When Catherine Whipple was born on 12 May 1795, in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Moses Whipple, was 30 and her mother, Polly Elliot, was 30. She married Elijah Bond on 14 March 1816, in Addison, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Allen, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 10 April 1880, in Lisbon, Allen Township, Noble, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lisbon Cemetery, Kendallville, Wayne Township, Noble, Indiana, United States.
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English: perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded diminutive of Middle English w(h)ippe ‘scourge, whip’, possibly contained in Middle English whippel-tre, a type of dogwood or cornus. For possible applications as a nickname see Whipp . Alternatively, perhaps from an unrecorded diminutive of the Middle English personal name Wippe (see Whipp ).
History: Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, c. 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. A John Whipple was one of the first settlers in Providence, RI.
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