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Col. Samuel APPLETON

Col. Samuel APPLETON

Male 1625 - 1696  (71 years)

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  • Name Samuel APPLETON  [1, 3] 
    • He became a freeman on 26 Sep 1648 and was Commander-in-Chief in King Philip's War. Samuel was Deputy to the General Court in 1668 under the title of Lieutenant Samuel Appleton, and from 1669-1671 and 1673. He was elected assistant from 1681 to 1686, six years, and was one of the first council under the charter of William and Mary in 1692. A record in the Massachusetts Files in 1675 indicates that "On 24th September ordered, that a commission be issued forth to Captain Samuel Appleton, to command a foot company of 100 men." which was prompted by the Indian war, called King Philip's War, which began that year. Samuel was appointed on 4 Oct. 1675 "Command in Chief, of the army in those parts, by whose industry, skill, and courage," says Hubbard, his neighbour, "those towns were preserved from running the same fate with the rest, wholly or in part so lately turned into ashes." Samuel "did not escape the persecution of Sir Edmund Andros and his tools, probably on account of the freedom of speech, in which he denounced his (Andros) arbitrary assumption of power." He died "after a career of great civil and military distinction." His will dated 12 Apr 1695 was proved 25 May 1696.

      Headstone Inscription:

      Here Lyeth Buried
      ye Body of
      Colo Samuel Appleton
      Aged 70 Years
      Decd May ye 15th
      1696 [1, 2]
    • He came from England with his father in 1635 and became a man of the highest repute in the military and civil service. Representative in 1660, and often after until 1681, when he was made an Assistant, in which office he was continued until the over-throw of the King Charles Government in1686. In 1675, he was made Commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts forces in the west against King Philip and for the defense of the frontier towns against the Indians; he was several times successful in repelling them and saving the towns. When hatfield was attacked oct 19, 1675, a bullet passed through his hair and a sergeant was killed at his side. When succeeded by Major Savage, as commander of the forces on the Connecticut River, he was transferred to the expedition against the Narragansetts, commanding all the Massachusetts men in that expedition and at the Great Battle. for his resolute support of the people against the unlawful taxation in 1687 he was imprisoned by Gov. Andros for three months. In the new charter of William and Mary, 1691, he was made one of the council, though he did not retain the office after the following election. He was justice in Quarterly and General Sessions Court, and also of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, (April 11, 1692), for the trial of persons charged with witchcraft. He ably and faithfully performed his diversified duties as legislator and judge and was held in the highest esteem by his contemporaries. [3]
    Prefix Col. 
    Birth Jan 1624/25  Little Waldingfield, co., Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christening 2 Feb 1624/25  Little Waldingfield, co. Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 May 1696  Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I79840  Main Tree
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2022 

    Father Hon. Samuel APPLETON, Esq.,   b. 1586, Little Waldingfield, co., Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1670, Rowley, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Judith EVERARD,   b. Abt 1597, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1615/16  Preston, co. Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Family ID F32155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah PAINE,   b. 1628/29, Lavenham, co. Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1655/56, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage 2 Apr 1651  Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Hannah APPLETON,   b. 9 Jan 1651/2, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1696, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachustts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Judith APPLETON,   b. Abt 1652  [Birth]
     3. Col. Samuel APPLETON,   b. 3 Nov 1654, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1725, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F32158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Feb 2016 

    Family 2 Mary OLIVER,   b. 7 Jun 1640, Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1697, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 8 Dec 1656  Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Children 
     1. John APPLETON,   b. 1660, Ipswich, Masssachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     2. Major Isaac APPLETON,   b. 1664, Ipswich, Masssachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1747, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Birth]
     3. Joanna APPLETON,   b. 1665, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1696, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     4. Joseph APPLETON,   b. 5 Jun 1674, Ipswich, Masssachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1689, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 14 years)  [Birth]
     5. Oliver APPLETON,   b. 1675, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Birth]
     6. Lieut. Oliver APPLETON,   b. 3 Jun 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1759, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
     7. Mary APPLETON,   b. 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
     8. Mary APPLETON,   b. 20 Oct 1679, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1689, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F32157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Apr 1651 - Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Dec 1656 - Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 May 1696 - Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Col. Samuel Appleton, Jr. Headstone    		Col. Samuel Appleton, Jr. Headstone
    Col. Samuel Appleton,Jr., the son of Samuel Appleton and Judith Everard, is the husband of (1) Mary Oliver and (2) Hannah Paine. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

    Created by: Neil B. (John 3:16)
    Photo Added by: John Glassford

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    3. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    4. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.


  

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