John JEPSON

Abt 1610 - 1687  (77 years)

• Name	John JEPSON  [1]
  	John Jepson, who was born 1610, birthplace and parentage unknown, d. 1687, was granted a "great lot at the Mount, for three heads, at the rate of three shillings an acre; upon the entrance of the platform or bounders thereof after surveying of it and that to be at the next towne meeting thereunto," (see Book of Possessions, page 41), was a member of the First Church of Boston, was made a citizen of the town in 1647, was by occupation a cordwainer; in 1670 was appointed sealer of leather, was fined for giving employment to John Everson, a man who had been blacklisted by the Colony. In 1676 was on a committee appointed by the general court to see that the law restricting the drinking of liquor be enforced. he owned a piece of land 42 feet wide and 155 feet long on the Mill Creek which ran from the harbor to the Mill Pond, nearly upon the line of the present Blackstone street...... The records of King Phillip's War showing that John Gepson fought in the Garrison at Mendon inn 1675, probably refer to John Jepson. He was m. and had one child when he arrived in Boston. He m. secondly 1656 Emma, wid. of John Coddington, who d. about 1700. he d. in 1687. His wife and son, John were Executors of his Estate. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1610	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of William Jepson and Agnes Cobbet
  Death	1687	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I32160	Main Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family	Emma ?   d. Abt 1700
  Marriage	1656	Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. John JEPSON,   b. 08 May 1661, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 1722, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 60 years)  [Birth]   2. Sarah/Martha JEPSON  [Birth]
  Family ID	F16959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1610 - England Marriage - 1656 - Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 1687 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9595] Norton W. Jipson, M.D., A History & Genealogy of the Descendants of John Jepson of England and Boston, Mass.