Genealogy Projects tagged with Massachusettes on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Salem Witch Trials (1692)

    Overview and Scope of Project The goal of this project is to discover our ancestors involved in the notorious "Salem Witch Trials," validate their family trees and our own connections to them, and create quality, genealogically valid mini biographies for the Profiles. This project is an event in the umbrella Project, "Colonial America (1492-1789)" wikipedia: It is possible that an...

  • New England Puritans

    Particularly in the years after 1630, Puritans left for New England, supporting the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and other settlements. The large-scale Puritan emigration to New England then ceased, by 1641, with around 21,000 having moved across the Atlantic. This English-speaking population in America did not all consist of colonists, since many returned, but produced more than 16...