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GRANTS ON A PART OF THE BAY PATH 
 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE IPSWICH 
 HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 XV. 
 
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 THE OLD BAY ROAD 
 
 FROM SALTONSTALL’S BROOK 
 
 AND 
 
 SAMUEL APPLETON’S FARM 
 
 A GENEALOGY 
 
 OF THE IPSWICH DESCENDANTS 
 
 OF 
 
 SAMUEL APPLETON 
 
 BY 
 
 T. FRANK WATERS 
 
 PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING 
 
 December 3, 1906. 
 
 Salem IPtese; 
 
 The Salem Press Co., Salem, Mass. 
 
 1907 
 
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THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL’S BROOK 
 
 AND 
 
 SAMUEL APPLETON FARM. 
 
 In the year 1639, tlie General Court considered the unsatisfactory con- 
 dition of the public highways. Sometimes they were “toostraite” and “in 
 other places travellers are forced to go farr about.’’ It was ordered, there- 
 fore, on the of November, ‘hhat all high ways shall be laid out before 
 the next General Court.” 
 
 ‘‘Every town shall choose two or three men who shall joyne with 
 two or three of the next town (fe they shall have powder to lay out ways 
 where most convenient not withstanding any man’s propriety or any 
 come ground so as it not occasion the puling downe of any man’s 
 house or laying open any garden or orchard & in comon ground or 
 where the soyle is wet or mirye they shall lay out the ways the wider 
 as 6 or 8 or 10 rods or more in comon ground.” “Each, town to make 
 reasonable satisfaction.” 
 
 At the session of the General Court, beginning Oct. 7, 1640, the sur- 
 veyors reported that they had laid out the highway from Rowley to 
 Ipswich, 
 
 “from Mr. Nelsons dwelling house pale by the end of Mussies Hill to 
 the n^we bridge over the North Ryver & so to the newe bridge over 
 Muddy Ryver & so by the comon fence to Ipswich towne & so along 
 by Mr. SaltonstalLs house over the falls at Mile River & by marked 
 trees over Mr. Appletons meadow called Parlye Meadow & from thence 
 by Mr. Hubbards farm house and so upon the east side of Mr. Smiths 
 house then over the ould planters meadow and so to the two ponds 
 usually dry in summer near wch ponds the way doth branch one where- 
 of is easterly of the said ponds leading through the old planters field 
 to the Salem ferry according to the marked trees and the other way is 
 westerly of the ponds leading to a great creek at a landing place west- 
 erly of Mr. Scrugs house.” 
 
 The breadth of this highway was eight rods. Except bridging North 
 River or Egypt River, as it is now called, and Muddy River, nothing was 
 done apparently to make travel more easy or convenient. The travel- 
 ler forded Ipswich River at the “watering place,” as it was known in later 
 years,* near the present foot-bridge of the Ipswich mill, rode along the high- 
 way by Mr. Saltonstall’s, whose house was on or near the site of the old 
 
 1 IpBWich in Maes. Bay Colony, pp. 460-462. 
 
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2 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL’S BROOK 
 
 Merrifield house/ forded Mile River, and picked his way across Samuel 
 Appleton’s meadow by blazed trees, and on to Salem Ferry. No 
 change in the existing road was made, except where it cut through the 
 Appleton farm. To settle the damage at this point, the Town voted in 
 1650, “Granted to Mr. Apleton a p’cell of ground (in full satisfaction for 
 the country highway going through his farme) beyond the swamp to make 
 his fence straight not exceeding eight acres,” In the year 1680, and prob- 
 ably long before, bridges had been built over Saltonstall’s brook, and Mile 
 River, as John W hippie was ordered to care for the roads from“Myle Bridge” 
 to Wenham bounds, in that year, and John Low, from Mr. Saltonstall’s 
 Bridge to Haffield’s Bridge. 
 
 Richard Saltonstairs Lot. 
 
 No. 1 on Diagram. 
 
 Mr. Richard Saltonstall’s town property, as described in his deed to Sam- 
 uel Bishop, included his “ dwelling house & orchard with all ye land about 
 it on both sides ye brook commonly called Saltonstall’s brook it being 
 14 acres by estimation whether it be more or less.” Sept. 23, 1680 (16: 
 105). But Nathaniel Rust, a glover by trade, was in possession of that 
 part of the Saltonstall land, which lay on the south side of the brook, as 
 early as 1689, when Capt. Cross sold the land on the north of the brook to 
 Elisha Treadwell. (Ips. Deeds 5:378). Mr. Rust had his tan yard, beam 
 house, and all the appurtenances of his craft here, and here no doubt, he 
 made the four dozen pairs of gloves ordered for Rev. Mr. Cobbet’s funeral 
 on Nov. 6, 1685. Thomas Norton was likewise a tanner, and on March 8, 
 1699-1700, Mr. Rust sold him an acre of land “beginning at the brook 
 commonly called Saltingstall’s Brook,” running twelve rods on the road, 
 and fifteen rods back, with all “houses, tan-yard, trees, fences, orchard, etc.” 
 and the benefit of half the brook (13: 270). Norton married Mercy Rust, 
 the glover’s daughter, and on June 18, 1701, he bought the residue of Mr. 
 Rust’s property, seven acres of arable and pasture land (23: 252). 
 
 Mr. Rust’s dwelling stood where the Meeting House of the South Church 
 is now located. He sold this to his son-in-law, Mr. Norton, and Capt. 
 
 1 The old Merrifield house was purchased by Mrs. D. F. Appletou, and torn 
 down in May, 1907. It was evident that the frame was largely that of a seventeenth 
 century house. The oak summers or main fioor beams were the counterpart of those 
 in the ancient Whipple house, although the lower side including the moulded edges 
 had been hewn away and boxed in, to suit the later fashions. Portions of a wooden 
 partition, with the same rude tooling that occurs in the Whipple house, were found, 
 but not in their original place. A single corner post with chamfered edge in the 
 second story, the ancient door post with slots for the wooden latch of the front door 
 and the bar which locked it, and the massive oak floor joists attested an original house 
 of the earliest period, the old whitewash revealing an original unplastered ceiling. 
 The huge fire places had been remodelled, but the dimensions of the chimney, and 
 the use of soft bricks laid in clay showed that it was built at a very early period. 
 
 The windows, however, were of alaterperiod, and had never been changed. No 
 
THE DEACON THOMAS NORTON HOUSE. 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON’s FARM. 
 
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 Daniel Ringe, March 9, 1710 (23:76) and their joint ownership continued 
 until Nov. 4, 1723, when they sold to Ammi Ruiiamah Wise (41 : 264). By 
 that year, the venerable mansion under the great elm had been built, and 
 here Deacon Norton lived the rest of his days. His son, Thomas, a grad- 
 uate of Harvard and teacher for some years of the Grammar School, in- 
 herited the estate. His will was probated in 1750 (Pro. Rec. 329:453-5). 
 The inventory is very elaborate, and includes the dwelling house, and home- 
 stead, valued at £266-13-4, the upper house, £80, a negro woman called 
 Phillis, and a valuable stock of leather. Thomas, the eldest son, received 
 the dwelling with the tan-yard, pits, etc. (Pro. Rec. 330: 426), and sold the 
 whole estate to Dummer Jewett, July 24, 1771 (129:99). His widow sold 
 to the County of Essex, “ to be improved and used as a house of correction* * 
 Jan. 21, 1791 (154:9). 
 
 The prison was built on the adjoining land to the northward and was 
 surrounded by a high fence. The old Norton dwelling was used as the 
 keeper’s house. Though vague reports of dungeons in the cellar were cur- 
 rent in later years, no evidence of such was found, when the building was 
 torn down. 
 
 A new jail and prison were built on the present County property and 
 the old mansion and eight acres were sold to Asa Brown, April 22, 1828 
 (250:16), who added a wing on the north side. When the new Meeting 
 House of the South Church was built in 1837, he bought the old Rust-Norton 
 house, and removed it to the ancient tan-yard site, where it was remodelled 
 and became the sightly dwelling now owned and occupied by Henry 
 Brown. A large tract adjoining the ancient Saltonstall lot was also acquired 
 by Asa Brown, and this will now be considered. 
 
 From this point to the ancient Potter farm, now owned by George 
 E. Barnard, the long strip bounded by the highway on the east, and the 
 rivei'on the west, was divided into lots, approximately six acres, and ap- 
 portioned probably by grant of the Town, though only a single record re- 
 mains. This land was assigned usually to residents of the south side and was 
 used for tillage and pasturage.^ In the earliest yearsnohouse would have been 
 permitted, as the General Court in 1635 forbade any house more than half a 
 mile from the meeting-house, “except mill-houses and farm houses, of such 
 as have their dwelling-houses in the same town.” 
 
 bricks were found in the walls, though a large portion of the boards were daubed with 
 clay on the inner side, as though they liad been used formerly with a clay filling. The 
 house faced the east, while the earliest dwellings generally, if not invariably, faced 
 the south. The carpenter’s marks on the frame were frequently out of place. 
 
 The conclusion that forces itself upon us is that a large portion of the material 
 of an earlier house, of the same dimensions, were utilized in the dwelling just re- 
 moved, and that this older house occupied the same site. 
 
 The pedigree of the lot, given in Ipswich in the Mass. Bay Colony, pp. 465-467, 
 makes it certain that Richard Saltonstall’s house must have stood near this spot, and 
 It is almost impossible to doubt that the early dwelling, which has been revealed, was 
 none other than the original house of Mr. Saltonstall, built in 1636 or 1636. The later 
 building seems to have been erected early in the 18th century. 
 
 1 It is called a “common field” in Joseph Younglove’s deed, to Thomas Manning. 
 
4 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL’S BROOK 
 
 Nathaniel Rogers's Lower Pasture. 
 
 Lots Nos. 2 and 3 on Diagram. 
 
 Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, pastor of the Ipswich church, whose dwelling 
 was very near the “Gables, ’’owned two of these six acre lots, one of which, 
 abutting on Mr. Saltonstall’s, was granted by the Town (Town Record, 
 1649). Mr. Rogers bequeathed his estate to his sons, John, then his col- 
 league, afterwards President of Harvard College, and Samuel. By the. in- 
 denture of division, which they agreed upon. Pres. John received the home- 
 stead and these two lots, bounded by the land sometime Mr. Saltonstall’s, 
 north, and Thomas Burnam’s land, south, March 4, 1684 (Ips. Deeds 5:146). 
 
 Thomas Burnam's Lot. 
 
 No. 4 on Diagram. 
 
 John Rogers, the eldest son of President John, Pastor of the Ipswich 
 church, inherited the pasture lot upon the death of his father, July 2, 1684. 
 He enlarged it April 20, 1693 (39:45) by the purchase of six and a half acres 
 upland and swamp from Thomas Burnam, son of the original owner. His 
 deed records the item, “which I had of my father by deed of gift bearing 
 date of Jan. 1, 1687.” 
 
 William Hubbard's Lot. 
 
 No. 5 on Diagram. 
 
 Madame Elizabeth Rogers, widow of President John, on March 26, 
 1685 bought the six acre lot of upland and meadow adjoining the Thomas 
 Burnam lot on the south, of Rev. William Hubbard, who had married 
 Margaret, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel and sister of her husband. (Ips. 
 Deeds 5:146). This lot also became the property of Rev. John, the Pastor of 
 the Ipswich church, and he thus owned four of the original six acre divi- 
 sions. In his will, (approved Jan. 6, 1745,) he gave the two lots abutting on 
 Thomas Norton, part of his lower pasture, to his son Samuel, a phy- 
 sician, who built and occupied the house now owned by Frank T. Good- 
 hue, and the two others, to his son John, Pastor of the church at Kittery 
 (326:460-4). The Kittery Pastor sold the lot adjoining his brother to 
 Samuel, before May 6, 1746, and his other lot to his brother Daniel, after- 
 ward Pastor for life at Exeter, May 6, 1746 (90: 272). 
 
 Samuel became the owner of three of the original lots by this purchase, 
 numbered 2, 3 and 4. He divided them into two “ten acre” lots and sold 
 the southern lot to Richard Manning, May 7, 1755 (102:138) and the north- 
 ern half to Col. John Choate and Abraham Choate, May 19, 1757 (103:245). 
 Col. Choate and William Choate sold to John Heard, June 6, 1776(135:263), 
 and John Heard conveyed it to Michael Brown, Novem. 20, 1832 (268:78). 
 
 Richard Manning bought the adjoining lot of Rev. Daniel Rogers, 
 June 27, 1759 (106:214). He was the son of Thomas Manning, the black- 
 smith, who had forged manacles and fetters for the witches in 1692,^ and 
 
 1 Ipswich in Mass. Bay Colony, p. 294. 
 
THE RESIDENCE OF MR. HENRY BROWN. 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON's FARM. 
 
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 whose house and shop it may be presumed as well, occupied the William 
 Kinsman lot, now owned by Mrs. Joseph R. W ilson. The elder Manning had 
 purchased the two original lots adjoining. 
 
 Samuel Younglove’s Lot. 
 
 No. 6 on Diagram. 
 
 Samuel Younglove, the first known proprietor of the lot numbered 6, 
 had conveyed it to his son Joseph, “my lot of upland in the field on the 
 south side’' containing six acres, Nov. 19, 1687 (Ips. Deeds 5:298) and Joseph 
 sold to Thomas Manning the same lot, “lying within a comon field on y« 
 south side of the Mill River, containing eight acres,” March 31, 1696 
 (11:103). 
 
 Dea. William Goodhue’s Lot. 
 
 No. 7 on Diagram. 
 
 The lot numbered 7 was owned by Dea. William Goodhue, whose 
 house was on the lot now occupied by the Parsonage of the South Church. 
 John Goodhue, his grandson, conveyed it to his brother William, “y® 8 acre 
 lot by Windmill Hill,^ lying between the land of Mr. Nath. Rogers and Mr. 
 Thomas Manning,” Jan. 9, 1699-1700 (14:225). The Goodhue heirs gave 
 a deed of this lot, again called a six acre lot, to Manning, Jan. 18, 1699-1700 
 (13: 275, 276.) Thomas Manning’s will was proved May23, 1737, (Pro. Rec. 
 322:49-53) and it bequeathed to his son Richard, “all the land I bought of 
 Joseph Younglove and the Goodhues, containing eighteen or twenty acres, 
 be the same more or less.” 
 
 Richard Manning was now the owner of four of the original divisions 
 numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7. He sold the six acre lot which he had bought of 
 Rev. Daniel Rogers to Samuel Chipman of Salem, June 29, 1759 (107:9) 
 and the ten acre lot adjoining, which he had bought of Samuel Rogers, to 
 Dr. Joseph Manning, June 26, 1765 (116:20.) Anstice Chipman, widow of 
 Samuel, sold her lot to Dr. Manning, March 23^^ 1774 (133: 75). 
 
 On Nov. 6, 1770, Capt. Richard Manning conveyed the Goodhue- 
 Younglove lots which he had inherited to Ins daughters. To tlie widow 
 Anstice Chipman and Mary Barker, wife of Ephraim Barker of Stratham, 
 N. H., he conveyed a twelve acre lot adjoining the lot owned by Samuel 
 Chipman, and another lot of equal size to Martha Talton, wife of Stiles 
 Talton of New Market, N. H., and Priscilla Heath, wife of William Heath 
 of Salem (122:275). 
 
 Dr. Joseph Manning bequeathed the “River Pasture,” 12 J acres, to his 
 son. Dr. John, the famous physician, and 2^ acres in the southwest cor- 
 ner of the same, to his son Jacob, June 6, 1786 (Pro. Rec. 358: 374). He 
 had previously acquired the adjoining land, the interest of Anstice Chip- 
 nam in an “undivided moiety of 8^ acres,” conveyed to her and Mary 
 
 1 The name Windmill Hill is still retained. Undoubtedly a windmill was built 
 somewhere on this breezy height, but nothing is known of its location. 
 
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 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTO NSTALL’s BROOK 
 
 Barker by Richard Manning, Oct., 23 1775 (134: 150) and he bought the 
 interest of the heirs of Ephraim Barker “ in 3 acres and three eighths, given 
 to their mother by their grandfather,” August 19, 1793 (156: 278). Jacob 
 Manning sold the whole tract, estimated as containing 12 acres, to his 
 brother, Dr. John, August 26, 1793 (167:132). 
 
 Dr. Manning sold the River Pasture, he had inherited, and the lot, he 
 had bought of Jacob, 26^ acres in all, to Bemsly Smith, March 29, 1809 
 (186:157) and he conveyed it to Ammi Brown, Gent., Michael Brown, 
 white-smith, and Asa Andrews, the Town lawyer, April 15, 1811 (193: 52). 
 By the terms of the deed, Andrews owned an undivided half, and he sold 
 this interest to the other proprietors and John Heard, April 28, 1812 (200: 
 175). Mr. Heard sold the Choate lot and the Asa Andrews interest to 
 Michael Brown, Nov. 20, 1832 (268:78). Brown acquired the title to the 
 whole tract before his death. His executors sold this, in three fields, the 
 Heard lot, 7^ acres (325:99) a 12^ acre lot (325:119) and a llj acre lot, 
 the Choate lot, to Asa Brown, April 23, 1841 (325:127). His purchase of 
 the Saltonstall lot has been mentioned already. 
 
 He became now the owner of the large tract reaching from the Brook 
 to the land now owned by Wallace P. Willett. He mortgaged 15 acres 
 to Asa Brown Potter, adjoining the Willett land, ‘‘being the Manning lot, 
 and part of the Heard lot,” Oct. 3, 1860 (613:74) and conveyed his whole 
 estate to Increase H. Brown, his brother, Oct. 28, 1862 (643:243). He 
 conveyed to their sister, Mrs. Rhoda Brown Potter, April 28, 1866 (701: 
 230). Asa also executed a deed to Mrs. Potter of the same with the con- 
 dition that she pay what he owed Jonathan Sargent and the mortgages, 
 Feb. 11, 1867 (743:198). Mrs. Potter sold 35 acres, retaining 5 acres with 
 her homestead, to Edward B. V/ildes, May 1, 1871 (822: 114), who built 
 the mansion on the hill. His v/idow sold the estate to Lester E, Libby, 
 Aug. 16, 1901 (1650:284). 
 
 Henry Brown, who had inherited the estate of Mrs. Potter, bought 
 2^ acres of the Wildes property, June 8, 1903 (1710:348). This increased 
 his lot to about 8 acres, and the present line of division must coincide very 
 nearly with the original line betv/een Saltonstall and Rogers, By the 
 terms of the sale, Mr, Brown was obliged to remove the ancient Norton 
 mansion near the great elm, and it was torn down, still stout and strong. 
 Its walls were filled with brick, and its oak beams v/ere massive and finely 
 finished. Picturesque in architecture and in location, its destruction was 
 a matter of general regret, John H. Procter bought the Wildes mansion 
 and 14 acres. May 8, 1903 (1706:40). The balance of the land, 20 acres, 
 was purchased by Mrs. Anna P. Peabody, Oct. 5, 1904 (1757:181). She 
 has transformed the bare pastures into the beautiful estate, to which the 
 name, Floriana, has now been given. 
 
 She also acquired the John H. Procter property, Jan. 8, 1907 (1857: 
 355) so that her title covers the original lots of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers 
 and his descendants, of Thomas Burnham, Rev. William Hubbard and 
 Samuel Younglove. 
 
 The seventh lot in the old Common field, it has been said, was owned 
 
FLORIANA 
 
 The summer home of Mrs. Anna P. Peabody. 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON 'S FARM 
 
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 by Dea. William Goodhue, by his grandsons John and William, and other 
 heirs, by Thomas Manning and his son Capt. Richard, who gave it in equal 
 divisions to his daughters, Martlia Talton and Priscilla Heath. Stilman 
 Talton of Newmarket and Martha, sold acres, her whole interest, to 
 William Appleton, Sept. 20, 1775 (134:156). It was inherited by Daniel 
 Thurston, his son-in-law, and sold by him to James Potter and by Thomas 
 Brown, Jun., guardian of the minor children of James, to the widow, Rhoda 
 B. Potter, called ‘The Appleton lot’ Nov. 26, 1839 (326:4). She con- 
 veyed it to Symmes Potter, May 4, 1846 (368: 6). 
 
 William Heath and Priscilla sold her lot to George Norton, Dec. 27, 
 1774 (133:258) who conveyed to Daniel Rogers, Jan. 7, 1783 (140:217). 
 Its later history is merged in that of the lots adjoining on the south. 
 
 Rev. Nathaniel Rogers’s Upper Pasture and Isaiah Woods’s Lot. 
 
 Lots Nos. 8, 9 and 10 on Diagram. 
 
 The eighth and ninth lots were owned by Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, and 
 known as the upper pasture. In the indenture of division of the estate 
 (Ips. Deeds 5:146), these lots were apportioned to Pres. John Rogers of 
 Harvard, bounded north by land of William Goodhue, “soutli by land of 
 said John Rogers, purchased of Isaiah Wood,” March 4, 1684. His pur- 
 chase of the tenth lot is not known from any other source. 
 
 Rev. Nathaniel Rogers of Portsmouth succeeded in the ownership, 
 probably by inheritance, and sold the 20 acres of arable and pasture land, 
 with a small house and barn, to his brother. Rev. John Rogers, Pastor of 
 the- Ipswich Church, November 7, 1706 (39:46). We may presume that 
 the house and barn may liave been occupied by Isaiah Wood, from whom 
 Pres. John bought a lot. No trace of these buildings can be found. Rev. 
 John bequeathed the southern half of the upper pasture, bounded by the 
 land of Robert Potter on the south, to his son Rev. Nathaniel, his colleague 
 and successor, and the northern half, abutting on Mr. Manning’s land to 
 his son. Rev. Daniel of Exeter (proved Jan. 6, 1745 326:460—1). The 
 heirs of the latter sold the lot, 11 acres, on April 28, and May 20, 1786, to 
 Daniel Rogers of Ipswich (146:151). 
 
 After the death of Mr. Rogers, partition of the tract was made, 16 acres 
 in all, as he had previously bought the 4| acre lot of George Norton. A 
 third w^as set off to George Haskell by the Court of Common Pleas, Sept, 
 term, 1839, and the balance to Martha and Mary Ann Rogers. The 
 latter sold their portion to Capt. Symmes Potter, Feb. 15, 1840 (317: 
 118) and George Haskell sold to him Jan. 4, 1841 (323:219). He bought 
 the Appleton lot adjoining, as has been stated, and enlarged his holding 
 to twenty acres. By the will of Capt. Potter, who was lost at sea, his 
 sister, Mrs. Julia P. Willett, received his landed estate, 1859 (Pro. Rec. 
 420: 46) and she bequeathed it to her son, Wallace P. Willett, the present 
 owner. Four gates in the stone wall still indicate the the several lots in- 
 cluded in the single large field. 
 
8 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTO NSTALL 'S BROOK 
 
 The ten acre lot, wliich Rev. Nathaniel Rogers inherited in 1745, 
 came into the possession of the Potters, who owned the large area beyond. 
 In 1766, it had been divided. In that year, Richard Potter sold Daniel 
 Potter, Jr., 5f acres, the southern half (126:173) and Daniel Potter sold 
 Daniel Jr., the other half, 5^ acres of upland and meadow, with a house, 
 barn and joiner’s shop. May 31, 1769 (126:174). Daniel Potter conveyed 
 this property to Moses Willett, Nov. 20, 1810 (192: 75) but it reverted to 
 the Potter family and Daniel Potter sold the land and buildings to William. 
 H. Chapman of Salem, May 24, 1850 (429: 20). Chapman sold to Rev. 
 Daniel Fitz, D.D., Pastor of the South Church, the acreage being given as 
 fourteen. Mar. 31, 1854 (492: 34.) He conveyed to George W. Brown, Mar, 
 31, 1856 (529: 92), who sold to Asa Wade, Dec. 27, 1862 (646: 75). Mr. 
 W ade sold the estate, reserving for the small house standing on the prem- 
 ises, built by Mr. Winslow, the privilege of retaining it two years, to Isaac 
 F. Dobson, the present owner, Oct. 28, 1881 (1069:42). The dwelling is 
 apparently the same that appears in the deed of Daniel Potter of 1769 
 and was built before that date. 
 
 John Dane’s Lot. 
 
 ?so. 11 on Diagram. 
 
 John Dane owmed the lot, numbered 11, in 1661, and Nathaniel 
 Smith in 1706, by the deeds of adjoining lots, and Robert Potter owned 
 and occupied in 1745. In the division of his estate, half the house and 
 a piece of land 18 rods deep, 6 rods 8 links wide, was set off to the widow 
 Mary, April 4, 1778 (Pro. Rec. 353: 92). The administrator, Moses Potter, 
 quitclaimed his interest in the estate to Stephen Brown, 3^, April 8, 1778 
 (149: 262). Walter Brown inherited and bought the interest of Joseph 
 Boardman in the nine acres and half the house, April 2, 1824 (235: 69). 
 The other half of the house was bequeathed by Mary Brown to her relative 
 Sally Berry, ‘‘as full remuneration for all care, labour and attention of 
 every sort and kind bestowed on me during my life,” Feb. 3, 1846 (Pro- 
 Rec. 413: 291). The widow Sally Berry, sold this to Capt. Symmes Potter, 
 April 13, 1848 (395: 258) and he conveyed it to W alter Brown, with a part 
 of the lot, Jan. 15, 1857 (611: 37). The administrator of Walter Brown 
 sold to Asa Wade, June 9, 1863, (652: 178). He owned the adjoining 
 estate and moved the house from its original location near the road to the 
 rear of the barn, where it still stands. The later history of this lot is that 
 of the farm, of which it became a part. 
 
 John Hoyt’s Lot. 
 
 No. 12 on Diagram. 
 
 In the year 1641, the Town Record has the following entry, concern- 
 ing the twelfth of these river side lots: 
 
 “ Granted to John Hoyt six acres of planting ground at the Mile 
 brook having the Mile brook on the South Ipswich River on 
 the Northwest a planting lott of John Danes on the Northeast 
 and the Comon of the Towne of Ipswich on the Southeast.” 
 
THE DWElvEING OF THE TATE EDWARD B. WII.DE.S 
 now owned by Mrs. Anna P. Peabody. 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON’s FARM. 
 
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 Thomas Hartshorne of Reading and Sarah, his wife, who w'as relict of 
 William Lampson, late of Ipswich, sold to Anthony Potter, 
 
 ‘‘our dwelling house & other outhousing with the orchard & a 
 parcel of upland & meadow containing sixteen acres on the 
 South side of the river within the common fence bounded with 
 mile brook towards the west the Mill River towards the North 
 John Danes land toward the East the comon South.’' 
 
 December 11, 1661 (Ips. Deeds 4: 4.37). 
 
 The lot is the same in both records beyond question, though its area is 6 
 acres in the grant and 16 acres in the deed, and diverse compass directions 
 appear in the bounds. Potter soon enlarged his modest farm. John 
 Appleton, son of Samuel, the immigrant, sold him 16 acres, having the 
 Mile brook on 
 
 “tlie east Mill River on the North the land of Lieut Samuel Apple- 
 ton west and other land of Potters formerly William Goodhues 
 toward the south.” 
 
 Dec. 22, 1664 
 
 (Ips. Deeds 2; 221). 
 
 Dea. Goodhue’s deed of sale of the lot mentioned in the above deed is 
 not recorded, but a later deed records another conveyance by Dea. Good- 
 hue to Potter for £35 
 
 “of 11 acres together with 7 acres which was sometimes W™ 
 Lampsons in the whole 18 acres,” bounded by Lieut. Apple- 
 ton’s, his own land and the brook, March 12, 1671 (Ips. Deeds 
 3: 220). 
 
 This completed his estate, which included the farms, now owned by the 
 Oliver Smith heirs and George E. Barnard. Strangely enough, ten years 
 later Samuel Appleton Sen., executed a deed of sale to Anthony Potter 
 Sen., for £110, 5s. of the same lot already sold him, 18 acres and 62 rods, 
 “a part of my farm lying between the Great River and Myle 
 brook bounded from the gate post at the highw^ay to Boston to 
 a small oake by the great River which are two bounds having 
 the land of the sd Appleton on the Southwest and from the 
 small oake to the great River coming to sd Potters land on the 
 northwest and the land of sd Potter on the northeast on the east 
 by myle brooke from sd Potters land up to the gate post at the 
 highway to Boston, ” 
 
 “provided it w'as always intended that what damage the sd 
 Anthony Potter shall sustain by water that comes from the sd. 
 Appletons dam upon any of the above land that the sd Potter 
 and his suscessors shall bear it and that the sd Appleton and his 
 successors shall have the liberty of a highway to the Towne by 
 the great River through the sd land as heretofore,” with provision 
 for fence etc. 10-11-1681 (Ips. Deeds 4: 486). 
 
 The original grant to Samuel Appleton was bounded by the River and by 
 Mile Brook, and the Appleton title seems not to have been extinguished 
 
10 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL’s BROOK 
 
 although Dea. Goodhue had sold two lots in this tract. John Appleton, 
 son of Samuel, gave the deed for the first lot. 
 
 On March 14, 1693, Joseph Calef, Thomas Potter and Antony Potter 
 were granted liberty to dam the water and build a fulling mill on Mile brook. 
 The mill was not built apparently, as Edmund Potter, Abraham Tilton, Jr. 
 and Antony Potter petitioned to set up a dam and grist mill in Mile brook, 
 near the house of Thomas Potter, not to damnify Col. Appleton’s saw mill. 
 This was granted March 24, 1696, and the mill was built. The dam and 
 an old mill building still remain. 
 
 Thomas Potter had a house therefore near this dam and mill in 1696, 
 but the land seems to have belonged to Samuel Potter. By his will, Samuel 
 bequeathed 
 
 “ to son Samuel besides what I have given him a deed of on y® south- 
 erly side of y® brook I give him . . . all my land on y^ side of sd brook. 
 
 . . . He shall always have an outlet! to ye Town Common from his house 
 to y® Common as y® way now goes.” 
 
 To his son Thomas 
 
 “ all lands on y® north side the brook and after wife’s decease all lands 
 housings” etc. 
 
 Proved Aug. 2, 1714 
 
 (Pro. Rec. 311:173-5). 
 
 Thomas Potter was the owner therefore, from 1714, of the principal part of 
 the present Barnard farm, but Thomas and Antony Potter sold to Thomas 
 Norton, tanner, whose establishment and dwelling were near Saltonstall’s 
 brook, 13 acres, boimded by Antony Potter, north, Thomas and Antony, 
 northwest, and Thomas Potter, southwest. March 7, 1733 (86: 70). 
 Daniel Potter succeeded to the ownership and sold to his son, Richard, the 
 house and 16 acres, beginning at the corner of Robert Potter’s shop, and 
 bounded on the other side by the brook, as it runs to the land of Thomas 
 Norton, then on land of Richard Potter and Jonathan Potter to first 
 bounds.” July 5, 1762 (119:155). 
 
 Richard Potter married the widow Lydia Symmes, their publishment 
 being announced on Feb. 16, 1760, and a daughter, Sarah, was baptized Dec. 
 28, 1760. She lived to be 89 years old, and in her old age used to tell very 
 interesting stories of her childhood, which are remembered by her grand- 
 nephew Wallace P. Willett. The house in which she was born was not on 
 the same spot as the present dwelling, but occupied the site of the original 
 house. In her childhood, a heavy growth of oaks and hickories yet re- 
 mained near the river, and from the swamp the cries of wolves and other 
 wild animals were plainly heard at night. Her mother in turn had told her 
 of her own childhood in the ancient ‘garrison house,’ on the same spot 
 built of logs and surrounded by a stockade or wall of logs, some ten feet 
 high, with loopholes for musket fire in case of Indian attack. The Indians 
 were friendly -and came frequently to the house for food and tobacco. Grad- 
 ually their attitude became less friendly and the dwellers in the lonely house 
 began to plan for their safety in case of an Indian assault. The cellar was 
 
GADSHILI. 
 
 The residence of Mr. Isaac F. Dobson. 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON’s FARM. 
 
 11 
 
 built up with logs, and by removing some of these a little closet or cave was 
 dug and cleverly concealed. 
 
 One day, when the men were at work in the fields, and the mother of 
 the household was busy with her dinner, the little girl discovered Indians 
 landing from their canoes in war-paint and fully armed. The mother saw that 
 it was impossible to give the alarm. Hurrying the children into the cellar, 
 she threw open the gate of the stockade, and dropped her hood and shawl 
 as though they had been lost in the flight of the family, then, rushing back, 
 she opened the log shelter and hid with her children. 
 
 The cunning ruse deceived the Indians. They entered, helped them- 
 selves to the dinner, and smoked at their leisure, doing no damage, how- 
 ever, to the house or furniture. Finally two or three sought the pork barrel 
 in the cellar, and the poor children nearly died from fright, lest the slightest 
 noise should betray their presence. But the Indians had no suspicion, and 
 having helped themselves from the friendly barrel, they withdrew, and the 
 whole band returned to their canoes. 
 
 This ancient tradition of the early days is a true picture, no doubt, of 
 the anxiety and fear which beset every family on the outskirts of the vil- 
 lages for many years. The statement that it was a garrison house is very 
 interesting. The committee for Essex County reported in March 1675-6 
 that Ipswich was well defended with its fort about the meeting house and 
 the garrison houses.* The location of the latter is not given, but it is very 
 probable that the scattered families dwelling in this neighborhood would 
 have had at least one well defended house for a common refuge. 
 
 Richard Potter bequeathed his estate to his son Jonathan (proved Oct. 
 5, 1789. Pro. Rec. 360:290). James, the son of Jonathan, acquired the 
 interest of Julia Ann, who became the wife of Levi Willett (Aug. 28, 1832) 
 and Symmes, Oct. 30, 1837 (303:160). His widow, Mrs. Rhoda B. Potter, 
 sold the farm, now including the whole tract except the Norton lot, 30 acres 
 in all, to Capt. Symmes Potter, May 4, 1846 (368: 6). Asa Wade bought of 
 Capt. Potter, Feb. 12, 1857 (547:96) and the Walter Brown lot in 1863. 
 He sold to Charles A. Campbell, March, 20, 1894 (1406: 500), and he, in 
 turn, to George E. Barnard, Oct. 20, 1899 (1591: 475). Under the hand of 
 the last two owners, the ancient farm has become a beautiful estate, to 
 which the name Riverbend is happily given. 
 
 The thirteen acre lot, sold to Thomas Norton in 1733, was sold by 
 Daniel Potter to Moses Willett, Nov. 20, 1810(192:75). The administrator 
 of Willett sold ‘Hhe Potter lot,’’ ten and a quarter acres, to William Man- 
 ning, March 8, 1820 (270: 36). Mr. Manning built the house and barn and 
 lived here until his death. His heirs sold to George Fellows, Sept. 7, 1860 
 (612: 246), the Fellows heirs to Willard B. and William H. Kinsman, April 
 13, 1883 (1105: 201). Mr. Albert W. Smith bought of the Kinsman heirs, 
 May 24, 1894 (1412:499) and sold to Asa Burnham, Dec. 14, 1895 (1465: 
 274), Burnham to Mrs. Lavinia A. Brown, April 15, 1902 (1670:312) who 
 conveyed to Mrs. Lavinia Campbell, wife of Chas. A. Campbell, Oct. 27, 
 
 1 Mass. Archives Book 68 leaf 184. Ipswich in Mass. Bay Colony, pp. 207, 208. 
 
12 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL 's BROOK 
 
 1904 (1758:111). George E. Barnard bought the house and ten acres, but 
 the 23 acre “Smith lot" on the east side of the highway was retained by 
 Mr. Campbell, and is included in his estate. 
 
 The remainder of the ancient Potter farm was in the possession of 
 Samuel Potter, as we have noted, in 1714. He bequeathed his estate to his 
 son Samuel, (proved Feb. 29, 1747 Pro. Rec. 327:508-9), but Richard sold 
 Samuel a 14 acre lot, fronting on the road, and bounded by Oliver and 
 Nathaniel Appleton’s land on the south, April 3, 1775 (134:125). Moses 
 Willett acquired possession and the widow Martha sold at auction to her 
 sons George and Levi, and conveyed her dower as well, April 1, 1830 (257: 
 36). The Ipswich Bank foreclosed and took the property, and sold the 
 “Willett Farm" about 80 acres, to Daniel Whipple, April 7, 1840 (321:3). 
 Calvin Whipple sold to Harriet C. Smith, April 3, 1868 (744: 70), and her 
 heirs still own. 
 
 Rev. Nathaniel Rogers’s Gravel Pit Pasture. 
 
 Returning now to the east side of the old highway, the “Gravel Pit 
 Pasture" as it was called, including all the land from Saltonstall’s brook to 
 “Parting Paths," was granted probably to Rev. Nathaniel Rogers. It 
 was sold by Daniel Rogers, his grandson, and son of Pres. John, to Jonathan 
 Wade, who bequeathed “the pasture I purchased of Mr. Daniel Rogers, 
 commonly called Gravel Pit Pasture," to his three granddaughters. The 
 inventory gives its area as 20 acres but it was divided into three lots of 10 
 acres each. The northern lot was assigned to Elizabeth (Cogswell) Farley, 
 wife of Capt. John Farley, the middle one to Abigail Cogswell, who mar- 
 ried Thomas Pickard of Rowley, the southern lot to Susanna Cogswell, 
 who became the wife of Moses Treadwell, in 1749 (Pro. Rec. 329:133). 
 
 Mr. Pickard sold the ten acres settled on his wife to Nathaniel Farley, 
 April 7, 1766 (125: 237), who conveyed to Abraham Choate, April 18, 1769 
 (125:231). Samuel Kinsman was the next owner, and he sold to Asa 
 Baker, March 26, 1789 (149:264). Baker acquired the interest of Capt. 
 John Farley, the northern division. In the distribution of his estate, ten 
 acre lots were set off to Dorcas Brown and Polly, the wife of Michael Brown, 
 April 6, 1814. After Michael’s death, Polly sold the whole twenty acres 
 with the new dwelling and barn to Ira Worcester, reserving to the Town 
 right to dig gravel, April 23, 1841 (324: 95). This pit was sold to Worcester 
 by the Town, Aug. 9, 1854 (509:293). A brick powder house of the familiar 
 conical shape was built on the estate by the Town in 1792. Mr. Worcester 
 sold Jane Rowell the half acre lot on which she built a dwelling now owned 
 by Mr. Henry P. Homans, Aug. 31, 1865 (697:274) and the remainder to 
 Ellen M. Burnham, wife of Frank H. Burnham, reserving right to the Town 
 to keep the powder house, April 18, 1871 (821: 150). The Town attached 
 no interest unfortunately to the picturesque structure, and it fell into ruin 
 and disappeared. Albert S. Brown purchased the estate from Mrs. 
 Burnham’s heirs, Feb. 27, 1889 (1243: 514) and occupies it. 
 
 The third division was sold by Moses Treadwell and Susanna (Cogs- 
 
RIVER BEND FARM 
 
 The summer home of Mr. George E. Barnard. 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON'S FARM. 
 
 13 
 
 well) to their brother-in-law Capt. John Farley, May 13, 1773 (138:151). 
 Executions against Farley were granted to John Adams, Benj. Merrill, 
 Aaron Perley andi Sarah Willet, July 10, 1820. (Exec. No. 3: 211, 212, 213a, 
 213b, 221). A six acre lot was assigned to Aaron Perley and sold by him 
 to Ira Worcester and was included in his transfer to Mrs. Burnham. Sarah 
 Willet was assigned an interest in one acre and Adams and Merrill received 
 the balance. Merrill sold his interest to Jeremiah Kimball, Jr., Jan. 24, 
 1824 (692:47). Adams sold to the same, March 24, 1824 (692: 46) and 
 Sarah Willet had already sold him her interest Novem. 24, 1823 (256:28). 
 Jeremiah gave the four acre lot thus acquired to his son, Charles Kimball, 
 Dec. 11, 1839 (692:47) who sold to Maynard Whittier, Dec. 26, 1873 (900: 
 105). Mr. Whittier built the house, and still makes his home here. 
 
 The Inner Common of the South Eighth. 
 
 Lots Nos. 14 to 19. 
 
 The great tract of pasture, meadow and swamp, bounded by County 
 Road, Essex Road, the Candlewood Road, Fellows Lane and Lakeman’s 
 Lane, was a part of the common land of the Town, and when the great area 
 of common lands was divided into Eighths in 1709,* it became part of the 
 division known as the South Eighth. The South Eighth was divided again 
 into several sections, Gould’s Pasture, Ringe’s Pasture, Walker’s Island, 
 etc. and this tract, bounded as above, which was known as The Inner Com- 
 mon or Pasture of the South Eighth. The Town voted in 1709, 
 
 “That any commoner who has one or more rights and has built one 
 or more new houses in the place of old ones shall have only the right for 
 a new house wdiich belonged to the old one.” 
 
 The list of old and new commoners as they were styled was settled and 
 the right of pasturage in these commons was restricted to these commoners, 
 who were invariably residents of the section of the Town nearest to these 
 several Eighths. A few years later, we find the proprietors of these Eighths 
 had become incorporated and each had its own organization, transacted 
 business and kept its own record. So far as known to me, the ancient 
 records of the “Thick Woods and Pigeon Hill Eighth,” now in the posses- 
 sion of the heirs of D. F. Appleton, and the Jeffries Neck Eighth are the 
 only ones that have been preserved. About 1726, the proprietors of 
 the Inner Common began to apportion individual shares and gradually 
 division lines were run and individual titles were established. 
 
 Francis Crompton’s Lot. 
 
 No. 14 on Diagram. 
 
 Beginning with the lot on the south corner of County Road and Essex 
 Road which is alluded to as the “Parting of the way leading to Chebacco,” 
 in 1732 (61:115) and “y® parting of y® paths” in 1738 (77.23) Francis 
 
 1 See Ipswich in Mass. Bay Colony, p. 73, and Chap, on Common Lands. 
 
14 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL’S BROOK 
 
 Crompton, the inn-keeper, whose famous hostelry was nearly opposite the 
 present Heard mansion, owned about 19 acres. By his will, (proved March 
 16, 1730, Pro. Rec. 319:209-212,) acres on the comer of the Windmill 
 Hill Pasture was assigned to his daughter Hannah Perkins. A 5^ acre lot 
 adjoining and fronting on the way to Chebacco was assigned to Ann Cromp- 
 ton and 4 acres, the eastern lot, was settled on the widow Hannah. 
 
 The daughters sold their interest to Thomas Manning, the blacksmith, 
 Dec. 1, 1732 (61:115). He bequeathed to his sons, Joseph and Richard 
 (will proved May 23, 1737 Pro. Rec. 322: 49-53). Dr. Joseph’s half in- 
 cluded the land on the comer, Richard’s half faced the County Road, south 
 of Joseph’s. The widow Crompton’s third was sold to Philemon Dane prior 
 to 1742 (104: 77 “Dane’s other land”) whose heirs conveyed to Dr. Manning 
 in 1758, 1762 and 1764 (116:121, 122). The deed of Paul Little of Fal- 
 mouth describes it as “ the house and garden I purchased of James Dean,” 
 but no other allusion to the dwelling occurs and it must have disappeared 
 about this time. Dr. Joseph Manning purchased a six acre lot of his 
 brother, Richard, June 1, 1768 (123:169) and an orchard lot of one acre, 
 Nov. 6, 1770 (123:194). By this purchase he became the owner of the en- 
 tire Crompton lot. 
 
 He sold it in three lots to his son Jacob, March 1, 1779 (138:93) Feb. 1, 
 1781, and July 8, 1782 (141:7). Jacob conveyed to Dr. John Manning, 
 Nov. 16, 1804 (175:119), Manning sold to Thomas Beckford, Jan. 4, 1805 
 (175:249), Beckford to John Heard, Feb. 25, 1814 (209:105), Heard to 
 Richard Potter, Nov. 2, 1832 (276:195). Potter sold the lot containing 
 16 acres or more with buildings' to Henry Wilson, Jr., April 30, 1846 (374: 
 105). Other transfers followed, to S. S. Skinner, March 31, 1847 (485:128), 
 to Daniel C. Manning of Salem, May 21, 1862 (637:235), to John C. Carlisle, 
 April 1, 1865 (682:55). Ira B. Carlisle, bro. of John, conveyed it to Wm. G. 
 Brown and Abram D. Wait, April 4, 1871 (822:269). 
 
 The lot was divided by them. Land on the comer and the buildings 
 were sold to William Kimball, Sept. 14, 1877 (984:7). His widow and 
 daughters sold their interest in 8 acres to William Kimball, Jr., son of the 
 deceased, March 15, 1887 (1193:113). Mr. Lewis H. Pingree purchased 
 the interest of William in the house and a part of the land, March 13, 
 1906 (1817:246). Mr. Kimball sold the remainder of the lot to George 
 E. Barnard, Oct. 19, 1906 (1846:105). 
 
 A small lot, 200 ft. front, 100 ft. deep, on County Road, was sold to 
 Alfred Norman, Sept. 11, 1875 (936:165) who conveyed to Margaret Buzzell 
 wife of Isaac, Feb. 3, 1877 (970:214). A house was built which is still 
 owned by the Buzzell heirs. 
 
 A larger lot, south of the Buzzell lot, was sold to Wallace P. Willett, 
 Aug. 30, 1875 (936:246) and was included in his sale to Frances E. Richard- 
 son, May 17, 1902, which will be noted more particularly in the sketch of the 
 adjoining lot. The remains of the ancient stone wall, which formed the 
 original boundary of the Crompton lot, are still in place. 
 
 The house had been moved from the Sturgis lot to this site. 
 
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 Rev. John Rogers's Lot. 
 
 No. 15 on Diagram. 
 
 Ten acres adjoining the Crompton lot were “laid out," as the phrase 
 was, in the division of the Common to Rev. John Rogers, Pastor of the Ips- 
 wich Church, and sold by him to Thomas Norton, Jun., Oct. 16, 1741 (82: 
 277). In the division of his estate, the Rogers Pasture, so called, on Wind- 
 mill Hill, was assigned to the widow, Mary. (Pro. Rec. 330:426.) It was 
 acquired by Thomas, the eldest son, who sold it to Joseph Appleton, measur- 
 ing eight and a quarter acres, March 10, 1767 (123:107). Norton owned 
 the next lot, as well, and he may have changea the original lines, or what is 
 more likely, as Mr. Norton was a Harvard graduate and a school master, 
 he may have surveyed the lot and determined its actual size. The traces 
 of an old stone wall probably mark the original southern line of the Rogers 
 Pasture. 
 
 Thomas Appleton, son and heir of Joseph, sold the Rogers Pasture to 
 John Crocker, April 7, 1787 (146:270), who sold to Aaron Smith, Feb. 12, 
 1788 (147:133). Smith sold to Amos Jones 3 acres on May 23, 1817 (217: 
 203) and the remaining 5 acres, Dec. 9, 1818 (233:10). The heirs of Jones 
 sold to Patrick Riley, May 18, 1870 (798:79), who conveyed to Wallace P. 
 Willett, Sept. 20, 1880 (1045:211), who already owned a part of the Man- 
 ning lot as has been mentioned. He sold 5 acres, which included the latter 
 and part of the Rogers Pasture, to Frances E., wife of Francis H. Richard- 
 son, May 17, 1902 (1676:384). The Richardson house stands on the Rogers 
 land. 
 
 Thomas Norton Senior's Lot. 
 
 No. 16 on Diagram. 
 
 The third lot in the old South Eighth Pasture was laid out to Thomas 
 Norton, Sr. and was owned by Thos. Norton, Jr. in 1741. Joseph Appleton 
 acquired possession and it fell to his heirs, as well as the lot already con- 
 sidered. Thomas Appleton, son of Joseph, sold to John Crocker, Jr. a five 
 acre lot, April 9, 1787 (146:270) and a smaller one of an acre and three 
 quarters, Dec. 13, 1787 (146:107) which may have been part of the third 
 original division and Crocker sold both to Daniel Ross, Feb. 10, 1789. Ross 
 was a Revolutionary soldier and a cabinet maker by trade. His residence, 
 known later as the Parsons house, still stands on the corner of Elm and 
 County Sts. He clung tenaciously to the old order and wore his cue and 
 small clothes as long as he lived. His tools are in the possession of the His- 
 torical Society. As he acquired the adjoining land, the history of this lot 
 is included in that of its neighbors. 
 
 Joseph Appleton sold 6 acres to Alexander Troop, who lived on the 
 Essex Road, on the lot now known as the “ Hobson lot," Jan. 20, 1791 (152: 
 180). Troop also owned the lot, fronting on the Essex Road, and reaching 
 back of several of the lots which had their frontage on the County Road. 
 His heirs sold the whole lot, including 15 acres, to John Farley, Junior, 
 and Thomas Farley, the tanners, who lived near the site of the Parsonage. 
 
16 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL’S BROOK 
 
 Their barn and tan house and other buildings used by Josiah Stackpole as a 
 soap factory, were torn down in 1906, and the Giles Firmin garden laid out 
 on the site. The Farleys sold to Amos Jones, Feb. 17, 1820 (223:160). 
 Thomas Wade acquired it, and by an exchange of adjoining land, conveyed 
 the title to Daniel Ross, May 22, 1824 (235:184) who owned already the 
 land on the north and south. 
 
 Robert Calef’s Lot. 
 
 No. 17 on Diagram. 
 
 The next original lot, assigned apparently to Robert Calef, owmed by 
 his heirs in 1742, was sold by John Calef to John Appleton, 4^ acres, Nov. 
 6, 1752 (98:36). His son William, heir of his estate, sold to Stephen Brown, 
 March 16, 1807 (180:122), who sold to Daniel Ross, March 29, 1817 (213: 
 28). The old soldier, having acquired a goodly 19 acre tract by his suc- 
 cessive purchases, sold the whole to Capt. Symmes Potter, Sept. 18, 1838 
 (308:91), who bequeathed it with his other lands to his sister, Mrs. Julia P. 
 Willett. Her son, Wallace P. inherited at her death. 
 
 Thomas Manning’s Lot. 
 
 No. 18 on Diagram. 
 
 Thomas Manning, the blacksmith, who bought the 20 acre lot on “Part- 
 ing Paths” from Mr. Crompton, was assigned a lot of equal size, which is 
 included in Charles A. Campbell’s estate. In his will (proved May 23, 
 1737 Pro. Rec. 322:49-53), he bequeathed to his son Richard, his shop, 
 barn and all his blacksmith tools, his negro man, Daniel, and a full third 
 of the tract laid out to him in the Inner Common. He gave a third to his 
 son John, and another to Joseph. The sons agreed to a division, Richard 
 taking the lot adjoining the Calef land, Joseph the next, and John the 
 third, on the corner of Lakeman’s Lane, May 24, 1738 (77:23). j 
 
 The Richard Manning lot was owned later by Robert and John Potter. 
 The administrator of Robert sold his interest to Stephen Brown, 3*^, April 
 
 8, 1778 (149:262). Joseph Boardman sold a quarter interest in this lot to 
 Walter Brown, son of Stephen, April 2, 1824 (235:69), and he acquired a 
 complete title. His administrator sold the lot, 6 acres, to Asa Wade, June 
 
 9, 1863 (652:179) who sold to Chas. A. Campbell, Mar. 20, 1894 (1406:500). 
 
 Dr. Joseph Manning acquired his brother’s third and his son. Dr. John 
 “for love and affection paid me by my daughter and one dollar,” conveyed 
 12 acres to Lucretia Smith, the wife of Asa, May 14, 1806 (179:169). 
 Asa and Lucretia Smith sold to Richard Manning, May 22, 1817 (213:154). 
 In the inventory of Richard (Pro. Rec. 397:548, June 7, 1821) it is entered 
 as “about eleven acres of land called the common lot,” but in the con- 
 veyance by Richard Manning’s heirs to William Manning, it is called the 
 Smith lot, Jan. 24, 1833 (270:37). 
 
 Mr. Manning enlarged the lot by the purchase of the Birch Pasture, 
 so called, 9 acres, from George Fellows, of Salem, one of the heirs of Eph- 
 raim Fellows, Jan. 8, 1833 (270:38). His heirs sold the homestead on the 
 
FAIRVIEW 
 
 The residence of Mr. Charles A. Campbell. 
 
 I 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETOn’s FARM. 
 
 17 
 
 opposite side of County Road and the 23 acres to George Fellows, who 
 removed from Salem and spent his last years near the place of his birth, 
 Sept. 7, 1860 (612:246). His heirs sold to Willard B. and William H. Kins- 
 man, April 13, 1883 (1105:201) and the 23 acre lot was included in the 
 successive conveyances to Albert W. Smith, May 24, 1S94 (1412:499), to 
 Asa Burnham, Dec. 14, 1895 (1465:274) to Mrs. Lavinia A. Brown, April 
 15, 1902 (1670:312) and to Mrs. Lavinia Campbell, wife of Charles A., Oct. 
 27, 1904 (1758:111). Mr. Campbell also purchased of W. P. Willett three 
 and a third acres, part of the original Calef lot, Oct. 12, 1900 (1621:444). 
 The beautiful mansion on this estate, which bears the appropriate name of 
 Fairview, was built in 1900. 
 
 Thomas Firman^ s Lot. 
 
 No. 19 on Diagram. 
 
 The natural boundaiy of the Inner Common of the South Eighth, of 
 which we have been speaking, on the south side, would seem to have been 
 the water course, variously known as Mile Brook or River, or The Mile 
 Brook or ‘‘the river that runneth, out of the great Pond,” or Annable’s 
 Brook occasionally, or Saw Mill Brook. As there were other brooks called 
 Two Mile Brook and Three Mile Brook, the length of the stream seems 
 to have suggested the name. 
 
 But for some reason which can not be guessed even, a generous tract 
 of land bordering on the brook, reaching from the present County Road to 
 the Candlewood road, was granted at a very early date to three men. 
 Thomas Firman was the earliest known owner of a tract which was sold for 
 twenty acres, in 1647, but a little later for forty acres. Richard Saltonstall, 
 Esq. owned a forty acre tract on the east side of Firman’s, which was sold 
 by his heirs as 6fty acres a century later and John Andrews owned from 
 Saltonstall’s line to the Candlewood road. Each of these will be considered 
 in due time, but at present we are concerned only with the Firman lot. 
 
 Firman sold twenty acres upland and meadow, bounded by the Mile 
 brook southwest, the Saltonstall pasture southeast and “ the rest on common 
 ground,” to Thomas Low and Edward Bragg, Oct. 27, 1647 (Ips. Deeds 1 : 
 35). Bragg eventually disposed of his interest and Low sold or bequeathed 
 the whole lot to his son John. Of these transfers no record remains. 
 
 John Low, Senior, and Dorcas, sold 10 acres to Joseph Fellows, Jan. 
 1, 1689 (10:8) and 30 acres to his son John, Junior, reserving to his own 
 use 2 acres next the brook, Oct. 10, 1692 (10:148). John Jr. sold 4 
 acres to Ruth Fellows, widow of Joseph, Dec. 7, 1693 (10:5). The small 
 two acre lot bounded by the Bay Road west, and Mile brook south, came 
 into the possession of Thorndike Low, son of John. The remainder of the 
 farm was sold by John Low, Junior, measuring forty acres, with all the 
 buildings, “y® easterly side upon y® common land of the Town of Ipswich 
 and northwesterly upon sd. common,” to Abraham Tilton, Jun., Novem. 
 19, 1699 (15:296) who sold to Thomas Manning, the locksmith, who owned 
 the two large lots which have been considered, February 1706-7 (19:153). 
 
18 THE OLD BAT ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL'S BROOK 
 
 In his will (proved May 23, 1737 Pro. Rec. 322:49-53) he directed, "I give 
 to my son, John Manning, all that my farm I bought of Abraham Tilton, 
 containing 50 acres, be it more or less, with all the buildings standing 
 upon it.” 
 
 Thorndike Low’s two acres and buildings had come into the possession 
 of Eliezer Foster, who sold or mortgaged liis modest estate to Capt, Daniel 
 Ringe, March 27, 1722 (39:245) but acquired it again, Oct. 5, 1727 (49:254). 
 On March 3, 1741 (84:1) he sold to John Manning his neighbor, ^'my dwell- 
 ing and land containing about four acres being the same I purchased of Capt. 
 Daniel Ringe, and the land I purchased of Simon Wood, Thomas Wade 
 and Jonathan Fellows, Committee to the Proprietors in the South Eighth.” 
 
 John Manning’s will (proved Sept. 11, 1775 Pro. Rec. 351:335) be- 
 queathed half the farm, now estimated as about 60 acres, to his son John, 
 and a quarter to each of the other sons, Thomas and Richard. John Man- 
 ning, Jr. bequeathed to his sons Richard and William in equal parts "one 
 undivided half of about sixty acres, lying in common with John Manning, 
 3d.” His inventory includes "one dwelling house and other buildings, 
 with 81 rods under and adjoining, as well as the undivided half of the farm,” 
 April, 1814 (Pro. Rec. 385:168, 232). Richard acquired his brother’s in- 
 terest and at his death, Judith, his widow, and the sons, Daniel C. and 
 George, then residents of Salem, sold their interest to William, son of Rich- 
 ard, including the " Smith lot,” the purchase of which by Richard has been 
 already noted, Jan. 24, 1833 (270:37). William Manning, bought the lot 
 on the west side of County Road and built a new home and sold his house 
 and 29 acres to Alfred Manning, April 26, 1858 (569:235), who conveyed to 
 J. Frank Smith, May 9, 1873 (881:174). Smith sold the farm "40 acres 
 tillage and meadow with buildings” to William L. Sturgis, the present 
 owner, April 20, 1877 (974:256). 
 
 The eastern half of the John Manning farm, bequeathed to Richard 
 and Thomas, was owned eventually by Richard. His son Richard, Jr., of 
 Salem, conveyed to John Manning, 3*^, his right to the farm, one half and 
 one acre more, undivided with his brother John, May 8, 1795 (160:23). Mr. 
 Ebenezer Fall married Abigail the daughter of John Manning. At the 
 decease of Mr. Manning, John W. Dodge and his wife Sarah (Manning) sold 
 their interest to Mr. Fall, March 13, 1845 (882:266) and a small lot, ad- 
 joining, May 7, 1859 (882:267). He sold the farm to Mrs. Lavinia A. Brown 
 June 10, 1905 (1783:278). The present dwelling was built by John Man- 
 ning, 3*^. 
 
 The Bay Road, it has been said, was laid out in 1640 by a Committee 
 acting under the direction of the General Court in the precise location 
 County Road occupies to-day. The road was defined "by marked trees 
 over Mr. Appletons meadow, called Parlye Meadow & from thence by Mr. 
 Hubbards farm house.” The low, swampy ground, over which a broad 
 causeway has since been built in Ipswich and Hamilton, was an embarras- 
 sing obstacle to travel. 
 
 But the task of constructing a proper highway was begun about the 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON'S FARM. 
 
 19 
 
 time when the road was formally laid out. The Town Record, under the 
 date, The of the 2 mo. 1643 contains the item, 
 
 “Granted to Mr. William Hubbard the p’cell of land viewed by Mr. 
 Appleton and George Giddings containing about 50 acres 25 whereof 
 is in consideration of the highway that leadeth through his farme and 
 the other 25 acres are for w'ork to be done towards making the great 
 swamp sufficient. Mr. Saltonstall Mr. Appleton Robert Andrews and 
 George Giddings are to pportion the work." 
 
 Presumably the work was done and the Long Bridge or corduroy, which 
 gave the name Long Bridge Swamp to the locality, may have been built at 
 that time. 
 
 It has been a matter of current tradition that in ortler to avoid tliLs 
 sw’amp, the original highway left the present County Road near the bridge 
 over Mile River and followed Lakeman’s Lane and Fellows Lane, and a 
 way over land now owned by James H. Proctor to JMile River, where a 
 bridge was built with long causew'ays on either side at a very early date, 
 and then on the high ground on the south side of Mile River to tlie main 
 road again. 
 
 A grant of 40 acres had been made to Richard Jacob “on the north- 
 west syde the River that runneth out of the great pond" before 1638 and 
 this substantial bridge and causeway gave easy access to his house, which 
 was erected on the lot, near the bridge. 
 
 More detailed study of this ancient bridge and the highways which 
 led to it will be made when the lands adjacent are considered. At present 
 it may be noted that the first trace of a public highway in this locality oc- 
 curs in the vote of the Town on Dec. 6, 1658. “Ordered, tliat George Gid- 
 dings and Edw'ard Brag are apoynted to lay out a highway through Mr. 
 SaltingstalPs 40 acres and a pt. of Jo. Andrews his farm to the Bridge over 
 the River to Rich. Jacobs House, a rod and a half wide." 
 
 A road already existed, no doubt, before this date, as the bridge was 
 already built. Mr. SaltonstalFs forty acres is now included in James 
 H. Proctor’s large estate. The John Andrews farm was owned afterwards 
 by William Fellows and his heirs and is now included in the farm of 
 Benjamin R. Horton. The way thus laid out is evidently the present 
 Fellows Lane, from the Candlewood road to the old cart path leading 
 toward Mile River that is still in use, across the land of the Daniel Appleton 
 heirs. No mention is made of laying out a way from the Bay Road to 
 this old causew'ay and bridge. But a way existed and was in common use, 
 as appears from the complaint made by some inhabitants of Ipswich and 
 Wenhain in July, 1727, “that there hath been an highway used for 60 or 
 70 years from Mr. Appleton’s mill' in that part of Ipswich towards Che- 
 bacco," now closed by the proprietors of the commons, etc.^ 
 
 This old way, then, was undoubtedly in use in 1657, but the broad 
 high way over Mile River and through the Appleton Farm was laid out in 
 
 * Major Appleton's saw mill waa on the South side of the Mile River, near the 
 bridge. 
 
 * Records Gen. Sessions Court, pp. 63 and 69, 1727. 
 
20 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL ^S BROOK 
 
 1640, and a substantial thoroughfare, no doubt, had been constructed 
 many years before the other road was established. It may be possible, to 
 be sure, that for a few years the travelled path avoided the swamp by cross- 
 ing the river at the Jacobs farm, but no evidence exists to substantiate the 
 suggestion. 
 
 The complaint just mentioned was made to the Selectmen. Failing of 
 any relief, the complainants carried their case to the General Session Court, 
 affirming that this road was ** of Great use to that part of the Town to go to 
 their market and about their occasions and for them and many others to go 
 to their farms and lands in that part of the Town,* which way the proprie- 
 tors of Ipswich have stopped up by fencing in their Divisions of Common 
 for the opening of which the Petitioners made their application.” The 
 Court appointed a Committee of three to make inspection and proper in- 
 quiries. This was done forthwith, and a report was made “ that the way 
 used and petitioned for is of more benefit to the petitioners and others than 
 damage to the Proprietors.” 
 
 The Town or the Proprietors failed to take any action, and the Court 
 proceeded* to appoint a Committee “ to open the old way above mentioned 
 by laying out the same two rods wide.” The Committee reported, July 17, 
 1728.^ “We have laid out said way as followeth, beginning near said mill 
 where the old way leadeth toward Chebacco & so staked said way Two 
 rods wide till it cometh to the Road leading from the Country Road to 
 Chebacco,” i. e., for the most part the present Fellows Lane. 
 
 But now Thomas Manning, whose land was cut by the road, became an 
 aggrieved party and he complained to the Court in 1735 that “he is de- 
 barred from improving a quantity of land next Elder Foster’s land,” and 
 asked that the highway might be relocated. This was referred to a Com- 
 mittee and report was made, July 8, 1735.^ A new location was made, 
 beginning at Eliezer Foster’s fence, crossing his land about 3 rods from the 
 northerly corner of his barn by Manning’s fence to the road, which was 
 adopted. 
 
 But once again the good offices of the Court were sought in 1741. On 
 August 11, “Upon reading the petition of Symonds Epes, Jonathan Wade, 
 Esqrs & simdry others, that the way leading from the Saw Mill Bridge 
 to Chebacco Road now going up the Hill before Mr. Eleazer Foster’s House 
 hath by long experience been found very inconvenient by reason of the 
 length and heigth of the Hill praying that it may go in upon Mr. John Man- 
 ning’s land where it will be very convenient to the Improvers etc.,” a 
 Committee was again appointed. It reported that John Manning lay out 
 the highway through his own land. John Manning reported on Jan. 19, 
 1741-2 that he had laid out a way 2 rods wide all along by the southwest- 
 erly side of Dr. Joseph Manning’s land, being about 36 rods on the land from 
 the Country road to the former way leading towards Chebacco.^ Here it 
 remains, now bearing the name Lakeman’s Lane. 
 
 » P. 74, Court Records. » P. 81, Court Records. » P. 390, Court Records. 
 
 * P. 747, Court Records. 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON 's FARM. 
 
 21 
 
 The ancient road evidently ascended the hill on the Sturgis property 
 near the bridge. Faint traces of it are still visible and on the slope of the 
 hill, a little way from the main road, the site of a house is easily seen, and 
 the well near by. This may have been the ancient Thorndike Lowe dwell- 
 ing afterwards owned by Eleazer Foster or perhaps the original John Lowe 
 dwelling on the Manning farm. 
 
22 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL’s BROOK 
 
 Samuel Appleton^ s Farm. 
 
 No. 20 on Diagram. 
 
 “ Granted Mr. Samuel Appleton by the company of freemen . . . 
 a farme containing foure hundred and sixty acres more or less medow 
 and upland as it lyeth bounded by the River commonly called the 
 Mile brook on the Northeast and by the great River on the Northwest 
 on tlie West in part by the Land of W illiam Warener and by a swamp 
 on the Southeast and partly also at the same end by the Land of Hugh 
 Sherrat to enjoy all the sayd Landes to him his heirs and assigns 
 forever. Entered into the Town booke folio 16 the 20^^ of December 
 1638.” 
 
 “The farme further bounded from the Land of William Warener 
 by markt trees and a water course and then [ ] markt trees to the 
 
 gate standing upon the high [ ] leading to Salem from thence as 
 
 the fence runs [ ] the aspes and soe with a stray t line to the brook.” 
 
 It will be noted that Dec. 20^^ 1638 is the date of the entry of the grant, 
 not of the grant itself. This is unknown. Under the date Feb. 13‘^, 1636, 
 the entry in the Town Record occurs. “ Granted to John Severance, a six 
 acre planting lott on the farr side the Brooke, and on this side Appletons 
 farme.” It is also recorded that certain lands were granted to Thomas 
 Wells in the year 1635, but the entry was made on June 1, 1638. The fre- 
 quent allusions to Folios of various numbers in the earliest records and to 
 old books, which had been copied, show that the contemporaneous record 
 of Town votes does not exist. In fact, the first volume of our present 
 Town Records is a composite w’ork, compiled by the late Nathaniel R. 
 Farley from two ancient books of record, identical in considerable degree, 
 yet with marked differences, the character and critical historic value of 
 which are yet to be determined. The date of the grant of this great farm 
 cannot be decided, therefore, and may be coincident with the arrival of 
 Mr. Appleton. 
 
 It is recorded, under the date 2®^ day of March, 1637. 
 
 “All those that have planting ground by the River side beyond Mr. 
 Appleton’s are to take the lott layers and lay out a highway as may be 
 most convenient as themselves can best agree and return it to the eleven 
 men.” 
 
 This alludes undoubtedly to the road now called Waldingfield Road 
 which led to the river lots of William W arner, Mark Quilter and others 
 and the great 1200 acre farm of Richard Saltonstall, Esq. It was not 
 much of a highway in the modem sense of the term as the east end of 
 Quilters 20 acres came “up to a path leading to Mr. Saltonstalls farm.”* 
 
 In 1648, Mr. Appleton received the grant of “a little p’cell of land 
 lying by the Highway leading to his farm by the Pequid lotts,”^ and in 
 
 1 Town Record, 1638. 
 
 2 Granted to the men who marched against the Pequods. They have not been 
 located. 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON’s FARM. 
 
 23 
 
 1650, there was '’granted to Mr. Apleton a p’cell of ground (in full satis- 
 faction for the Country highway going through his farm) beyond the 
 swamp to make his fence straight not exceeding eight acres.” ^ He ac- 
 quired also Parlye's meadow. 
 
 Samuel Appleton died in June 1670, in Rowley, where it is supposed 
 he made his home the latter years of his life with his daughter Sarah, wife 
 of the Rev. Samuel Phillips. It may be that he made conveyance of his 
 farm before his death, as John Appleton, his elder son, sold Anthony Potter 
 18 acrei, bounded by Mile brook on the east, the Mill River on the north 
 and land of Lieut. Samuel Appleton west, Dec. 22, 1664 (Ips. Deeds 2: 403) 
 and Lieut. Samuel, his younger son, sold John Adams, a house and 20 acres 
 “near Samuels farm,” Dec. 2, 1665 (Ips. Deeds 2:513). With the excep- 
 tion of the 16 acre lot which his brother sold to Anthony Potter, Samuel 
 seems to have owned the whole farm. He conveyed 18 acres more to 
 Anthony Potter, 10-11-1681 (Ips. Deeds 3:486). 
 
 Here Major Appleton made his home in his declining years. His public 
 services had been great and arduous, as a military commander, an Assistant, 
 and an uncompromising opponent of Gov. Andros.^ He owned a house in 
 the town of Ipswich, but preferred the farm. He had a saw mill, which 
 abutted on the southeast corner of the bridge, known sometimes as Saw 
 Mill Bridge or Mile l irook I^ridge, and the mill pond flowed the low ground 
 over several acres probably. 
 
 The name, Appleton’s Bridge, was also in use. On March 2 ^, 1762, 
 Oliver Appleton, who owned the saw mill, and others, petitioned the 
 Town concerning the bridge. On May 13“*, it was voted that “Col. Choate, 
 Capt. Farley, and Capt. Baker be a Committee to take a view of Appleton’s 
 Bridge, & consider the expediency of building sd bridge into a stone bridge, 
 and inquire what difference in cost between a Plank Bridge and a Rock 
 Bridge and report as soon as may be.” The Committee reported on 
 July 2°*^, and the Town voted, “ That said bridge be built into a Rock 
 bridge in the most prudent, expeditious and effectual manner, the abut- 
 ments & pier & covering rock at ye expense & charge of ye Town, said 
 bridge to be built on y® place where it is now began.” Col. John Choate 
 and Capt. Isaac Smith, who owned the Col. Samuel Appleton farm, v/ere 
 appointed the building Committee. The bridge is still in use and ante- 
 dates the Choate Bridge by two years. 
 
 Samuel Appleton’s sons also settled on the great farm. To John, he 
 conveyed by deed a house, and a goodly portion of land on Novcm. 12, 
 1688 (Ips. Deeds 5:299) and a similar portion without a dwelling to Isaac 
 on the same date (11:108). He died in his quiet farm house in 1696. His 
 will, which was proved June 16, 1696 (Pro. Rec. 305:168), confirmed to 
 John and Isaac the j:ortions they had already received and divided the re- 
 mainder to his widow Mary, and his sons, Samuel and Oliver, with a provi- 
 sion for the distribution of Bridge croft after his wife’s decease. 
 
 * Town Record. 
 
 > See Ipswich in the Mae*. Bay Colony, for the history of his public •eiwices. 
 
24 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL's BROOK 
 
 The Isaac Appleton Farm. 
 
 The farm allotted to Isaac has continued in his direct line to the present 
 day. He bore the title of Major and he had a part in the military opera- 
 tions of his time. He died May 22, 1747, and bequeathed the farm to his 
 son Isaac. The will was refused allowance, on the ground of his lack of 
 mental soundness, but was eventually approved in 1785 (Pro. Rec. 328; 
 211-215). 
 
 Isaac, son of the Major, lived to the great age of 91 years. He died 
 Dec. 18, 1794, bequeathing his estate to his son, Samuel, by his will, proved 
 Jan. 5, 1795. The old house built by Major Isaac was replaced by the 
 present dwelling on the same site, which was built by Samuel in 1794. 
 
 Samuel’s will, proved June 1819 (Pro. Rec. 393:529-30), divided the 
 farm between his sons Samuel Gilman and Timothy. Samuel died on July 
 2, 1852, at the age of 81. Timothy survived five years, and died on the 
 22*‘^ of March, 1857, at the age of 78. Gen. James, their brother, removed 
 from Portland after Samuel Gilman’s death and bought the interests of the 
 surviving heirs. His life had been active and conspicuous. His military 
 career began while he was residing in Gloucester, during the war of 1812. 
 He rose through all the grades and became Brigadier-General of the Massa- 
 chusetts militia. As business affairs promised well in Portland, he re- 
 moved thither and became prominent in public life. He was an influen- 
 tial member of the State Legislature, where he introduced the Prohibitory 
 Law, although the credit of its inception has been given to Neal Dow, and 
 became an entliusiastic leader in the Temperance work. He retired from 
 public life on his removal to the ancestral farm, but retained his interest in 
 public affairs, and made a memorable address to the Ipswich company, at 
 the depot, when it started for the front, at the beginning of the Civil War. 
 
 Gen. James Appleton died Aug. 25, 1862 and his son, Daniel Fuller 
 Appleton, acquired the interest of the other heirs, and made his summer 
 home at the farm until his death in 1904. His son, Francis Randall, suc- 
 ceeded him in the ownership of the ancient domain. 
 
 Rev. John Cotton Smith, D. D., who had married Harriette Apple- 
 ton, daughter of Gen. James, built a summer cottage near the homestead, 
 which received the name. Briar Hill. It is still occupied by the heirs. 
 
 The John Appleton Farm. 
 
 John, son of Major Samuel, died in 1724, at the age of 29, and by his 
 will, proved June 8, 1724 (Pro. Rec. 315:107-9) devised his estate to his 
 son Benjamin. Benjamin's widow, Elizabeth (Wade), was appointed ad- 
 ministratrix, March 1, 1731 (Pro. Rec. 318:74). The heirs sold to Dan- 
 ielDeane or Dane, Jan. 13, 1752 (97:322). Mr. Dane conveyed it to his son 
 Nathan Dane, the famous Professor of Law at Harvard, April 4, 1780 
 (139:57). He was born in the year 1752, and he may have seen the light, as 
 it has been affirmed, in the ancient dwelling whichstill stands, though the 
 timbers of the house indicate that it is not the original dwelling built by 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON 's FARM. 
 
 25 
 
 John Appleton. Nathan Dane enlarged his farm by the purchase of 
 about 31 acres with a dwelling on the east side of County Road, bounded 
 by the land of Oliver Appleton, north, and Mile River, east, from the 
 guardian of Jacob Brown, a person non compos mentis, June 30, 1790 (152: 
 33). This lot was a part of the original Jacobs farm. Thomas Jacobs had 
 bequeathed the farm, containing about 50acres,to Abigail, wife of Thomas 
 Brown, which Thomas and Abigail Brown conveyed to Jacob Brown, Feb. 
 21, 1758 (123:42). Jacob built the house undoubtedly. On July 13, 
 1802 (177:89), Mr. Dane sold to Samuel Safford and it has always been 
 affirmed that Daniel Safford, of Boston, who built the fence around Bos- 
 ton Common was born in the old house, which still remains. An engraving 
 of this dwelling forms the frontispiece to his biography. The Safford 
 heirs sold to Benjamin Patch, Dec. 25, 1816 (211:203) and April 19, 1817 
 (214: 66, 67). Mr. Patch sold at once the 30 acre lot, wdiich Jacob Brown 
 had owned and occupied, to Benjamin and Samuel Patch, April 22, 1817 
 (226: 82). The original John Appleton farm remained in his possession 
 until his death. The administrator of his estate sold a 20 acre lot to Asa 
 Wade, who sold to his son Henry F. Wade. He sold to D. F. Appleton, Jan. 
 6, 1868 (740: 158) and it is now owned by Francis R. Appleton. Henry 
 Wikon and Lucy his wife, heir of Benj. Patch, sold to D. F. Appleton a 
 small acre and a half lot, Nov. 23, 1866 (732:82) and ten acres, April 8, 
 1869 (772:178). They also sold 12 acres to Francis R. Appleton, De- 
 cember 18, 1874 (920:129). The remainder of the farm, 80 acres, with 
 th.e old house, was sold by Mr. and Mrs. Wilson to Daniel Fuller Appleton, 
 Jan. 2, 1890 (1269:156) who conveyed to his son, James W, Appleton, 
 Feb. 15, 1894 (1402:278) and he in turn, to his brother Francis. 
 
 Reverting to the 30 acre lot between County Road and Mile River, 
 6 acres fell to Sally Amiable. Daniel Annable and other heirs conveyed 
 three-fifths of this to Samuel and George Patch, Jan. 1, 1824 (234:138) and 
 Ira Dunnels and w ife conveyed a quarter interest -to the same, April 20, 
 1824 (235:277). Anotlier 6 acre lot was conveyed by George Patch to Eph- 
 raim Patch, Feb. 26, 1845 (620:38). His administrator sold the southern 
 half of this lot to the widow, Lucy Patch, March 20, 1861 (620:39) and the 
 rest to Henry Wilson. Mr. Wilson sold to Albert S. Browm, July 1, 1864 
 (678:226) and Mrs. Patch sold her interest to him, Dec. 21, 1868 (762:128). 
 Mr. Brown sold the whole lot to D. F. Appleton, Feb. 21, 1889 (1248:504) 
 and Mr. Appleton conveyed to his son Francis, Aug. 7, 1894 (1420:153). 
 The old Jacob Browm cellar is still visible on this lot. 
 
 The Samuel Appleton Farm. 
 
 Samuel, eldest son of Major Samuel, attained the rank of Colonel in 
 active service in Nova Scotia and elsewhere and was a conspicuous citizen. 
 His will was proved, Nov. 25, 1725 (Pro. Rec. 315: 307) and it made his son 
 Samuel, the fourth of the name in successive generations, a merchant of 
 Boston, his heir. He died in London of smallpox, Dec. 21, 1728. Jasper 
 Waters, and Jasper Waters, Jun., drapers of London, brought suit against 
 
26 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL’s BROOK 
 
 his estate and gained possession, April 2, 1731 (97:86). Their attorney 
 Bold the farm to Isaac Smith and Nathan Chapman, July 25, 1751 (97:88). 
 Mr. Smith had bought the saw mill near by, Feb. 24, 1745 (88:156). 
 They sold 28J acres abutting on the Daniel Dane farm to Isaac Appleton 
 and Philip Brown, March 10, 1752 (99:157) and on March 25, 1752 (104: 
 215) Capt. Smith bought Chapman^s interest. His son, Samuel, bought 
 the interest of the other heirs, and acquired the title, Feb. 10, 1814 (203:8). 
 The farm had preserved nearl}^ its original dimension down to this time, but 
 was now dismembered. On May 27, 1803, some years before he acquired his 
 title to the farm, Samuel Smith sold lOf acres of pasture land to Manasseh 
 Dodge (210:67), and some years later, he sold 23f acres adjoining the above 
 to Benjamin Dodge. Winthrop L. Dodge inherited and sold the two lots 
 to Oliver Underhill, April 11, 1860 (679:81). William Willcomb and his 
 wife Laura (Underhill) in her own right sold 5 acres of meadow and the 33 
 acres of pasture to Daniel F. Appleton, Sept. 15, 1881 (1068:167) who con- 
 veyed to his son Francis R. Appleton, Dec. 25, 1891 (1334:94). Mr. Apple- 
 ton built his mansion to w^hich he has given the name. New House, on this 
 pasture lot. 
 
 On Feb. 23, 1814, Samuel Smith sold 15 acres of upland to David 
 Dodge, the miller (212:268). The first mills on the upper river were built 
 by John Adams, to whom Major Samuel Appleton had sold a house and 
 20 acres. John Adams, Sen., conveyed his house, lands, the corn mill, 
 etc. to his son John, April 7, 1698 (13:291). Isaac Smith and his wife, 
 Eunice, sold to Paul Dodge, 
 
 all y* our Estate now in our possession together with y® Revertion & 
 remainder, which Remainder that is now in y: Possession & improve- 
 ment of Our Father, Mr. Nath^ Cross, being the Dower of his wife, 
 Phebe, heretofore Phebe Adams & natural mother to said Eunice . . . 
 commonly called Adamses Mills,” 
 
 including house, barn, grist and saw mills, about 42 acres, December 1, 
 1750 (96:180). 
 
 Barnabas Dodge, son of Paul, inherited the estate and bequeathed it 
 to his son, David. David sold his whole possession, including the 15 acre 
 lot, purchased of Samuel Smith and a one acre lot v/ith a dwelling near by, 
 to Ammi Smith, January 2, 1827 (242: 273). Horatio Smith and the other 
 heirs sold the same to Caleb and Jerome Norwood of Pi,ockport, April 21, 
 1868 (746:148). The one acre lot, from which the house had disappeared, 
 was sold by Caleb J. Norwood to Francis R. Appleton, Nov. 4, 1886 (1185: 
 225). It was then known as Kent’s Corner, probably from the blacksmith, 
 who had a shop here, years ago. It was in all probability a part of the 
 20 acres, which John Adams bought of Major Appleton. 
 
 Mr. Norwood sold the 15 acre lot, which Samuel Smith sold to David 
 Dodge, to Bayard Tuckerman, Sept. 11, 1890(1290:48). Mr. Tuckerman 
 built his dwelling on the sightly eminence, thus acquired, and gave the 
 name Sunswyck to his new home. He had married Annie, daughter 
 of Rev. John Cotton Smith, D.D., and granddaughter of Gen. James 
 Appleton, and the, ancient Appleton pasture now returned to its own 
 
WAI.DINGFlElvD 
 
 The residence of Mr. Randolph M. Appleton. 
 
AND SAMUEL APPLETON ’s FARM. 
 
 27 
 
 Samuel Smith also sold a meadow lot of 6^ acres to David Wallace 
 and a similar lot of 7 acres adjoining to John Adams, on Feb. 22, 1814 (217: 
 85, 86). John Adams sold to Silsbee Adams, May 22, 1860 (651:118), who 
 conveyed to D. F. Appleton, July 20, 1883 (1112:29). Mary E. Wallace, 
 widow of David, empowered Aretas D. Wallace, as executor, to sell her 
 estate. He sold the meadov/ lot to D. F. Appleton, March 9, 1883 (1103: 
 275). On Dec. 25, 1891, Mr. Appleton conveyed the Adams Meadow, 
 “lying directly in front of New House,” and the Wallace meadow’ adjoining 
 to Francis R. Appleton (1334: 93 & 97). 
 
 A lot of upland and meadow’, 25 J acres, was sold by Samuel Smith to 
 Oliver Appleton, May 11, 1814 (215:52). The later history of the lot is 
 included in that of the Oliver Appleton farm. 
 
 The remainder of the Col. Samuel Appleton farm, with the old man- 
 sion, which has been identified with Major Appleton’s house, was sold by 
 Samuel Smith to Samuel Obear of Wenham, Dec. 22, 1818 (226:65), by 
 Obear to Hamilton Brow’n, April 13, 1821 (226:65). His son, Albert S. 
 Brown, sold 4 acres of meadow and upland on the easterly side of the rail- 
 road to Francis R. Appleton, Feb. 21, 1889(1248: 503) and on the same date 
 a parcel of meadow on the west side of the railroad to Daniel Fuller Apple- 
 ton (1248:504), which he conveyed to Francis Randall, Dec. 25, 1891 (1334: 
 95). The farm, sixty acres and buildings, was sold by Mr. Brow’n to Helen 
 K., wife of Randolph M. Appleton, son of D. F. Appleton, Feb. 21, 1889 
 (1248:505). The old house was removed from its original location under 
 the great elms and made a part of the new’ mansion, which w’as built near 
 by. The name of this estate, Waldingfield, is that of the English village. 
 Little Waldingfield in Suffolk, from w’hich Samuel Appleton migrated to 
 the new land. 
 
 The Oliver Appleton Farm. 
 
 Oliver succeeded his father, Major Samuel, in the ownership of the 
 saw mill, the ox pasture and other lands. He. built a house for himself 
 on the corner of Waldingfield Road and County Road, from w^hich the 
 Aaron Lord house was removed. He attained the venerable age of 83, 
 which W’as common in his family line, and died, Jan. 9, 1759. His will, 
 proved March 20, 1759 (Pro. Rec. 336:130) divided his estate. To his son 
 Oliver, he gave the mill, and part of his land, the rest to Nathaniel. 
 
 Nathaniel received the homestead, which was attained by purchase 
 from the other heirs by his daughter Susanna, wife of Jeremiah Choate 
 Underhill His son, Oliver Underhill, succeeded him, and his heirs sold to 
 their sister, Catherine E., wife of Aaron Lord, Aug. 30, 1878 (1004:190) 
 who sold to Ruth Appleton Tuckerman, daughter of D. F. Appleton, and 
 wife of Charles S. Tuckerman, the house and land adjoining, Oct. 23, 1901 
 (1656: 40), and the remainder of the land to Francis R. Appleton, Oct. 
 23,1891 (1324:512). 
 
 Oliver Appleton, son of Oliver, built a house for his residence on the 
 Bouth side of the present Waldingfield road. His son, Oliver, the third of 
 
28 THE OLD BAY ROAD FROM SALTONSTALL’s BROOK, ETC. 
 
 the name, bought the holdings of the other heirs, May 5, 1803 (Pro. Rec, 
 370:107). He sold to his sons, Tristram and Nathaniel, Mar. 31, 1823 (232: 
 71). They conveyed to Oliver Underhill, April 18,1832 (265:66,) who sold 
 to Henry Wilson, June 13, 1835 (284: 41 ) including the mill privilege. Mr. 
 Wilson bequeathed the estate to his grandson, Joseph R., son of his son 
 Henry, who sold 20 acres at the R. R. crossing to Fanny Appleton, wife of 
 Francis R.. Jan. 31, 1896 (1470:123), 9 acres to Randolph M. Appleton, 
 April 4, 1900(1606:248) and the “Middle Gate Lot," 4f acres on County 
 Road, to Mrs. Francis R. Appleton, on same date (1606: 249). His widow, 
 Annie M., sold his estate to Francis R. Appleton, April 23, 1901 (1646:57), 
 who transferred 11 acres on the north side of the road to his brother-in-law, 
 Chas. S. Tuckerman. Mr. Tuckerman removed both the Henry Wilson 
 house and the Underhill house from their original foundations to a new site 
 on the hill, and combined these in one large mansion. “ Applefield" is the 
 name of the estate, a happy union of Waldingfield and the apple orchard, 
 which covers several acres. 
 
 Thus, the ancient Appleton grant is now almost entirely in the pos- 
 session of the direct descendants of the emigrant. The lots sold by 
 Captain John and Major Samuel to Anthony Potter are still a part of 
 that farm, now owned by the heirs of Harriet Smith, but these are the 
 only parts in the hands of strangers. The Oliver Appleton farm is owned 
 in part by Mrs. Charles S. Tuckerman, daughter of Daniel Fuller Appleton, 
 and the remainder is in possession of Francis R. Appleton. The Samuel 
 Appleton farm is owned in part by Randolph M. Appleton, in part by Bay- 
 ard Tuckerman, and the balance by Francis R. Appleton. The latter also 
 owns the Isaac and John Appleton farms aiid he has added to the ancestral 
 acres, large tracts that were never in the Appleton possession. Mrs. Gerald 
 L. Hoyt, daughter of Daniel Fuller Appleton occupies the cottage, which 
 was built upon the old Appleton school-house as a base. Briar Hill is still 
 the summer home of the heirs of Rev. John Cotton Smith and Harriet, the 
 daughter of Gen. James Appleton. 
 
A GENEALOGY OF THE IPSWICH DESCENDANTS 
 
 OF 
 
 SAMUEL APPLETON * 
 
 1. Samuel Appleton was bom at Little Waldingfield, England in 
 1586. He married at Preston, England, on Jan. 24, 1616, Judith Everard. 
 Their children were: 
 
 2 Mary, born at Little Waldingfield, 1616. 
 
 3 Judith, born at Little Waldingfield, 1618; died at Reydon, Eng., 
 
 in 1629. 
 
 4 Martha, born at Little Waldingfield,1620; married Richard Jacobs 
 
 of Ipswich; died Sept. 8, 1659. 
 
 5 John, born at Little Waldins;field, 1622. See No. 5. 
 
 6 Samuel, born at Little Waldingfield, 1625. See No. 6. 
 
 7 Sarah, bom at Reydon, 1629; married Rev. Samuel Phillips of 
 
 Rowley, Oct., 1651. 
 
 He married Martha 
 
 8 Judith, born at Reydon, 1634; married Samuel Rogers of Ips- 
 
 wich, Dec. 24, 1657; died July, 1659. 
 
 He took the freeman’s oath on May 25, 1636, and was resident in 
 Il>swich as early as July, 1636. The widow Sarah Dillingham of Ipswich 
 bequeathed to Mr. Samuel Appleton five pounds, and to his wife a silver 
 porringer, and committed the education and government of her child, and 
 the care of her estate to Mr. Saltonstall and Mr. Appleton, in her will, dated 
 July 10th of that year. The title Mr. indicated social position above the 
 ordinary. Winthrop’s Diary mentions that out of sixty- two persons ad - 
 mitted to be freemen, on the above date, Mr. Appleton and three others 
 were the only ones who were entitled to this honorary prefix. 
 
 He was chosen Deputy to the General Court in May, 1637, and re- 
 ceived several grants of land, which are noted in “Ip.swich in the Massa- 
 chusetts Bay Colony, 1633-1700,” besides his great farm. 
 
 * In the preparation of this Genealogy much help has been derived 
 from the Genealogy published by William Sumner Anpleton in 1874. 
 But a fresh examination has been made of the Vital Statistics of Ipswich 
 and many corrections and additions have been made, bringing the 
 statistics down to the present date. 
 
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 A GENEALOGY OF THE IPSWICH DESCENDANTS 
 
 SECOND GENERATION. 
 
 5. Captain John Appleton, ^ born at Little Waldingfield, England 
 in 1622, had a long and distinguished public career, which is described 
 in “Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony." He married Priscilla, 
 daughter of Rev. Jesse Glover, and lived on the north side of the Topsfield 
 road, near the residence of Mrs. Lavinia Brown. He died Nov. 4, 1699. 
 His wife had died a little before, Feb. 18, 1698. 
 
 9 John, born Oct. 16, 1652. See No. 9. 
 
 10 Elizabeth, born 1654; married Richard Dummer of Newbury, 
 
 Nov. 2, 1673. 
 
 11 Samuel. See No. 11. 
 
 12 Priscilla, born Dec. 25, 1657; married Rev. Joseph Capen of 
 
 Topsfield in 1684; died Oct. 18, 1743. 
 
 13 Jesse, born March 27, 1660; died April 11, 1660. 
 
 14 Jesse, born 1662; died at Boston, Nov. 18, 1721. 
 
 15 Sarah, born Aug. 19, 1671; married Daniel Rogers of Ipswich. 
 
 He died Dec. 1, 1722. 
 
 16 Mary, born April 15, 1673; married Nathaniel Thomas of Marsh- 
 
 field, June 20, 1694; died Oct. 7, 1727. 
 
 6. Major Samuel Appleton,^* was bom at Little Waldingfield, 
 
 England, 1625. He married Hannah, daughter of William Paine of Ips- 
 wich, April 2, 1651. ; 
 
 17 Hannah, bom Jan. 9, 1652; married William Downes of Boston. 
 
 18 Judith, born Aug. 19, 1653;, married Samuel Wolcott of Wethers- 
 
 field, March 6, 1678. 
 
 19 Samuel, bom Nov. 3, 1654. See No. 19. 
 
 Married 2d, Mary, daughter of John Oliver of Newbury, Dec. 8, 1656. 
 She died, Feb. 15, 1698. 
 
 20 John, bom 1660. See No. 20. 
 
 21 Isaac, born 1664. See No. 21. 
 
 22 Joanna, bom ; married Matthew Whipple. 
 
 23 Joseph, born June 5, 1674; died in 1689. 
 
 24 Oliver, born June 1676; died June 30, 1676. 
 
 25 Mary, born June 1676; died June 9, 1676. 
 
 26 Oliver, born 1677. See No. 26. 
 
 27 Mary, bom about Oct. 20, 1679; died 1689. 
 
 Maj. Samuel Appleton died May 15, 1696, and was buried in the old 
 Burying Ground, where a simple stone marks his grave. 
 
 THIRD GENERATION. 
 
 9. Col. John Appleton,^ son of Captain John,^ was born Oct. 16, 
 1652. He was the Town Clerk of that historic Tow^n meeting, on August 
 23, 1687, when the vote to refuse assent to the Andros edict was passed, 
 
 * His public life is described at length in “ Ipswich in the Massachu- 
 setts Bay Colony." 
 
NEW HOUSE 
 
 The sinnnier home of Mr. Erancis R. Appleton. 
 
OF SAMUEL APPLETON. 
 
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 and he was included in the famous company which was arrested and fined.* 
 Ho 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. He bought the houselot Feb. 25, 1707, on which he built his dwell- 
 ing, which was bequeathed to his son, and is now in a remodelled form, 
 owned by Mr. Moritz B. Philipp on the comer of Central and Market Streets. 
 
 He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Rogers, President of Harvard 
 College, Nov. 23, 1681. He died Sept. 11, 1739, his widow, March 13, 
 1764. 
 
 28 Elizabeth, born April 23, 1682; married Rev. Jabez Fitch of 
 
 Portsmouth, July 26, 1704; died Oct. 18, 1765. 
 
 29 John, born Nov. 23, 1683; died at Cambridge, Sept. 23, 1699. 
 
 30 William, born Oct. 15, 1686; died July 10, 1689. 
 
 31 Daniel, born Aug. 17, 1688; died Oct. 7, 1689. 
 
 32 Daniel, born Aug. 8, 1692. See No. 32.-< 
 
 33 Nathaniel, born Dec. 9, 1693. A. B. Harvard, 1712. Ordained 
 
 at Cambridge in 1717, and continued his ministry sixty-six 
 years. For more than sixty years, a Fellow of Harvard College, 
 and received degree of D.D. in 1771. He died Feb. 9, 17^. 
 
 34 Priscilla, born Jan. 3, 1697; married Rev. Robert Ward of 
 
 Wenham, June 28, 1722; died July 22, 1724. 
 
 35 Margaret, bora Mar. 19, 1701 ; married Rev. Edward Holyoke, 
 
 President of Harvard College, Nov. 9, 1725; died June 25, 1740. 
 
 36 John, born Aug. 18, 1704; died Sept. 13, 1705. 
 
 11. Samuel Appleton,^ son of Captain John^ inherited from his 
 father land on the Topsfield Road and probably had his home there. He 
 married Mary, daughter of Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury. He died 
 Aug. 16, 1693. His widow survived until June 9, 1712. 
 
 37 Jesse, bom Nov. 30, 1684; died 1707. 
 
 38 Samuel, born July 21, 1686; died young. 
 
 39 Thomas. 
 
 40 John. See No. 40. 
 
 19. Col. Samuel Appleton,^ son of Major Samuel,^ was bora Nov. 
 3, 1654. He was a resident of Lynn from 1680 to 1688, and owned the 
 iron-works near the ledge, knowm as Appleton's Pulpit. The authenticity 
 of the legend, which has been perpetuated in a bronze tablet, is considered 
 in “Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony,” page 272. A warrant was 
 issued for his arrest for opposition to the Andros government, but he was 
 never brought to trial. 
 
 He went as a Commissioner to Quebec in 1706 to bring home the pris- 
 oners, who were detained there, and returned to Boston, November 21st, 
 with the Rev. John Williams of Deerfield and fifty-six other redeemed cap- 
 tives. He commanded a regiment in the expedition to Port Royal in 1707. 
 
 He bought the Shoreborne Wilson house, now owned and occupied 
 by Mr. Samuel N. Baker on Dec. 17, 1702, and it was his home for the 
 remainder of his life. 
 
 * See Chapter xiv, “Ipswich and the Andros Government” in “Ips- 
 wich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony." 
 
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 A GENEALOGY OF THE IPSWICH DESCENDANTS 
 
 He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Whittingham of Boston, 
 June 19, 1682. “The Hon*»' Col® Samuel Appleton dyed October the 30*^ 
 1725.” A stately monument marks his grave in the old Burying Ground. 
 His widow survived him, and married Rev. Edward Payson of Rowley, 
 published Sept. 10, 1726. 
 
 41 Mary, born at Lynn, Mar. 30, 1683; died young. 
 
 42 Hannah, born at Lynn, Nov. 1, 1684; married at Ipswich, 1st, 
 
 William Clark of Boston, Oct. 11, 1705; married 2d, Josiah 
 
 Willard of Boston, April 7, 1726; died July 28, 1766. 
 
 43 Elizabeth, born at Lynn, July 10, 1687; died June 13, 1703. 
 
 44 Martha, born at Ipswich; married Joseph Wise of Ipswich, pub- 
 
 lished Feb. 5, 1709. 
 
 45 Samuel, bom at Ipswich. See No. 45. 
 
 46 Whittingham, born at Ipswich, Dec. 29, 1706. 
 
 47 Elizabeth, born at Ipswich, Aug. 31, 1712; married David Pay- 
 
 son of Rowley, Mar. 5, 1728. 
 
 20. John Appleton,® son of Major Samuel,® was bora in 1660. He 
 inherited a portion of the ancestral farm, as has been noted in the history 
 of the farm. 
 
 He married 1st, Rebecca, daughter of John Ruck of Salem, April 1, 
 1689. 
 
 48 John, born May 28, 1695; died young. 
 
 Married 2d, Elizabeth, daughter of John Baker, widow of Benjamin 
 Dutch, published Aug. 31, 1700. 
 
 49 Benjamin, bom Nov. 14, 1702. See No. 49. 
 
 50 Sarah, baptized June 24, 1705; married Aaron Potter, published. 
 
 Sept. 16, 1721. 
 
 He died May 17, 1724, his widow. Mar. 24, 1750. 
 
 21. Major Isaac Appleton,® son of Major Samuel,® was bom in 
 1664. He made his home on the farm he had inherited. He married 
 Priscilla, daughter of Thomas Baker of Topsfield, who died May 26, 1731. 
 He survived until May 22, 1747. 
 
 51 Priscilla, bom Mar. 16, 1697; married 1st, Thomas Burnham, 
 
 published Dec. 13, 1718. He died April 4, 1730. Married 2d, 
 
 Arthur Abbott, May 23, 1734. 
 
 52 Isaac, bom Mar. 21, 1699; died July 30, 1700. 
 
 53 Mary, born Oct. 1, 1701; married William Osgood of Andover, 
 
 Jan. 6, 1730. 
 
 54 Isaac, born May 30, 1704. See No. 54. 
 
 55 Rebecca, born 1706; married William Dodge of Wenham, 
 
 Jan. 9, 1729; died Nov. 1794. 
 
 56 Elizabeth, born 1706; married Josiah Fairfield of Wenham, 
 
 Aug. 4, 1731. 
 
 57 Martha, born July 30,1708; married John White of Haverhill, 
 Aug. 4, 1731. 
 
 Joanna, baptized Nov. 17, 1717; married William Story of Bos- 
 ton, May 14, 1747; died July 16, 1775. 
 
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APPLEFIRLI) 
 
 The summer home of Mrs. Charles S. Tuckerman. 
 
OF SAMUEL APPLETON. 
 
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 26. Oliver Appleton, ^ son of Major Samuel, ^ was born in 1677. 
 He inherited the saw mill, and a portion of the farm, from his father. He 
 married Sarah, daughter of Tobijah Perkins of Topsfield, Dec. 17, 1701. 
 He died Jan. 9, 1759, his widow, Dec. 30, 1769 
 
 59 Oliver, born 1702. See No. 59. 
 
 60 William, born 1703; died April 8, 1725. 
 
 61 Joseph, born Dec. 21, 1705. See No. 61. 
 
 62 John, born 1707, See No. 62. 
 
 63 Sarah, born 1709; married 1st, Benjamin Swain of Reading, 
 
 Dec. 7, 1727 ; married, 2d, Benjamin Wyman, Nov. 16, 1752. 
 
 64 Hannah, born Mar. 22, 1711; married Dr. Thomas Swain of 
 
 Reading, published Sept. 26, 1730. 
 
 65 Samuel, baptized Mar. 22, 1713; lived in Haverhill, died Oct. 27, 
 
 1780. 
 
 66 Thomas, born Dec. 19, 1714; died Sept. 12, 1724. 
 
 67 Lucy, born Jan. 20, 1717; died Mar. 14, 1737 at Haverhill. 
 
 68 Mary, born ; married Nathaniel Whipple; published Nov. 
 
 10, 1744; died Mar. 2, 1810. 
 
 69 Daniel, baptized Mar. 1, 1719; died April 8, 1807. 
 
 70 Nathaniel, bajDtized April 23, 1721. See No. 70. 
 
 71 Priscilla, baptized Nov. 1, 1724; died young. 
 
 FOURTH GENERATION. 
 
 32. Daniel Appleton,"* son of Colonel, John,^ was born Aug. 8, 
 1692. He was a Colonel, a Representative, a Justice of the Court of Ses- 
 sions, and Register of Probate from Jan. 9, 1723 to August, 1762. His 
 home was in the mansion built by his father, on the comer of Market and 
 Central Streets. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Berry of 
 Cambridge, June 8, 1715. He died Aug. 17, 1762, his widow, Nov. 28, 
 1773. 
 
 72 Elizabeth, born July 28, 1717; died Aug. 26, 1717. 
 
 73 Elizabeth, born Sept. 20, 1718; died Oct., 1718. 
 
 74 John, born Dec. 9, 1719; died Sept. 22, 1720. 
 
 75 Margaret, baptized Sept. 30, 1722; died Oct. 19, 1722. 
 
 76 Daniel, baptized Feb. 16, 1724; died Mar. 13, 1724. 
 
 77 Margaret, born Nov. 28, 1725; died July 27, 1747. 
 
 78 Elizabeth, born Aug. 24, 1727; married Rev. John Walley, Pas- 
 
 tor of the South Church, Ipswich, Oct. 20, 1748; died Oct., 1798. 
 
 79 John, born, Jan. 19, 1731; died April 23, 1731. 
 
 80 Mary, born March 14, 1733; died Oct., 1801. 
 
 81 John, born and baptized May 19, 1734; died Aug. 28, 1740. 
 
 82 D.A.NIEL, born July 26, 1736; died Aug. 16, 1736. 
 
 40. John Appleton,^ son of Samuel,^ called John 3d in 1723, sheriff 
 in 1745, married Mary, daughter of Rev. James Allin of Salisbury, Feb. 
 28, 1717, who died Oct. 26, 1749. He died July 25, 1750. 
 
 83 Mary, born Sept. 28, 1718; died young. 
 
 84 Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 4, 1720; married Thomas Sewall of 
 
 Kittery, published Mar. 1, 1744. 
 
 85 Sarah, baptized Dec. 10, 1721 ; married George Eustis of Boston, 
 
 published Mar. 1, 1744. 
 
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 A GENEALOGY OF THE IPSWICH DESCENDANTS 
 
 86 Samuel, baptized Aug. 31, 1723; died Sept. 16, 1723. 
 
 87 Mary, born Oct 9, 1724; married Samuel Rindge, published Nov. 
 
 23, 1739; died Dec. 26, 1746. 
 
 88 Anne, baptized Mar. 6, 1726; died Aug. 8, 1747. 
 
 89 John, baptized Aug. 20, 1727; died 17H5. 
 
 90 Lucy, baptized Nov. 24, 1728; diei June 10, 1745. 
 
 91 Samuel, baptized Oct. 4, 1730; died Nov. 8, 1730. 
 
 92 MarCxARkt, baptized Oct. 24, 1731. 
 
 93 Martha, born ; died Oct. 21, 1746. 
 
 94 Priscilla, born ; died Sept. 17, 1718, “being the last of 
 
 seven daughters dying with a Consumption within the space of 
 
 3 years.'' Town Record. 
 
 45. Samuel Appleton,^ son of Colonel Samuel,'* inherited the farm 
 and his father’s residence (the Samuel N. Baker house). He removed to 
 Boston, and engaged in large mercantile ventures, which resulted disas- 
 trously, as his estate was insolvent, after his sudden death in London of 
 smallpox, on Dec. 15, 1728. He married Anna, daughter of John Gerrish 
 of Boston, Mar. 19, 1719. She survived her husband and married Rev. 
 Joshua Gee of Boston, April 17, 1734. 
 
 95 Samuel, baptized at Ipswich, April 3, 1720; died April 5, 1720. 
 
 96 Mary, baptized at Ipswich, Dec. 9, 1722; died Dec. 29, 1722. 
 
 97 Samuel, born at Boston, Aug. 15, 1726. 
 
 98 Anne, born at Boston, 1728. 
 
 49. Benjamin Appleton,^ son of John,® was born Nov. 14, 1702. 
 His home was on the farm he had inherited. He married Elizabeth Wade, 
 published Feb. 23, 1723, and died in his thirtieth year, Feb. 13, 1732. His 
 widow married William Cogswell, Mar. 13, 1735. 
 
 99 Elizabeth, baptized July 12, 1724. 
 
 100 Sarah, baptized July 31, 1726; died Aug. 12, 1726. 
 
 101 John, born Mar. 10, 1728; died June 9, 1728. 
 
 102 Mary, born March 30, 1729; married Jonathan Cogswell, Jr., 
 
 Dec. 28, 1748. 
 
 103 Sarah, baptized Nov. 22, 1730; married Peter Smith, Mar. 29, 
 
 1753. 
 
 104 Benjamin, born June 2, 1732; died June 15, 1732. 
 
 54. Isaac Appleton,^ son of Major Isaac,® was born May 30, 1704. 
 He spent his life in the home he had inherited on the farm. He married 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Sawyer of Wells, published April 25, 1730. 
 
 105 Isaac, baptized May 30, 1731; married Mary, daughter of Joseph 
 
 Adams of Concord, and removed to New Ipswich, N. H., where 
 he died Feb. 25, 1806. 
 
 106 Francis, baptized Mar. 25, 1733. See No. 106. 
 
 107 Elizabeth, baptized Oct. 24, 1736; married Samuel Bartlett of 
 
 Newton, published Sept. 5, 1760. 
 
 108 Samuel, born 1739. See No. 108. 
 
 109 Thomas, baptized Oct. 5, 1740. See No. 109. 
 
 110 John, baptized Dec. 26, 1742; married Mercy Bradbury at Bux- 
 
 ton, Me., Sept. 12, 1771, who died June 26, 1826. He died at 
 Buxton, June 20, 1829. 
 
BRIAR HILIv 
 
 The summer home of the heirs of Rev. John Cotton Smith, D.I). 
 
OF SAMUEL APPLETON. 
 
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 111 Daniel, baptized April 7, 1745; married Eliz. Adams, published 
 
 June 29, 1770; removed to Buxton, and died there March 14, 
 
 1836. 
 
 112 William, baptized April 12, 1747; married Sarah, daughter of 
 
 Jotham Odiorne of Portsmouth, where he lived, and died May, 
 
 1785. 
 
 113 Mary, baptized July 2, 1749; n.arried Mager Woodbuiy, Nov. 25, 
 
 1784; died March 10, 1828. 
 
 114 Joseph, baptized June 9, 1751, A. B. Brown University, 1772. 
 
 Pastor at North Brookfield, where he died July 25, 1795. He 
 
 married Mary, daughter of Joseph Hook of Kingston, N. H. 
 
 His wife died April 29, 1785. ‘‘Mr. Isaac Appleton, age 82 years and 
 
 Mrs. Hephzibah Appleton, aged 70 years, published intention of marriage 
 Nov. 5, 1785," Town Record. They were married Dec. 11, 1785, and the 
 bride died July 7, 1788. Mr. Appleton died on Dec. 18, 1794, aged 91, in 
 the house in which he was born. His second wife w'as probably the widow 
 of Dea. Joseph Appleton, who died Nov. 20, 1782. 
 
 59. Oliver Appleton,^ son of Oliver,'^ was born in 1702. He in- 
 herited from his father the saw-mill and a portion of his farm in 1759. 
 He built the house on the south side of Waldingfield Road, which w^as owned 
 later by Mr. Henry Wilson, and w'as incorporated by Mr. Chas. S. Tucker- 
 man in his residence. 
 
 He married Bethiah Whipple, on Jan. 9, 1729, and two children were 
 born. 
 
 115 William, born Jan. 23, 1731; died Aug. 1, 1736. 
 
 116 Hannah, baptized between the 1st and 4th of July, 1736; died 
 
 Oct. 19, 1736. 
 
 Bethiah died on July 10, 1736, and he married Sarah Whipple,* Dec. 
 5, 1739. 
 
 117 Oliver, baptized vSept. 5, 1740; died young. 
 
 118 Sarah, baptized Oct. 19, 1741 ; married George Norton, published 
 
 Oct. 20, 1764. 
 
 119 Hannah, baptized Sept. 11, 1743 ; died July 25, 1764. 
 
 120 Bethiah, i aptized Oct. 27, 1745; married Joshua Giddings of 
 
 Hamilton, April 26, 1770; died Jan. 16, 1831. 
 
 121 Lucy, I aptized Jan. 31, 1747; died June 12, 1778, of smallpox. 
 
 122 Mehitarie, baptized Jan. 21, 1753; died Aug. 11, 1818. 
 
 123 Katfsarine, baptized May 18, 1755; married William Whipple" of 
 
 Hamilton, May 29, 1776; died Jan. 15, 1829. 
 
 124 Mary Oiiver, born July 25, 1757. 
 
 125 Oliver, baptized June 15, 1760. See No. 125. 
 
 126 Rebecca, baptized Mar. 13, 1763; married Jacob Perkins of Malden, 
 
 Aug. 1, 1789. 
 
 Oliver Appleton died Aug. 5, 1787, his wddow June 22, 1811. 
 
 * In the Town Record, Oliver Appleton was published with Sarah 
 Wliipple, Oct. 13. 1739. In the record of mariiage, the bride’s name is 
 Sarah Frail, but the Town Clerk evidently was in error. The entry pre- 
 ceding is Jacob Fellow's and Sarah Frail. He unconsciously repeated the 
 name, in recording the next marriage. 
 
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 A GENf:ALOGY OF THE IPSWICH DESCENDANTS 
 
 61. Dea. Joseph Appleton,^ son of Oliver/ v/as born Dec. 24, 1705. 
 He bought the houselot, bounded by County Road and the South Common, 
 later known as the John Wade lot, now owned by Mrs. Daniel Fuller Apple- 
 ton, Jan. 4, 1730. He married Hephzibah Swain of Reading, Nov. 16, 
 1732, and built a dwelling on the above lot. 
 
 He was a member of the Committee which had charge of building 
 Choate Bridge in 1761, and received 20£ for measuring rocks, keeping and 
 settling accounts, paying and receiving money, etc. He was a Deacon of 
 the South Church, and was a member of the Joint Committee of the First 
 and South Parishes, which bought the first lot for the Burying ground on 
 the South side, Aug. 20, 1773. He died Nov. 20, 1782. 
 
 127 Hephzibah, baptized May 19, 1734 ; died July 22, 1736. 
 
 128 Elizabeth, baptized July, 1736; died July 30, 1736. 
 
 129 Joseph, baptized June 29, 1740. See No. 129. 
 
 130 Hephzibah, born Nov. 17, 1741 ; married Nathaniel Day, Mar. 8, 
 
 1763. 
 
 131 Aaron, baptized Sept. 25, 1743; died May 3, 1744. 
 
 132 Aaron, baptized April 28, 1745; died Sept. 27, 1745. 
 
 133 Thomas, baptized Jan. 18, 1747. See No. 133. 
 
 134 Ebenezer, baptized, Feb. 18, 1749; died young. 
 
 62. John Appleton,^ son of Oliver,® was bom in 1707. He bought 
 a houselot of Isaac Fitts, on South Market street, March 24, 1734, and ten 
 years later bought the adjoining lot, on which the Bank Building and other 
 buildings now* stand. Here he made his home. He married Lucy Board- 
 man, Aug. 4, 1731, who died Feb. 24, 1790. He died Jan. 4, 1794. 
 
 135 Lucy, baptized Mar. 19,1732; married Abraham How ; published 
 
 Dec. 14, 1752. 
 
 136 Benjamin, baptized Oct. 20, 1734; removed to Gloucester. 
 
 137 William, baptized Jan. 8, 1738. See No. 137. 
 
 138 Margaret, baptized Jan. 30, 1743; married Daniel Thurston. 
 
 139 Mary, baptized Feb. 24, 1745; married Daniel Rogers. 
 
 140 Elizabeth, baptized April 17, 1748; married Aaron Treadwell, 
 
 published April 18, 1767. 
 
 141 John, baptized Oct. 21, 1750; died April 12, 1798, occasioned by 
 
 a fall. 
 
 70. Lieut. Nathaniel Appleton,^ son of Oliver,® was baptized, 
 April 23, 1721. He inherited from his father the farm now included in 
 Applefield, owned by Mrs. Charles S. Tuckerman. His house was on the 
 site of the more recent Aaron Lord house, on the comer of Waldingficld 
 road. He married Susannah Brown of Reading, published April 27, 1745. 
 
 He died Feb. 16, 1798, his widow, Nov. 2, 1807, aged 82 years. 
 
 142 Nathaniel, baptized May 11, 1746; died Aug., 1747. 
 
 143 Nathaniel, ba-^tized Mar. 6, 1747. 
 
 144 Benjamin, baptized April 22, 1750. See No. 144. 
 
 145 Susannah, baptized Oct. 21, 1752; died July, 1764. 
 
 146 Sarah, baptized Mar. 16, 1755; died July, 1764. 
 
 147 Oliver, baptized Nov. 27, 1757. See No. 147. 
 
 148 Eunice, baptized May 4, 1760; married Ephraim Fellows, Nov. 
 
 24, 1778. 
 
THE SUMMER HOME OF MRS. DANIEE FUEUER APPRETON. 
 
 Built by Samuel Appleton in 1794. Enlarged by Daniel Fuller Appleton. 
 
OF SAMUEL APPLETON. 
 
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 149 Sarah, baptized Feb. JO, 1765; married John Winn of Salem, 
 
 Nov. 2, 1793. 
 
 150 Susanna, baptized Aug. 16, 1767; married Jerem.iah Choate Un- 
 
 derhill, Oct. 21, 1798. 
 
 151 Lucy, born Dec. 31, 1771; died Feb. 10, 1792. 
 
 FIFTH GENERATIOxN. 
 
 106. Francis Appleton,® son of Isaac/ was born in 1739. He 
 married Flizabeth Hubbard, May 5, 1758, and lived in Ipswich for some 
 years after his marriage. He then removed to New Ipswich, N. H., where 
 his last child was born. His wife died Nov. 7, 1815. He survived until 
 Jan. 29, 1816. 
 
 152 Francis, born at Ijrswich, May 28, 1759, of Dublin, N. H. 
 
 153 Isaac, born at Ipswich, baptized Jan. 25, 1761. 
 
 154 John, baptized at Ipswich, April 3, 1763; of New Ipswich. 
 
 155 Mary, baptized at Ipswich, Dec. 29, 1765. 
 
 156 Elizabeth, born at Ipswich, 1767. 
 
 157 Je se, born at New Ipswich, Nov. 17, 1772. He entered Dart- 
 
 mouth College in 1788, was ordained at Hampton, Feb., 1797, 
 and w'as elected President of Bowdoin College, in 1807. He 
 died at Brunswick, Nov. 12, 1819. 
 
 108. Samuel Appleton,® son of Isaac,^ was born in 1739. He in- 
 herited his father's farm and built the house, now the summer residence 
 of Mrs. D. F. Appleton, in 1794. He married Mary, daughter of Rev. 
 Timothy White of Haverhill, published Nov. 26, 1768. 
 
 He died May 15, 1819, his widow, Nov. 10, 1834. 
 
 158 Elizabeth, born Dec. 6, 1769; died Jan. 7, 1790. 
 
 159 Samuel Gilman, born Feb. 26, 1771; married Mary Andrews, 
 
 Jan. 5, 1836. He died July 2, 1852. His widow married Jacob 
 Dodge of Wenham, Oct. 18, 1853. 
 
 160 Mary, born Dec. 3, 1772; married Amos Sawyer of Salem, June 7, 
 
 1798. 
 
 161 Susanna, born Dec. 21, 1774; married John Willet of Bridgton, 
 
 Me., Jan. 23, 1803. 
 
 162 Isaac, born Dec. 15, 1776; removed to Beverly, married Sarah 
 
 Dyson. 
 
 163 Timothy, born Nov. 13, 1778; died March 22, 1857. 
 
 164 John White, born Nov. 29, 1780; married 1st, Sarah P., daughter 
 
 of Rev. Elisha Williams of Beverly, Sept. 14, 1806, 2d, her sister 
 Sophia, Jan. 29, 1810. He died at Baltimore, Mar. 27, 1862. 
 
 165 Rebecca, born Mar. 19, 1783 ; married Joseph Brown, Jr., Jan. 15, 
 
 1808. 
 
 166 James, born Feb. 14, 1785. See No. 166. j 
 
 167 Gardiner, born Mar. 2, 1787; married Nancy Woodbury. 
 
 168 Joanna, born July 19, 1789; married 1st, Capt. Samuel Safford, 
 
 Nov. 21, 1811. Married 2d, Eben Dodge of Salem. 
 
 169 Nathan Dane, born Maj’- 20, 1794. A. B. Dartmouth, 1813; mar- 
 
 ried Julia, daughter of Abiel Hall of Alfred, Maine, where he 
 made his residence and died Nov. 12, 1881. 
 
 109. Thomas Appleton,® son of Isaac,^ was born Oct. 5, 1740. He 
 married Susanna Perkins, July 13, 1767. 
 
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 A GENEALOGY OF THE IPSWICH DESCENDANTS 
 
 170 Isaac, born Aug. 24, 1768; died at sea 1790. 
 
 171 Elizabeth, born July 7, 1770; married James Woodbury of 
 
 Beverly. 
 
 Susanna died May 22, 1773, aged 32 years. 
 
 He married Lydia, daughter of Daniel Dane, Oct. 19, 1773, who died 
 at Beverly, Aug. 23, 1845, aged 103 years, 8 months, 5 days. He died 
 Sept. 15, 1830. 
 
 172 Daniel, bom in Hamilton, Nov. 5, 1774; baptized in Ipswich, 
 
 April 9, 1775. See No. 172. 
 
 173 Lydia, born in Beverly, Aug. 22, 1776; baptized in Ipswich, Oct. 
 
 12, 1777 ; married Jonathan Lamson of Hamilton, April 30, 1809. 
 
 174 Sarah, baptized in Ipswich, April 23, 1782. 
 
 125. Oliver Appleton,*^ son of Ohver,^ was baptized June 15, 1760. 
 He bought the interest of the other heirs in the homestead in 1803, and 
 sold to his sons, Tristram and Nathaniel, March 31, 1823. He married 
 Martha, daughter of John Patch, March 12, 1789. He died in Hamilton, 
 Dec. 18, 1852, his widow, Aug. 31, 1861. 
 
 175 Martha, born Oct. 3, 1789; married Charles Baker, Aug. 19, 1813. 
 
 176 Oliver, born Mar. 15, 1791; married Anstice, daughter of Eben- 
 
 ezer Cogswell, July 2, 1816, and removed to Hamilton. An 
 infant, 7 mos. old, died Feb. 21, 1823. He died in Hamilton. 
 
 177 Lucy, born Nov. 26, 1792; died April 29, 18^8. 
 
 178 Hannah, bom Sept. 27, 1794; married 1st, William M. Smith of 
 
 Ipswich, Oct. 2, 1814, who died at sea, 1816; married 2d, 
 Temple Cutler of Hamilton, April 5, 1823; died January 16, 
 1889. 
 
 179 George, born Julv 29, 1796, lived in Hamilton. 
 
 180 Tristram, bom June 23, 1798, lived in Hamilton. 
 
 181 Nathaniel, born April 3, 1800, lived in Hamilton, 
 t 182 Abigail, born May 2, 1802; died Nov. 9, 1818. 
 
 183 Sarah, born April 21, 1804; married Tristram Brown, Jr., May 
 
 13, 1830; died April, 1891. 
 
 184 Joshua, born March 21, 1806; died Dec. 9, 1806. 
 
 185 Mehitable, born July 16, 1808; marrie 1 John Foster of Hamilton. 
 
 129. Joseph Appleton, Jr.,® son of Deacon Joseph,^ was baptized 
 June 29, 1740. He married Hannah Bacheller of Haverhill, June 17, 
 1762. 
 
 186 Joseph, born , 1766; died Jan. 26, 1786. 
 
 187 Hannah, baptized Oct. 8, 1769; married Daniel Wallis, Oct. 13, 
 
 1791. 
 
 188 Hephztbah, baptized Oct. 8, 1769. 
 
 189 Lois, born Feb. 8, 1774; married John Williamson, Oct. 25, 1793. 
 
 He married again, Eunice Perkins, Jan. 19, 1776. 
 
 190 Eunice, baptized June 1, 1777. 
 
 191 Salome, baptized June 1, 1777; married David Tucker, Jr., Oct. 
 
 6, 1812. 
 
 192 Aaron, born May 10, 1779; married Lucy Sweet, Oct. 7, 1800; 
 
 died in the West Indies, Sept., 1802. 
 
 He died Dec. 10, 1812, his widow, May 1, 1821. 
 
SUNSWICH 
 
 The summer home of Mr. Bayard Tuckerman. 
 
40 A genp:alogy of the ipswich descendants 
 
 204 Sarah Fuller, born at Gloucester, Jan. 20, 1811; married at 
 
 Marblehead, Rev. Stephen C. Millett of Salem, May 6, 1833; 
 died June 7, 1884. 
 
 205 James, born at Gloucester, Mar. 11 , 1813; married Sarah Bristol, 
 
 daughter oi Samuel L. Edwards of Manlius, N. Y., June 21, 
 1842; died March, 1884. 
 
 206 Mary White, born at Gloucester, Nov. 15, 1815; died Jan. 14, 
 
 1905. 
 
 207 Elizabeth Putnam, born at Gloucester, Dec. 3, 1818; married 
 
 Shelton L. Hall of Racine, Wis., Sept. 2, 1845; died Mar. 29, 
 1897 at Racine. 
 
 208 Joanna Dodge, born at Marblehead, Feb. 23, 1821 ; married Pey- 
 
 ton R. Morgan, Nov. 9, 1843; died at Racine, April 25, 1870. 
 
 209 Hannah Fui-ler, born at Marblehead, April 21, 1823; married 
 
 Robert H. Thayer, April 27, 1854; died at Orange, N. J., Nov. 
 10, 1903. 
 
 210 Daniel Fuller, born at Marblehead, Jan. 31, 1826. See No. 
 
 210 . 
 
 211 Harriette Hooper, born at Marblehead, Mar. 24, 1828; married 
 
 Rev. John Cotton Smith, D. D., Dec. 9, 1849, then Rector of 
 St. John’s Church, Bangor. He was Rector of the Church of 
 the Ascension, New York, from 1859 until his death, Jan. 9, 
 1882. His wife died Aug 26, 1905. 
 
 212 Anna Whittemore, bom at Marblehead, Jan. 31, 1831; married 
 
 Dr. Chas. H. Osgood, June 21,T852. 
 
 172. Daniel Appleton,® son of Thomas®, was bom in Hamilton, 
 Nov. 5, 1774. He married, Martha Woodbury of Beverly, Nov. 26, 1801, 
 and made his home in that town. 
 
 213 Daniel, born in Beverly, July 4, 1802. A large family'of chil- 
 
 dren was born, by this marriage, and a second, with Mary 
 Baker Allen, daughter of William Allen of Manchester. Daniel 
 returned to Ipswich and is the only one, who comes within the 
 scope of this sketch. See No. 213. 
 
 195. Daniel Appleton,® son of Thomas,® was born June 8, 1786. 
 He married Abigail, daughter of Richard Lakeman, Nov. 15, 1812. He 
 died in Dartmoor prison, Jan. 4, 1815. His widow occupied a tenement 
 on the second floor of the old Merrifield house, which was bequeathed her 
 by Thomas Appleton, father of her husband. She died April 15, 1857, at 
 the age of 64 years 6 months. 
 
 214 Abigail G., born 1814; died June 9, 1886. 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION. 
 
 210. Daniel Fuller Appleton,^ son of Gen. James,® was born in 
 Marblehead, Jan. 31, 1826. He learned the trade of watch maker and 
 jeweller in Poitland, with his brother James, but went to New York, in 
 1846. He entered the employment of Royal Robbins, and later became 
 his partner, under the firm name of Robbins and Appleton. In 1857, the 
 firm became owners of the new and small watch factory at Waltham, v.Rich 
 has grown to be the great manufactory of the American Waltham Watch 
 
THE COTTAGE 
 
 The summer home of Mr. Gerald h. Hoyt. 
 
OF SAMUEL APPLETON. 
 
 41 
 
 Co. Mr. Appleton retained his interest in the business until his death, and 
 his sons have succeeded him. 
 
 He was a member of the first National Convention of the Republican 
 party, which norrinated John C. Fremont for Piesident, and was invited 
 to sit on the platform at the Convention, which nominated Mr. McKinley 
 for the first time. 
 
 While his business interests were in New York, his summer home was 
 at the farm, to which he was greatly attached. 
 
 He married 1st, Julia, daughter of Nicholas P. Randall of Manlius, 
 N. Y., June 9, 1853, who died Aug. 20, 1886, at the age of 59 years, 4 
 months, 11 days. 
 
 215 Francis Randall, born Aug. 5, 1854. See No. 215. 
 
 216 Ruth, born May 30, 1857; married Charles Sanders Tuckerm an, 
 
 A. B. Harvard, 1874, on April 15, 1880, who died Aug. 27, 
 
 1904. 
 
 1 Muriel, bom in Brookline, March 6, 1881. 
 
 2 John Appleton, born in Boston, Nov. 26, 1884. A. B. Har- 
 vard, 19U5. 
 
 3 Julia Appleton, bora in Ipswich, May 17, 1888. 
 
 4 Leverett Saltonstall, bora in Salem, Dec. 3, 1892. Their 
 summer home, Applefield, is within the bounds of the 
 ori^al Appleton Farm. For the remainder of the year, 
 their home is in Boston. 
 
 217 Mary Eliza, born April 21, 1860; married Gerald Livingstone 
 
 Hoyt, of Staatsburgh, N. Y., A. B. Yale, 1872, on Nov. 22, 1881. 
 
 1 Julia Marion, born in New York, Mar. 3, 1883. 
 
 2 Lydig, born in New York, Dec. 21, 1883. A. B. Yale, 1906. 
 Their summer home, “The Cottage," is on the Farm. 
 Their wdnter residence is in New York. 
 
 218 Randolph Morgan, bom Jan. 4, 1862. See No. 218. 
 
 219 James Waldingfield, born June 4, 1867. A. B. Harvard, 1888. 
 
 Mr. Appleton married 2d, Susan A., daughter of Prof. John P. Cowles, 
 of Ipswich, Dec. 17, 1889. He died Feb. 5, 1904. 
 
 213. Daniel Appleton,^ son of Daniel,® vas bom July 4, 1802, in 
 Beverly. He bought a portion of the Joseph Fellows farm, with half the 
 house, Jan. 16, 1832, and married Mehitable K Cleaves of Beverly, April 
 10, 1832. They set up their home on the farm, where he died Oct. 20, 
 1859. His widow lived until Nov. 22, 1888, dying at the age of 83 years, 
 11 months. 
 
 220 Daniel Woodbury, born May 21, 1833. See No. 220. 
 
 221 Marietta 1)ane, born April 4, 1836; died Sept. 18, 1869. 
 
 222 John William Eliot, born May 22, 1850; died April 2, 1855. 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION. 
 
 215. Francis Randall Appleton,® son of Daniel Fuller,’ was born 
 in New York, Aug. 5, 1854. hie w'as graduated from Harvard College, 
 1875, and took the degree of L. L. B. at Columbia, 1877. His summer 
 
42 A GENEALOGY OF THE IPSWICH DESCENDANTS, ETC. 
 
 home, New House, was built on a lot, originally included in the Appleton 
 Farm. His business interests are in New York, where he resides during 
 the winter months. 
 
 He married Fanny Lanier, daughter of Charles Lanier, Esq. at Lenox, 
 Mass., Oct. 7, 1884. 
 
 223 Francis Randall, Jr., born in Lenox, July 9, 1885. A. B. Har- 
 
 vard, 1907. 
 
 224 Charles Lanier, born in New York, Sept. 25, 1886. 
 
 225 Ruth, born in New York, Jan. 10, 1891. 
 
 226 Alice, born in New York, Dec. 8, 1894. 
 
 227 James, born in New York, Mar. 6, 1899. 
 
 218. Randolph Morgan Appleton,® son of Daniel Fuller,’ was bom 
 at New York, Jan. 4, 1862, and was graduated from Harvard College, 1884, 
 
 He married Helen Kortright,of Boston, June 2, 1888. His estate bears 
 the ancestral name, Waldingfield. 
 
 228 Madeline, born in Ipswich, July 8, 1891. 
 
 229 Julia, born in Ipswich, June 5, 1894. 
 
 230 Sybil, born in Boston, Dec. 28, 1899. 
 
 220, Daniel Woodbury Appleton,® son of Daniel,’ was born May 
 21, 1833. He married Lucy Abby, daughter of Jarvis Lamson of Hamil- 
 ton, April 28, 1870, who died Dec. 6, 1883, aged 34 years, 5 months. He 
 died Oct. 27, 1903, in the house, in which he was born. 
 
 231 Daniel Howard, born Nov. 30, 1874. See No. 231. 
 
 232 Marietta Dane, bom Nov. 13, 1876; married Amos E. L. Scotton, 
 
 Aug. 24, 1896. 
 
 1 Gladys Appleton, born Nov. 29, 1898. 
 
 2 Edward Lawrence, born July 13, 1899. 
 
 3 Lucie Abbie, born Jan. 10, 1901, 
 
 4 Harold Everett, born July 29, 1902. 
 
 233 Eliot Lamson, born April 9, 1881. 
 
 NINTH GENERATION. 
 
 231. Daniel Howard Appleton,® son of Daniel W.,® was born Nov. 
 30, 1874; married Cora M. Manthorn, Aug. 3, 1895; died June 14, 1899. 
 234 Daniel Howard, Jr., born, 1895. 
 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
 
 The Annnal meeting of the Ipswich Historical Society 
 was held on Monday, December 3, 1906, at Whipple Hous e. 
 The following officers were elected. 
 
 President. — T. Frank Waters. 
 
 Vice Presidents. — John B. Brown, 
 
 Francis R. Appleton. 
 
 Directors. — Charles A. Sayward, 
 
 John H. Cogswell, 
 
 John W. Nourse. 
 
 Clerk. — John W. Goodhue. 
 
 Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer. — T. Frank Waters. 
 Librarian. — John J. Sullivan. 
 
 Social Committee. 
 
 Mrs. Edward Damon, Miss Lucy Slade Lord, 
 
 Mrs. Howard B. Dawson, Miss C. Bertha Dobson, 
 
 Mrs. Francis H. Richardson. Mrs. Frank H. Stockwell, 
 Mrs. Henry R. Kenyon, Mrs. Joseph F. Ross, 
 
 Miss Sarah E. Lakeman, Mrs. Frank W. Kyes. 
 
 The Committee was authorized to fill any vacancies that 
 may occur in its membership, and enlarge it, if occasion 
 requires. 
 
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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT— DEC. 3, 1906. 
 
 We may congratulate ourselves on the abundant and increas- 
 ing prosperity of our Society. In some respects, the record of 
 the year, which has now ended, has been phenomenal. 
 
 Our House, alw'ays our most valuable and most interesting 
 asset, is coming into wider and wider renown. The Report of 
 our Curator, to be sure, indicates only the average number of 
 visitors, whose names have been recorded, a round thousand, 
 including the 89 names of our townspeople. But it is acquiring 
 distinction as a notable old mansion and winning its way into 
 the hearts of our townsfolk. When friends are being entertained 
 they are invariably brought here, and when the annual supper is 
 spread and the old rooms are lighted and warmed in the olden 
 style, and the long tables are heavy with the ancient good cheer, 
 a multitude comes to enjoy the grand occasion. 
 
 But friends from afar have come pressing in this year as never 
 before. The Bay State League, a federation of the historical 
 societies of eastern Massachusetts, met here on June 2nd. Their 
 headquarters were established in our House, and their lunch was 
 eaten in our garden, their boxes being supplemented with hot 
 coffee and cold water by our Social Committee. The annual 
 meeting with addresses was held in the South Church and a tour 
 of sight-seeing to view the historic spots of our Towm was plan- 
 ned for the final feature of the day's doings. A severe thunder- 
 shower made this impossible. 
 
 A week later, under sunnier skys, the Governor Thomas Dud- 
 ley Family gathered in the ancient dwelling, where Dudley and 
 Bradstreet, no doubt, had often hob-nobbed with Elder Whipple. 
 Their visit to the ancient house-sites on High Street was the occa- 
 sion of brief but admirable services of commemoration. The 
 graduating class of the Grammar School came one afternoon, 
 with their teacher. Miss Isabel G. Arthur, and saw the rooms 
 and their furnishings. It was a happy thought on her part and 
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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 45 
 
 we are led to inquire why other teachers do not come with their 
 classes? No better illustration of the early life of our Town 
 and no finer inspiration to historical study can be imagined. 
 
 The last of the June pilgrimages was the great visitation of the 
 Old South Historical Society on the 24th. Nearly three hun- 
 dred tickets had been sold and the ladies had undertaken the 
 formidable task of providing lunch for this hungry multitude. 
 The work was entered upon with enthusiasm and extraordinary 
 interest in the success of the undertaking was shown by our citi- 
 zens generally. Generous gifts of money and food revealed 
 loyalty to our Society as universal. Unfortunately the day 
 proved wet and cold, but a visit was paid to our House and to 
 some of the nearer historic localities before lunch was served. 
 The broad steps and ample corridors and lower rooms of the 
 South Church afforded a timely shelter, and a convenient place 
 for the mid-day rest and refreshment. Then the auditorium 
 was thrown open and inspiring addresses w^ere delivered by Mr. 
 Edwin D. Mead, Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead and others. The 
 river trip was abandoned of necessity, but a line of trolley cars 
 bore our guests away to Newburyport and the Merrimac. 
 
 The Hovey family made its annual visit and the Saturday 
 Evening Club of Bradford came down in the late Fall to have a 
 quiet supper in our great kitchen. The sum total, financially, 
 from these pilgrimages and gastronomic enterprizes was $187.92, 
 to which is to be added a large prospective asset from the vivid 
 remembrances of many pilgrims, who will come again to see the 
 House at their leisure. The door fees paid by visitors amounted 
 to $156.75. Publications wxre sold to the amount of $27.55 and 
 notwithstanding the superabundance of cheap pictures in the 
 store windows, the sale of photographs of the House, without and 
 within, doubled that of the previous year (amounting to $30.45). 
 A small percentage of profit remains, but the interest of visitors 
 is enhanced. 
 
 The total receipts, which may be credited to our House ac- 
 count, as it is alw^ays the foremost thing in the minds of those 
 who come, were $402.67. The expense of maintenance, includ- 
 ing fuel for the curator, sundry repairs, cost of photographs, the 
 care of the house and grounds, and re-setting a line of spruce 
 trees, was $179.23. The cost of the last item was met, however, 
 
46 
 
 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 by the balance of the contribution of the Ipswich Mill, carried 
 over from the previous year. No small credit for this gratifying 
 exhibit is due to our excellent curator, Mr. Washington P. Pick- 
 ard, for his constant endeavors for the advantage of the Society 
 and his fidelity to all the details of his responsible office. 
 
 The receipts from membership fees were $378.36, and from 
 book sales by mail, $29.94, making the total income $810.97. 
 Adding $290.60, the balance from 1905, the credit account is 
 $1101.57. The expenditures include as the principal items, 
 $100 for interest on the mortgage, $200 paid on the face of the 
 mortgage, reducing it to $2300, $179.23 on the House account, 
 and $334.26 for printing. This large item is due to the rather 
 ambitious character of our last issue. “The Simple Cobbler of 
 Aggawam,” by the eminent Nathaniel Ward, the 4th edition, 
 1647, was included in the list of valuable books, given by the late 
 Daniel Fuller Appleton. This unique work has been repro- 
 duced with facsimile title page, preface, initial letters, head lines, 
 etc. and an antique type, which resembles the original. The 
 paging has also been preserved. Part of the edition was pub- 
 lished in pamphlet form and the remainder, on heavier paper, 
 has been bound in boards. It has met with a very compliment- 
 ary reception from Mr. Mead and other historical students and 
 will have a steady sale, we may reasonably believe. As no pub- 
 lication was issued in 1905, the average expenditure for the two 
 years has not been exceeded very materially. The work of pub- 
 lication is the most enduring and perhaps the most valuable ser- 
 vice to the great public, that an Historical Society can perform. 
 Our Society has attained an honorable distinction for its work^ 
 both for quality and quantity and the sale is steady. The aggre- 
 gate receipt of about $60 from this source is a very satisfactory 
 interest on the original cost. Some of the contributions which 
 have come to us this’year are of especial interest. Miss R. B. 
 Manning of Salem gave the “Publishment Box” used by Eben-, 
 ezer Burnham, the Town Clerk of Ipswich, for the displaying of 
 marriage intentions. Mr. William E. Gould of Brookline pre- 
 sented an original musical composition, entitled Mannering, 
 written by Gen. Henry K. Oliver of Salem on his 75th birthday 
 and given to the donor. Mrs. Josiah Dudley has deposited with 
 us the portrait of Rev. Daniel Fitz, D.D., painted by a native 
 
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 47 
 
 artist in Canton and a painting of the ship Malay, which was 
 commanded by Capt. Dudley and by Captain Joseph Willcomb. 
 The valuable collection of sea-charts, owned by the late Capt. 
 Richard T. Dodge, is likely to come into our possession. We 
 hope that this will prove to be a nucleus of a marine collection, 
 which would be of rare interest. The old sailors are passing 
 away, and the sailing ships, which opened a career for many 
 Ipswich boys are fast disappearing. A collectionof old log-books, 
 pictures and full rigged models of the sailing craft of various 
 builds with lists of the vessels, built in our own ship yards, and 
 of the men, who sailed in them, if it is to be made at all, must be 
 made now, and any contributions of this kind will be particu- 
 larly welcome. 
 
 But where would such a collection be displayed? Not in this 
 House, for the rooms would afford no opportunity for its proper 
 arrangement. For this,, and for other collections, which are now 
 waiting, and for our growing library a new building, designed 
 for museum purposes, and for the various needs of the society, 
 will soon be needed. We suggest to our wealthy and public- 
 spirited friends, if the funds for such a building are not forth- 
 coming, that provision be made for legacies, which will be avail- 
 able for this end. The Nantucket Historical Association has 
 recently received a legacy of SI 0,000. The Beverly Historical 
 Society fell heir to the fine old mansion, which answers its pur- 
 poses so admirably. The Methuen Society has been richly 
 endowed by Mr. Searles. A Memorial building, designed to 
 commemorate the fame of Ipswich men and women and per- 
 petuate their remembrance, which would provide room for an 
 Art collection, for a lecture hall, as well as for a large museum, 
 would be of great value to our Society and to the Town. When 
 will the first gift be announced? 
 
 That the pride of ancestry is strong, has been illustrated very 
 effectively. The Giles Firmin Garden, named in honor of the 
 first Ipswich physician, whose home lot included the newly made 
 garden, was the beneficiary of a summer fete on the grounds 
 of Mr. Henry Brown, in August, 1906. The guests were invited 
 to enroll their names and also that of any citizen of ancient 
 Ipswich, to whom they trace their ancestry. Great enthusiasm 
 
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 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 was aroused and it was found that the following early settlers 
 were represented by the appended number of guests. 
 
 Samuel Appleton 19 
 
 John Baker 3 
 
 Thos. Boreman 4 
 
 Thos. Burnham 3 
 
 John Caldwell 3 
 
 John Cogswell 2 
 
 John Dane 1 
 
 Gen. Daniel Denison 1 
 Sarah Dillingham 2 
 
 Gov. Thos. Dudley 1 
 
 Michael Farley 1 
 
 Philip Fowler 3 
 
 Edward French 1 
 
 Dea. William Goodhue 2 
 Thomas Harris 4 
 
 Luke Heard 2 
 
 Daniel Hovey 1 
 
 Richard Kimball 2 
 
 Robert Kinsman 8 
 
 Thomas Knowlton 1 
 
 Mistress Hannah Lake 1 
 
 Archelaus Lakeman 1 
 
 Robert I^ord 4 
 
 John Perkins 2 
 
 Anthony Potter 3 
 
 John Proctor 1 
 
 Rev. Nath. Rogers 3 
 
 Kilicross Ross 1 
 
 Henry Russell 1 
 
 The Worshipful Mr. Richard 
 Saltonstall 1 
 
 Richard Sutton 1 
 
 Edward Treadwell 1 
 
 Thomas Treadwell 1 
 
 Jonathan Wade 2 
 
 Matthew Whipple 1 
 
 John Winthrop, Jr. 2 
 
 Rev. John Wise 1 
 
 Surely, this just pride in such eminent ancestry may bring 
 forth fruit in due time, in the enduring and honorable Memorial 
 which we desire. 
 
REPORT OF THE CURATOR 
 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 3, 1906. 
 
 Names recorded in the Register, .... 984 
 
 Names of Ipswich residents, ..... 89 
 
 Names of residents of Massachusetts not including 
 
 Ipswich, 584 
 
 Names of residents of other States, .... 311 
 
 On June 2, the Bay State League of Historical Societies visited 
 the House. 
 
 June 9, the Governor Thomas Dudley P^amily Association. 
 June , The ninth Grade, Manning Grammar School. 
 
 June 24, The Old South Historical Society. About 230 came, 
 but only a small number recorded their names. 
 
 Aug. 7, The Hovey Family. 
 
 Nov. , The Saturday Evening Club from Bradford. 
 
 The actual number of visitors to the House was probably about 
 
 1200 . 
 
 Washington P. Pickard. 
 
 Curator. 
 
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR THE YEAR 
 ENDING, DECEMBER 3, 1906. 
 
 T. F. Waters in account with the Ipswich 
 
 Historical 
 
 Society. 
 
 Dr. 
 
 To Membership fees, 
 
 
 $378.36 
 
 “ Sales of books, by mail 
 
 
 29.94 
 
 “ Receipts from Whipple House, 
 
 Door fees, 
 
 $156.75 
 
 
 Sales of books, 
 
 27 55 
 
 
 “ “ photographs, 
 
 30.45 
 
 
 From entertainment of the Gov. Thomas 
 
 Dudley Family Asso., 
 
 15.00 
 
 
 “ Ho vey Family, 
 
 5.00 
 
 
 “ Bay State League, 
 
 14.32 
 
 
 “ Old South Historical Soc., 
 
 100.45 
 
 
 “ Saturday Evening Club, 
 
 6.50 
 
 
 “ Annual Supper, 
 
 46.65 
 
 402.67 
 
 
 402.67 
 
 810.97 
 
 Balance in treasury, Dec. 1, 1905, 
 
 
 290.60 
 
 $1101.67 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Paid on Mortgage, 
 
 
 $200.00 
 
 “ “ Interest, 
 
 
 100.00 
 
 “ “ Printing, 
 
 
 334.26 
 
 “ Stationary, Postage, etc., .... 
 
 . 
 
 25.68 
 
 “ Incidentals, 
 
 
 4.80 
 
 House account. 
 
 Paid for Fuel, 
 
 45.86 
 
 
 “ Table furnishings and partial Pay- 
 
 ment for stove, .... 
 
 18.50 
 
 
 “ Water Tax, 
 
 11.00 
 
 
 “ Photographs, 
 
 31.35 
 
 
 “ Trees and setting, .... 
 
 20.00 
 
 
 “ Repairs, 
 
 5.77 
 
 
 “ Care of house and grounds. 
 
 46.75 
 
 179.23 
 
 
 179.23 
 
 843.97 
 
 Cash in treasury, Dec. 3, 1906, 
 
 
 257.60 
 
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 $1101.57 
 
MEMBERS 
 
 LIFE MEMBERS. 
 
 Mrs. Alice C. Bemis .... Colorado Springs, Col. 
 
 James H. Proctor Ipswich, Mass. 
 
 Charles G. Rice “ “ 
 
 RF.SIDENT MEMBERS. 
 
 Dr. Charles E. Ames, 
 
 Mrs. Snsau A. R. Appleton, 
 Francis K. Appleton, 
 
 Mrs. Frances L. Appleton, 
 Francis R. Appleton, Jr., 
 James W. Appleton, 
 Randolph M Appleton, 
 
 Miss S, Isabel Arthur, 
 
 Dr. G. Guy Bailey, 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth H. Baker, 
 Mrs. Ellen B. Baker, 
 
 John H. Baker, 
 
 Miss Katharine C. Baker, 
 Charles W. Bam ford, 
 George E. Barnard, 
 
 Miss Mary 1). Bates, 
 
 John A. Blake, 
 
 James W. Bond, 
 
 Warren Boynton, 
 
 Albert S. Brown, 
 
 Albert S. Brown, Jr., 
 Charles W. Brown, 
 
 Edward F. Brown, 
 
 Mrs. Carrie H. Brown, 
 Henry Brown, 
 
 Mrs. Lavinia A. Brown, 
 Robert Brown, 
 
 Ralph W. Burnham, 
 
 Mrs. Nellie Mae Burnham, 
 Fred F. Byron, 
 
 Miss Joanna Caldw^ell, 
 Miss Lydia A. Caldwell, 
 Miss Sarah P. Caldwell, 
 Charles A. Campbell, 
 
 Mrs. Lavinia Campbell, 
 Edwuird W. Choate, 
 
 Philip E. Clarke, 
 
 Mrs. Mary E. Clarke, 
 Sturgis Coffin, 2d, 
 
 John H. Cogsw^ell, 
 
 Miss Harriet D. Condon, 
 Brainerd J. Conley, 
 
 Rev. Edwmrd Constant, 
 
 Miss Roxana C. Cowles, 
 
 Rev. Temple Cutler, 
 Arthur C. Damon, 
 
 Mrs. Carrie Damon, 
 Mrs. Cordelia Damon, 
 Everett G. Damon, 
 Harry K. Damon, 
 
 Mrs. Abby Dan forth. 
 Miss Edith L. Daniels, 
 Mrs. Howard Dawson, 
 George G. Dexter, 
 
 Miss C. Bertha Dobson, 
 Harry K. Dodge, 
 
 Rev. John M Donovan, 
 Arthur W. Dow, 
 
 Dana F\ Dow, 
 
 Mrs. Sarah B. Dudley, 
 Mrs. Charles G. Dyer, 
 Mrs. Emma Farley, 
 
 Miss Lucy H. Farley, 
 Miss Abbie M. Fellows, 
 Benjamin Fewkes, 
 James E. Gallagher, 
 John S. Glover, 
 
 Charles E. Goodhue, 
 Frank T. Goodhue, 
 
 John W. Goodhue, 
 William Goodhue, 
 
 John J. Gould, 
 
 James Graffum, 
 
 Mrs. Eliza H. Green, 
 Mrs. Lois H. Hardy, 
 George Harris, 
 
 Mrs. Kate L. Haskell, 
 George H. W. Hayes, 
 Mrs. Alice L. Heard, 
 Miss Alice Herard, 
 
 John Heard, 
 
 Miss Mary A. Hodgdon, 
 Miss S. Louise Holmes, 
 Charles G. Hull, 
 
 Miss Lucy S. Jewett, 
 Miss Amy M. Johnson, 
 Miss Ida B. Johnson, 
 John A. Johnson, 
 
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 NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS. 
 
 Miss Ellen M. Jordan, 
 
 Albert Joyce, 
 
 Charles M. Kelly, 
 
 Mrs. Caroline Kenyon, 
 
 Fred A. Kimball, 
 
 Robert S. Kimball, 
 
 Mrs. Isabelle G. Kimball, 
 Miss Bethiali D. Kinsman, 
 Mrs. Susan K. Kinsman, 
 Willard F. Kinsman, 
 
 Mrs. Mary Q. Kinsman, 
 
 Dr. Frank W. Kyes, 
 
 Mrs. Georgie C. Kyes, 
 Elizabeth E. Lakeman, 
 
 J. Howard Lakeman, 
 
 Mrs. G. F. Langdon, 
 
 Austin L. Lord, 
 
 George A. Lord, 
 
 Miss Lucy Slade Lord, 
 Thomas H. Lord, 
 
 Mrs. Lncretia S. Lord, 
 Walter E. Lord, 
 
 Mrs. Mary B. Main, 
 
 James F. Mann, 
 
 Joseph Marshall, 
 
 Everard H. Martin, 
 
 Mrs. Marietta K. Martin, 
 Miss Abby L. Newman, 
 William .1. Norwood, 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Norwood, 
 John W. Nonrse, 
 
 Charles H. Noyes, 
 
 Mrs. Harriet E. Noyes, 
 
 Rev. Reginald Pearce, 
 
 I. E. B. Perkins, 
 
 Miss Carrie S. Perley, 
 Augustine H. Plouflf, 
 
 Mrs. Frances E. Richardson, 
 James S. Robinson, Jr., 
 
 Mrs. Anna C. C. Robinson, 
 Miss Anna W. Ross, 
 Frederick G. Ross, 
 
 Mrs. Mary F. Ross, 
 
 Joseph F. Ross, 
 
 Mrs. Helene Ross, 
 
 William S. Russell, 
 
 William W Russell, 
 
 Daniel Safford, 
 
 Angus Savory, 
 
 Charles A. Say ward, 
 
 Mrs. Henrietta W. Say ward, 
 George A. Schofield, 
 
 Amos E. Scotton, 
 
 Mrs. Harriet G. Shaw, 
 Dexter M. Smith, 
 
 Mrs. Olive P. Smith, 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth K. Spaulding, 
 George W. Starkey, 
 
 Dr. Frank H. Stockwell, 
 
 Mrs. Sadie B. Stockwell, 
 Edward M. Sullivan, 
 
 John J. Sullivan, 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth M. Sullivan, 
 Arthur L. Sweetser, 
 
 Samuel H. Thurston, 
 
 George W. Tozer, 
 
 Miss Ellen R. Trask, 
 
 Miss Laura B. Underhill, 
 Jesse H. Wade, 
 
 Miss Nellie F. Wade, 
 
 Miss Emma E. Wait, 
 
 Luther Wait, 
 
 Rev. T. Frank Waters, 
 
 Mrs. Adeline M. Waters, 
 Miss Susan C. Whipple, 
 
 Mrs. Marianna Whittier, 
 
 Miss Eva Adams Willcomb, 
 Chester P. Woodbury, 
 
 NON-RESroENT MEMBERS. 
 
 Frederick J. Alley 
 Mrs. Mary G. Alley 
 William F. J. Boardman 
 Albert D. Bosson* 
 
 Mrs. Alice C. Bosson* 
 Mrs. Mary P. Bosworth 
 John B. Brown* 
 
 Mrs. Lucy T. Brown* 
 Frank T. Burnham . 
 
 Rev. Augustine Caldwell 
 Eben Caldwell . 
 
 Miss Florence F. Caldwell 
 John A. Caldwell 
 Mrs. Luther Caldwell 
 Miss Mira E. Caldwell 
 
 Hamilton, Mass. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 So. 
 
 New York, N. Y. 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Eliot, Me. 
 Elizabeth, N. J. 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Winchester, Mass. 
 Lynn, Mass. 
 
 • Summer home in Ipswich. 
 
NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS. 
 
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 Winthrop Chanler 
 Kufus Choate 
 Alexander B. Clark 
 Mrs. Edward Cordis 
 Mrs. Lina C. Cushing 
 Charles Davis . 
 
 Fellowes Davis . 
 
 Horatio Davis . 
 
 Joseph D. Dodge 
 Mrs. Edith S. Dole . 
 Joseph K. Farley 
 Sylvaniis C. Farley . 
 Amos Tuck French . 
 Edward B. George 
 Dr. J. L. Goodale* 
 
 Dr. E. S. Goodhue 
 Samuel V. Goodhue . 
 William E. Gould 
 Dr. F. B. Harrington* 
 Miss Louise M. Hodgkins 
 Kev. Horace C. Hovey 
 Miss Ruth A. Hovey 
 Gerald L. Hoyt* 
 
 Mrs. May Hoyt* 
 
 Miss Julia Hoyt* 
 
 Lydig Hoyt* 
 
 Albert P. Jordan 
 Arthur S. Kimball 
 Rev. John C. Kimball 
 Rev. Frederic J. Kinsman 
 Curtis E. Lakeman . 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Lord* 
 
 Dr. Sidney A. Lord . 
 
 Mrs. Frances E. Markoe 
 Mrs. Anna Osgood* . 
 
 Rev. Robert B. Parker* 
 Mrs. Mary A. Parsons 
 Asahel H. Patch 
 Mrs Anna P. Peabody* 
 Moritz B. Philipp* 
 
 Bowen W. Pierson . 
 Frederick H. Plouff . 
 Mrs. Jesse W. P. Purdy 
 A. Davidson Remick 
 James E. Richardson 
 Dr. Mark W. Richardson* 
 Mrs. Lucy C. Roberts 
 Derby Rogers 
 Albert Russell . 
 
 Mrs. E. M. H. Slade 
 Pldward H. Smith 
 Miss Elizabeth P. Smith 
 Henry P. Smith 
 Mrs. Caroline P. Smith 
 Rev. R. Cotton Smith* 
 
 Dr. E. W. Taylor* 
 
 Rev. William G. Thayer* 
 
 Genesee, N. Y. 
 . Essex, Mass. 
 Peabody, Mass. 
 Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
 Washington, 1). C. 
 East Milton, 
 New York, N. Y. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Lynn, Mass. 
 Newbury, Mass. 
 Lihue, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. 
 
 Alton, III. 
 New York, N. Y. 
 Kowley, Mass. 
 Boston. Mass. 
 Wailuku, Maui, Hawaiian Islands, 
 Salem, Mass. 
 Brookline, Mass, 
 Boston, IMass. 
 Wilbraham, Mass. 
 Newburvport, Mass, 
 Lake Mohonk, N. Y. 
 New York, N. Y. 
 
 Lynn 
 
 London, Kng. 
 
 Fresno, Cal. 
 Oberlin, Ohio. 
 Greenfield, Mass. 
 NewY'ork, N. Y. 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Cromwell. Conn. 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Orange, N. J. 
 Providence, R. I. 
 field Center, Mass. 
 Clarksville, Tcnn. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 New York, N. Y. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Reading, Penn. 
 Boston, .Mass. 
 Salem, Mass. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 . Cambridge, Mass. 
 New Canaan, Conn. 
 
 Portland, Me. 
 . New York, N. Y. 
 Salem, Mass. 
 
 ( ( i ( 
 
 . Brookline, Mass. 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 Boston, iMass. 
 SouthV)oro, Mass. 
 
 Summer home in Ipswich. 
 
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 HONORARY MEMBERS. 
 
 NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS. 
 
 Andrew S. Thomson 
 Dr. Harvey P. Towle* 
 
 Dr. (yhas. VV. Townsend* 
 Miss Ann H. Treadwell 
 Bayard Tuckerman* 
 
 Mrs. Ruth A. Tuckerman* 
 Charles H. Tweed 
 Mrs. Margaret Wade 
 Major Chas. W. Whipple 
 Wallace P. Willett* 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Willett* 
 Egerton L. Winthrop, Jr. 
 Frederic Winthrop 
 Robert D. Winthrop 
 Chalmers Wood* 
 
 HONORARY MEMBERS 
 
 John Albree, Jr. 
 
 Miss Caroline Farley 
 Frank C. Farley 
 Mrs. Katherine S. Farley 
 Mrs. Eunice W. Felton 
 Jesse Fewkes . 
 
 Reginald Foster 
 Augustus P. Gardner 
 Charles L. Goodhue 
 Miss Alice A- Gray 
 Miss Emily R. Gray 
 Arthur VV. Hale 
 Albert Farley Heard, 2d 
 Otis Kimball 
 Mrs. Otis Kimball 
 Miss Sarah S. Kimball 
 Frederick J. Kingsbury 
 Miss Caroline F. Leeds 
 Miss Katherine P. Loring 
 Mrs. Susan M. Loring 
 Mrs. Elizabeth R. Lyman 
 Josiali H. Mann 
 Heiii-y S. Manning 
 Mrs. Mary W. Manning 
 George von L. Meyer 
 Miss Esther Parmenter 
 Mrs. Mary S. C. Peabody 
 Richard M. S alto n stall 
 Denison R. Slade 
 Joseph Spillnr 
 Miss Ellen A. Stone 
 Harry W. Tyler 
 Albert Wade 
 Edward P. Wade 
 W. F. Warner 
 George Willcorab 
 
 . Wenham, Mass. 
 . Boston, Mass. 
 
 Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
 . New York, N. Y. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 . NewYork, N. Y. 
 
 Newton, Mass. 
 . New York, N. Y. 
 East Orange, N. J. 
 
 ’. NewYork, N.Y. 
 . Hamilton, Mass. 
 . New York, N. Y. 
 
 Swampscott, Mass. 
 Cambridge, Mass. 
 So. Manchester, Conn. 
 
 Cambridge, Mass, 
 Newton, Mass. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Hamilton, Mass. 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 Sauquoit, N.Y. 
 
 Winchester, Mass. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Salem, Mass. 
 Water bury, Conn. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Brookline, Mass. 
 
 Ipswich, Mass. 
 New York, N. Y. 
 
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 Washington, D, C, 
 Chicopee, Mass. 
 Ipswich, Mass. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Center Harbor, N. H. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 East Lexington, Mass. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Alton, 111. 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 ■*Summer home in Ipswich. 
 
Membership in the Ipswich Historical Society involves 
 the payment of an annual due of $2, or a single payment of 
 $50, which secures Life Membership. Members are entitled 
 to a copy of the regular publications of the Society, in pam- 
 phlet form, without expense, free admission to the House 
 with friends, and the privilege of voting in the business 
 meetings. 
 
 There are no restrictions as to place of residence. Any 
 person, who is interested in the Society and desires to pro- 
 mote its welfare, is eligible to membership. We desire to 
 enlarge the non-resident membership list until it shall include 
 as many as possible of those, who trace their descent to our 
 Town. 
 
 Names may be sent at any time to the President, but the 
 election of members usually occurs only at the annual meet- 
 ing in December. 
 
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IPSWICH IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY 
 
 1633-1700 
 
 By Thomas Franklin Waters, President of the Ipswich Historical Society 
 
 I 
 
 ONE VOLUME IN TWO PARTS 
 
 PART ONE 
 
 Primeval Agawam, study of the Indian life 
 
 pp. 1-6 
 
 II 
 
 The Coming of the English 
 
 7-20 
 
 III 
 
 Homes and Dress 
 
 21-44 
 
 IV 
 
 Some notable Settlers. John Winthrop, Jr., Thomas 
 
 
 
 Dudley, Richard Saltonstall, Simon and Ann Brad- 
 street, Rev. Nathaniel Ward, John Norton 
 
 45-55 
 
 V 
 
 The Development of our Town Government 
 
 56-67 
 
 VI 
 
 Common Lands and Commonage .... 
 
 68-74 
 
 VII 
 
 Trades and Employments 
 
 75-86 
 
 VIII 
 
 The Body Politic 
 
 87-106 
 
 IX 
 
 The Sabbath and the Meeting House .... 
 
 107-118 
 
 X 
 
 The Early Military Annals 
 
 119-127 
 
 XI 
 
 The Charter in Peril. Samuel Symonds, Daniel Deni- 
 
 
 
 son, John Appleton . . .... 
 
 128-145 
 
 XII 
 
 The Grammar School and Harvard College. Ezekiel 
 
 
 
 Cheeverand his successors, and many famous pupils 
 of the Grammar School 
 
 146-158 
 
 XIII 
 
 King Philip’s War; contains Major Samuel Appleton’s 
 
 
 
 military letters and a complete list of the soldiers in 
 that war 
 
 159-224 
 
 XIV 
 
 Ipswich and the Andros Government. A careful study 
 
 
 
 of the attitude of Ipswich men in this critical period, 
 with many documents, warrants for arrest, deposi- 
 tions, records, etc. Rev. John Wise, Major Samuel 
 Appleton, John Appleton, Jr., Thomas French, Wil- 
 liam Goodhue, John Andrews, Robert Kinsman . 
 
 225-273 
 
 XV 
 
 Laws and Courts ....... 
 
 274-286 
 
 XVI 
 
 Witchcraft ... .... 
 
 287-300 
 
 XVII 
 
 War of William and Mary and other Indian troubles. 
 
 
 
 with a list of soldiers so far as known .... 
 
 301-313 
 
 The material for this work has been derived, by original 
 research, chiefly from the Town Records, the Records of the 
 old Ipswich Quarter Sessions Court and other Court Records, 
 the Massachusetts Bay Records, the Massachusetts Archives, 
 and contemporaneous published works, so far as possible. 
 
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IPSWICH IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. 
 
 57 
 
 It is illustrated with facsimiles of ancient documents and 
 photographs. 
 
 PART TWO 
 
 is a study of the original land grants for house lots on all the 
 ancient streets and lanes, and the successive owners to the 
 present generation, with diagrams, maps, and photographs of 
 many ancient dwellings. 
 
 The dates of the erection of houses are noted in many 
 instances, and all transfers are accompanied with citations of 
 the Book and Leaf of the ancient Ipswich Deeds (5 volumes), 
 and the Records of the Essex County Registry of Deeds and 
 Registry of Probate. Some eighteen hundred citations are 
 made from the original sources, and these constitute the sole 
 authority for this record of locations, ownerships, and the 
 probable age and identity of dwellings. 
 
 Besides this, there are seven appendices to the volume, 
 giving important historical material under the following heads: 
 A summary of the names of the first settlers from 1633 to 
 1649; Some Early Inventories; The Letters of Rev. Nathan- 
 iel Ward; The Letters of Giles Firmin; The Letters of Sam- 
 uel Symonds; The Valedictory and Monitory Writing left by 
 Sarah Goodhue; The Diary of Rev. John Wise, Chaplain 
 in the Expedition to Quebec. There Ls also a copious Index. 
 
 The book will be of particular interest and importance to 
 those who are of Ipswich ancestry, and especially, those re- 
 lated to the Ipswfich families of 
 
 APPLETON 
 
 FARLEY 
 
 KNOWLTON 
 
 ROGERS 
 
 BAKER 
 
 FOSTER 
 
 LAKEMAN 
 
 ROSS 
 
 BROWN 
 
 GOODHUE 
 
 LORD 
 
 RUST 
 
 BURNHAM 
 
 HARRIS 
 
 MANNING 
 
 SALTONSTALL 
 
 CALDWELL 
 
 HEARD 
 
 NEWMAN 
 
 SMITH 
 
 CHOATE 
 
 HODGKINS 
 
 NORTON 
 
 SYMONDS 
 
 CLARK 
 
 HOVEY 
 
 PAINE 
 
 TREADWELL 
 
 COGSWELL 
 
 HUBBARD 
 
 PERKINS 
 
 WADE 
 
 DENISON 
 
 JEWITT 
 
 POTTER 
 
 WAINWRIGHT 
 
 DODGE 
 
 KIMBALL 
 
 PULCIFER 
 
 WHIPPLE 
 
 DUTCH 
 
 KINSMAN 
 
 RINGE 
 
 WILLCOMB 
 
 WINTHROP 
 
 and many others. 
 
 Price. Five dollars, net. Postage, thirty-six cents. 
 
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 IPSWICH IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS AND LETTERS. 
 
 {From The Nation, New York.) 
 
 In one feature, at least, this ample and handsomely printed work 
 surpasses any other town history that we have ever encountered. We 
 refer to that portion of the second half which deals with “Houses 
 and Lands,” and which, with the aid of a diagram, traces the for- 
 tunes of each dwelling and lot of the original settler nominatim not 
 only to 1700, but to the present day. This enormous labor is for- 
 tified by the citation of wills and deeds, and the result is a firm base 
 for all future researches. It is supplemented by a summary of the 
 names of the settlers from 1633 to 1649, with the year in which each 
 name first occurs in the town records, and by some sample inventories 
 of personal effects. Other remarkable lists of the early inhabitants have 
 been constructed for the chapter entitled ‘ ' The Body Politic ; ’ ’ and show 
 that out of an enrolled male population in 1678 totalling 508, there were 
 220 commoners and 125 freemen (17 of these not being commoners). The 
 freemen alone were entitled to vote for the officers and magistrates of 
 the Colony and to speak and vote in town meeting ; the commoners might 
 vote on all questions relating to the common lands ; the residue, so-called 
 Resident, were eligible for jury duty and to vote for selectmen. 
 
 Mr. Waters’s historical treatment is episodical and is very pleasingly 
 manifested in the opening chapters on the aborigines as described by 
 the first Englishmen and on home and dress. These themes are in- 
 vested with a really fresh interest, and set forth with noticeable literary 
 skill. 
 
 Much remains to be said or sayable, but we must stay our hand. 
 Mr. Waters’s work, which we hope he will follow up for later times, as he 
 half promises, takes its place in the front rank of its class, and can 
 hardly be praised too highly for diligent research, candor, taste, style and 
 construction. 
 
 {From a letter, written by C. B. Tillinghast, State Librarian of Massachusetts.) 
 
 “The story of the founders of Ipswich which you have told with so 
 much detail and skill in the first half of the volume, is of course in large 
 degree the story of the early life of the settlers in other parts of the Colony 
 and this study, which you have founded with such pains-taking accuracy 
 largely upon original and documentary sources of information makes the 
 volume of the widest general interest to all, who have an interest in the 
 early settlers and their mode of life. This feature of the book it seems to 
 me, is unequalled by any other available publication and should commend 
 it to the favorable attention of all libraries. 
 
 The topographical study which forms the latter portion of the book , 
 is a model of what such a study should be, and in this respect, Ipswich 
 territory is of special interest. 
 
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 IPSWICH IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. 
 
 59 
 
 “You have made in this volume a contribution to the local, the funda- 
 mental history of the Commonwealth, which few, if any volumes equal 
 and none excel.” 
 
 {From a Review by the New York Daily Tribune.) 
 
 The president of the Ipswich Historical Society has prepared in this 
 volume a model of its kind. He tells in thoroughly entertaining fashion 
 the history of this early Colonial town — the Agawam of Indians — and 
 he adds in Part II such a detailed account of its houses and lands as must 
 ever be of value to all connected by ties of blood or property with Ipswich. 
 Photographs of the many ancient houses which survive, together with 
 maps, diagrams and facsimiles illustrate and elucidate the text. 
 
 The story of the town holds so much of tlie stmggle, the traged}'^ and 
 the quaintness of seventeenth century life in the colony that it would have 
 been difficult to make it other than interesting. 
 
 The services of Ipswich men in King Philip’s War and their sturdy 
 protest against the usurpation of the Andros government are chronicled 
 here, and are not to be forgotten by Americans. In the resistance to wliat 
 she considered an unjust tax, Ipswich may claim a high place among the 
 earliest supporters of the right of self government. 
 
 {From George //. Martin, Secretary of the State Board of Education of 
 Massachusetts.) 
 
 I have examined with care the whole of your new book on Ipswich 
 and I have read with increasing interest as mucli as time would allow. It 
 is a great book and will prove of immense service to all students of early 
 colonial history. 
 
 I do not think I have found anywhere so vivid a picture presented of 
 Puritan town life in all its phases as you have given. The thorough way 
 in which )’’ou have handled the matter of land grants is a model for all 
 local historians. 
 
 I congratulate you heartily upon having made an addition to the local 
 history of New England, which is unsurpassed in the choice of matter, and 
 in the felicity of its presentation. 
 
 {From the Boston Transcript.) 
 
 A most important addition to the literature of New England history 
 is made by Mr. Thomas Franklin Waters in this volume. Ipswich — the 
 Agawam of 270 years ago — is one of the most picturesque towns in the 
 Commonwealth, and aside from its attractions of location and scenery, is 
 particularly rich in historical associations. No town in its early conditions 
 more accurately typifies early New England life, and in the narrative of 
 its struggles and development may be read that of a score of other settle- 
 ments of the same period. “I have tried, ’ ’ says Mr. Waters in his preface, 
 “to tell accurately, but in readable fashion, the story of the builders of 
 
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 IPSWICH IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. 
 
 our town, their homes and home life, their employments, their Sabbath- 
 keeping, their love of learning, their administration of town affairs, their 
 stern delusions, their heroism in war and in resistance to tyranny.” To 
 anyone familiar with tlie beautiful old town the book will have all the 
 fascination of a romance. 
 
 {By Rev. Edward Everett Hale, in The Lend a Hand Record.) 
 
 Here is a model town history. It covers the history of the old town 
 of Ipswich in Massachusetts from the year 1633, when it was what we 
 may call almost the model settlement of Winthrop’.s party, and extending 
 to the year 1700. That is to say, it is the history of the first two genera- 
 tions of the Bay colonists. The settlement was lead by John Winthrop, 
 the son of the Governor, and from the first it had the cordial cooperation 
 of the General Court of Massachusetts. Rev. Thomas Franklin Waters, 
 the Minister of the South Church in Ipswich, has given the careful work 
 of years to this history and has now presented it to us in a form worthy 
 of such a history. 
 
 It has enough fac-similes of the very earliest papers, not only to give 
 us a breeze of the atmosphere of the town, but to show us how carefully 
 they have been worked over and digested, and indeed, to make it unnec- 
 essary for us to search for hours in the original documents. It is not 
 everybody who has at hand the old map of New England, from Hub- 
 bard’s History, — “The best which could be got,” that is the pathetic 
 inscription on the original, — with its gigantic enlargement of Lake Win- 
 nepesaukee, its convenient north and south straight line of the Connecti- 
 cut, its frequent mountains and its infrequent trees, its spire crowned vil- 
 lages and its little army of red folks, with the ships in the Bay. These 
 are all tokens of the simplicity of the geography of ancient time, such as 
 make it real to us as no description can. 
 
 The volume is divided into part first, which is distinctly historical, 
 and part second, “Houses and Lands,” which meets the local necessity as 
 to the original division of land and the changes which followed in the first 
 century of the history. The chapters in the historical part are all interest- 
 ing. The study of home and dress, of common laws, of commonage, of 
 the boards of charity, of the perils of the charter, of the grammar school 
 and the college, and of witchcraft, will demand the attention of all care- 
 ful students of the foundation of New England. 
 
 The work of Nathaniel Ward as one of the real founders of our infant 
 state is so important that it deserved the most careful study and this it 
 has received here. Massachusetts has few such men in its history. Ward 
 graduated at Emmanuel College as early as 1603. He is acquainted with 
 Lord Bacon, with Archbishop Usher, and with David Pareus, the famous 
 theologian of Heidelberg; he studied law afterwards, entered the ministry 
 of the church when he was forty-six year’s of age ; he is excommunicated 
 in 1633; and in the sixty-fourth year of his age, landed in Massachusetts 
 Bay. There is something pathetic in thinking of this accomplished old 
 
IPSWICH IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. 
 
 61 
 
 man in the wilderness life of Ipswich, and something truly magnificent in 
 the work assigned to him and by him so well performed. He was ap- 
 pointed by the General Court in 1638 to draw up its first code of laws. 
 His legal training fittted him for this task. He spent three years in it and 
 the result is ‘‘The Body of Liberties.” Of this Francis Gray said that 
 while it retains some strong traces of the time, it is in the main far in ad- 
 vance of the common law of England at this time. Ward is better 
 known perhaps as the author of the “Simple Cobbler of Agawam.” But 
 the humour and wit of that book ought not eclipse in men’s minds the 
 fact that the corner stone of New England legislation was laid by him. 
 He ranks first among our law givers of that great century. 
 
 The name of William Hubbard, the historian of New England, is 
 another Ipswich name of the seventeenth century, very important in our 
 New England history. These two names alone would make Ipswich one 
 of the most distinguished towns in Massachusetts. But whoever will 
 carefully study Mr. Waters’s valuable book will see what were not only 
 the beginnings but the successful prosecution of many of the enterprises 
 and successes which look back to the seventeenth century. All persons 
 interested in New England life and history owe a great debt to the 
 author. E. E. H. 
 
 {From Appleton Morgan, President of the New York Shakespeare Society.) 
 
 The Complete Book of the Town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in that 
 Essex County, where Rufus Choate said there was more History to the 
 square inch than in any other spot under the skies, deserved to be 
 written, and the Rev. Thomas Franklin Waters, President of the Ipswich 
 Historical Society has written it in a splendid imperial octavo volume 
 of 586 compact pages. It is illuminated with valuable pictures, and 
 nothing has been omitted of the muniments of the quaint old precinct. 
 Ipswich has its legends as well as its history, but Mr. Waters has been 
 a very Draco here! 
 
 His unswerving and uncompromising fidelity to facts will admit no 
 plea of ben trovato, and he tumbles into oblivion many a cherished ro- 
 mance and tradition, but he packs their places with invaluable records 
 and rescued chronicles! 
 
 The history of New England cannot be written — and henceforth no- 
 body will attempt to write it — without Mr. Waters’s volume. It is a work 
 of enormous patience and ability, and is in all ways a model of what a 
 Town Histor}' should be. 
 
 {By Bayard Tuckerman, Lecturer in English at Princeton University). 
 
 Ipswich is one of the oldest and in some respects one of the most inter- 
 esting and typical of the English settlements in America. The difficulties 
 to be encountered by the early colonists in subduing the wilderness, in 
 wringing a livelihood from an unfruitful soil, in building up a civilization 
 
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 IPSWICH IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. 
 
 in which comfort and education were sought together, were nowhere greater 
 and nowhere surmounted with more courageous energy. 
 
 The institution of town government and the intelligent practice of the 
 principles of political liberty are well exemplified in the history of Ipswich, 
 while the bold resistance of her citizens to the tyranny of the English 
 government in the time of Governor Andros has given her a claim to the 
 title of the “Cradle of American Liberty.” Mr. Waters has told this story 
 with historical insight and literary skill, and has given us besides a mass of 
 information regarding local customs, transfers of land and resident fam- 
 ilies, which make his work of personal interest to everyone whose ancestors 
 have lived in the township. 
 
 As we turn the leaves of this scholarly work, the chapter headings 
 indicate a variety of interesting subjects. Political liistory is studied 
 under “The Development of our Town Government” “The Body Politic” 
 “The Charter in Peril” “Ipswich and the Andros Government.” Under 
 the heads of “The Coming of the English” “Homes and Dress” “Some 
 Notable Settlers” “Trades and Employments,” we find a rich fund of 
 information regarding the early inhabitants and the lives they led. 
 
 In the chapter dealing with “The Sabbath and the Meeting House” 
 with the melancholy accompaniment of “Witchcraft,” the austere relig- 
 ious life of the earl}'^ times is depicted. The relations of the settlers to the 
 Indians are described under “Primeval Agawam” “King Philip’s War” 
 and the “War of William and Mary.” 
 
 The determination of the colonists to provide education for their 
 children is shown in the article on “The Grammar School and Harvard 
 College.” Other interesting chapters deal with the “Laws and Courts” 
 and with the curious institution of the “Common Lands and Commonage.” 
 
 The second portion of the work contains an account of the ownership 
 and transfer of lands and houses which is the fruit of research, of remarkable 
 industry and accuracy. No one whose family has owned property within 
 the bounds of Ipswich can fail to find facts of interest to him here. 
 
 The names of early settlers are given in full and there are a number 
 of inventories illustrative of the eliaracter of personal property held and 
 transmitted. The letters of Rev. Nathaniel Ward, of Dr. Giles Firmin, 
 and of Samuel Symonds, the writings of Sarah Goodhue, and the narra- 
 tive of the Rev. John Wise, all of great antiquarian interest, are given in 
 the Appendix. 
 
 Thirty-five excellent illustrations, and an Index which forms a com- 
 plete guide to all the names and subjects mentioned, add greatly to the 
 value of the work. 
 
 This history of Ipswich is the result of such painstaking and intelligent 
 research, and is written in so attractive a style, that it cannot fail to appeal 
 to all persons who have any connection with the town. Whoever lives 
 in Ipswich or whose ancestors lived here, should have a copy among his 
 books. He will find pleasure in reading it, and profit in possessing it for 
 reference. 
 
 Bayard Tuckerman. 
 
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