Capt. John APPLETON

Capt. John APPLETON

Male 1622 - 1699  (77 years)

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  • Name John APPLETON  [1, 3
    • 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 [1, 2]
    Title Capt. 
    Birth 1622  Little Waldingfield, co., Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 17 Nov 1622  Little Waldingfield, co. Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Nov 1699  Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I79835  Main Tree
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2015 

    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 Priscilla GLOVER,   b. 1635, Sutton, co. Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1696/97, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage Oct 1651  Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Colonel John APPLETON, Esq.,   b. 16 Oct 1652, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1739, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Birth]
     2. Col. Samuel APPLETON,   b. 1656, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1696, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F32154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Oct 1651 - Ipswich, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Nov 1699 - 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
    Capt. John Appleton Headstone
    Capt. John Appleton Headstone
    Capt. John Appleton, the son of Samuel Appleton and Judith Everard, is the husband of Prissilla Glover. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

    Created by: John C. Appleton
    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.