Capt. John APPLETON

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He settled in Ipswich in 1635. John was a captain in the Ipswich Horse Troop and a representative from 1656-1659. He was a selectman in 1661 with the title of "Mr." John was a strong supporter of liberty, being imprisoned therefore at Boston. He was a feoffe (investor) of the (Ipswich) Grammar School in 1680, being called a gentleman most of his life. "He was fined and imprisoned under the administration of Sir Edmund Andros, for resisting the principle of taxation without representation - probably one of the first instances in the annals of New England." His will of 16 Feb 1696/97 was proved 27 Mr. 1699/0.

Headstone Inscription:

Here lyeth buried
ye body of Capt
John Appleton
Decd Novemr ye 4th
1699, in ye 77th
year of his age

John married Priscilla GLOVER in Oct 1651 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Priscilla was born in 1635 in Sutton, co. Surrey, England; died on 18 Feb 1696/97 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

John married Elizabeth ROGERS on 23 Nov 1680 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev John ROGERS, M.D. and Elizabeth DENISON) was born on 1 Jul 1663 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 13 Mar 1754 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Capt. John Appleton and Priscilla Glover
• Death: 16 Aug 1693, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

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Tombstone Inscription:

Here Lyeth Buried
ye Body Of
col Samuel Appleton
Aged 70 Years
Decd May ye 15th
1696

Samuel married Mary WOODBRIDGE in 1680/1 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Rev John WOODBRIDGE and Mercy DUDLEY) was born in 1662 in Barford St. Martin's co. Wiltshire,England; died on 09 Jun 1712 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]