Memorial of Samuel Appleton of Ipswich, Massachusetts: With Genealogical Notices of Some of His Descendants

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For private circulation, 1801 - 183 páginas
 

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Página 168 - Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament; that is to Say, principally...
Página 85 - Caley, or such of them as shall be living at the time of the decease of said child ; all which, my mother, brethren, and sisters, are now living in England.
Página 17 - ... those towns were preserved from running the same fate with the rest, wholly, or in part, so lately turned into ashes.
Página 156 - Englishmen, and under privileges ; and that we were all six of us aforesaid at the town-meeting of Ipswich aforesaid ; and, as the witness supposed, we assented to the aforesaid vote ; and also that John Wise made a speech at the same time, and said we had a good God, and a good King, and should do well to stand for our privileges.
Página 17 - Mosely as stoutly maintaining the middle, and Capt. Poole the other end ; that they were by the resolution of the English instantly beaten off without doing much harm. Capt. Appleton's Serjeant was mortally wounded just by his side, another bullet passing through his own hair, by that whisper telling him that death was very near but doing him no other harm.
Página 153 - Appleton's, and there discoursed and concluded that it was not the town's duty any way to assist that ill method of raising money without a general assembly, which was apparently intended by abovesaid Sir Edmund and his council, as witness a late act issued out by them for such purpose.
Página 155 - there be so many worthy gentlemen of the Jury so capable to do the King's service, and we expect a good verdict from you, seeing the matter hath been so sufficiently proved against the criminals.
Página 155 - The jurors, only twelve men, and most of them (as is said) non-freeholders of any land in the Colosnppresston ' * of the re»it- ny, were some of them strangers and foreigners, gathered up (as we suppose) to serve the present turn. In our defence was pleaded the repeal of the Law of Assessment upon the place ; * also the Magna Charta of England, and the statute laws that secure the subjects
Página 88 - ... his companion they shot dead upon the place ; by this means giving a sad alarm to the town of their intended mischief, which was instantly fired in all places where there were no garrisons. The poor people having not an officer to lead them, being like sheep ready for the slaughter, and no doubt the whole town had been totally destroyed, but that a report of the plot being carried about over night, Major Treat came from Westfield time enough for their rescue, but wanting boats to transport his...
Página 89 - Mosely's company, but they were so well entertained on all hands where they attempted to break in upon the town that they found it too hot for them, Major Appleton with great courage defending one end of the town, and Capt.

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