Joseph Whipple, Jr. [SEP] date of death
Joseph Whipple Jr.
Joseph Whipple Jr. (December 30, 1687 - 1750) was a wealthy merchant in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a Deputy Governor of the colony.
The son of Col. Joseph Whipple Sr. who was also a merchant, Whipple was born in Providence, the third of 12 children. He was a ship-owner, dealing in many goods including slaves, and he often traded illicitly with the Spanish and French who were at war with the British. He was considered
Mercy. Mawney had five children with his first wife, and three more with his second wife. His oldest daughter, Mercy, married first Captain George Thomas, and second Joseph Olney, a great grandson of early Providence settler Thomas Olney. His oldest son, John Mawney, was the Sheriff of Providence for several years before his early death; he married Amey Gibbs, a daughter of Robert and Amey (Whipple) Gibbs, and a granddaughter of Colonel Joseph Whipple and niece of Deputy Governor Joseph Whipple, Jr.. Mawney