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Samuel Proctor

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: March 10, 1765 (79)
Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Portland, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Brlitish Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of John Proctor, Salem Witch Trials and Elizabeth (Bassett) Proctor, Salem Witch Trials
Husband of Sarah Larrabee; Sarah Proctor and Sarah Proctor
Father of Samuel Proctor, Jr.; John Proctor; Benjamin Proctor; Sarah Cox; William Proctor and 2 others
Brother of William James Proctor, Salem Witch Trials; Sarah Proctor; Elisha Joseph Proctor; Abigail Anne Proctor; John Proctor, III and 1 other
Half brother of Martha Proctor; John Proctor, III (1st of 3); Benjamin Proctor, Salem Witch Trials; Mary Proctor; Mary Proctor and 6 others

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About Samuel Proctor

The following is quoted from Windham In The Past by Samuel Thomas Dole:

The ancestor of this family in Maine was Samuel Proctor, the son of John Proctor, who was executed for the supposed crime of witchcraft in Salem, Aug. 9, 1692 and whose wife was condemnned, but not executed. They had sustained excellent characters both in Ipswich and in Danvers, where they had lived previous to the witchcraft delusion.

Samuel was their eighth child. He was born in 1680 and came to Falmouth (now Portland) from Lynn, between Sept., 1717, and Nov., 1719. He built a house on Fore Street, where be lived. He died Mar., 10, 1765, aged 85 years. He was a man of umblemished character and a valuable citizen.

He married, previous to his settlement in Falmouth, Sarah, daughter of Anthony Brackett, by whom he had nine children

  • 1.John, born in Lynn, June 24, 1715; married, first, in 1743, Mary Tibbets; second, Mary Huston, in 1760: settled in Falmouth.
  • 2.Benjamin, born in Lynn, Sept. 6, 1717 married, in 1740, Sarah Favor.
  • 3.Samuel, born in Falmouth, Nov.24, 1719 married, in 1745, Eliza Johnson.
  • 4.Sarah, born in Falmouth, in 1723; married, in 1739, John Cox.
  • 5.William. born in Falmouth, ______ 1724.
  • 6.Keziah, born in Falmouth, ______ 1727.
  • 7.Karenhappuck, born in Falmouth, _______ 1729; married, first, Joseph Hicks; second her cousin, Anthony Brackett, in 1756.
  • 8.Jemima, married _______ 1755, William Gennis,
  • 9.Dorcas, married Jonathan Paine.
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Samuel Proctor's Timeline

1686
January 11, 1686
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1715
1715
1717
1717
1719
November 24, 1719
Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, United States
1723
February 22, 1723
1724
1724
Falmouth, York, Province of Maine, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1727
February 19, 1727
Falmouth, York County, Massachusetts
1729
October 26, 1729
Falmouth, Cumberland , Maine