144. William Bradley , yeoman farmer
1 _FA4
2 DATE 14 APR 1757
2 PLAC 2d. Co. Foot; Major Richard Saltonstall: William Bradley
2 SOUR S049423
3 PAGE 108
His daughter Elizabeth was called the "daughter of Judge Sutton"
Military service: 1755, soldier in Captain Thomas Peevor's Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Brattle, Expedition against Crown Point, 1755 and Quebec 1760 19 Aril 1775, Private, Capt. Daniel Rogers's co., which marched on the alarm; service 4 days. May 1776, 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Ebenezer Lord's co., 3rd Essex Co. regt. of Mass. Militia List of officers chosen by several companies in said regiment, as returned by Jonathan Cogswell, Jr. and others, field officers, dated Ipswich, May 6, 1776; ordered in Council May 7, 1776, that said o fficers be commissioned; reported commissioned May 7, 1776 Dec 1776, 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Ebenezer Lord's co., Col. Timothy Pickering, Jr.'s Regt. Return made to Maj. Gen. James Warren, of officers of a regiment raised by Brig. Michael Farley from his brigade and ordered to march to Danbury, Conn., via Providence, dated Ipswich, Dec. 24, 1776; company raised in Ipswich
Harris was a prosperous ship-wright with yards on the Ipswich river, built on land bought from Daniel Appleton in 1757 and from Richard Sutton in 1758. The lane leading to the yards was for many years known as Ship Yard Lane. He had bought land from Joseph Smith in 1743 and built the house later known as the Sutton house and still standing.
[Essex Deeds, 85 : 135]........
Richard Sutton owned a house that has a good deal of historical interest. It yet stands and is owned by Daniel Hodgkins.
The land on which it stands was granted in 1634, to John Fawn, gent. Mr. Fawn sold it to Thomas Firman, who built the house, and sold it to the Rev. John Norton, in 1638. Mr. Norton removed to Boston in 1653, and the house was occupied by his successor, Rev. Thomas Cobbett. Rev. Mr. Norton gave the house at his death to Mr. Cobbett. After the Rev. Mr. Cobbett's death, (1685), John, his son, (in 1696), sold it to Francis Wainwright.
It was used as an inn in later years. Its ancient front door is yet preserved by Mr. Hodgkins, and is a curious relie of early days. The house has a brick interlining, and is yet in its youth, though it has stood through the history of the town. At one time Richard Sutton and Abraham Caldwell owned the house together.
"Richard Sutton was in French War, under Gen. Braddock. He was at the taking of Quebee in 1759. In 1776, he volunteered as an officer under Col. Pickering, and 1777, he returned to Ipswich, where he lived a long life much respected."
[Caldwell Records, 74]
149. Elizabeth Foster
Elizabeth (Foster) was a notable housekeeper. So ready and brisk with her hands, as tradition has it, that she earned, by making lace, a silk dress for each of her daughters. And a still pleasanter tradition is, that her husband was so interested in observing her ready fingers on a quilt at a quilting bee, that he selected her at once as his companion for life.
[Caldwell Records, 74]
150. Dr. Josiah Lord
Josiah may be the same person as his brother Samuel, unless both died on the same day. In IPS VR's Vol III, Samuel is referred to as Dr. and given the same date of death as Josiah, although Æ is given as 34. In Josiah's entry is given as 43. It would be easy to missprint 34 for 43, all other data pointing to a probable same identity. The guardianship of his children were given to his father, Dr. Samuel Lord, Jr.
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