William Whipple

William Whipple, Jr. ( born January 14, 1730 in Kittery, Maine, colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, now USA, † November 28, 1785 in New Hampshire, United States) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and thus one of the founding fathers of the United States.

William Whipple went to a Public School until he went to sea before he was 15. He was charged with 21 ship masters. 1759, he landed in Portsmouth (New Hampshire) and was with his brother dealer. In 1775 he was elected to represent his town in the Provincial Parliament. 1776 sparked New Hampshire on the Royal Administration and reorganized with a House of Representatives and an Executive Council. Whipple was councilor and member of the safety committee and was elected to the Continental Congress, where he worked until 1779. In 1777 he was brigadier general of the militia of New Hampshire and participated in the successful campaign against John Burgoyne in the battle of Stillwater and the Battle of Saratoga in part. After the American Revolutionary War, he was sub - judge of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. He suffered from a heart condition and died on the way to the venue clauses above, when he passed out, fell from his horse.

  • Person of the American Revolution
  • Member of the Continental Congress
  • Briton
  • Americans
  • Born in 1730
  • Died in 1785
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