or Lieut Genl but a little more fear if he would have been so valiant as to have stayed the Doing of it.
But now we cannot reckon but upon the Losse of many a life and limb to recover them. So that for my private Censure when the blame is rightly fixed as I do think it is in these lines there is no less then Death deserved; The Losse of pay and wearing the wooden Sword are but little better then Childrens pay upon Such an Unpardonable Omission.
Thus S you have from me what I take to be the true grounds of our Defeat in or late Voyage and to conclude if you will take any notice of my Observations upon the Providence of god concerning us this then hath been much with me that to the best of my Discerning whilst we were wth God in the way of Duty God was with us. But when we desert our Dutie and buisness we were sent about by God and of Countrey God follows Us with Crosses and Confusion
[29] ST in at this Door comes our Ruine and by that time the Army is on board its so wide open that there is no Shutting of it. Now Now indeed the want of Time the want of Amunition and of Field pieces and Provision may be Reckoned great Obstructions to or future Attempts that we might think of But how comes this great Searsitie and famine upon Us? let that be Answered.
1. The General was extreamely concerned and Says he would rather have dyed then so basely have betrayed the honor of that Crowne whose Quarrel we were now in the Defence of &c
2. He had determined to have had a Councel of War but the Weather grew very tempestuous and ye Case under several Consideracons desperate & concluding to goe for England for the Reinforcing the Action falls downe the River against the Upper Towne on ye South Shore of Orleans where he held a treat for ye Exchange of Captives and being detayned longer then he expected on the 15th of October 1690 in the Morning gave his Usual Signal which was the firing of a Gun for the whole fleet to come to sayle hoping for a Convenient Time to settle the Voyage home and his owne for England Imediately when he was gotten below ye Narrows But the Wind and Weather came on so Tempestuous that every man was necessitated to Shift for himselfe
[30] and this brings us to the sad Conclusion of an hopefull beginning Sr you must Pardon Some Expressions of Immodesty or Such as Carry Self Arrogance with them for they are the very Native dress of matter of fact &c Therefore I use them rather then dress a Discourse in another Skin then it was born in and so ST in the Straitness of time I bid you farewell 23 DecembTM 1690 J W
Sr I cannot for want of time advantage this Discourse or gratify yor Desires with the 2d perticular pmised in ye beginning for wch I ask yo pardon hoping it wilbe done by a Better pen.
Howlett's well should be Hardy's well; see page 404.
John Woodman, for John Woodam.
Dr. Bridgman for Dr. Bridgham.
Page 127. Tilbrick, for Filbrick.
Page 311. Matt. Hooker, for Nath. Hooker.
Page 390. Nathan Knowlton, for Nathaniel Knowlton.
Page 392. Nelanp for Neland.
Page 395. Ebenezer Hodge, for Ebenezer Hovey.
Page 397. Sister of Samuel, for daughter of Samuel.
Page 442. The Heman H. Story estate is owned now by Dr. Vickery. Page 491. Matthias Carrin, for Matthias Currin.
Some ancient but familiar names, as Scott's Lane and Brook Street, are retained
in the Index to secure uniformity with the diagrams, the language of old deeds, and
the common usage of the book.
The identification of the grantors and grantees in many conveyances is very
difficult, if not impossible. This is due to the absence of middle names, the constant
recurrence of the same Christian name through generations, and the large number of
individuals who bore the surname of some of the old Ipswich families. Dates have
been inserted frequently, as the only basis of classification and identification, but a
large measure of uncertainty still remains.
In the chapter on The Body Politic, several contemporaneous lists were given:
of the freemen, or those entitled to full franchise, of the commoners, who had a vote only
in questions concerning the common lands, and of residents. In the Index, the voters
and commoners are always designated, and the words "resident in 1678" indicate that
the persons to whose names this is appended are mentioned only in the third list, and
had, therefore, no civic privilege.
Abbe, Joseph, bought lot of Thomas
Perrin, 452; grant of lot on river
bank, 457, 458, 459; garden lot, 463.
Abbey, Thomas, in Major Appleton's Co.,
Abbot, Daniel, execution on Newmarch
property, 404.
Abbott, Arthur, his wife fined for wear-
ing finery, 42, 280; a voter in Town
affairs, 92; bought house of George
Dutch, 322; house of Benjamin Dutch,
332; Samuel Waite house, 341; land of
Perkins, 402; house of Isaac Fitts,
457.
Abbott, George, resident in 1678, 99.
Abbott, Nehemiah, voter in Town affairs,
92; commoner, 94; bought Ayers lot,
477.
Abbott, Philip, son and heir of Arthur
Abbott, 333.
Abell, Clark O., place of residence, 293;
bought Asa Andrews homestead, 462.
Academy, Ipswich, established, 333.
"Account of the Late Revolution," by
Nath. Byfield, 265.
Adams, Daniel, owned house lot on High
St., 372.
Adams, Esther, daughter of John Brown
and heir, 381.
Adams, John, Corporal, voter in Town
affairs, 92; commoner, 94; signed peti-
tion, facsimile of autograph, 360.
Adams, John, owned Farley land, 1828,
474.
Adams, Nathaniel, voter in Town affairs,
92; commoner, 94; trooper in King
Philip's war, 209; service in the war,
218.
Adams, Samuel, resident in 1678, 99;
signer of Loyalist petition in 1666, 138.
Adams, Samuel, the Revolutionary leader,
266, 267.
Adams, Simon or Symond, weaver, 83;
in Major Appleton's Co., 200, 218;
sold house to John Kimball, 321; house
lot on High St., 372; heir of estate of
Richard Kimball, 374.
Adams, Washington, tanner, sold land to
Benj. Newman, 330.
Adams, Will, house inherited by son
Simon, 321.
Adams, William, Sr., signed petition, fac-
simile of autograph, 360; first men-
tion, 490.
Adams, William, Jr., signed petition, fac-
simile of autograph, 360; first men-
tion, 490.
Adams, William, son of William, Harvard
graduate, 1671, 152.
Adams, Woodbridge, bought tannery of
Farley and Heard, 330.
Agawam, first visited and described, 7;
removal of Pilgrims to Agawam, pro-
posed, 8; formally settled, 8; squatters
ordered away, 9, 274; called Ipswich,
12; settlers forbidden, 12.
Agawam House, 349.
Agawam, Primeval, chapter on, 1.
Alfrey, James, bought Michael Brown
house, 468.
Alhor, Alexander, service in King Philip's
war, 218.
Allen, Edward, resident in 1678, 99.
Allen, John, resident in 1678, 99.
Allen, John, Jr., of Marblehead, sold Sam-
uel Moses house, 1708, 364.
Alms House, 433.
Ames, Dr. Joseph N., sold house to Jabez
Mann, 321.
Amory, Rufus G., assignee, 462.
Anderson, John, soldier in expedition
against Quebec, 306, 312.
Andover, alarmed, 197.
Andrews, Asa, bought land and mill of
Thomas Burnham, 462.
Andrews, Charlotte, house, 328.
Andrews, David, owned Hovey home-
stead, 484; bought house of Col. Hodg-
kins, 485.
Andrews, Edward, bought house of Daniel
Haskell, 328.
Andrews, Goodman, mentioned, 422.
Andrews, John, 69; Corporal John, voter
in Town affairs, 92; commoner, 94; Pe-
quot soldier, 125; signer of Loyalist
petition in 1666, 138; kept White Horse
Inn, 281, 358, 359, 360; disorderly
conduct, 283, 284; bought lot of Thomas
Bishop, 483.
Andrews, Lieut. John, service in King
Philip's war, 218; Selectman, at John
Appleton's house, 238; warrant of
arrest for participation in Andros resist-
ance, 241; affidavit, 243; arraigned,
246; petition for release from prison on
bail, 248; humble apology, 249; called
Senior, 263; depositions concerning ar-
rest and ill treatment by Andros gov-
ernment, 260-263; mentioned, 264, 269;
signed Proctor petition, 291; first men-
tion, 490.
Andrews, John, Jr., signed Proctor peti-
tion, 291; repairs on bridge, 444; first
mention, 490.
Andrews, John Dudley, bought cabinet
shop, 463.
Andrews, Joseph, resident,1678, 99; signed
Proctor petition, 291.
Andrews, Mary, witness in witch trial, 461.
Andrews, Robert, road-surveyor,
granted house lot, 403; first mention, 490.
Andrews, Theodore, bought Lace Factory,
460.
Andrews, Thomas, voter in Town affairs,
not a commoner, 92; schoolmaster, 70,
152, 157.
Andrews, Thomas, service in King Philip's
war, 219; signed Proctor petition, 291.
Andrews, William, set in the stocks, 286.
Andrews, William Fuller, bought lot of
Nath. Rust, 484; bought Hovey home-
stead, 484.
Andrews, Wry, abbreviation for William,
resident in 1678, 99; signed Proctor
petition, 291.
Andros Government, chapter on, 225.
Andros, Sir Edmund, arrived in 1686, 237;
deposed and arrested, 256, 257; charges
against, 264, 265; defended in Whit-
more's Memoir, 269.
Aniball or Annable, John, house, 21; limb-
dresser, 83; tailor, 83; commoner, not
a voter in Town affairs, 94; bought
Cobbet house, 389; house lot, 413;
mentioned, 472, 490.
Annable, Joseph, land grant in Winchen-
don, 311.
Annable's Lane, 413.
Annable, Matthew, resident in 1678, 99.
Appleton, Abigail G., house, 466.
Appleton, Daniel, son of Col. John, in-
herited mansion, 323; bought land of
commoners, 338; heir of Col. John's
estate, 345.
Appleton, Daniel, wife Abigail, house, 466.
Appleton, Daniel Fuller, found petition in
New York, 359.
Appleton, Elizabeth, daughter of John,
wife of Rev. Jabez Fitch, 336.
Appleton, Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel,
wife of Rev. John Walley, 345.
Appleton, Elizabeth, widow of Col. Sam-
uel, married Rev. Edward Payson of
Rowley, 447.
Appleton, John, son of Samuel, the immi-
grant, Captain John, voter in Town
affairs, 92; commoner, 94; Captain of
horse-troop, 123; signer of Loyalist
petition of 1666, 138; summoned be-
fore General Court, 140-142; elected
deputy to General Court, 143; refused
admission as member, 143, 144; elected
deputy, 1668, 145; sketch of his public
life, 161; sent to Andover, 205, 206; at
Salisbury, 215; service in the war, 217;
signer of the Ipswich petition in 1682,
230; chosen Selectman in place of Thos.
Lovell, 231; Loyalist, 233; Justice of
Peace and Clerk of Court of Pleas, 1686,
236, 241; land, 321; bequeathed estate
to sons, Samuel and John, 322, 324;
bought lot of Thomas Manning, 334;
signed petition, facsimile of autograph,
360; first mention, 490.
Appleton, John, Jr., son of Captain John,
Selectman and Town Clerk, in 1687,
caucus at his house, 238; addressed
Town meeting concerning Andros tax,
239; forwarded vote of Town, 240;
warrant for arrest, 241; examined by
Court, 243; affidavit, 243; arraigned,
246; petition for release on bail, 248;
humble apology, 249; meeting men-
tioned, 259; deposition concerning arrest
and ill treatment by Andros govern-
ment, 260-263; mentioned, 265, 271;
on committee of General Court, 299;
received house lot from his father where
the caucus was held, 322, 323; be-
queathed to son Nathaniel, 322; sold
land to Moses Kimball Jr., 324; be-
queathed to widow and daughters,
336; bought house lot of Jacob Davis,
343-345; committee to buy Fossee
house, 433.
Appleton, John, son of Major Samuel,
committee on fishing design, 1696, 70,
81; married widow Dutch, 416.
Appleton, John, 3d (probably son of
Oliver), committee on bridge, 445;
bought lot of Isaac Fitts, 447; house,
448; called Junior, bought lot of Nath.
Baker and Enoch Pearson, 455, 456;
lot of Nath. Fuller, 456; bought Hunt
land, 480; bought Philemon Dane lot,
481; bought Simon Wood estate and
Hodgkins's lot, 486.
Appleton, John Sparhawk, bought Apple-
ton estate of John Treadwell, and land
of widow Rogers, 323.
Appleton, Joseph, committee on bridge,
445; bought lot of Benjamin Dutch,
467; committee to purchase cemetery,
467.
Appleton, Lucy, married John Baker 3d,
449.
Appleton, Margaret, wife of President
Holyoke, 336.
Appleton, Mary, daughter of William,
married Ebenezer Bowditch, 449.
Appleton, Master, lot, 336.
Appleton, Nathaniel, inherited from father,
Col. John, 322.
Appleton, Oliver, wife Sarah, bought
house of Thos. Walley, 453.
Appleton, Samuel, the immigrant, signed
petition, 50; committee on lots, 57;
called Captain, 69; maltster, 69; flock
of sheep, 72; malt kiln, 78; men-
tioned, 161; grant of lot and farm, 323,
324; agreed to build cart-bridge, 324;
sold his lot to Thomas Firman, 384;
first mention, 490.
Appleton, Major Samuel, son of Samuel,
saw-mill, 78, 324; commoner, not re-
corded as voter, 94; magistrate, 98;
erected a pew, 114; Lieutenant of Ips-
wich company in 1675, 161; Captain
in the field in King Philip's war,
162; bravery at Deerfield, 163,
164; at Hadley, 165; commissioned
Captain, 165; recommended by Major
Pynchon for chief command, 166; com-
missioned Commander-in-chief, 169; let-
ter to Gov. Leverett, 170; letter from
the Council of Connecticut, 173; letter
to the Council of Connecticut, 174; letter
from the Council of Connecticut, 176;
letter to the General Court, 177; letter
from the Council of Massachusetts, 179;
letter to Gov. Leverett, 180; defeated
Indians at Hatfield, 183, 184; letter
from Council of Massachusetts, 184; let-
ter to Gov. Leverett, 186; issued Proc-
lamation, 190; letter from Council of
Connecticut, 191; letter to Council of
Connecticut, 193; permitted Major Treat
to withdraw, letter to Gov. Leverett, 195;
distributed troops, 196; returned home,
appointed Commander of Massachusetts
regiment, 197; roll of company, 199;
Major in Narragansett campaign, 199;
bravery in the fight, 202, 203; again
in service, 211; valuable service in the
field, 217; Indian captives, 217; not
mentioned by Randolph, 227; signed
Ipswich petition, 1682, 230; charged
with high misdemeanor, 232; a liberal,
233; arrested for hostility to the Andros
government, 245; sentenced by Coun-
cil, 252; imprisoned, petition for privi-
lege, 253; instructed to secure Ipswich
depositions, 258; deposition concerning
arrest and ill treatment by Andros
government, 263-265; charges discussed
by John Palmer, 265, 266; estimate
of his brave course, 267; mentioned by
Rufus Choate, 271; gate pulled down,
282, 359; magistrate at witch trial, 289,
292, 461; sent men to Gloucester, 297;
connection with witchcraft trials, 299;
in war of William and Mary, 301, 302;
mentioned, 325; bought lot of Thomas
Manning, 334; facsimile of autograph,
360.
Appleton, Col. Samuel, son of Major Sam-
uel, resident at Lynn,warrant for arrest,
250; mentioned in tablet on Appleton's
Pulpit, 272, 273; as Major, assigned
command in expedition against Quebec,
305, 312; called Colonel, bought Shore-
borne Wilson house, 446, 447.
Appleton, Samuel, son of Col. Samuel, of
Boston, assignee John Wainwright, 399;
creditors sold the estate, 400.
Appleton, Samuel, son of Capt. John, in-
herited from his father, 322; house and
land, 324.
Appleton, Samuel, Jr., resident in 1678,
99; his residence may be mentioned,
336; called Master, 336.
Appleton, Sarah and Harriet, sold lot to
South Parish, 453.
Appleton, Thomas,
house, 466.
Appleton, William, son and heir of John,
3d, 449; bought lot of Sarah Rust, 453;
bought lot of Abraham Choate, 463;
Hunt and Hodgkins lot, 480.
Appleton's Mill, 73, 324.
Appleton's Pulpit in Saugus, with inscrip-
tion, 272.
Archer, Henry, granted house lot, 358;
first mention, 490.
Ardaway or Ordway (see Ordway), Ed-
ward, in Major Appleton's Co., 200.
Ardaway, Samuel, resident in 1678, 99.
Argilla, called Chebacco, 58.
Argilla farin, 19; guarded, 197; proposed
house described, 511-513.
Armor of early period, 123.
Ashby, William, bought Col. Dodge house,
414.
Atherton, Jonathan, punished for break-
ing the Sabbath, 216.
Atkinson, Hannah, bought house of Beth-
iah Fitz, 421.
Attwood, Anthony, bought Samuel Dutch
house, 440, 441.
Attwood, Thomas, resident in 1678, 99.
Averill, Benjamin, bought William Stone
lot, 397; house of Thos. Hodgkins, 406;
lot of Joseph Hovey, 411.
Averill, John, disorderly in the meeting
house, 116, 276.
Averill or Avery, William, wife Hannah,
inventory, 32; house and lot, 337; lot on
South Main St., 460-462, 464; first
mention, 490.
Ayres or Eyers, Capt. John, settled at
Brookfield, slain by Indians, 160; exe-
cutor of Mark Simonds's estate, 1659,
365; first mention, 490.
Ayres, John, soldier in expedition against
Quebec, 311, 312.
Ayres, Joseph, resident in 1678, 99; bought
lot of Samuel Ayers, 475, 476.
Ayers, Mary, daughter of Samuel, 476.
Ayers, Samuel, Sr., commoner,
voter, 94; resident in 1678, 99; bought
house of John Burnham, 476, 475.
Ayers, Samuel, Jr., resident in 1678, 99;
land grant in Winchendon, 311; son of
Samuel, wife Mary, 476, 475.
Ayers, Susanna, heir of Samuel, 476.
Ayers, Thomas, resident in 1678, 99.
Bachelder, Mrs. Annie P., wife of Calvin,
bought David Andrews house, 485.
Bacheler, Henry, neglect of Sabbath, 108;
first mention, 490.
Bacon, Margaret, wife of Retire, 365, 407.
Bacon, Nathaniel, instigated the Great
Rebellion, 268.
Bacon, Retire, wife Margaret, sold land,
365, 407.
Bacon, Samuel, heir of Nath. Perley's
estate, 344.
Badger, Daniel, bought house of Daniel
Brown, 457.
Badger, Mary, sold house to Timothy
Souther, 457.
Bagett, Edward, resident in 1678, 99.
Baker, Asa, wife Mary, bought Nath.
Souther house, 459; Gravel Pit pasture,
475.
Baker, David, bought Col. Choate man-
sion, 463; Baker estate, 465.
Baker, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and
heir, 378.
Baker, George, sold bake-house, 459.
Baker, John, innkeeper, 83; commoner,
not a voter in Town affairs, 94; Senior
signed Loyalist petition of 1666, 138;
land of heirs, 384; granted lot on East
St., 390; owned clay pits, 409; first
mention, 490.
Baker, John, son of William, bought half
of father's estate, 362.
Baker, John, son of Samuel, children,
378.
Baker, John, Jr., bought house of Dr.
Parker Clark, 344; bought lot of father,
390.
Baker, John, Tertius, heir of Baker land
on East St., 1727, 390.
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