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Portsmouth (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): entry whipple-william
Whipple, William 1730- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; became a sailor; removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
West Indies (search for this): entry whipple-william
Whipple, William 1730- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; became a sailor; removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): entry whipple-william
759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
Kittery (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry whipple-william
Whipple, William 1730- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; became a sailor; removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
William Whipple (search for this): entry whipple-william
Whipple, William 1730- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; became a sailor; removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
Sir John Burgoyne (search for this): entry whipple-william
Whipple, William 1730- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; became a sailor; removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
1775 AD (search for this): entry whipple-william
Whipple, William 1730- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; became a sailor; removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
1776 AD (search for this): entry whipple-william
Whipple, William 1730- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; became a sailor; removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
November 28th, 1785 AD (search for this): entry whipple-william
Whipple, William 1730- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; became a sailor; removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
1759 AD (search for this): entry whipple-william
Whipple, William 1730- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; became a sailor; removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1759, where he engaged in the West India trade and African slave-trade, in which he acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and of the Continental Congress in 1776. He was brigadier-general of the New Hampshire troops at Saratoga in the Revolutionary War; signed the articles of capitulation with Burgoyne: was a member of Congress in 1778-79; financial receiver of the State of New Hampshire in 1782-84, and judge of the Superior Court from 1782 till his death, in Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1785.
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