Wait-Still WINTHROP [Parents] was born on 27 Feb 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma. He died on 7 Nov 1717 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma. He was buried in King's Chapel, Boston. He married Mary BROWNE in 1678 in ?, ...

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John Proctor II first resided in Ipswich. His first wife, Martha, died 3 days after the birth of their son Benjamin, no doubt from complications arising from the birth. Benjamin was the only surv...

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Nicholas Noyes was a colonial minister in Salem, Massachusetts during the time of the Salem witch trials. He was the second minister, called the "Teacher", to Rev. John Higginson. During the Salem wi...

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Thomas Very (or Vary) was married to Elizabeth Proctor, daughter of John Proctor II and second wife Elizabeth Thorndike. His sister, Elizabeth Very, was the second wife of John Nurse, eldest son of Reb...

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Elizabeth was a daughter of John Proctor II and his second wife, Elizabeth Thorndike. Members of both the Proctor and Very families were involved with the trials.

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Elizabeth (Thorndike) Proctor (1632-1672) was the second wife of John Proctor who was executed as a witch during the Salem Witch Trials. Elizabeth was born circa 1632 in Essex County, Massachusetts. ...

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Petitioned on behalf of his mother Elizabeth (Hutchison) Hart for her release from prison.

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Elizabeth was accused, and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Witnesses against her were Ann Putnam and Mercy Lewis. Elizabeth was sent to prison in Boston May 18, 1692. She was held there till Dec...

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Accused, but not indicted by a grand jury.

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Sarah was jailed for 7 month as a witch on trial.

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He is the immigrant in the Bassett line, arriving and living in Sandwich Mass. Reference for him and his family: The Identity of Sarah Bassett of Middleborough, Massachusetts and Mansfield, Connect...

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I knew the history of the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and the Salem Witch Trials but it never dawned on me how closely in time they occurred. But the Bassett & Proctors were persecuted and probably spurred...

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From Bassett Family Branches Org: Below is additional information from the Bassett Family Organization on William Bassett of Lynn, MA. I also have DNA results from the Bassett family DNA project. I...

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Benjamin was the brother of John Proctor II and son of John Proctor Sr. and Martha Harper.

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-------------------- John III was born in Salem prison.

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Imprisoned for Witchcraft on 23 May 1692 in Salem Massachusetts. The Governor of the Colony had appointed a Commission of Judges to hold a court trail. Fourteen women and five men were hanged on Gallow...

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John Proctor immigrated in Apr 1635 to America. He came on the ship "Susan and Ellen" with his wife and oldest two children. He resided after Apr 1635 in Massachusetts. He and his family settled in Ips...

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Salem Witch Trials: Accused, tried, and convicted of witchcraft. Not executed. -------------------- Baptised September 3rd, 1615 at Hillmorton, Wawrickshire, England -------------------- Duri...

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Accuser at Salem Witch Trials. Nephew of Elizabeth (Bassett) Proctor. -------------------- Ancestral File Number: 1XTF-7J.

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Accused and investigated for being a witch during Salem Witch trials. William was a son of John Proctor II and his third wife Elizabeth Bassett.

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Elizabeth's husband was hung at the Salem Witch Trials and she was scheduled to hang after the birth of her child but by then the feeding frenzy was over but she and her kids were destitute and it took...

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From the American Family History Page of Sarah Cloyes: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts by Ellery Bicknell Crane Publishe...

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From SAVAGE, VOL 4 DICT FIRST SETTLERS OF NE A Genealogical history of early New England settlers: These books are still regarded as the authority on early New England genealogy; Written by James...

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From Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes (Salem 1911-1975): At court March Term 1681, Jacob Town, aged about fifty years, deposed that about t...

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In 1692, when a woman named Elizabeth Ballard came down with a fever that baffled doctors, witchcraft was suspected, and a search for the responsible witch began. Two afflicted girls from Salem village...

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Ann Foster (1617 – December 3, 1692) was an Andover widow accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials. Born in 1617, Ann (or Annis) came to Massachusetts from London in 1635 on the ship Abi...

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(3)William Towne was born circa 1598, as the son of John Towne and Elizabeth Clarke of Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. He was baptized in the St. Nicholas Parish Church, Great Yarmouth, Englan...

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Proctor had argued against the reliability of testimony from confessors...No one else had come as close as Proctor did to forcing the issue." Throughout the trials, Proctor stood up and questioned the ...

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Philip Reade , the son of Elias, was born in 1623 (the book states). He married Abigail. Their children were- Philip, born March 13, 1671; Jacob, Jan 30, 1673; Abigial, Oct 26, 1675; Amy, June 3, 1678....

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Wikipedia says [downloaded March 2010 from ]: Col. Nathaniel Saltonstall (also spelled Nathanial Saltonstall) (c. 1639 – 1707) was selected as a judge for the special Court of Oyer and Terminer, a sp...

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From the Wikipedia page on Sarah Cloyce: Sarah Cloyce (née Towne) was the sister of Rebecca Nurse and Mary Easty. She was accused of witchcraft but never indicted by a grand jury in the Salem Witch...

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Once accused of witchcraft, Mary, the 57 year old wife of Isaac Estey and mother of seven children. Stood little chance of escaping conviction. Ann Putnam wife of the powerful Thomas Putnam, lodged t...

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Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728; A.B. 1678, Harvard College; A.M. 1681, honorary doctorate 1710, University of Glasgow) was a socially and politically influential New England Purit...

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Curator Note from Kim Odenweller (10/13/2010): This "About Me" section needs editing and is in progress. Please don't change anything in this section without consulting with me. Thank you. Hanged at ...

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Mary Bliss Parsons, wife of Cornet Joseph Parsons, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Bliss of Hartford, Ct., both very prominent families, was born in England about 1628 and came to this country with her...

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Martha Carrier - A Spiritual Giant, and Pioneer Puritan Feminist. Martha Carrier , one of the alleged "witches" killed during the Salem Witch Trials. She boldly proclaimed her innocence as those arou...

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