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==Early Life==
==Early Life==
William Whipple was born at Kittery, Maine, the eldest son of father William Whipple. Young William was educated a public schools. Atage twenty-one when he took a fondness for the sea and commanded a ship of his own. He would make a small fortune in the merchant marine business. In 1759, he left sea life and entered into business with his brother Joseph in Portsmouth, as a merchant. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/whipple.htm Willaim Whipple, USHistory.org]</ref> Whipple would marry Catherine Moffatt and they had one child. From the very start, Whipple sided with the colonies over [[Britain]].
William Whipple was born at Kittery, Maine, the eldest son of father William Whipple. Young William was educated a public schools. At age twenty-one he took a fondness for the sea and commanded a ship of his own. He would make a small fortune in the merchant marine business. In 1759, he left sea life and entered into business with his brother Joseph in Portsmouth, as a merchant. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/whipple.htm Willaim Whipple, USHistory.org]</ref> Whipple would marry Catherine Moffatt and they had one child. From the very start, Whipple sided with the colonies over [[Britain]].
==American Revolution==
==American Revolution==