Margaret Sale

Though Edward's first wife Margaret ____ Searle/Sale could have been the mother of several children, her banishment for adultery makes it unlikely, and it is more likely that Edward's second wife Rebecca, who died in 1664, was the mother of most children, including Miriam. See Great Migration, Volume 6, pp.142-3.

R. C. Anderson in his Great Migration quotes the following: On 6 June 1637, "John Hathaway being accused of adultery with Margaret Seale, wife of Edward Seale, James Penn & Samuell Coles testified that he confessed it to them; so the grandjury found the bill of indictment to be true. Rob[e]rt Allen & Margaret Seale, being accused of adultery, confessed the fact; so the grandjury found the bill of indictment to be true." Anderson continues with the following quote: On 19 September 1637, "Margaret Seale, the wife of [blank] Seale, confessed adultery, & was found guilty." Anderson's quote: On 12 March 1637/8, it is "ordered, that the 3 adulterers, John Hathaway, Rob[e]rt Allen, & Margaret Seale, shall be severly whipped, & banished, never to return again, upon pain of death." On 30 March 1638, "Edward Seale of Marblehead [was bound in] twenty pounds for his wife's appearance when she shall be called for after her delivery.")[2]

References

1. Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, p. 143. by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Featured Name: Edward Sale. < AmericanAncestors >