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John Wise (1652 - 1725)

Reverend John Wise
Born in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 5 Dec 1678 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 72 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study.
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John Wise is Notable.

The Reverend John Wise, son of Joseph and Mary (Thompson) Wise, was born on 15 Aug. 1652 at Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England.[1]

He married Abigail Gardner on 5 Dec. 1678.[2]

John died on 8 April 1725[2] at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts and was buried at Plot: 127, Old Graveyard, Essex, Essex County, Massachusetts. His Find A Grave Memorial# 6684132 has extensive biographical material and links to those of family members.[3]

Children of John and Abigail

  1. Rev Jeremiah Wise (November 2, 1679 – January 20, 1756) married Mary Shipway
  2. Lucy Wise (born c. 1681 – March 5, 1727) married John White
  3. John Wise (born c. 1683 – August 31, 1762) married Mary Rogers
  4. Mary Wise (May 12, 1685 – March 23, 1735/36)
  5. Joseph Wise (February 16, 1686 – September 23, 1745) married Martha Appleton
  6. Amni Ruhami Wise (born c. 1688 – July 6, 1749) married Mary Ringe
  7. Henry Wise (born c. 1697 – November 12, 1775) married Mary Wade. Children listed at Wikipedia. [4]

Clergyman

John Wise was a Congregational reverend and policitical leader in Massachusetts during the American colonial period He was noted for his politicial activism, and was once jailed for his protests against British taxation. [4]

He boldly signed the "Proctor Petition", with 31 other Ipswich neighbors, requesting the release of John Proctor Jr. The authorities ignored the petition and executed John for witchcraft. The people who signed the petition were taking a risk - they also could be accused of witchcraft. The petition claimed that Proctor was not a wizard, that he worshiped God and was religious and that they, the neighbors, had not seen the Proctors undertaking any strange activity that would prove that they were witches or wizards.

John attended Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts followied by Harvard College. He was ordained as pastor of Chebacco Parish in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1683. [4]

Liberty Ship SS John Wise, launched in 1942, was named after him. [4]


From the Lord Family Genealogical Research of my great grandfather Isaac Purl Lord (1858-1942), who was Rev. Wise's 4th great grandson:

"OF THE FAMILY OF WISE OF IPSWICH MAINE:

"Ammi Ruhami Wise of Ipswich Maine, father of Mary Wise, wife of Thomas Lord of Berwick, Me., was an eminent merchant and the son of Rev. John Wise, the famous Divine of Chebacoo Parish, Ipswich, Mass. Ammi Ruhami Wise served in the West Indies and was one of the most prominent men at Ipswich.

"Henry Wise, the father of Mary Wise, the second wife of Thomas Lord of Berwick Me., was a younger brother of Ammi Ruhami Wise, and this Henry Wise as well as his father Rev. John Wise, graduated from Harvard University. Henry was a merchant at Boston and Ipswich Mass and for some time Teacher of the Grammar School at Ipswich.

"Rev. Jeremiah Wise, the well known Pastor of the First Church of Berwick, Me., and to whom Nathan Lord bequeathed the gold ring as a token (as has been before mentioned) was the eldest brother of Major Ammi Ruhami Wise.

"The Reverend John Wise,, the father of this family, was a son of Joseph and Abigail (Gardner) Wise (Note: this is in error - Abigail Gardner was Rev. John Wise' wife. His mother was Mary Thompson. SC) of Roxbury, Mass, and was highly distinguished in New England as a leading spirit. On his tombstone in the Burial Ground at Ipswich Mass was inscribed the following: "For talents, learning, and piety he shone as a star of the first magnitude."[5]

"Descendants of Rev. Jeremiah Wise are living and also of the other brothers. One daughter of Henry Wise, Abigail Wise, married John Berry, Esq.of Ipswich, son of the Hon. Col. Thomas Berry M. D., graduate of Harvard College, the son of Capt Thomas Berry of Boston and Margaret Rogers, daughter of the Rev. John Rogers, 5th president of that University."

Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart, Waldo Dennett Gardner Rev. John Wise was baptized on 15 August 1652 at Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.2 He married Abigail Gardner, daughter of Thomas Gardner and Lucy Smith, before 5 December 1678.3 Rev. John Wise died on 8 April 1725 at Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; age 73 years.4 He was buried at Second Church, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; his inscription, "Underneath Lies the Body of the / REV. JOHN WISE, A.M. / First Pastor of the Second Church in Ipswich / Graduated at Harvard College in 1673 / Ordained Pastor of said Church in 1681 / And died April 8th, 1725 / Aged 73 / For talents, piety, and learning / He shone as a star of the First Magnitude."5 The Reverend John Wise, graduate Harvard College 1673, became known as "the great apostle of Liberty." He became the minister of Chebacco Parish in Ipswich. He authored two important papers, "The Churches Quarrel Espoused" (1715), and "A Vindication of the Government of New England Churches" (1717).3 He has been described as "a man of majestic aspect and great bodily strength; resembled Washington." John Wise was the first man in the Colonies known to have opposed the idea of "taxation without representation," a notion he opposed a hundred years before the Revolution. He publicly instructed his people to resist taxes levied under Sir Edmund Andros, for which he was imprisoned in August 1687, and sentenced to pay a heavy fine.5

Sources

  1. John Wise Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 John Wise Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.
  3. Find A Grave Memorial# 6684132 Rev John Wise
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 John_Wise_(clergyman) Wikipedia
  5. Felt, Joseph B.. History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton. Cambridge Mass.: Printed by C. Folsom, 1834, p. 258

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A little more information on Rev. John Wise.
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