Whipple, Captain Abraham

A member of the posse after Joseph Curwen at Pawtuxet.  This might be the grandfather of Doctor Elihu Whipple which would mean that he voted in the legislature on May 4, 1776 for the independence of the Rhode Island Colony and was a cousin of Capt. James Whipple (g.v.).

[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward," "The Shunned House - H.P.L.]