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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJohn Whipple HouseTHE JOHN `j'HIPPLE HOUSE. rears,washis near friend, and William Hubbard, preacher and historian, who was graduated from Harvard in its first class in 1642 and spent his days as minister of the Ipswich church. President John Rogers of Harvard was a friend of his later ,sears. Mr. Samuel Appleton, whose land ad- joined his own, and his sons,-1Tajor Samuel and Captain John, Were neighbors and friends. The final honor of his life came to him in the year 1658, .when lie became a Ruling Elder as well. Hull's diary quoted by 1Tr. Felt,' states that ".-Mr. Hubbard was brought up under ]1Tr. Norton" and "was ordained teacher" _Yovem- ber 17, 1658, and that the church chose two ruling elders which they never had before, to make up their want of Mr. Norton." Rev. John Norton was called to Boston on the death of Rev. John Cotton. Mr. Robert Payne -%vas the other Eld er. The Elder was a very important official, his duties being specified in detail in the Cambridge Platform. Lechford says: When a minister preacheth abroad in another congregation, the Ruling Elder of the place, after the Psalm is sung, says publicly: - If this present brother hath any word of exhortation for the peo- ple at this time, in the name of God, let him say on." His -seat was directly --under the pulpit above -the-Deacons. - - -- f%p The home and fireside of this devout, strong-minded, pub- .__._; lie spirited man must have been common ground, where in the changing years, minister and magistrate, soldier and merchant, the poet, Anne Bradstreet and school master Cheev- er, Winthrop, Dudley, Saltonstall, Denison, Symonds, Elder Payne, the Appletons, the Rogerses, and the wise and gra- cious women of those early days often met and discussed the affairs of church and state, school and college, and the com- mon matters of their daily life. As to the family life that centred in the low-ceiled room and about the hospitable fire- f _ place, we are left largely to our own imaginings. Of course there was the daily family prayer, and the instruction of the children in j1ir. I�Torton's Catechism- The loner hours of the Sabbath day from three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, were spent with Puritanical propriety, with much Bible reading' Page 346. F• z 16: HE JOHN WHIPPLE HOUSE. 9 incl study at home, an Atli' services in t a house on the hill. `� y he meeting The children grew up, married, returned with their children at the great, family Thanksgiving feast and before the wst have been a worthy Elder died there n1u � g merry company. John was the only son but there were four daughters, na married Susanna, Elizabeth, Mary had a son and fand Sarah. Susan Lionel Worth of 1�Tewbur �' our daughters. Elizabeth married Anthony Potter and became the mother of seven sons and daughters. ]INTary married Simon Stone of Watertown and was the mother of his eleven children. Sarah the youngest, was born in 1641 and married Joseph Goodhue son of Deacon William Goodhue Jul p ' accordance with h , on Y 13th, 1661. Irl the custom of the time Deacon Goodhue and Deacon Whipple made a formal agreement on the occasion of the marriage, whereby the young bridegroom was assured the possession of the house and land, then occupied by his father, but which hisgrandfather WatsonW�.ats P on In England had desired should be made over to his daughter, M, are -wife of Deacon Goodhue, and to their eldest son ' JosephI e . The document is lengthy and labored but is of unique value as a specimen of the ancient marriage contracts. ts. Coni tesy required Deacon Goodhue to wait upon the father of - the bride, and we may reasonably believe that the term the settlement wand the formal i ere discussed of instrument drawn in the home of Elder Whipple. Ag'reemt between John Whipple & Willm Goodhue, Entered Se tr 6: 97 p Articles agreed upon between John Whipple Senr of Ipswich in New England of. ye One party $ William Goodhue, Deacon of church of Ipswich on yeother party in Consideration of a Afar- riage between Joseph Goodhue & Sarah Whipple thire children in Manner & forme following viz. that I William Goodhue doerom- ise & Covenant that I will Settle my Eldest Son Joseph Goodhue upon my farme according to our Agreement already made & Signed upon his 1liarriage with Sarah Whipple which is now to be Consummated alsoe I John Whiple above named have Covenated In°'aged to pay or. Cause to be paid unto Joseph Goodhue forth- withaupon his marriage to my ]aus in ght-er Sarah for good & Marchantable pay alsoe I John Whipple doe Ity n au ed that my, daughter Sarah shall have an Equal Share of my household goods with her Two Sisters at my decease & my rife Susannah 1 Essen Deeds 12:52. The Iot included the Gar- den, and the land of the South Parish adjoining sent Giles Firmin Gar- 10 THE JOHN WHIPPLE HOUSE. Whiple, alsoe I ye abovesd William Goodhue & Margery Goodhue my wife doe Ingage & Covenant that our Eldest Son Joseph Good- hue nowto be Alaried to Sarah Whipple shall have & possess ye house that I now live in with all ye Orchards and buildings upon ye land belonging to It that I bought of A.tr. Giles Firman as it is bounded on ye other Side at my decease & his owne Mothers Aiar- gery Goodhues decease this house & land being payed for by his grandfather In England with that provisal that his grandchild Joseph Goodhue and his Should Injoy it after ye death of his father & Mother as an absolute & perfect Inheritance for Ever with percell of Salt Afarsh of about 22 acres bought of ?lir. Thomas Firman with Ten pounds of ye Twenty five pounds In Silver that, Our father Watson Sent over to me to purchase Meadow & upland to lav to ye house and land abovesd for his grand Child Joseph Goodhue to Inherit after our death & his hiers for Ever with Si.-,.- acres i-�acres of upland at Alilebrooke of that land that I had in Exchange of Air. John Appleton for land in ye pequott lotts all this housing & lands abovesd wee give grant & Confirme with Our Son Joseph and his hiers for Ever after our deeeases & if that he have Children by his Wife Sarah but if he have not Children or a Child by her then after our Son Joseph death & Sarah his wife without Children it shall be to ye rest of Our Children that shall outlive them. furthermore I y e abovesd Jobn Whiple upon Deacon Goodhue & his Fife Owning & Confirming the house & lands abovesd with thier Son Joseph Goodhue after thier death I doe promise & Ingage that at ye decease of my wife Susannah & my Selfe that I Give unto my Daughter Sarah Joseph Goodliues wife now to be Confirmed Thirty pounds In good Currant Merchantable pay at ye Merchant- able price to be payed by my hiers or Executors within Six. months _-after -MY-decease .& -my wife Susannahs unto Joseph Goodhue or his hiers besides ye forty pounds first Agreed upon & ye Share of household goods above mentioned These Several Articles above Agreed upon between Elder John Whiple of Ipswich In ye County of Essex in '_dew England and Deacon William Goodhue of ye Same Towne & County & his wife 'Margery Goodhue upon the Marriage of Joseph Goodhue & Sarah Whipple Our Children vee doe here witness & Confirme our Agreements Each to ye other by Signing & Sealing hereof ye thirteenth day of July In ye yeare of Our Lord Sixteen hundred & Sixty Six John Whipple Sen r & a Seale William Goodhue Senr & a Seale her Marjery 11 Goodhue & a seale marhe Witness Jn° Rogers Robert Lord Samuel Y ounglieff Sen This Instrument above written Signed Sealed declared delivered & Owned by ye Severall partyes above X aiawd to be thiere agree- ment & act & deed before us ye 13 of July 1666 SAMUEL SY MO DS DANIEL DENISON Essex Deeds 12:52. THE JOHN WHIPPLE HOUSE. 11 The marriage was duly consummated and proved ideally happy. Ten children were born to them, but before the birth of the last, Sarah Goodhue was impressed that she would not survive. She composed therefore a "valedictory and Monitory Writing," which was found after her death. It was published and republished and still remains a classic In the annals of the olden time. Her portrayal of her pro- foundly religious life, her joy in the Lord, her delight in sermons and all religious exercises, her affection for her husband and children, is unspeakably tender and reveals the depths of spiritual experiencethat underlay the severe legal- ism of the old Puritan religion. The literary style, more- over, is chaste and beautiful and betokens a cultured and luminous atmosphere in her early home. The fine quality of that home life is well reflected as well, in the last item In the inventory of the Elder's hollseliold goods: "Item in Kooks 4�2 S o." 20 THE JOHN WHIPPLE HOUSE. meanes f or ye remooving of much sin &' evill, & minister cause of joy & thanksgiving to many of good people, amongst us. Samuell Appleton Senr Pobert Payne Nfarke Simonds John Whipple, Senior Tho Smith William Goodhue John Appleton 1loses Pengry Samuell Appleton Richard Femball Sen William Adams Sen. William Bartholomew Edward Chapman ? Ezekiel Cheever Anthony Potter Teienold Foster .Pria�iG ! t f"��i♦••.�.rK'�i.l StL011; -� �!%i'ii '•. K��I a`5 ... ,. ;}. f h Sul sxi Thomas Knowlton ? �''�. � F Jacob Pearkins John Varner ,'ttt te+1h way A�►u£ ' o � � t.''c t �n awrE Edward Llumas � Edward Browne Robert Dar Mf a { 1 CaaSfiS William Adams Junr Daniel Warner '� riathew Whipple E„ n.�.�►� tl /j,r d 1Zbt(vb Tho Stace John Adams CAPTAIN JOHN WHIPPLE. Captain John was a in -an of different temper. His tastes ,"rere martial, rather than churchly, and he was distinctively a man of business. He received a license in 1662 "to still - - - - strong __water for . a _rear.- and retail _not ..less --than - a _ _quaht__at.__ a time and none to be drunk in his house." In May, 1663, Air. Baker and Corporal Whipple had licenses renewed for another ,year. In the year 1667, two years before his father's death, he had already built a malt house on the homestead lot and play have been in occupancy. Captain Appleton, Cornet `Whipple and Thomas L (owe) were granted liberty to fell some walnuts for their kilns in 1667, and in 1673, Cornet Whipple had liberty to set up a fulling mill at the Little Falls. He had been chosen Cornet of the Ipswich Troop in 1668, under Captain John Appleton. In 1674 he was a Representative to the General Court and served until 1680 and again in 1652 and 1683. 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