Colonel Joseph Whipple (1738-1816), the father of Jefferson, came to the area in 1772.
Colonel Whipple was born in Kittery, Maine, and was the youngest brother of William Whipple, who signed the Declaration of Independence. Colonel Whipple died in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He and his wife, Hannah, had no children. His last will and testament left large tracts of land to be sold to build the stretch of turnpike from the Lancaster-Jefferson town line to the 10th New Hampshire turnpike in Crawford Notch and to establish an academy in Jefferson. The academy never was built, but the road was completed. The current Whipple Road is part of that road.
Learn more about Colonel Whipple at nearby cache sites Whipple #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7.