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About Susannah Pulsifer
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Susannah Waters was baptized 1 Apr 1649 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, the daughter of Richard Waters [1] [2] and Joyce (Plaise) Waters. On 1 Feb 1674 she married Benedict Pulsifer in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [3] [4]
A quaint Ipswich law punished "commoners" for overstepping the bounds of propriety by daring to wear fine garments which were beyond their proper rank in life. As early as 1651, the General court of Ipswich had expressed its "griefe...that intollerable excesse and bravery hath crept in upon us and especially amongst people of mean condition, to the dishonor of God, the scandal of its professors, the consumption of estates and altogether unsuitable to our poverty." It was later ordered that no person whose visible estate did not exceed L200, should wear gold or silver lace, or any bone lace above 2s. per yard, or silk hoods or scarfs. Penalty for each such offense was 10 shillings.
In the year 1675, Ipswich was in a general state of terror over the string of Indian attacks that became known as King Phillips' War. The Ipswich General Court saw in such attacks evidence of rebukes from God Almighty himself, and promptly issued fresh edicts some of the more flagrant abuses of wearing "finery" and displaying the sin of pride.
Susannah, the newly wed wife of Benedict, appeared one Sabbath morning in 1675 meeting house proudly displaying such a silk scarf and hood, along with a number of other wives of the town. Benedict was duly fined for the violation of social decorum. The incident implies that Benedict's estate must have been valued less than L200. [5]
Susanna and Benedict had 10 children: [5]
- Richard Pulsifer, b 31 May 1675 [3]; d 1728
- William Pulsipher, b 12 Dec 1676 [3]; d 1771
- Susannah Pulsipher, b 5 Sep 1678 [3]; d 1689
- Joseph Pulsipher, b 13 Nov 1680 [3]; d 1711
- Benjamin Pulsipher, b 19 May 1683 [3]; d 1763
- David Pulsipher, b 27 Sep 1685 [3]; d 1775
- jonathan Pulsifer, b 25 Sep 1687 [3]; d 1763
- Susanna Pulsipher, b abt 1689 [5]
- Joanna Pulsifer, b 10 May 1691 [3]
- Margaret Pulsipher, b 14 Feb 1694 [3] [1][6]; d 1788
Susanna died 21 Dec 1726 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [3] [1]
References
- 1. Source: #S413 Ancestral File
- 2. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850' - Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Vital Records
- 3. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - Ipswich Vital Records
- 4. NORTHERN NEW YORK - Genealogical and family history of northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Published by Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, New York (1910). - Waters - Transcription by Coralynn Brown
- 5. WeRelate Profile of Susanna Waters (1649 - 1726) m. Benedict Pulsifer.
- 6. Source: #S334 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862)
- Reference: shows all of her kids Drump Hop
- Reference: Her Ipswich Death Record Vital Records
- Reference: FamilySearch Record - SmartCopy: Feb 12 2019, 5:28:50 UTC
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Susannah Pulsifer's Timeline
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February 1, 1649
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Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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1663
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Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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May 31, 1675
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Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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December 12, 1676
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Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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