Priscilla Appleton

John Appleton married Priscilla Glover, the youngest daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Glover. In his will, Joseph Glover had bequeathed £400 to each of his three daughters upon marriage or majority, but by the time of Priscilla’s marriage only £300 remained for her legacy. Appleton sued Henry Dunster for £100 from the Glover property that Dunster still controlled. Dunster countersued Appleton for £120 to cover the cost of Priscilla Glover’s education, payment for which Appleton had purportedly agreed to cover. Appleton eventually recovered the £100 pound legacy and Dunster was awarded £40 10 s for Priscilla’s education. (1)

• related by marriage to Governor John Winthrop, Sr.

References

1. http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Priscilla_Glover_%281%29_
2. http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Glover_%2826%29_
3. Glover, Anna. Glover Memorials and Genealogies: An Account of John Glover of Dorchester, Massachusetts and His Descendants, with a Brief Sketch of Some of the Glovers who First Settled in New Jersey, Virginia and Other Places. (Boston, Massachusetts, United States: David Clapp & Sons, Printers , 1867) pp. 560-. “Rev. Joseph Glover was Rector of Sutton in Surrey, England from 1628 to 1636 when he resigned. He left for New England with a printing press in 1638 and died on the voyage. He m. (1) Sarah Owfield, mother of Roger, Elizabeth and Sarah, m. (1) abt 1630 Elizabeth Harris, mother of Priscilla and John.” Page 570. < GoogleBooks >
4. Published transcription in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, volume 49, pages 54-55, via http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu//oasis/deliver/deepLink?_collection=oa...
5. Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1910, 1919), 2:483. "APPLETON, Priscilla, w. Capt. John, [died] Feb. 18, 1697, a. 63 y. GR1 [Birth about 1634. GR1=Old Burying Hill]