Homes of the Descendants of Daniel Rindge and Mary Kinsman of Ipswich

Early Inhabitants of Ipswich 1633-1700 by Abraham Hammatt
THE RINDGE FAMILY.
Excerpts from a study by Augustine Caldwell in 1885

Daniel Rindge (aka Ringe) was in Ipswich, in 1648. He married Mary Kinsman and had six children. Mary Kinsman Rindge was the daughter of Robert Kinsman who immigrated to New England in the Mary and John, 1634, and came to Ipswich in 1635. The homestead of Robert Kinsman, a glazier by trade was on Green St. “near the great cove on the river” in the vicinity of Green and County Streets. He died on Jan. 28, 1664.

The early homestead of Daniel and Mary Kinsman was near the present South Meetinghouse and the Cove, and his lands were later “possessed by Mrs. John Heard.” In 1649, Daniel Rindge was ordered to “attend on the green before Mr. Rogers’s house.” He was licensed to keep an ordinary in 1661 but “not to draw beer above a penny a quart, and to provide meate for men and cattell.”

Daniel Rindge died on February 6, 1661, and his will is on file. The estate was appraised at £563. The house was described as having a parlor, hall, and chambers; and was furnished with chairs, cushions, carpet, tapestries, and chests. His farm of 110 acres was at Mile Brook in the Hamlet. His home was on Turkey Shore and the house was on the site of the William Howard House shown above, which was later owned by Samuel Rindge ³ and Daniel Rindge ⁴.

The children of Daniel and Mary (Kinsman) Rindge, were six in number :

• Mary, evidently the oldest. She married soon after her father’s death, Uzziel Wardwell.
• Daniel, the oldest of the boys, early had the title of “Captain;” he was a soldier at Narraganset, in 1675
• Roger, born June 19, 1657, married Sarah Shatswell.
• Susanna chose her uncle, Robert Kinsman, as her guardian, in 1669. Essex Deeds, 3: 129.
• Isaac may have been a military officer, as he disposed of his sword by will.
• Sarah, the youngest of the daughters, born August 7, 1659, married Joseph Andrews, on Feb. 16, 1680.

Capt. Daniel Rindge ², son of Daniel ¹, seems to have taken his place among the gentlemen of the town. The old slate slab in the High Street yard gives the date of the departure of Capt. Daniel Rindge 2, Nov. 30, 1738. He had a long and busy life. At the age of seventeen, he was a soldier of the Narraganset war, and ever onward he was intimate with military and town duties. His estate was appraised at £2462. At his death, his branch of the family ceased in name. The Rindges of Ipswich were descendants of his brothers, Roger and Isaac. He was twice married:

1. Hannah Perkins, born August 7, 1662. She was the daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Beamsley-Bushnell) Perkins. She died July, 1684. She was the mother of Capt. Rindge’s children.
2. Hannah Rust, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Rust. Her brother, Nathaniel ², is the first recorded Schoolmaster of Essex.

Children of Capt. Daniel and Hannah Perkins Rindge :

• Daniel died in infancy
• Daniel, Harvard College, Class 1709
• Hannah married Thomas Staniford in 1707
• Mary married Ammi Ruhami Wise in 1713.

Roger Rindge ², son of Daniel ¹, was born June 19, 1657, and married Sarah Shatswell, on June 9, 1684. She was born August 19, 1658, and was the daughter of Richard ² and Rebekah Tuttle Shatswell, and granddaughter of John and Joanna Shatswell. Children of Roger Rindge and Sarah Shatswell :

• Daniel ³, married Sarah Knowlton, in 1712.
• Richard, married Sarah Brown, in 1716.
• Sarah, married Philip Amme, in 1729.
• Rebekah, married Archelaus Lakeman, in 1710.

Isaac Rindge ², son of Daniel ¹, died in 1714. He married (1) Elisabeth Dutch, daughter of John and Mary (Roper) Dutch; she died May 3, 1700. He married (2) widow Elisabeth (Burnham) Kinsman, daughter of Deacon John Burnham. At the death of Isaac Rindge in 1714, he gave to his son John Rindge his negro, Jack; and to his son Isaac, he gave his sword. His estate was valued at £20206. Two of his sons, John and Isaac, “upwards of 14,” chose for their guardian their “uncle Francis Crompton.” John, while yet in his youth, migrated to Portsmouth. The children of Isaac Rindge :

• The Honorable John Rindge ³, son of Isaac ², Daniel ¹, born June 1, 1695. Went to Portsmouth shortly after his father’s death. He became a man of wealth and social altitude. He married Anne Odiorne, a lady five years younger than he. She was the daughter of Jotham and Mary (Johnson) Odiorne of Newcastle.
• Anne Odiorne Isaac, born May 28, 1698, married Mercy Quarles, in 1749. No further record.
• Elisabeth, born Sept. 2, 1701, married Caleb Kimball.
• Abigail, born Dec. 26, 1703.
• Daniel, born August 24, 1705.
• Samuel, born December 27, 1709, married (1) Mary Appleton, (2) widow Martha (Potter) Quarles.

Mary Rindge 2, daughter of Daniel 1, married Uzziel Wardwell, on May 3, 1664. He was the son of William and Alice Wardwell, of Boston. Uzziel is styled “Carpenter.” His brother, Elihu Wardwell married Elisabeth Wade, May 26, 1665. The children of Uzziel and Mary (Rindge) Wardwell, May 26, 1665. The children of Uzziel and Mary (Ridge) Wardwell:

• Abigail, born October 27, 1665
• Alice, born December 27, 1670
• Hannah, Mary, twins, born September 1, 1677

Samuel Rindge ^3, (son of Isaac ², Daniel ¹) was born August 24, 1709, and died February 25, 1769, and his son Daniel administered on his estate. His mother was Elisabeth (Burnham) Kinsman, the second wife of Isaac Rindge ², and the daughter of Deacon John Burnham. Samuel Rindge ³, was twice married :

1. to Mary Appleton, the mother of his children. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Allen) Appleton; granddaughter of Samuel and Mary (Woodbridge) Appleton; and great-granddaughter of John and Priscilla (Glover) Appleton. She was born in 1714; married in 1739; and died December 28, 1746, leaving four babes motherless.
2. He married (2) widow Martha Potter Quarles. She was born October 19, 1700; and was the daughter of Anthony and Martha (Dresser) Potter; married John Quarles, 1720; died May 4, 1795, aged ninety-five years.

The Children of Samuel Rindge ³:

• Daniel, baptized November 30, 1740; married Elizabeth Caldwell, in 1764
• Mary, bap. Oct. 24, 1742, m. Andrew Dodge, 1769
• Lucy, bap. Sept. 16, 1744, m. Ebenezer Caldwell, she died in 1772, leaving two sons, Ebenezer, and Samuel
• Elizabeth, baptized August 31, 1746

Daniel Rindge ⁴, (Samuel ³, Isaac ², Daniel ¹,) was baptized November 30, 1740; married Elisabeth, daughter of John and Abigail Hovey Caldwell, 1764; he was lost at sea, April 5, 1795.

The children of Daniel and Elisabeth Rindge were:

• Daniel, baptized on Feb. 23, 1766, went south
• Elisabeth, bap. Sept. 20, 1767, m. Abraham Seward Samuel, bap. Jan. 14, 1770, went south
• John, baptized July 12, 1772
• Lucy, baptized February 12, 1775

Elisabeth Rindge ⁴, (Samuel ³, Isaac ², Daniel ¹) bap. September 20, 1767, married Abraham Seward, and lived in a large and ancient house that stood on the land adjoining (north) the Emerson house, Turkey Shore. There was but a cart road between the two homes. Abraham Seward died on October 23, 1841. The children were :

• Huldah
• Daniel Rindge
• John
• Lydia Caldwell
• Elizabeth married Elisha Glover
• Mary Caldwell

Daniel Rindge ³, (Roger ², Daniel ¹), married :

1. Sarah Knowlton, March 22, 1711-12; she died April 4, 1714
2. Martha (Caldwell) Ayres. Widow Martha (Caldwell) Rindge married John Wood on February 11, 1729. Daniel and Martha (Caldwell) Rindge had :

• Daniel, born June 26, 1721, died August 9, 1800.
• Anna, born June 16, 1723; died April 5, 1730, age six years ten months

Daniel Rindge ⁴, (Daniel ³, Roger ², Daniel ¹) married Mary Kimball in January 1745; she died Oct. 10, 1801. Their children :

• Anna, born in 1746; married Elisha Newman in 1786; and had a daughter, Mary, who married Nathaniel Caldwell
• Mary, baptized December 7, 1749
• Daniel, born 1752, died May 16, 1773
• Margaret Woods, born 1755, married Benjamin Caldwell, died December 24, 1788
• John, born Sept. 28, 1759, married Sarah Baker on May 18, 1786; she died Oct. 17, 1824; he died October 18, 1801.

Richard Rindge ³, (Roger ², Daniel ¹) and Sarah Brown, were married on May 9, 1716. He was drowned in Ipswich River, on March 2, 1730. Children :

• Sarah, baptized September 13, 1719
• John bap. April 2, 1722, died early.
• Daniel, bap. July 26, 1726; died 1729
• John, 1727, was fourteen years old, 1741
• Daniel, bap. Aug. 17, 1729, died early

John Rindge ^4, (Richard ³, Roger ², Daniel ¹) married Elisabeth Storey in December 1745; she died August 14, 1796. They had :

• Elisabeth, born 1747
• Sarah, born 1748
• John, born 1749