Roger Haskell

When the witchcraft trials were going on, Roger was chosen to serve on a jury. To avoid serving he fled by night on horseback, settling in Rochester, Mass. Five years later he sent for his family to join him.

Spouse & Children:

   Elizabeth Hardy (1617 – 1676).

John Haskell Sr. (1648 – 1706);

   Elizabeth Haskell (1649 – 1665); &

   Roger Haskell II (1657 – 1727).

HISTORY: New England, page 441 - Roger Haskell came with others of the name to Massachusetts, and was a resident of Salem in 1637. After the incorporation of Beverly, he was a resident of that town. Born abut 1613, he died 1667. He was accompanied by his brothers, William and Mark. When the witchcraft trials were going on, Roger was chosen to serve on a jury. To avoid serving he fled by night on horseback, settling in Rochester, Mass. Five years later he sent for his family to join him.

GEDCOM Note

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.