Francis Wainwright

1623 - 1692  (69 years)

• Name	Francis Wainwright  [1]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1620	, , , England   [2]
  Born	1623	Chelmsford, , Essex, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Also known as	ffrancis Wainewright  [2]
  Died	19 May 1692	Salem, Essex, MA, USA   [4]
  Buried	Salem, Essex, MA, USA, Charter Street Cemetery   [4]
  Notes	"was among the earliest settlers of Ipswich. he came with Alexander Knight, with whom he lives at Chelmsford, England." [The Hammatt Papers] +++++++++++++++++++ "He appears in New England in 1637 as a soldier in the Pequot War, receiving a grant of land for this service; later he became a successful merchant. His descendants for several generations were of great wealth, prominence, and high social position, and intermarried with the Saltonstall, Norton, Dudley, Davenport, Winthrop, and other leading families of New England." "On 23 Nov. 1647 'ffrancis Wainewright & phillip his wife of Ipswich in N. England' made William Norton their attorney to receive a legacy left to her by her father Georg Sewell of Halsted, co. Essex, England (Aspinwall Notorial Records, p. 112)." [NEHGS Register] +++++++++++++++++++ Francis Wainwright Birth: 1623, Chelmsford, Essex, England Death:  May 19, 1699, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Francis Wainwright, merchant, settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The archive of the Massachusetts Town Records and the Ipswich Church records have listed Francis' death as May 19, 1692 in Salem, which would place his birth year as about 1616. As you can see in the gravestone photograph, his "grave was located and tablet restored in 1894" as written on bottom of his stone (tablet). It is my guess that at this time, the "2" couldn't be read effectively or was simply mis-transcribed when the stone was restored as it now reads "19 of May 1699". Francis was living under apprenticeship with Alexander Knight at Chelmsford, Essex, England. He immigrated with this Alexander Knight in 1630. He was a voter in town affairs, a commoner; soldier in the Pequot War of 1637; soldiered against the Indians, 1642; was a Corporal in Major Denison's Company, 1664; signed a loyalist petition, 1666; transferred property, 1671; became a freeman, 1671; and served in King Philip's War. His first wife was Philippa Sewall, daughter of George Sewall of Hasted, Essex, England. After her death, October 9, 1669, he married Hannah Hicks, who survived him. Hannah later became the second wife of Daniel Epes in 1705. Francis Wainwright died, "suddenly, in Salem, Massachusetts, while there on business, May 19." His will is in the Suffolk Registry. He was a "wealthy, useful and respectable merchant' diligent and sagacious." Francis was a much storied fighter in the Pequot war, and noted that... "he was once attacked by two Indians at the same time; while defending himself, he broke the stock of his gun; he then used the barrel, and finally killed them both." Children: 1. John (1648-1708), m. Elizabeth Norton 2. Sarah (1650-1687), m. Jacob Perkins 3. Mary (1657-1710), m. Jeremiah Shepard 3. Martha (1658-1683), m. Joseph Proctor 4. Simon (1660-1708), m1. Sarah Gilbert; m2. Anne Pierce; m3. Mary Williams 5. Mehitable (1662-1693), m. John Atwater 6. Francis (1664-1711), m. Sarah Whipple 7. Benjamin (1666-1698) 8. Elizabeth (1667-1723) m. Jonathan Cogswell References: "Pioneers of Massachusetts" by Pope "Genealogical Dictionary" by Savage "Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony", v.1 "Families of Bancroft" by Gamble, 1906 "History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton" by Felt Family links: Spouse: Phillipa Sewell Wainwright (1629 - 1669)* Children:   Mary Wainwright Shepard (1657 - 1710)*   Simon Wainwright (1660 - 1708)*   Francis Wainwright (1664 - 1711)*   Francis Wainwright (1664 - 1711)*   Elizabeth Wainwright Cogswell (1667 - 1723)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Maintained by: Kline Lynch Originally Created by: The Guardian Record added: Jul 30, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 40053385 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40053385 25 Oct 2016 [FindAGrave] [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I1379	AC-Family
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2017

  
  

  Family / Spouse 1	Philippa Sewall,   b. 8 Mar 1628/29, Halstead Co., Essex, England ,   d. 6 Oct 1669, Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Married	Abt 1647
  	Children:   Mary Wainwright Shepard (1657 - 1710)*   Simon Wainwright (1660 - 1708)*   Francis Wainwright (1664 - 1711)*   Francis Wainwright (1664 - 1711)*   Elizabeth Wainwright Cogswell (1667 - 1723)* [5]
  Children	1. John Wainwright,   b. 1649,   d. 3 Aug 1708  (Age 59 years)   2. Jacob Wainwright,   d. Northfield, Franklin, MA, USA + 3. Mary Wainwright,   b. 24 Jan 1657/58,   d. 28 Mar 1710, Lynn, Essex, MA, USA  (Age 52 years)   4. Simon Wainwright,   b. 20 Nov 1660,   d. Haverhill, Essex, MA, USA   5. Mehitabel Wainwright,   b. 4 Dec 1662,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Benjamin Wainwright,   b. 16 Sep 1666,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F600	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse 2	Hannah (Unknown),   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F1959	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Alt. Birth - Abt 1620 - , , , England Died - 19 May 1692 - Salem, Essex, MA, USA Buried - - Salem, Essex, MA, USA, Charter Street Cemetery  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S177] Surname / Shepard: Shepard Familes of New England, Gerald Faulkner Shepard, (New Haven, Connecticut: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1973.), 297. [S373] Surname / Sewall: Sewall Family (NEHGS - Register), Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England," 67 (July 1913): 268-269. [S446] Internet: Find A Grave, Jim Tipton, (Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/.), (http://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 25 Oct 2016); Find A Grave Memorial# 40053385; Maintained by: Kline Lynch, Originally Created by: The Guardian. [S276] Surname / Hammatt: Hammatt Papers, Abraham Hammatt, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.), 384. [S446] Internet: Find A Grave, Jim Tipton, (Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/.), (http://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 Feb 2017); Find A Grave Memorial# 40053385; Maintained by: Kline Lynch, Originally Created by: The Guardian.