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DEACON MOSES PENGRY WAS AT IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS AS EARLY AS 1641 AND ESTABLISHED A SALT WORKS THERE IN 1652. HE HELD THE OFFICE OF SELECTMAN AND SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS DEACON OF THE CHURCH. IN 1658 HE WAS GRANTED A LICENSE TO SELL LIQUOR AND TO KEEP AN INN THESE LICENSES WERE RENEWED FOR MANY YEARS (PILLSBURY ANCESTRY, PP. 981-984).

TITLE: ANCESTRY OF CHARLES STINSON PILLSBURY AND JOHN SARGENT PILLSBURY
AUTHOR: MARY LOVERING HOLMAN
PUBLICATION: CONCORD, NH: THE RUMFORD PRESS, 1938

HE SERVED IN THE KING PHILIP'S WAR.

MOSES AND BROTHER, AARON, SETTLED IN IPSWICH IN ABOUT 1639,

MOSES WAS DEACON OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF IPSWICH,

ABOUT 1670 MOSES OWNED AND OPERATED THE WHITE HORSE, A INN THAT STILL STANDS ON HIGH STREET IN IPSWICH,

MOSES HELD POSITIONS AS SELECTMAN, CONSTABLE, SURVEYOR, CHURCH DEACON AND ELECTED TO REPRESENT IPSWICH IN THE GENERAL COURT

SOURCE: 'THE PENGRY FAMILY NEWS' NEWSLETTER VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2 JULY 1987 'DEACON MOSES PENGRY OF IPSWICH, MA.'

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'The earliest information obtained in relation to Moses Pengry is contained in a deed to him of real estate, dated the twelfth day of the first month 1641.

The early settlers of New England commenced the year March 25th, until 1760, so that the date of the deed would be by subsequent reckoning until 1752, April 5, or if we carry the calendar forward eleven days for new style April 16th. It is probable that Moses and Aaron Pengry were both of Ipswich as early as 1640, perhaps a few years earlier.

Moses m. Abigail d. of Robert Clement, who is said by Savage to have come from London to Haverhill, Mass., as early as 1642, bringing many children with him, no less than nine of whom are named in his will. Mr. Clement was representative of the town of Haverhill in the General Court of Mass. from 1647 to 1653, seven years.

In his will he names Moses Pingree husband of his daughter Abigail. Ipswich records show that in 1641, Moses Pengry was one of the list of commoners. In 1648, he...Read MORE...

1646 Marriage / Partner
Moses PENGRY and Lydia Abigail CLEMENTS 13 February 1646, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village)

1652 Birth of Child
Aaron PENGRY was born 12 September 1652, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1662 Death of Child
Thomas PENGRY died 25 January 1662, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1666 Birth of Child
Abigail PENGRY was born 30 January 1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1668 Birth of Child
Mehitable PENGRY was born January 1668, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1684 Death of Child
Abigail PENGRY died 4 May 1684, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1688 Death of Child
Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) died 14 March 1688, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1692 Death of Child
Sarah PENGRY died 4 October 1692, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Death
1695 PINGRY Moses, Dea., Jan 2, 1695-6. [a. 86 y. P. R. 8.] Death Ipswich
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).