Colonel John APPLETON, Esq.

1652 - 1739  (86 years)

• Name	John APPLETON  [1]
  	John was a merchant in Ipswich and a colonel in the militia. He was Probate Judge from 1702 to 1739 in Essex County, Justice of the General Sessions, and Court Common Pleas, and Court common Pleas, and "for twenty years Judge of Probate for Essex, Co., during all which time no appeal was ever made from his decisions." He was a Counselor under the Charter of William and Mary and Colonel in the Ipswich regiment. He and Elizabeth had six children. His brother-in-law, Rev. John Rogers, M.A. pastor of the First Church in Ipswich, "preached on the Lord's Day after the Interment, Sept. 16 (1739)." His sermon was entitled "The perfect and upright man characterized and recommended". The brother of John rogers, the Rev. nathaniel Rogers, M.A. another pastor of the First Church in Ipswich, also gave a sermon on "the Character, Commendation and Reward of a faithful Servant of Jesus Christ." A notice of Judge Appleton's death appeared in the Boston News-Letter on 18 Sep 1739. [1]
  Prefix	Colonel
  Suffix	Esq.
  Birth	16 Oct 1652	Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Sep 1739	Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Burial	Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I79834	Main Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Capt. John APPLETON,   b. 1622, Little Waldingfield, co., Suffolk, England d. 4 Nov 1699, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Priscilla GLOVER,   b. 1635, Sutton, co. Surrey, England d. 18 Feb 1696/97, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Oct 1651	Ipswich, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F32154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth ROGERS,   b. 1 Jul 1663, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 13 Mar 1754, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1680	Ipswich, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	1. Elizabeth APPLETON,   b. 23 Apr 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts d. 18 Oct 1765, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Age 83 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F32153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Oct 1652 - Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Marriage - 23 Nov 1680 - Ipswich, Massachusetts Death - 11 Sep 1739 - Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Burial - - Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Col. John Appleton and Elizabeth Rogers Headstone Col John Appleton, the son of John Appleton and Prissilla Glover, and his wife, Elizabeth Rogers, the daughter of John Rogers and Elizabeth Denison, are buried in the Old Burying Ground in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Created by: Nareen, et al Photo Added b: John Glassford

  
  

• Sources

  [S7982] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol. III Samuel Appleton and his wife Judith Everard and five generations of their descendants. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.