Rebecca Whipple

Born Rebecca Brown about 1640. Married first John Scott in 1662;
married second John Whipple 15 Apr 1678.[1] Mother of Sylvanus Scott, born 1672.

Birth about 07 Mar 1639 [citation needed]

Death: about 15 Dec 1700 [citation needed]

NOTES

It is believed that Rebecca's maiden name was actually Brown before she married John Scott and that she is the daughter of John Brown. Also that she was born in 1642 at Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [2]

Rebecca was born about 1639. She passed away about 1700.

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Profile last modified 7 Jan 2020 | Created 27 Jan 2014

Rebecca Whipple formerly Brown aka Scott

Born 1640 in Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of John Scott — married 1661 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Wife of John Whipple Jr. — married 15 Apr 1678 [location unknown]

Mother of John Scott, Catherine Scott, Mary (Scott) Davis, Sarah Scott, Deborah Scott, Sylvanus Scott, Deliverance (Whipple) Arnold and Dorothy (Whipple) Arnold

Died 1701 in Providence, Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Sources

↑ U.S., New England Marriages prior to 1700 ↑ David Jillson, "Descendants of Capt. John Whipple, of Providence, R.I.," New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 32 (1878): 404. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8K5-6LC : 6 December 2014), John Whipple and Rebeccah Scott, 28 Mar 1678; citing Providence,Providence,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 915,075. Acknowledgments

Thank you to Barry Meadows for creating Brown-23002 on 6 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Barry and others. Thank you to Kathleen Higgins for creating WikiTree profile Scott-6659 through the import of Mosher_2013-02-16.ged on Feb 16, 2013.

Cousin information

John Scott Sr. was born in 1640 in Providence, Rhode Island. His parents were Richard SCOTT and Katherine MARBURY. He married Rebecca BROWN about 1659 in Smithfield, Providence County, RI. In Bodge’s “Soldier’s in King Philip’s War”, it appears that John served from June 1675 to August 1676. John was shot by an Indian at the time of King Phillip’s War, being wounded in his own house door at Pawtucket Ferry and lingering on, dying about 1 June 1677 in Providence, RI. As neither John nor his father are in ” A List of the inhabitants who Tarried in Providence during Philip’s War—1675,” it appears probable that the entire Moshasuck quaker settlement went to Newport during that struggle, and that John Scott and his family returned too soon for safety.

Rebecca BROWN was born in 1640. Most genealogies state that Rebecca was born in Providence, RI. However, her family lived up north in Hampton, New Hampshire. Either the birthplace is wrong or Rebecca had different parents. Her parents may have been John BROWN and Sarah WALKER. [Not a known child of them, & this John & Sarah Brown may have married as late as 1642].

After John died, the widow Rebecca remained in Providence, and took up the task of straightening out her late husband’s affairs, a task to which was soon added the tangled affairs of her father-in-law, Richard Scott. There she married, 15 Apr 1678, John Whipple, Jr., who was one of the prominent men in the Providence colony, and had held nearly every office in the gift of the town, from constable to town clerk and moderator of the Town Meeting. He became blind, and several years thereafter, Dec. 15, 1700, he died.

Jan. 7, 1701, the widow Rebecca Whipple presented a will to the Town Council for probate, and was appointed administrator of her husband’s estate, but delayed the settlement for nearly a year, until she and John Whipple’s daughters and their husbands, on the one part, forced a deed of partition with young John Whipple, on the other part.

Children of John and Rebecca all born in Providence, probably at Moshasuck:

1. 1. Sarah Scott 29 Sep 1662 Providence, Rhode Island Robert Westgate c. 1684 Newport, RI. 23 SEP 1723 Providence, RI
2. 2. John SCOTT Jr. 14 Mar 1663/64 in Providence Elizabeth WANTON 16 Sep 1688 Newport, RI 1725 Newport, Rhode Island
3. 3. Mary Scott 1 FEB 1665/66 Providence Joshua Davis 1686 Newport, RI 1734 East Greenwich, RI
4. 4. Catherine Scott 20 MAY 1668 Providence 1715
5. 5. Rebecca Deborah Scott 20 DEC 1669 Providence bef. 1684
6. 6. Major Sylvanus Scott 10 NOV 1672 Providence Joanna Jenckes (Jonckes) c. 1692 Providence, RI 13 JAN 1741/42 Providence

Children of Rebecca and John Whipple:

1. 7. Deliverance Whipple 11 Feb 1678/79 Providence, RI William Arnold 1705 Warwick, RI 5 Jan 1765/66
2. 8. Dorthy Whipple c. 1680 19 Sep 1728

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• Rebecca Browne Scott
• Birth: 1640 Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• Death: Dec. 15, 1700 Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• Rebecca Browne Scott died in 1700 and is buried at an unknown location in Providence County, Rhode Island.
• Family links:
• Spouse:
• John Scott (1635 - 1677)
• Children:
  • Silvanus Scott (1672 - 1742)*
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 131733738
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131733738 _____________
• BROWN, Rebecca
• b. 1642 Providence Co., RI.
• d. 15 DEC 1700 Providence Co., RI.
• Family:
• Marriage: ABT 1659 Providence Co., RI.
• Spouse: SCOTT, John
• b. 1640 Providence Co., RI.
• d. 1 JUN 1677 Providence Co., RI.
• Parents:
• Father: SCOTT, Richard
• Mother: MARBURY, Katherine
• Children:
  • SCOTT, Sarah
  • SCOTT, John
  • SCOTT, Mary
  • SCOTT, Catherine b. 20 MAY 1668 Providence Co., RI.
  • SCOTT, Deborah b. 20 DEC 1669 Providence Co., RI.
  • SCOTT, Sylvanus
• Family:
• Marriage: 15 APR 1678 Providence Co., RI.
• Spouse:WHIPPLE, John
• Children:
  • WHIPPLE, Deliverance
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_e1.htm#16 ______________
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1906 Volume LX.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=0NZ3KVrMcb8C&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&d...
• https://archive.org/details/newenglandhistor1906wate
• https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhistor1906wate#page/173/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• John3 Scott, who survived King Philip's War, had married, about 1661, Rebecca Browne. .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhistor1906wate#page/174/mode/1up
• .... He was acquiring property and rapidly becoming a prosperous citizen when he was shot by an Indian, on his own doorstep, and mortally wounded, dying in a few days, about June 1, 1677. .... etc.
• The children of John3 and Rebecca, all born in Providence, probably a Moshasuck, were:
  • 1. SARAH,4 b. Sept. 29, 1662/
  • 2. JOHN, b. March 14, 1664: d. 1725; m. Elizabeth Wanton.
  • 3. MARY, b. Feb. 1, 1666; d. 1734.
  • 4. CATHARINE, b. May 20, 1668.
  • 5. REBECCA, b. Dec. 20, 1668; d. young.
  • 6. SILVANUS, b. Nov. 20, 1772; d. Jan. 13, 1712; m. Joanna Jenckes.
• .... etc.
• The widow Rebecca remained in Providence, and took up the task of straightening out her late husband's affairs, a task to which was soon added the tangled affairs of her father-in-law, Richard Scott: and there she married, April 15, 1678, John Whipple, Jr., who was one of the prominent men in the Providence colony, and had held nearly every office in the gif? of the town, from constable to town clerk and moderator of the Town Meeting. He became blind, and several years thereafter, Dec. 15, 1700 he died. .... etc. _________________
• John Whipple (c. 1617 - 1685)[2] was an early settler of Dorchester in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who later settled in Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, where the family became well established.
• .... etc.
• Whipple wrote his will on 8 May 1682, and it was proved three years later on 27 May 1685. His wife had died in 1666, aged about 42,[1] and he and his wife were buried on their own land, but were later moved to the North Burial Ground after its opening in 1700.[2]
• With his wife Sarah, Whipple had 11 children, the first eight born in Dorchester, and the remainder born in Providence.[5] His oldest son, John, married first Mary Olney, the daughter of Thomas Olney and Mary Small, and secondly Rebecca Scott, the widow of John Scott (son of Richard Scott and Catharine Marbury).[2] .... etc.
• A grandson of Whipple, Joseph Whipple, Jr. became deputy governor of the colony, and a great grandson, Joseph Whipple, III, was also a deputy governor.[9] 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.
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whipple_(settler) ______________
• Genealogical notes of the Whipple-Hill families, together with fragmentary records of other families by Hill, John Whipple
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalnote00hill
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalnote00hill#page/31/mode/1up
• Children of John (1) and Sarah Whipple:
  • 2. I. JOHN, born at Dorchester, 1640, and baptized March 9, 1641; died December 15, 1700. He lived in Providence, and held various civil offices. He was town-clerk of Providence in 1670-71-78 and 1681; town-treasurer in 1668 and 1683; a member of the town-council in 1674-81-82; a member of the general assembly in 1669-70-74-77-81-82-84-86-90. December 4, 1663, he married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Small) Olney, who died in 1676. April 15, 1678, he married Rebecca, widow of John Scott, who died in 1701.
  • 3. .... etc. _________________
• A brief genealogy of the Whipple families : who settled in Rhode Island. In two parts by Whipple, Henry E.
• https://archive.org/details/briefgenealogyof00whip
• https://archive.org/stream/briefgenealogyof00whip#page/n13/mode/1up
• Pg.6
• John Whipple, No. 1, one of the early settlers at Providence, Rhode Island, was born in England about the year 1616 or 17, and died May 16th. 1685; aged about 68 years.
• .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/briefgenealogyof00whip#page/n14/mode/1up
• Pg.7
• He married his wife, Sarah, at Dorchester, about the year 1639 — 40. His wife was born at Dorchester, about the year 1624, and died at Providence town, 1666; aged about 42 years. She could not have been over sixteen years of age when married. What her name was beside Sarah, we have no knowledge. Mr. Whipple and his wife, united with a church at Dorchester, in 1641. He was a house carpenter by trade, and owned a house, and forty or fifty acres of land, near (what is now called) Neponset village. He lived at Dorchester about eighteen years, and during this time there were born unto him six sons and two daughters.
• .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/briefgenealogyof00whip#page/n15/mode/1up
• Pg.8
• .... Mr. Whipple died May 16th, 1685. He and his wife were buried near his house, in a garden lot. But after several years they, and several others of his family were taken up and buried at the North Burying Place, and their tombstones can be seen there at this date, (1873.)
• https://archive.org/stream/briefgenealogyof00whip#page/n16/mode/1up
• Pg.9
• .... etc.
• CHILDREN OF JOHN WHIPPLE, AND SARAH HIS WIFE.
  • (No. 2.) John, born at Dorchester, about 1640.
  • .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/briefgenealogyof00whip#page/n19/mode/1up
• Pg.12
• JOHN WHIPPLE Jun. No. 2. (son of Capt. John Whipple Sen. of Providence) was born in Dorchester, Mass. He was baptized (or sprinkled) in 1641, March 9th. Mr. Whipple lived in the town of Providence ; and it appears was quite a popular man in his day. He held various Civil Offices under the Institutions of the young, but growing community. He was Town Clerk of Providence in 1670-71-78 and 81. He was Town Treasurer in 1668 and 83. Also one of the Town Council in 1674-81 and 82. And a member of the General Assembly in 1669-70-74-77-81-82-84-86 and 90. He married Mary Olney of Providence, Dec. 4th. 1663 ; and for his second wife Rebecca Scott the daughter of John Scott, Dec. 16th. 1674.
• https://archive.org/stream/briefgenealogyof00whip#page/n20/mode/1up
• Pg.13
• FIRST WIFE'S CHILD.
  • 10 JOHN, born at Providence, Oct. 2d. 1664.
• SECOND WIFE'S CHILDREN.
  • 11 ETHAN, born at Providence, Jan. 2nd. 1675.
  • DELIVERANCE, " " " Feb. 3d. 1678.
• .... etc. _________________
• A history of William Whipple of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Smithfield, Rhode Island,
• https://archive.org/details/historyofwilliam00whip
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofwilliam00whip#page/6/mode/1up
• Marriage and Family of Captain John Whipple
• .... etc.
• Within two years or so of becoming a landed proprietor, John was married to the 15 or 16-year-old Sarah— They, Darling, or Hutchinson.18 When or where Sarah was born is unknown. Information on her gravestone sets her birth at Dorchester in about 1624, but this is unlikely since only Plymouth Colony was in existence at that time. .... With the exception of David all were married and died in Providence Plantations.
  • i. John Whipple born about 1639, christened 1 Nov 1641; died 15 Dec 1700; married (1) Mary Olney, (2) Rebecca Scott
  • ii. .... etc. ____________________
• The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of ... By John Osborne Austin
• https://books.google.com/books?id=LA7ntaS11ocC&pg=PA329&lpg=PA329&d...
• Pg.221
  • WHIPPLE.
• JOHN, b. 1617 d. 1685, May 16. m. 1639 SARAH, b. 1624 d. 1666 ch:
  • I. JOHN, b. 1640 Providence, R. I. d. 1700, Dec. 15. m.(1) 1663, Dec. 4. MARY OLNEY of Thomas & Mary (Small) Olney ch: 1. Mary, 1665, Mar. 4., 2. John, 1666, Oct. 2., 3. Elnathan, 1675, Jan. 2. ; m.(2) 1678, Apr. 15. REBECCA SCOTT [w. of] d. 1701 ch: 4. Deliverance, 1678, Feb. 11., 5. Dorothy
  • .... etc. __________________
• Steere Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of John Steere, who Settled in ... By James Pierce Root
• https://books.google.com/books?id=Yz5VAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&d...
• Pg.183
• CAPT. JOHN WHIPPLE, Sen., was an early settler of Dorchester, Mass. He was born in England about 1616 or 1617, and emigrated from that counrty as early as 1632. His employment was that of a carpenter, having learned his trade with Josiah Stoughton. .... etc.
• Pg. 184
• .... He had married, about 1640, Sarah —— , born in Dorchester about 1624.
• Mrs. Sarah Whipple died in the year 1666, aged 42. Her husband died May 16, 1685, aged 68. His will was made May 8, 1685. He and his wife were first buried near his residence, but as this with other burial places were needed for public uses in the opening of Benefit Street, their remains were removed to the North Burial Ground, where their tombstones are to be seen.
• Children:
  • I. JOHN, baptized November 7, 1641; m., 1st, December 4, 1663, Mary Olney; 2d, April 15, 1678, Rebecca Scott, widow of John Scott. He d. December 15, 1700.
  • II. .... etc.
• Pg.185
• HON. JOHN WHIPPLE, eldest son of John, Sen., baptized in infancy, November 7, 1641, in Dorchester, Mass., came with his parents to Providence. He married, first, December 4, 1663, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Small) Olney, who died about 1676. He married, second, April 15, 1678, Rebecca Scott, widow of John Scott.
• .... etc.
• He became blind in his later years, as appears from the old council records in the proceedings relating to his will. He died December 10, 1700, and his wife presented a will of his that disinherited his only son John, but it was proved that he had stated that "he could not help doing as he had done, for he was now blind and he must do as other would have him," and expressed his desire not to disinherit his son but to help him if he could. The will was set aside because of undue influence on the part of his second wife.
• Children of John and Mary Whipple:
  • I. JOHN, b. October 2, 1664; m. Lydia Hoar.
  • II. MARY, b. March 4, 1665/6.
  • III. ELNATHAN, b. January 2, 1675; m. John Rice of Warwick.
• Children of John and Rebecca Whipple:
  • IV. DELIVERANCE, b. February 11, 1678/9; m. William Arnold.
  • V. DOROTHY, m. Malachi Rhodes.
• .... etc. __________________

While it is tradition that his parents Richard and Catherine Scott became Quakers, there is no evidence that John Scott converted.

8 Feb 1665 – John bought a house and four acres of land of George Palmer in Providence

1666 – Chosen deputy

30 May 1667 – Took the oath of allegience

3 Nov 1668 – Bought of Robert Williams, school master, a dwelling in Providence, including a home share, orchard and other lands. Again, he bought twenty acres of land of Thomas Clemence

27 Apr 1668- Juryman

1668 – Complained of a neighbor for “entering” upon a portion of his land.

1671 – At his request, the town voted “to lay out a highway to Mr. Blackstone’s river, where it may be most convenient.”

1671 – Paid taxes of 1-0-0

1 Jan 1671 – Bought, January 1, 1671, of Thomas Wilmot, of Rehoboth, forty-one and a half acres, half the tract called Reynolds Valley.

13 Oct 1671 Sold a house to Leonard Smith

1675 – The tradition seems to be well established that John Scott met his death by being shot by an Indian in the doorway of his own house. Roger Williams, in a letter to John Winthrop, Jr., dated June 27, 1675, referred to his death as follows: “Some say John Scot at Pawtucket Ferry is slain.” The effect of the shot seems not to have proved immediately fatal, for it is thought he afterwards made his will. At a court martial held at Newport, August 25, 1676, an Indian, charged with the crime, proved an alibi and that he “was not at the wounding of John Scot.”

2 Feb 1677 – Land granted to him in 1668 was laid out to his heirs. His widow Rebecca bought land of John Fitch at Providence.

There have been three printed names for the last name of Rebecca wife of John Scott. There are holes in all three stories:

   [NYGBR 2:174-179] says that there is strong circumstantial evidence that she was the daughter of Sylvanus White, son of Pergrine White. As Peregrine White was born 1620 and married 1648, Sylvanus White could not be the father of Rebecca who was born about 1640 (see NEHGR 47:482).

[NEHGR 60:173] says there is very good reason for believing her to have been the daughter of John and Sarah Browne of Old Swansea. But there are no reasons given and John 1 Brown of Swansea had a wife named Dorothy, and John 2 Brown of Swansea was born in 1636 and could not have been the father of Rebecca.
[Wilkenson and Kindred Families, Wilkinson, 1950]. In several places calls the wife of JS Rebecca Davis. Mr Wilkenson died in 1958 and all his research for his book was burned in a fire earlier. Can find nothing anywhere to substantiate this claim. No Davis families have a Rebecca and probably were not connected to the RI Wilkinson family at all, but it does say that Rebecca Davis was of RI.
[Scott] While it is tradition that Richard and Catherine Scott became Quakers, there is no evidence that John Scott converted. In Bodge’s “Soldier’s in King Philip’s War”, it appears that JS served from June 1675 to August 1676. He took the oath of allegience 30 May 1667 and was a juryman 27 April 1668. He paid taxes of 1-0-0 in 1671. Acquired property and became a prosperous citizen. Shot by an Indian on his own doorstep and died a few days later, about 1 June 1677. As neither RS nor JS are listed in the list of inhabitants that remained in Providence, it is probable that the entire Moshasuck settlement went to Newport during the struggle. JS seems to have returned too soon. Widow RBS remained in Providence, where she married 2nd, 15 April 1678,m John Whipple Jr (who eventually became blind and died 15 December 1700).[Scott2] There have been three printed names for the last name of Rebecca wife of JS. I believe all are probably wrong.[Scott 1955] There are reasons for thinking that Rebecca had close connections with the Browns of Swansea; or with the Willetts who had married into the Browns there.
Children

1. Sarah Scott

Sarah’s husband Robert Westgate was born 1 Jul 1647 in Salem, Bristol, Mass. His parents were Adam Westgate (1620 – 1685) and Mary [__?__] (1626 – 1680). Robert died 23 Dec 1717 in Warwick, Providence, Rhode Island

2. John SCOTT Jr. (See his page)

3. Mary Scott

Mary’s husband Joshua Davis was born 1666 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. His parents were Aaron Davis and Mary [__?__]. Joshua died 8 Jan 1736 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

6. Major Silvanus Scott

Silvanus’ wife Joanna Jenckes was born 1672 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. His parents ere Joseph Jenckes and Esther Ballard. Joanna died 12 Mar 1756 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Silvanus, who was about six years old when his father died, lived with his mother in John Whipple’s house. He became Major Silvanus Scott, and early in life entered into the politics of the town, becoming nearly as prominent in his generation as his step-father had been before him. He was deputy to the general assembly in 1709 and until 1717. He was a member of the town council 1713-14-15-16-17-18. He was a fisherman by trade and June 1, 1716, he and two others were given liberty by the general assembly “to use and improve so much of Starve Goat Island as needful in making, drying and securing fish.”

He married, about 1692, Joanna, daughter of Joseph and Esther (Ballard) Jenckes. His wife was a sister of the Governor Jenckes so noted in R. I. annals in the first half of the 18th century. It has not been proven that Silvanus or Joanna Scott were Quakers; but many of their descendants were, and still are, of that faith. Their great-grandson Job Scott was, in the latter half of the 18th century, one of the most noted Friends’ ministers then living.

7. Deliverance Whipple

Deliverance’s husband William Arnold was born 1681 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. His parents were Israel Arnold and Mary Barker. William died 15 Jun 1759 in Coweset, Kent, Rhode Island

   Sources:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/n/Frances-J-Joneslor...
http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_s.htm
http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell/scott.html
http://member.tripod.com/~rturnblo/d0000/f0000022.html#I3336
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/y/n/William-T-Lynch/GE...
The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 60 By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic Genealogical Society Pub. 1906
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County Mass Volume 4 By Ellery Bicknell Crane Pub 1907
http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=19744745&st=1
____________________ Possible source, if this is the correct Rebecca: https://db.whipple.org/getperson.php?personID=I725&tree=whipple

Rebecca's parents: Her father was perhaps named either John Brown or John Scott (unverified). Her mother was perhaps named Sarah (unverified). Sources show mixed and confusing results. For the purpose of accuracy, we list her parentage as "Unknown."

Rebecca Browne Scott died after 1701 and is buried at an unknown location in Providence County, Rhode Island.

"Rebecca Browne Scott Whipple did not die on December 15, 1700--that was her second husband, John Whipple, Jr. She presented his will to the town for probate in 1701 and so lived at least a year past that date." ~ familysearch.org

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131733738/rebecca-scott_whipple

Rebecca Brown Scott Whipple

BIRTH 1640 Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

DEATH 1701 (aged 60–61) Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

BURIAL Unknown

Spouses

John Scott 1640–1677 (m. 1661)

John Whipple 1640–1700 (m. 1678)

Children

Mary Scott Davis 1666–1734

Silvanus Scott 1672–1742