John JEPSON

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• Fact: Son of William Jepson and Agnes Cobbet

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John Jepson, who was born 1610, birthplace and parentage unknown, d. 1687, was granted a "great lot at the Mount, for three heads, at the rate of three shillings an acre; upon the entrance of the platform or bounders thereof after surveying of it and that to be at the next towne meeting thereunto," (see Book of Possessions, page 41), was a member of the First Church of Boston, was made a citizen of the town in 1647, was by occupation a cordwainer; in 1670 was appointed sealer of leather, was fined for giving employment to John Everson, a man who had been blacklisted by the Colony. In 1676 was on a committee appointed by the general court to see that the law restricting the drinking of liquor be enforced. he owned a piece of land 42 feet wide and 155 feet long on the Mill Creek which ran from the harbor to the Mill Pond, nearly upon the line of the present Blackstone street......

The records of King Phillip's War showing that John Gepson fought in the Garrison at Mendon inn 1675, probably refer to John Jepson. He was m. and had one child when he arrived in Boston. He m. secondly 1656 Emma, wid. of John Coddington, who d. about 1700. he d. in 1687. His wife and son, John were Executors of his Estate.

John married Emma ? in 1656 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Emma died about 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John JEPSON was born on 08 May 1661 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1722 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Sarah/Martha JEPSON