Jonathan Pulsifer born Sept 25, 1687

Jonathan Pulsifer (1687-1763)  was my 7th great grandfather on the Ada Swasey Rogers Family tree. His name is spelled Pulcipher at times.

Here's his home where he lived with his wife, Sarah Loude Pulsifer (1688-1749) who he married in 1707.

I've revised the number of their children, probably only 9, and David Pulsifer (1716-1783) would marry Hannah Brown (1718-1756), and I'll give you another post just about them!  Their son, David was not the David Pulsifer who died in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolution, (as I found out last year.)  There were twin girls Mary and Elizabeth born and baptized in 1712, and some other girls of the same name baptized in 1720...twins of the same parents.  Could they have rededicated themselves when a bit older? (I'm counting them as just 2 children at this time.)

Ipswich Historical Society says this:
"Jonathan Pulcifer (Pulsifer) built this house in 1718 on Summer Street, one of the “oldest ways” in Ipswich. He was probably the son of Benedict Pulsifer, an early settler of Ipswich who died in 1695. There was also a John Pulsifer who settled in Gloucester about the same time. The probable son of the builder of this house, Jonathan Pulcifer Jr. is listed as a sailor in the French and Indian War.
Thomas Franklin Waters mentioned this house in Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1915), referencing the recorded sales in the Salem book of deeds:

We observed that Jonathan Pulcifer purchased the next lot in 1718, when the Samuel Dutch property was divided into house lots, and another in 1724. He seems to have owned a continuous frontage to the corner now occupied by Miss Sarah P. Caldwell’s residence. His heirs apparently sold the house now owned by Theodore H. Howe to Richard Lakeman,
May 14, 1796 (176: 263). He sold to Daniel Lakeman (176: 263), and Daniel transferred to Jane Gould, wife of Elisha Gould, Oct. 23, 1811 (196: 44). The Goulds sold to Elizabeth Fuller, Nov. 23, 1827 (246: 194), and Reuben Daniels sold it to Chas. H. Howe, May 16, 1867 (726: 63).

"Original architectural features have been re-exposed by the owners, including beams & posts, summer beam, gunstock posts.

"I am told that few years ago as a realtor was getting ready to leave, he looked at the top of the stairs and saw the distinct ghostly form of an old woman looking back at him.

Thanks to Ipswich Historical Society for pictures and text about 15 Summer St.

And I have seen the hand written birth record for Jonathan Pulcifer so I know he was the son of immigrant Benedictus Pulsifer, (however you choose to spell it!) and Suzanna Waters Pulsifer, though the paper had been torn, leaving just "nathan" as his name as the remainder of "Jonathan."  See my blog post (HERE) about Benedictus Pulsifer.

The Pulsifer family descendents married the Grangers, who were just a couple of generations away from marrying the Swaseys of my grandmother's Ada Swasey Rogers' tree.

Don't you wonder who the ghost might have been that was checking out the realtor?

Week in review - Ipswich families: Browns, Lords, Pulsifers

We started looking at Hannah Aslett Brown, (married to Joseph Brown Sr.) and ended the week up with Captain John Ayers/Eyer, her grandfather.

Next we looked at Hannah and Joseph's son Benjamin Brown, a miller, and I found the gold mine of Ipswich Historical Society and it's preservation of historic homes. My love of old architecture led me through various of these 350 year old buildings, and I found a few that belonged to my ancestors on Ada P. Swasey Rogers family tree.

Edward Brown had been Hannah Aslett Brown's father-in-law, and he built his home in 1650 in Ipswich MA.

Then I go back down the generations to Jonathan Pulsifer, who's son, David Pulsifer, married Hannah Brown's daughter Hannah.  Jonathan Pulsifer was the son of Benedict (Benedictus) Pulsifer, my first post on this blog.And I believed what Ancestry told me, that David Pulsifer had died at the Battle of Bunker Hill...for a while I believed it.  But after long hours of reading and research, I found other David Pulsifers, uncles and nephews, sons and brothers, and give my results in "David Pulsifer, which one died at the Battle of Bunker Hill?"

Before looking to the David Pulsifer dilemma, I found another couple of beautiful historic houses (I think Ipswich MA has around 50) one of which was built on property first owned by Robert Lord...so I shared some information on both the house and my ancestor HERE.  Robert Lord's daughter married Edward Brown, and they were parents of Joseph Brown (husband of Hanna Aslett Brown with whom I started this week).

As I mentioned above, I shared about Captain John Ayers/Eyers and thought that would be the end of the week on this family tree. Captain Ayers' had been on my tree as married to Hannah Evered, but a pretty good source said that this wasn't so, she had been just known as Hannah.  Their daughter Rebecca married John Aslett, and they were parents of Hannah Aslett who married Joseph Brown Sr.

 But I got sick and had to stay quiet, and what better way than to read for many hours to figure out which of the David Pulsifers was most likely to have died at the Battle of Bunker Hill for the Patriot cause?  So there was an extra post this week, HERE.

And it was also interesting to note that we also have Captain John and Hannah Ayers/Eyre as our 9th great grandparents through their son Captain John Ayers (1623-1675) descendants as well...through his son Nathaniel Ayers (blacksmith) 1664-1731, also on the Ada Swasey Rogers tree.

Jonathan Pulcifer/Pulsifer

Jonathan Pulsifer (1687-1763)  was my 7th great grandfather on the Ada Swasey Rogers Family tree.

Here's his home where he lived with his wife, Sarah Loude Pulsifer (1688-1749) who he married in 1707.  Ancestry has had a hiccough for the last few days, in not giving me the 31 other trees about her life, and I'll have to call them to get it straightened out, and being the holidays there's a 45 minute wait to get through. For now I don't even know who her parents were.

I'm pretty sure they had 11 children, and David Pulsifer (1716-1783) would marry Hannah Brown (1718-1756), and I'll give you another post just about them!  David died in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolution,

Ipswich Historical Society says this:
"Jonathan Pulcifer (Pulsifer) built this house in 1718 on Summer Street, one of the “oldest ways” in Ipswich. He was probably the son of Benedict Pulsifer, an early settler of Ipswich who died in 1695. There was also a John Pulsifer who settled in Gloucester about the same time. The probably son of the builder of this house, Jonathan Pulcifer Jr. is listed as a sailor in the French and Indian War.
Thomas Franklin Waters mentioned this house in Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1915), referencing the recorded sales in the Salem book of deeds:

We observed that Jonathan Pulcifer purchased the next lot in 1718, when the Samuel Dutch property was divided into house lots, and another in 1724. He seems to have owned a continuous frontage to the corner now occupied by Miss Sarah P. Caldwell’s residence. His heirs apparently sold the house now owned by Theodore H. Howe to Richard Lakeman,
May 14, 1796 (176: 263). He sold to Daniel Lakeman (176: 263), and Daniel transferred to Jane Gould, wife of Elisha Gould, Oct. 23, 1811 (196: 44). The Goulds sold to Elizabeth Fuller, Nov. 23, 1827 (246: 194), and Reuben Daniels sold it to Chas. H. Howe, May 16, 1867 (726: 63).

"Original architectural features have been re-exposed by the owners, including beams & posts, summer beam, gunstock posts.

"I am told that few years ago as a realtor was getting ready to leave, he looked at the top of the stairs and saw the distinct ghostly form of an old woman looking back at him.

Thanks to Ipswich Historical Society for pictures and text about 15 Summer St.

And I have seen the hand written birth record for Jonathan Pulcifer so I know he was the son of immigrant Benedictus Pulsifer, (however you choose to spell it!) and Suzanna Waters Pulsifer, though the paper had been torn, leaving just "nathan" as his name as the remainder of "Jonathan."  See my blog post (HERE) about Benedictus Pulsifer.

The Pulsifer family descendents married the Grangers, who were just a couple of generations away from marrying the Swaseys of my grandmother's Ada Swasey Rogers' tree.

Don't you wonder who the ghost might have been that was checking out the realtor?