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Descendants of Francis Wainwright
2.John2 Wainwright (Francis1) was born 1648 in Ipswich MA, and died August 03, 1708.He married Elizabeth Norton March 16, 1673/74 in Ipswich MA.
Notes for John Wainwright:
JohnWainwright was the oldest son of FrancisWainwright.Inadditiontohisbeing a rich and prominent merchant, John held several titles in colonial Massachusetts including
ColoneloftheRegiment,Representativetothe General Court, and JusticeoftheCourt of Sessions.He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Norton of Ipswich on 16Mar 1674.
JohnWainwrightdied 3 Aug 1708.His place of burial is unknown, butmost probably is in Ipswich North Burying Ground.He was survived byhiswife,who became the guardian of the minor children on 21 Sep 1708.
JohnWainwrightwasprominentintheaffairsof the town of Ipswich.Mostofficialdocumentsrefertohimas"Colonel" Wainwrightindeferenceto his rank in the colonial regiment.He is namedasa Freeman in Ipswich, along with his father in 1679.He was
granted,bytheCourt of General Sessions in 1686 and again in 1692 "libertytosellstrongdrink without doors".His name, along with that of his brother Francis, is found on a list of representatives from Ipswichengagedinnegotiatingthetownsboundaries with the town of Topsfieldon31 May 1697.On 29 Feb 1699-1700, we find his name on a listofsubscribersfora new bell to be erected on a meeting house thenbeingbuilt.His contribution was 6 pounds.Colonel Wainwright was subsequently drafted by the town to procure the new bell.
On27Feb1671propertywaspurchasedbytheelder Francis Wainwrighton the north side of East Street, opposite the town landing.Thislandhe subsequently deeded to his son John on 10 Mar 1674-5"as he promised on his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Wm Norton".CombinedwithlandJohnsubsequentlypurchased in the surrounding area,heeventually owned almost all the land in front of the docks.
Hisfatheralso passed him land in Haverhill. In 1700 John leased his farmtoSamuelCarsofHampton NH.On 7 Mar of that year the town orderedsevererestrictiononpeoplecomingtolive in the town, fearing future liability for their support; and on 27 May John posted a bondof200pounds to indemnify the Town in case Cars or his wife or family became destitute.
*********getinfoonJohn Wainwright and John Choate granted a
townshipforserviceofIpswichmenin Canada expedition of 1690,
subsequently comprised in New Hampshire and known as New Ipswich...Felt
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John Wainwright is best known, however as a Justice in the Court of Sessions. This was a lower court body which passed judgement over minor crimesandmisdemeanors,apportionedtheprovincialtax,issued licencesfor food and drink, and heard civil cases.It consisted of a varying number of justices, usually numbering about 16 men.
JohnWainwrightdied a very wealthy man, leaving an estate valued at20,000Pounds- a princely sum at that time.His will, transcribed below,isfairly typical of the times, in that it directs most of the inheritancebedistributedtothemale heirs and stipulates that a doublesharebegivento his eldest son Francis.This practice was commonunderEnglish inheritance law in order to preserve the fortune ofprominentfamilies by willing it to the eldest son.Also typical, Elizabeth is willed the dwelling house and lands in "fee tail", meaning thatuponherdeaththe property reverts to the original estate for distribution.Thewill was originally dated 20 Apr 1706 but a codicil wasadded on 3 May 1706 to elaborate on the disposition of Elizabeth's portionoftheestateonher death.The will was proved on 23 Aug 1708. (Essex #28676)
Thereareseveral items worthy of note found in the estate papers of John Wainwright:
oWe find that he had a "Negro Woman" whom he left to his wife on
hisdeath.Death records reveal her name as "Quash" and that she
died in 1721.
oWealsonotethatJohngavesomeofhis estate to his
daughters before his death.The reason for this is not clear.
oHeremembers his grandson John Davenport with 100 pounds "but
ifthewillof God be so that my Grandson should dye before he
comeofageto receive said hundred pounds, I give said hundred
poundstomygranddaughterElizabethDavenport".Amale
chauvinist to the last!
oJohndutifullyremembers Reverend Mr. John Rogers, pastor of
ChristChurch of Ipswich with ten pounds, and Reverend Mr. Jabish
Fitch,teacheroftheChristChurch,with five pounds.This
practice is almost universal in early American wills.
OneepisodeinyoungJohnWainwright'slifehasbeenfully documented, and deserves recounting here.It occurred during "Training Day"in March 1672.Waters, in his history of Ipswich, describes what happened:
"...theQuartermaster[JohnPerkins,owner of the Perkins
Inn,anotoriousdrinking establishment] was presented [to
theCourtofSessions]for...aboisterous out break on
TrainingDay,afterthe militia had been dismissed.There
werefewholidaystobreak the monotony of the work-a-day
life, and the periodic training days opened the way naturally
to many extravagances.Every man of military age was obliged
tobepresent and at the close of the evolutions, the whole
companywas dismissed in the center of the village.A crowd
ofroysterersbetookthemselves to the Perkins Inn on this
occasion and their behavior was so scandalous that they were
summoned to court:
"We present Mr. Dudley Bradstreet, Mr. Nathanial
Wade, Mr. Thos. Wade, Mr. Samuel Jacobs, Jn.
Wainwright, Thomas Bishop, Elihu Wardell, Jn.
Cogswell, Mr. Nathaniel Rogers, Mr. Saml. Rogers,
Mr. Ezekiel Rogers, Mr. John Brown, Jn. Lee, Eduard
Neeland, Mark Quilter for disorder in Quar. Perkins
house upon a trayning day in shooting of pistols in
the house after the colors were lodged & for breach
of the peace."
"It was a strange conglomeration, the son of Simon and Ann
Bradstreet, three sons of the Reverend Nathanial Rogers, and
two sons of Mr. Jonathan Wade, wearing their proper title of
"Mr.", young John Wainwright and John Cogswell hobnobbing
with fellows of the baser sort, in a very democratic spree!"
Notes for Elizabeth Norton:
Elizabethbecame the guardian of the minor children on 21 Sep 1708.
ElizabethWainwright was a cousin of Ann Downing, who later became thesecondwifeofGovernorBradstreet.Elizabeth is mentioned in Anne'swill.Sheisalso mentioned in the "diary of Samuel Sewall" under an entry dated 15 May 1711:
"...Governor Joseph Dudley came to Ipswich May 15 1711 on his
return from Piscatagua (Portsmouth NH).
"Intheeveningthe Court waits on his Excellency at Madam
Wainwright's.WentwithMr.Rogersto our lodging house
about nine."
Itwillberemembered that his Excellency and Elizabeth were in-laws twice over.
*** Get from Essex Hist Coll V4 185-189
Children of John Wainwright and Elizabeth Norton are:
12 | i. | Elizabeth3 Wainwright, born December 05, 1679.She married Addington Davenport November 1698. |
Notes for Elizabeth Wainwright: In her will, dated 18 Sept 1756, (Suffolk, Vol 51P347)shegives her niece Elizabeth Wainwright "Ye picture of her Father". |
13 | ii. | Ann Wainwright, born May 25, 1682.She married Adam Winthrop November 07, 1700. | ||
14 | iii. | Lucy Wainwright, born December 13, 1684; died 1751 in Roxbury, MA.She married Paul Dudley September 15, 1703. |
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15 | iv. | Francis Wainwright, born 1687.He married Mary Dudley. | ||
+ | 16 | v. | John Wainwright, born June 14, 1691 in Ipswich MA; died September 01, 1739 in Ipswich MA. | |
+ | 17 | vi. | Samuel Wainwright, born August 31, 1693; died March 09, 1753. |