Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 11_1755_06

Whipple v Ninigret

Rhode Island 

 

Case Name Short

Whipple v Ninigret

 
Case Name Long

Joseph Whipple, Daniel Coggeshall, John Spencer, Samuel Perry, and David Anthony v Thomas Ninigret by Jonathan Nichols, guardian

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.4 [295] p.321 – 28 November 1755 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.15 (1 January 1754 – 31 December 1755) p.238, 544: PC 2/104/238, 544

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APC Citation 

v.4 [295] p.322 – 18 December 1755 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.15 (1 January 1754 – 31 December 1755) p.550, 561: PC 2/104/550, 561

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Colonial Courts

Inferior Court – 5 August 1746

Superior Court – Newport – 2 September 1746

Participants

Anthony, David, esquire

Coggeshall, Daniel, esquire

Nichols, Jonathan of Newport (guardian of Thomas Ninigret)

Ninigret, Thomas, gentleman, infant and sachem of Narragansett Indian tribe

Perry, Samuel, esquire

Spencer, John, esquire

Whipple, Joseph, esquire

Description

Land (trespass and ejectment) in Charles Town, King’s county; extensive explanation in Bilder, Salamanders and Sons of God, p.310–316

Disposition

Dismissed for non-prosecution

Notes

On the action of ‘trespass and ejectment’ involved here, see Additional Research.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew

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