Nicholas Upshall (q.v. Upsall) b. circa 1597-1598 and d. Aug. 20, 1666, Æ 70, at the Dorchester, Mass. home of his brother-in-law, Capt. John Capen. He was subsequently interred at Copps Hill burying ground at Boston, Mass. His gravestone inscription indicates he was b. AFTER Aug. 20, 1597.
An extended bio will be added later. In the meantime, Nicholas was frequently jailed for his favorable views toward the early Quakers in New England. At the time of his death he had been confined since 1662, by leniency of the Court, to the home of brother-in-law John Capen at Dorchester, Mass. This while wife Dorothy and family were residing at Boston where Dorothy operated the family's Red Lion Inn.
The children of Nicholas Upshall and Dorothy Capen are outlined in the mother's memorial.
Edited 7/4/2015
∼He was an early citizen of Boston known mainly for his charitable disposition. He did all he could to help the Quakers who were being persecuted. His main offense was bribing the keeper of the Boston jail to supply 2 imprisoned Quaker women with food who otherwise would have starved to death. He was fined 20 English pounds & banished from the colony. He went to Rhode Island for 6 years & returned to Boston after Gov Endicott was no longer in office. There he furnished a room in his house to the Quakers rent free which was used by many. He owned a large property in 1637 which was bounded by Hanover & Richmond Streets & known as the Old Red Lyon Inn. He is listed as #23 in the original members of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, was a member of his church, & had considerable influence over the affairs of the infant town of Boston.
Source: "Old Copps Hill & Burial Ground With Historical Sketches" by Edward MacDonald, superintendent Copp's Hill, 20th edition, May 1902 p. 36-37
An extended bio will be added later. In the meantime, Nicholas was frequently jailed for his favorable views toward the early Quakers in New England. At the time of his death he had been confined since 1662, by leniency of the Court, to the home of brother-in-law John Capen at Dorchester, Mass. This while wife Dorothy and family were residing at Boston where Dorothy operated the family's Red Lion Inn.
The children of Nicholas Upshall and Dorothy Capen are outlined in the mother's memorial.
Edited 7/4/2015
∼He was an early citizen of Boston known mainly for his charitable disposition. He did all he could to help the Quakers who were being persecuted. His main offense was bribing the keeper of the Boston jail to supply 2 imprisoned Quaker women with food who otherwise would have starved to death. He was fined 20 English pounds & banished from the colony. He went to Rhode Island for 6 years & returned to Boston after Gov Endicott was no longer in office. There he furnished a room in his house to the Quakers rent free which was used by many. He owned a large property in 1637 which was bounded by Hanover & Richmond Streets & known as the Old Red Lyon Inn. He is listed as #23 in the original members of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, was a member of his church, & had considerable influence over the affairs of the infant town of Boston.
Source: "Old Copps Hill & Burial Ground With Historical Sketches" by Edward MacDonald, superintendent Copp's Hill, 20th edition, May 1902 p. 36-37
Nicholas Upshall (q.v. Upsall) b. circa 1597-1598 and d. Aug. 20, 1666, Æ 70, at the Dorchester, Mass. home of his brother-in-law, Capt. John Capen. He was subsequently interred at Copps Hill burying ground at Boston, Mass. His gravestone inscription indicates he was b. AFTER Aug. 20, 1597.
An extended bio will be added later. In the meantime, Nicholas was frequently jailed for his favorable views toward the early Quakers in New England. At the time of his death he had been confined since 1662, by leniency of the Court, to the home of brother-in-law John Capen at Dorchester, Mass. This while wife Dorothy and family were residing at Boston where Dorothy operated the family's Red Lion Inn.
The children of Nicholas Upshall and Dorothy Capen are outlined in the mother's memorial.
Edited 7/4/2015
∼He was an early citizen of Boston known mainly for his charitable disposition. He did all he could to help the Quakers who were being persecuted. His main offense was bribing the keeper of the Boston jail to supply 2 imprisoned Quaker women with food who otherwise would have starved to death. He was fined 20 English pounds & banished from the colony. He went to Rhode Island for 6 years & returned to Boston after Gov Endicott was no longer in office. There he furnished a room in his house to the Quakers rent free which was used by many. He owned a large property in 1637 which was bounded by Hanover & Richmond Streets & known as the Old Red Lyon Inn. He is listed as #23 in the original members of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, was a member of his church, & had considerable influence over the affairs of the infant town of Boston.
Source: "Old Copps Hill & Burial Ground With Historical Sketches" by Edward MacDonald, superintendent Copp's Hill, 20th edition, May 1902 p. 36-37
An extended bio will be added later. In the meantime, Nicholas was frequently jailed for his favorable views toward the early Quakers in New England. At the time of his death he had been confined since 1662, by leniency of the Court, to the home of brother-in-law John Capen at Dorchester, Mass. This while wife Dorothy and family were residing at Boston where Dorothy operated the family's Red Lion Inn.
The children of Nicholas Upshall and Dorothy Capen are outlined in the mother's memorial.
Edited 7/4/2015
∼He was an early citizen of Boston known mainly for his charitable disposition. He did all he could to help the Quakers who were being persecuted. His main offense was bribing the keeper of the Boston jail to supply 2 imprisoned Quaker women with food who otherwise would have starved to death. He was fined 20 English pounds & banished from the colony. He went to Rhode Island for 6 years & returned to Boston after Gov Endicott was no longer in office. There he furnished a room in his house to the Quakers rent free which was used by many. He owned a large property in 1637 which was bounded by Hanover & Richmond Streets & known as the Old Red Lyon Inn. He is listed as #23 in the original members of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, was a member of his church, & had considerable influence over the affairs of the infant town of Boston.
Source: "Old Copps Hill & Burial Ground With Historical Sketches" by Edward MacDonald, superintendent Copp's Hill, 20th edition, May 1902 p. 36-37
Inscription
Nicholas
Vpsall Aged
Abovt 70 Years,
Dyed Y[e 20] of
Avgvst 1666.
On the day Nicholas died he was presumably 69 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 70.
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