Colonel John APPLETON, Esq.

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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]

Elizabeth married Rev. Jabez FITCH on 26 Jul 1704 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Jabez (son of Rev James FITCH and Priscilla MASON) was born in Apr 1672 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Nov 1746 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]