone; Hercules Stephens, grandchildren Hercules and Margaret Arthur, and Henry and Anne Coldham [Caldham]'.
• The two brothers, Matthew and John, who were settled at Ipswich some time before 1638, were probably the sons mentioned above. They settled at the 'Hamlet,' now the town of Hamilton. John was a deacon or ruling elder of the First Church. He was freeman 1640, and representative for eight years between that and 1653. By first wife he had children- Mary, John, Susanna, Sarah, and probably others."
• ("N. E. fl. G. Register," Vol. XLII, pp. 99-100.)
• .... etc.
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• It is said in the Virginia branch of the Whipple family, that a history of the family from the time of William the Conqueror down to the time of Col. John Whipple of Prince Rupert's division of the Cavaliers, who emigrated to Virginia in 1662, can be found in the ancient Library at Birmingham, England, where the Dugdale and Thorpe MSS. are deposited, which manuscripts give a full account of the aristocratic Colonial families, and were collected by G. P. R. James while British consul at Norfolk, Virginia.
• This history relates, it is further said, that the Whipple family originated with Henri De V : Hippie, a gentleman of Normandy of the Vale de Suere (or Vale de Suede). For his gallantry he was granted the manorial estates of Wraxall — taking the name of Wraxall. Richard Wraxall— that is, Richard de V: Hippie — was knighted on the battlefield of Agincourt, and given the motto : "Fidele et Brave." Leaving Wraxall on account, of persecution, the name of De V: Hippie was resumed. which in the time of Henry VII. (1485-1509), was anglicized into Whipple.
  • In America.
• "We learn that there were three of the name of Whipple who settled early in New England : Matthew and John (born about 1605), brothers, settled in Ipswich, in that part called the Hamlet, since Hamilton [If these two brothers are identical with Matthew and John Whipple, sons of Matthew Whipple of Bocking, England, good reasons for believing which have been given, both were doubtless born earlier than 1605 ; Matthew must have been of age in 1616, when appointed executor of his father's will, and was therefore probably born several years before 1595. Matthew died September 8, 1647, and John died June 30, 1669. ages not known.] The other, named David, settled In Rhode Island on a hill called Study Hill [No connection between him and the Ipswich family has been traced]"
• "Matthew Whipple settled early in Ipswich Hamlet: (Land was granted to him in 1638. His house was sold July 10, 1647, to John Annable, tailor.— J. B. Felt.) His will, dated 3m. 7d., 1645 [of which an abstract is printed in the "Antiquarian Papers," Ipswich, Mass., April 1884], is on record at the Register of Deeds for the county of Essex, in which he mentions his eldest son, John, sons Matthew and Joseph, and daughters [Mary — see abstract] Anna and Elizabeth. He leaves to his eldest, John, one half of his estate; the other half to his two youngest sons Matthew and Joseph. He left wife Rose (Chute?), whom he married (Nov. 13. 1646 ?). His children were by a former wife. He died September 8, 1647."
• ("A brief Genealogy of the Whipple family," Lowell, Mass , 1857, page 3.)
  • Elder John Whipple.
• Elder John Whipple, great great grand-father of General William Whipple, "resided at the Hamlet [part of Ipswich, now Hamilton, Mass.], and was Deacon and Ruling Eider of the First Church. [Edward Johnson (in his" Wonder-Working Providence", London, 1654, reprinted in 'Massachusetts Historical Collections", 2d series) "mentions Mr. Whipple" (Vol. IV. , page 25), "as 'one, whose godly sincerity is much approved.' " — "Felt's Ipswich," page 159.] He and his brother Matthew sustained various offices of trust. He was born about 1605 [or earlier — see above] "
• .... etc.
• "He had two wives, [Sarah (wife of John Whipple) who died June 14, 1658, stated in "Felts Ipswich" page 159, to have been the wife of Elder John Whipple, was probably the wife of his nephew John, — "Whipple Genealogy", pp. 4, 13] his children were by his first wife. His will is dated May 10, 1669 ; his son Cornet John, Executor."
• "He left a widow Jennett (first husband Thomas Dickinson) whose will is on record at the Probate Office, Suffolk, Vol. 11, page 85, and children John, Susannah, relict of Lionel Worth, Mary Stone, Sarah Goodhue, and Anthony Potter, son-in-law." ["Savage" adds a daughter "Elizabeth", who, he says "married perhaps Anthony Potter."]
• Sarah, just mentioned, "married Joseph Goodhue [of Ipswich], July, 1661, died July 23, 1681". [She was born in 1641 , the youngest daughter of Elder John Whipple, and her well known pious valedictory to her husband and children, first printed at Cambridge, New England, in 1681, was reprinted at Salem, Mass.,
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• in 1770, and again in the "Antiquarian Papers," Ipswich. Mass., December, 1880, and January, 1881.]
• Elder John Whipple "died June 30 1669, and his Inventory is on file at the Probate office, Essex, presented by his son Cornet John Whipple (afterwards Capt. John Whipple) September 28, 1669".
• ("Whipple Genealogy," pp 3-4, -29-30.)
  • Captain John Whipple.
• "John Whipple (Captain), [John] born about 1626; died August 10, 1683; son of Elder John Whipple. He was sometimes called Junior, Cornet, and Captain." [He was freeman 1668, and "Representative 1674,1679-1683". - "Savage."] "He was appointed a Captain of a troop to march for Marlborough against the enemy, &c. His prospects for honor and usefulness were promising at the time of his death" "His estate was valued at £3000." He married first Martha Reyner (a daughter of Humphrey Reyner) born —— , died February 24, 1679; second, Elizabeth Paine, June 28, 1680."
• Children [all by first wife]. John (Major) born July 15, 1657, married June 26, 1681, Catharine Layton, who died August 16, 1702, aged 62, he died June 12, 1722. Matthew, born 1658. Joseph, born March 6, 1664, died in infancy August 1665. Joseph (2d) born June 8, 1666. Susan, married —— Lane [Susanna, married John Lane, March 20, 1680,— "Savage"]. Sarah, born September 2, 1671, married Francis Wainwright March 12, 1686, died March 16, 1709, aged 38. Anna, born October 29, 1675 (?)
• ("Whipple Genealogy," p. 30.)
• "Captain John Whipple, son of 'Elder' John, born in Essex, England, about 1626, . . . was appointed Cornet of the Ipswich Troop before 1675 [1663— "N. E H. G. Register," Vol. XXXVII, page 285] and Captain in 1683 in place of Capt. John Appleton. He was Lieutenant in Capt. Paige's Troop at Mount Hope, June, 1675 [King Philip's War], and was appointed Captain of a troop raised for service under Major Savage in March, 1676 [in the same war] ; was with the army in the unsuccessful maneuvering of that campaign."
• ("N. E. H. G. Register," Vol. XLII, p. 100.) _______________________
• Proceedings of the New Hampshire Historical Society, Volume 2
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• Among the children of Elder John, was Capt. John Whipple, born about 1626, who died August 10, 1683. His prospects for honor and usefulness were promising; at the time of his death. His estate was valued at £3,000. He was lieutenant in Captain Page's troop at Mount Hope, June 1675, in King Phillip's War, and captain of a troop raised for service under Major Savage, in March, 1676. He, too, had a son Joseph. Among his children was Maj. Matthew Whipple, born 1658, who died, January 28, 1739. He also had a son Joseph, also a son William, by his first wife, Joanna Appleton — daughter of Samuel Appleton, 2d. Maj. Matthew Whipple was a man of prominence, representative in 1718, 1719, and 1729, and a justice of the sessions court. His said son William, — afterwards captain — was born February 28„ 1695. He followed the sea for a while, and May 14, 1722, married Mary, the eldest daughter of Robert Cutt, 2d. She was born December 26, 1698, and died February 24, 1783, and on her stone in the Old North cemetery in Portsmouth, among other things, is this record : "Her religion was without ostentation, and her charity unlimited." This couple were the parents of Col. Joseph Whipple. Colonel Whipple's maternal ancestors, we find to have made history, — and mothers not infrequently stamp their lineage, for several generations, upon their sons as indelibly as do the fathers. .... etc. _______________________
• History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton By Joseph Barlow Felt
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• 1647, Sept. 28th. Matthew Whipple d. l. He left a wife, Rose, whom he had m. Nov. 13th, 1646, and children by a former wife, deceased, John, Matthew, Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Elizabeth, and a brother, John. Land was granted him, 1638, in the Hamlet, where he resided. His house was sold July 10th, 1647, to John Annable, tailor. He held the chief offices in town, and was on some of its most important committees.
• .... etc.
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• 1683, Aug. 10th. John, son of Matthew Whipple, d. at the Hamlet. He m. Elizabeth Woodman, May 5th, 1659, who survived him. He left children, Susan Lane, Sarah, John, Matthew, and Joseph. His estate was £3,000. He held principal offices of the town, was feoffee of the Grammar School, and Representative to the General Court in 1674, 1679, 1682, 1683. — 1676, Feb. 21st. He is appointed by the Legislature, as Captain of a troop, to march for Marlborough against the enemy. — 1677, July 8th. He had been lately with a troop to fight Indians at Salisbury. — 1683, April 10th. He was County Treasurer. His fair and expanding prospect of usefulness and honor could not delay his exit.
• .... etc.
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• 1739, Jan. 28th. Matthew Whipple, of the Hamlet, d. in his eightieth year. He m. Martha, daughter of John, and granddaughter of General Dennison. She d. Sept. 12th, 1728, in her sixtieth year. Mr. Whipple left children, Matthew, John, William, who was of Kittery in 1730, where his son William was born, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Brigadier-General at the capture of Burgoyne; — Joseph, settled in the ministry at Hampton Falls, and Martha Hartshorne. He had a malt-house and oat-mill, in which he carried on much business. To his mulatto servant he gave
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• freedom. He bequeathed his house and lands to Matthew and John. Estate £3500. He held several offices in the town, was Justice of the Sessions Court, Representative in 1718, 1719, 1729. He was an energetic, useful, and respected townsman.
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• The Soldiers' Memorial. Portsmouth, N.H., 1893-1921: Storer Post, No. 1 ... By Joseph Foster
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• General William Whipple, of Portsmouth, N. H., signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born January 14th 1730, in Kittery, Me. He was the son of William Whipple, senior, of Kittery, and great-great grandson of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Mass.
• "Matthew Whipple, born about 1605, died Sept. 28, 1647; came from Essex, England. Received a grant of land in 1638 in Ipswich Hamlet, Mass. [which was incorporated as the town of Hamilton 21st June, 1793] where he resided and held the principal offices. He had a brother John [also a prominent citizen of Ipswich Hamlet, Mass.—See Felt's Ipswich, Cambridge, 1834, p. 159] who died in 1669, and probably a brother David who settled in Rhode Island."—(Penhallow Family, Boston, 1885, p. 19.)
• Matthew Whipple 'left a wife, Rose, whom he had married November 13, 1646, and children by a former wife, deceased, John, Matthew, Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Elizabeth." "His house was sold July 10, 1647, to John Annable, tailor."—(Felt, p. 157.)
• Matthew Whipple's son Joseph, was great-great-great-great grandfather of Major General Amiel Weeks Whipple, 3d Div. 3rd Army Corps, Major Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, of Portsmouth, born in Greenwich, Mass., in 1818, who died of wounds received at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 7, 1863, aged 45 years, and whose remains rest in Proprietor's Cemetery, Portsmouth.— (Penhallow Family, p. 19.)
• "John Whipple, senior [Matthew] of the Hamlet, died Nov. 22, 1695. He was son of Matthew, [and was] baptized in Essex, England, Sept. 6, 1632. he was Lieutenant of a troop, held town offices, was Deputy to the General Court in 1674, 1679, 1682, 1683. He married a daughter (Mary) of Humphrey Reyner of Rowley. She survived him. He left children, John, Matthew, Joseph, Cyprian, Mary, Anna, Sarah, Elizabeth and Hannah. Estate £1639, 16 s."—(Felt p. 170.)
• "Matthew Whipple, [John, Matthew] of the Hamlet, died January 28, 1739, in his eightieth year, He married Martha, daughter of john, and grand daughter of General Denison. [Major General Daniel Denison of Ipswich, born in England in 1612, who died Sept. 20, 1682, in Ipswich, was for eleven years Major General of the colony, and very prominent in colonial affairs.—See Denison Memorial, Ipswich, Mass., 1882] She died Sept 12, 1728, in her sixtieth year. Mr. Whipple left children, Matthew, John, William, who was of Kittery in 1730, where his son William was born, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Brigadier General at the capture of Burgoyne;—Joseph, settled in the ministry at Hampton Falls, and Martha Hartshorne. He had a malt-house and oat-mill, in which he carried on much business. To his mulatto servant he gave freedom. He bequeathed his house and lands to Matthew and John. Estate £3500. He held several offices in the town, was Justice of the Sessions Court, Representative in 1718, 1719, 1729. He was an energetic, useful and respected townsman."— (Ibid, pp. 176-177.)
• William Whipple senior, (Matthew, John, Matthew,) "malster, seaman, and afterwards farmer," married Mary, eldest daughter of Robert Cutt (2d) and granddaughter of Robert Cutt (1st), both of Kittery, Maine.
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• William senior, and Mary (Cutt) Whipple had five children.
• 1. William, after whom the Whipple School is named, as first proposed by the writer in the Portsmouth DAILY EVENING TIMES, of 13 May, 1890.
• 2. Robert Cutt, who died 4 May 1761, aged 25 years, and whose stone stands near his father's in the Kittery Point cemetery.
• 3. Joseph, Colonel, and Collector of Customs for the port of Portsmouth, who resided in the house then and now standing at the northeast corner of State and Chestnut Streets, Portsmouth (No. 79 State St.) He died 26 February 1816, aged 78 years. Hannah, wife of Joseph Whipple died 30 January 1811, aged 75 years. They had no children.
• 4. Mary, born in 1730, who married Robert Trail, born in the Orkney Islands, a distinguished merchant of Portsmouth, comptroller of the Port until the Revolution and afterward Collector of the Island of Bermudas, who resided in the house then and now standing at the southwest corner of State and Fleet streets, (No. 82 State street). She survived her husband and died 3 October, 1791, aged 61 years. Their [only] daughter Mary married Keith Spence, Esq., whom she survived, and died January 10, 1824, aged 69. Robert and Mary (Whipple) Trail were the ancestors of the late Commodore Charles Whipple Pickering, U. S. Navy, of Portmouth, N. H., who died 29 February, 1888, at St. Augustine, Florida; and of James Russell Lowell, poet and essayist, Professor of modern languages and belles lettres at Harvard University and U. S. Minister to Spain and England, born 22 February, 1819, in Cambridge, Mass., whose father Rev. Charles Lowell born 15 August, 1782 in Boston, married Harriet, daughter of Captain Robert T. Spence, U. S. Navy, of Portsmouth, N. H., and died in Cambridge, Mass., 20 January, 1861.
• 5. Hannah, born in 1734, married Dr. Joshua Bracket, an eminent and highly esteemed physician of Portsmouth, born in Greenland, N. H., in May, 1733, died in Portsmouth, 17 July, 1802. They resided on State street, in the house nearly opposite the Unitarian church (No. 67) which was formerly much larger that at present, and the grounds extended back as far as Congress street. She died 24 April, 1805, aged 71. They had no children.
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• The Presentation of Flags to the Schools of Portsmouth, N. H.: October 9th, 1890
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• SAME AS The Soldiers' Memorial. Portsmouth, N.H., 1893-1921: Storer Post, No. 1 ... By Joseph Foster ______________________