Person:Francis Wainwright (7)
Corporal Francis Wainwright
b.Est 1620
d.19 May 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Corporal Francis WainwrightEst 1620 - 1692
  • W.  Philippa Sewell1628/29 - 1669
m. Bef 23 Nov 1647
  1. Colonel John WainwrightEst 1648 - 1708
  2. Sarah WainwrightEst 1650 - 1688
  3. Jacob WainwrightEst 1653 - 1675
  4. Mary WainwrightCal 1657 - 1710
  5. Martha Wainwright1658/59 - Aft 1692
  6. Captain Simon Wainwright1660 - 1708
  7. Mehitable WainwrightAbt 1662 - 1708
  8. Colonel Francis Wainwright1664 - 1711
  9. Benjamin Wainwright1666 - 1686
  10. Elizabeth Wainwright1668 - 1723
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Name[1][2] Corporal Francis Wainwright
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1620
Emigration[1][2] Est 1637
Marriage Bef 23 Nov 1647 to Philippa Sewell
Death[1][2][3] 19 May 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 French, Elizabeth. Genealogical Research in England - Sewell. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul 1913)
    67:269.

    Francis Wainwright of Ipswich, Mass., b. in England abt. 1620, d. at Salem 19 May 1692. … 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.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Francis Wainwright, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:381-382.

    "Wainwright, Francis, Ipswich 1637, serv. in the Pequot war, for kn. of wh. fact we are indebted to the 'True Relation' of the battle by Rev. Philip Vincent, as may be seen in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VI. 40 and 1; was perhaps from Chelmsford in Co. Essex.

    Francis (Wainwright), Ipswich, perhaps s. of [same as] the preced. b. in Eng. freem. 1671, was a merch. of the distinct. a corporal 1664, by w. Phillippa wh. d. 9 Oct. 1669, had John, b. a. 1648; Sarah; Mary; Martha; Simon; Mehitable; Eliz.; and Francis, 25 Aug. 1664, H. C. 1686; and d. at Salem, 19 May 1692. His will, wh. is found in Suffk. rec. XIII. 17, provides for wid. Hannah, and ds. Mary w. of Rev. Jeremiah Shepard; Martha, w. of Joseph Proctor; Mehitable, w. of John Atwater; Eliz. w. of Jonathan Cogswell; gr.s. Francis s. of Jacob Perkins by his d. Sarah; and Francis and John, s. of his s. John. His wid. m. Daniel Epes of Salem. Some presumpt. may arise that he is the same with the Pequot soldier."

  3. ↑ Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1910, 1919)
    2:701.

    "Wainwright, … Francis [sr. dup.], [died] at Salem, May 19, 1692."

  4.   Hammatt, Abraham, and Robert Barnes. The Hammatt Papers: Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts 1633-1700. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980)
    384-87.
  5.   Aspinwall, William. A volume relating to the early history of Boston containing the Aspinwall notarial records from 1644 to 1651. (Boston, Massachusetts: Municipal Printing Office, 1903)
    112-13.
  6.   Dover Historical Society (New Hampshire). Collections of the Dover, N.H. Historical Society : volume 1. (Dover)
    3:6:41.
  7.   Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
    708.
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