Abraham Whipple

Abraham Whipple
Abraham Whipple
	Abraham Whipple, by Edward Savage
Personal details
Born	September 26, 1733; Providence, Colony of Rhode Island
Died	May 27, 1819 (aged 85); Marietta, Ohio
Resting place	Mound Cemetery, Marietta
Relations	Ebenezer Sproat (son-in-law)
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Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	Continental Navy
Years of service	1775–1780
Rank	Commodore
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Siege of Charleston (POW);

Commander Abraham Whipple (September 26, 1733 – May 27, 1819) was an American naval officer best known for his service in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and being one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio. Born near Providence, Colony of Rhode Island, Whipple chose to be a seafarer early in his life and embarked on a career in the lucrative trade with the West Indies, working for Moses and John Brown. In the French and Indian War period, he became a privateersman and commanded privateer Game Cock from 1759 to 1760. In one six-month cruise, he captured 23 French ships.

In 1772, Whipple burnt the first British naval casualty of the American Revolution, the revenue cutter Gaspee, in the Gaspée Affair.^[1] The first to unfurl the Star Spangled Banner in London, Whipple was also the first to sail an ocean-going ship 2000 miles downriver from Ohio to the Caribbean, which opened trade with the Northwest Territory.^[2] Abraham Whipple was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Rhode Island.^[3]

^ "History of the Rhode Island Army National Guard". Archived from the original on April 6, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
^ Hildreth, Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio, 159–60.
^ Aimone, Alan Conrad (2005). "New York State Society of the Cincinnati: Biographies of Original Members and Other Continental Officers (review)". The Journal of Military History. 69 (1): 231–232. doi:10.1353/jmh.2005.0002. ISSN 1543-7795. S2CID 162248285.

[1] "History of the Rhode Island Army National Guard". Archived from the original on April 6, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2009.

[Hildreth_Pioneer_Settlers_159-60-2] Hildreth, Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio, 159–60.

[3] Aimone, Alan Conrad (2005). "New York State Society of the Cincinnati: Biographies of Original Members and Other Continental Officers (review)". The Journal of Military History. 69 (1): 231–232. doi:10.1353/jmh.2005.0002. ISSN 1543-7795. S2CID 162248285.

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