Israel Porter

• Note: 10 children. His daughter, Elizabeth, was the mother of General Israel Putnam, the commanding hero of Bunker Hill.
• The Salem MASSGENWEB site mentions an "Anti-Parris Network" led by Israel Porter. Reverand Parris, of course, was the Reverand made famous in the Salem Witch trials. One of this network's members, John Proctor, was hung as a witch, and was featured in "The Crucible". Essex County Records show a donation by Israel in 1692 for the formation of a school: THE RYAL SIDE SCHOOL. Attention was given at a very early date to the establishment of a school at Ryal Side, and the original movement appears to have been with the inhabitants of the district, whose homes were widely scattered. These residents informally organized as a Board of Trustees or Managers and purchased a lot for the erection of their schoolhouse. April 5, 1692: I 'Jacob Barney to Farmer Porter, Mr Hayward & others, for seven pounds in silver money paid by Mr. Israel Porter, Sergt John Leach, Cornet Nathl Howard (Hayward) sen Corporal Joseph Herrick Sen. Benjamin Porter Joshua Ray Sen Thomas Rayment Sen Edmund Bishop Sen John Trask Junior, John Creasy, Joshua Ray Jun. John Ray, John Flint Sen all of them inhabitants of Salem,...a certain parcell of upland Containing two acres... & laying near the River Commonly Called by ye name of Frostfish River...butted and bounded..., Northwesterly upon ye Countrey Road...with a marked oak tree. So to run by ye Road twelve poles...Eastwardly with ye land of Doctor Griggs2...Twenty six poles...Southwardly with the land of Said Griggs...twelve poles...westwardly with land of Corporal Joseph Herrick Sen & Thomas Rayment Sen & John Trask Jun. & Robert 1 Essex Registry of Deeds, book 25, leaf 63

Sources 

1. The History of Salem Massachusetts, volume II, 1638-1670 by Sidney Perley.  Page: p161

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