John Appleton (1652 - 1739)

Born 16 Oct 1652 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Rogers) Appleton — married 23 Nov 1681 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1739 at age 86 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John was made a freeman in 1682 and was largely employed in public offices: Colonel in the militia of an Ipswich Regiment and a merchant; town clerk in 1687. He was the Town Clerk of that historic Town meeting, on Aug. 23, 1687, when the vote to refuse assent to the Andros edict was passed, and he was included in the famous company which was arrested and fined. He was a Lieut- Colonel, a Deputy, a Councillor, and Judge of Probate for thirty-seven years. He was also Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

Marriage: Rogers, Elizabeth, and John Appleton, Jr., Nov. 23, 1681 at Ipswich, MA. ^[1]

John was born about 1652. He passed away about 1739.

Sources

1. ↑ Ipswich, MA Vital Records. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/aMarriagesR.shtml#ROGERS

• Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society (The Ipswich Historical Society, Ipswich, Mass., 1907) Vol. 15, Page 30-1
• Appleton, William. Family Record of John Appleton and Elizabeth (Rogers) Appleton, of Ipswich, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1873) Vol. 27, Page 36

• Ancestry record