Jonathan Piper
- Born: 1672, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts 523,91
- Marriage: Alice Darby was published 21 Sep 1700 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
- Died: 6 May 1752, Concord, Massachusettes at age 80 91
 Noted events in his life were:
• Dates & Events. 523
Jonathan Piper, the son of Nathaniel, was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1672 and died at Concord, Massachusetts on 11 May 1753. He married first, at Ipswich, 7 May 1695, Sarah Leach of Boxford, Massachusetts, who died at Ipswich 8 May 1700; and secondly, in 1700, four months after the death of his first wife, Alice Darby of Berverly, Massachusetts who was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts, and died at Concord on 23 Apr 1758.
He lived at Ipswich as a farmer until 1731. In 1723 he, with Samuel Smith and John Darby, leased the farm at Ipswich known as New Marsh Farm of 1200 acres belonging to the heirs of Nathaniel Saltonstall of Haverhill. In 1731, he moved to Concord, where on 6 Mar 1731, he bought the farm of Thomas Wheeler, Sr. and Thomas Wheeler, Jr. in the southwesterly part of the town for "1200 pounds passable money." On the same day he also bought other land of Robert Cummins and 6 Oct he bought 80 acres of Rebecca Prescott, widow of Jonathan, for 100 pounds. Other real estate was afterwards purchased.
His will, dated 15 Feb 1749, was settled by his son Joseph without being entered in Probate Court.
Children of Nathaniel and Sarah Piper:
• Sarah
• Nathaniel, b. 25 Jun 1658
• Mary, b. 5 Nov 1660; d. at Ipswich, 18 Feb 1661
• Josiah, b. 18 Dec 1661
• John, b. 1663; d. at Wenham
• Mary, b. 15 Dec 1664
• Thomas, b. 26 Nov 1666; m. Grace Hawley of Wenham
• Margaret, b. 16 Jun 1668; m. Tristram Greenleaf
• Samuel, b. 12 Jun 1670, d. at Stratham, N.H, 31 Oct 1747; m. 23 Apr 1694, Abagail Church of Dover, N.H.
• Jonathan, b. 1672
• William, b. 1674; d. 18 Jun 1674, Ipswich
~Nathaniel Piper of Ipswich, pgs. 2-3
• Background Information. 149
Jonathan Piper, son of Nathaniel Piper was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1671-1672. He was a farmer and lived there until 1731. In 1723, he and Samuel Smith, and John Darby, leased the New Marsh farm of twelve hundred acres in Ipswich, then owned by the heirs of Nathaniel Saltonstall, of Haverhill. In 1731, he removed to Concord, Massachusetts, buying March 6, of that year, of Thomas Wheeler, Sr. and Thomas Jr., their farm in the southwesterly part of Concord "for 1,200 pounds passable money: and on the same day he bought land of Robert Cummings. 6 Oct 1731, he bought eighty acres of Rebecca Prescott, widow of Jonathan Prescott, for a hundred pounds. He bought other land later. He died in Concord on 11 May 1752, leaving a will dated 15 Feb 1749. His son Joseph was the executor.
He married, first, on 7 May 1695, Sarah Leech of Boxford who died in Ipswich on 6 May 1700. His second wife was Alice Darby, of Beverly who died 23 Apr 1758. There children were: Jonathan, born 1702; Nathaniel, baptized 17 Mar 1706 in Wenham; Josiah, baptized 17 Oct 1708, at Wenham, settled in Acton and married Sarah, first, and Mehitable Conant, second; John, born in Ipswich, residing in Bolton, 1758; Alice, married in 1726, Archelaus Adams of Newsbury; Sarah, born in Ipswich, married 9 May 1734 to David Page of Lexington; Mary, married Joseph Gould, of Nottingham West, now Hudson, New Hampshire, on 19 Jun 1746; and the youngest was Joseph who was born in Ipswich in 1718.
~Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, pg. 49
Jonathan married Alice Darby, daughter of John Darby and Unknown, was published 21 Sep 1700 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. (Alice Darby was born in 1675 in Marblehead, Massachusetts 523 and died on 23 Apr 1758 in Concord, Massachusettes 523,91.)
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