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Would have to use a search engine, like LYCOS, myself. If you don't want to wait till I have a chance to do that, you could always give it a shot with whatever search engine you have. Someone in the group may have a list handy .. ?? Dori -----Original Message----- From: L.A. Clugh <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 9:20 AM Subject: [SALEM-WITCH-L] links >Can you copy and paste these links for us? I'm new to >the list. >Lou Ann > > >> There are a number of sites which now have >manuscripts of the trial >> proceedings posted. >> >> Dori Fulk >> Horseheads, NY >> > > > >

David Greene is the current editor of TAG - The American Genealogist. I am sure you can reach him at the TAG mailing address which is P.O. Box 398, Demorest, GA 30535-0398. He is highly respected and goes by very high standards so anything that he submits has been carefully done. I have seen, and in fact have in my possession somewhere, a copy of the list bearing the names of Edward BISHOP and Hannah BISHOP as I had already come across this bit of conflicting evidence. It might even be in one of the volumes of the Witchcraft Papers that have been discovered to be online but I haven't visited so don't know if those were images of the book or a transcription. The list I saw was an actual image of the signatures but I am still a little cautious in my acceptance because if I recall correctly, the document itself was not dated and therefore could have been a petition signed in a previous year as there were many accusations years before. That is the main point of controversy regarding the petition; I have seen arguments for both sides. When I get a chance, I'll try to find the copy of the petition that I have and let you know where I found it. Also, I have no date of death for Hannah, wife of Edward/1 either. Kathy Buffington Willett [email protected]

Can you copy and paste these links for us? I'm new to the list. Lou Ann > There are a number of sites which now have manuscripts of the trial > proceedings posted. > > Dori Fulk > Horseheads, NY >

The Thomas and Ann PUTNAM who were involved in the Salem Witch trial were Thomas PUTNAM (jr.), son of Thomas PUTNAM & Ann HOLYOKE, and his wife, Ann CARR, along with their daughter, Ann PUTNAM. Since the Salem Witch trials took place after the deaths of Lt. Thomas PUTNAM & Ann HOLYOKE (in 1692, mostly), they could not have been directly involved. There are a number of sites which now have manuscripts of the trial proceedings posted. Dori Fulk Horseheads, NY (a descendant of both Thomas & Ann PUTNAMs :) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 7:10 AM Subject: [SALEM-WITCH-L] Putnam/Holyoke >I am descended from Lt. Thomas Putnam who died 5 May 1686 in Salem, Essex >Co., MA and his wife, Ann Holyoke who died 1 Sep 1665 in Salem also. I have >heard that these families were involved in the Salem Witch trials, but don't >have any proof. Is anybody familiar with these families? >

I am descended from Lt. Thomas Putnam who died 5 May 1686 in Salem, Essex Co., MA and his wife, Ann Holyoke who died 1 Sep 1665 in Salem also. I have heard that these families were involved in the Salem Witch trials, but don't have any proof. Is anybody familiar with these families?

I've never posted before, hope this works... I'm just adding my Towne/Estey line to the rest since folks are asking: Isaac ESTEY/Mary TOWNE Isaac ESTEY/Abigail KIMBALL Richard ESTEY/Ruth FISKE Richard ESTEY/Hannah HAZEN Amos ESTEY/Mary (Molly) ESTEY (Mary descended from Richard and Ruth through Zebulon) David ESTEY/Anna KNOOP George ESTEY/Sarah INSKEEP David Samuel ESTEY/Georgianna DAVIS George Henry ESTEY/Annabel Blanche LARRABEE Gale O. ANDERSON/Violet Louise ESTEY Wendy S. ANDERSON (me)

Rhonda, According to the Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Vital Records: Benjamin and Elizabeth (Haven) NOURSE/NURSE had a daughter, Tamason (VR spelling), born June 7, 1718 [Middlesex Vital Records, Framingham Births, page 150]. John and Elizabeth (Gale) NOURSE/NURSE had a daughter, Thamezin (VR spelling), born August 20, 1716 [Middlesex Vital Records, Framingham Births, page 153]. According to "A Genealogical Register of Framingham Families", by J.H. Temple, page 653, Thamazin (Temple's spelling) the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gale) NOURSE/NURSE, was born August 20, 1716, and married January 27, 1737, Jedidiah BIGELOW. According to "A Genealogical Register of Framingham Families", by J.H. Temple, page 653, Thamezin (Temple's spelling) the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Haven) NOURSE/NURSE, was born June 7, 1718 and married February 5, 1734, Abner BIXBY. The marriage of Thamesin (VR spelling) and Jedidia BIGLOW (VR spelling), was January 27, 1736-7 in Framingham [Middlesex Vital Records, Framingham Marriages, page 346]. The marriage of Tamazin/Thamasin (VR spelling both ways) and Abner BIXBY was February 5, 1734 in Hopkinton [Middlesex Vital Records-Hopkinton Marriages, page 226] So this answers the question of which Thamazin (my spelling) married Jedediah BIGELOW, but the correct spelling of her name is anybody's guess. Judy McIntyre

Hi Rhoda, Her line is my line too..... >>I believe I am descended from Rebecca Nurse through her great granddaughter Thamezine (sp?) Nurse who was married to Jedediah Bigelow. I have seen conflicting information that Thamazine was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gale) Nurse or Benjamin and Elizabeth (Havens) Nurse. Does anyone know which one is correct? >> Rebecca Towne/ Francis Nourse Benjamin Nurse/ Thomasin Jameson Benjamin Nurse/ Elizabeth Haven Thamezin Nurse/ Jedediah Bigelow Tamesin Bigelow/ William Davenport Jr. Joel Davenport/ Patty Bigelow David B. Davenport/ Martha Ann Baldwin Frank T. Davenport/ Laura A. Heart/Hart Edward R. Davenport/ Anne M. Gorham Harold E. Davenport/ Louise M. Lund Janice L. Davenport----Me >From Jedediah Bigelow, where do you go???? Would love to see another Davenport!! You can email me if you'd like. Janice Davenport Todd [email protected]

> David Greene's address or atleast what town he lives in may be at the bottom > of the first or last page of any of those American Genealogist articles. I > never copied "Part II" and "Part III", since I have no particular interest > in the Jacobs and Martin families. I am interested in the Martin family and especially in Susannah Martin's husband George Martin's first wife Hannah Green who is one of my brick walls. Can someone please give me the date or volume number of the David Greene TAG article(s) about the Martin family? Also, does anyone know if he has researched the Greens? Leslie

I believe I am descended from Rebecca Nurse through her great granddaughter Thamezine (sp?) Nurse who was married to Jedediah Bigelow. I have seen conflicting information that Thamazine was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gale) Nurse or Benjamin and Elizabeth (Havens) Nurse. Does anyone know which one is correct? Is Thamezine's line Francis & Rebecca, Benjamin, Benjamin or Francis & Rebecca, John, John? Also, does anyone know the correct spelling of her name? Thanks, Rhonda McCrorey Loth

Am I a descendant of Rebecca (Towne) Nurse??????????? This is the only information I have--Isaiah Nurse in my 4th greatgrandfather. Isaiah Nurse 1794-1854 Kentucky (Wife Esther May)1797-1875 d Vermont d Nebraska Eliza Nurse 1817-1889 d Nebraska 3rd greatgrandmother Warren Nurse b1820 in Ohio Lucy B. Nurse b1830 in Ohio d 1885 Nebraska Could someone out there help me with this line? Thanks Renee' [email protected]

David Greene's address or atleast what town he lives in may be at the bottom of the first or last page of any of those American Genealogist articles. I never copied "Part II" and "Part III", since I have no particular interest in the Jacobs and Martin families. If someone could look for me, I'd appreciate it, as I would like to write him for the specifics on that 1692 petition that he alleges bears the signatures of Edward Bishop Sr and Hannah Bishop. One other detail; I checked, Edward Sr's daughter Hannah, who is my direct ancestor, was married to William Raymond Jr well before 1692 and therefore cannot be the Hannah Bishop who signed the petition along with Edward Bishop Sr. Yours, Dora Smith ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

That missing volume of The American Genealogist finally got recovered - it had been misshelved someplace, along with the index to the TAG that everyone firmly thought our library didn't even have! So I now have the "correction" to David Greene's article about the identity of Bridget Bishop's husband. This "correction" is an unusually weighty detail to leave for a "correction". The correction pleads that it isn't Greene's fault, the typist was suffering from "ill health"! Hmm... I am frankly suspicious of it. The correction states that Greene's most important point is that Edward Bishop Sr and his wife Hannah Bishop signed a petition for Rebecca Nurse in 1692, therefore Hannah the first wife of Edward Bishop Sr was obviously still alive and married to Edward Bishop Sr and Edward the husband of Bridgette must have been someone else. Unarguable logic - if it is true. But very strangely, given how carefully Greene documents every point in his article, the correction does not give a source of this petition! Does anyone know of this petition or know the source where it would be? If one or more petitions was circulated relating to Rebecca Nurse, perhaps someone knows where copies of it are where one could check who signed them? I don't have this article handy, but my impression is it just said petition for Rebecca Nurse in 1692, didn't even give the date of this petition (which would more clearly identify it). Also, anyone know how to reach David Greene? It would be quite interesting to write him and ask him! Since Edward Bishop Sr and his first wife Hannah are my ancestors, I recall looking very carefully into what happened to Hannah and being someone puzzled, indeed, I thought that they had divorced since I found no record of her death, and since in that time that was indeed evidence of family instability I actually looked as carefully as I could into what did become of her such that Edward Sr ended up remarried. I do not recall at this time if I ever found any record of her death. Not every death, birth or marriage was recorded, just like the marriage of Bridgette Oliver to Edward Bishop was never recorded though plainly Bridgette Oliver did marry an Edward Bishop. I don't have access to a computer that can read my GEDCOM file where I'm most likely to have written down what I did find, though I can't remember if I updated it! It seems to me I did eventually find something, but I can't remember what. I could probably find the notes in theGEDCOM file though (they view as text on a browser). But does anyone have information on what did become of Hannah? Yours, Dora ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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I have several lines that connect to the 'witchcraft' families. Will post my connections to the Towne family lines since so many others are. William Towne/Joanna Blessing Jacob Towne/Catherine Symonds John Towne/Mary Smith Mary Towne/James Cloyes James Cloyes/Abigail Gleason Elijah Cloyes/Abigail Pepper Betsy Cloyes/David H. Phipps Abi Album Phipps/Mary Gena Parkhill Alton Abi Phipps/Mildred Evelyn Boice (my grandparents) My 2nd line that connects to above; John Cloyes/Abigail Mournings Peter Cloyes/Hannah Littlefield (he was 2nd husband to Sarah Towne Bridges) James Cloyes/Mary Towne Elijah CLoyes/Abigail Gleason Betsy Cloyes/David H. Phipps Abi Album Phipps/Mary Gena Parkhill Alton Abi Phipps/Mildred Evelyn Boice (my grandparents) Stephanie Shenandoah Valley, VA [email protected] http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/l/Stephanie-J-Walker/index.html Currently collecting/sharing these surnames BARTHOLOMEW (<1800, NY), CLAYES/CLOYES, CUPPERNALL, CURTIS (CT), FAIRBANKS, GENT/JENT, PARKHILL, PEPPER, PHIPPS, THOMPSON (VT, CT), WALKER (MA,NY), WATSON (MA) **************************************************************** "Listen to the footsteps that echo behind when you walk alone." *****************************************************************

Hi, My name is George Estey. I am responding to Diana Stewart's request that descendants of Mary Town Easty list their line. Diana, note that there is a Stewart in my line too. There may be a connection to your husband's Stewart line. I don't have much info on the Stewart/Steward line though. Mary is my 7th g-grandmother Descendants of: Mary Towne 1 Mary Towne b. 1634 Yarmouth, Norfolk Co., England d. 22 Sept 1692 Salem, Massachusetts Hanged as WITCH m. Isaac Esty b. 1627 Freston, England d. 1712 Topsfield, Colony of Massachusetts 2 Joseph Esty b. 5 Feb 1657 Topsfield, Massachusetts d. 25 Oct 1738 Stoughton, Massachusetts m. 02-June-1682 Jane Steward 3 Jacob Estey b. 15 Oct 1690 Topsfield, Massachusetts d. Apr 1777 Sharon, Massachusetts m. Mehitable Porter b. 14 Apr 1702 Topsfield, MA d. 16 Jun 1770 Sharon, MA 4 John Estey b. 14 Dec 1733 d. 27 Nov 1811 Sharon, MA m. 8 Dec 1762 Sharon, MA Abigail Gould b. 1741 d. 25 Sep 1816 5 Jeremiah Estey b. 9 Sep 1775 d. 13 Sep 1855 m. 19 Mar 1808 Judith French - mother of Willard m. Mary (Fisher) Preston d. 1854/55? some time soon after Jeremiah died. 6 Willard Gould Estey b. 13 Sep 1818 Sharon, Massachusetts m. 4 May 1850 Foxboro, Mass. Mary S. Green b. 24 Mar 1831 Hanson, MA Mary's mother, Sylvia White is Peregrine White's 4th g-granddaughter 7 Willard Alden Estey b. 6 Oct 1856 Sharon, Massachusetts d. 3 Sep 1925 m. Lizzie Sarah Ballou 8 George Willard Estey b. 19 Aug 1883 Sharon, Massachusetts d. 26 Aug 1938 Los Angeles, California m. 11 Nov 1905 Leominster Mass. Mae Lidia Sloggy b. 15 Jun 1881 Big Springs, Wisconsin d. 26 Aug 1938 Los Angeles, California 9 Marvin Willard Estey b. 11 Dec 1906 Leominster, Massachusetts d. 21 Jun 1961 San Marino, California m. 14 Feb 1931 Los Angeles, California Violet Althea Dixon b. 14 Jul 1908 d. 8 Nov 1978 10 George Warren Estey b. Los Angeles, California m. 21 Mar 1964 San Marino, California Patricia Ann Dunn m. 22 Sep 1990 Greene, New York Kathleen Lura (Nixon) Jackson

Sorry, I really goofed when I put my Rebecca Towne line on the list. That is what I get for just learning to copy. Anyway I left out one generation. I have underlined it. Francis NOURSE - Rebecca TOWNE Sarah NURSE - Michael BOWDEN Samuel BOWDEN - Mary WEBBER Samuel BOWDEN,Jr. - Mary ASHTON* Rebecca BOWDEN - Nicholas BEZUNE Elizabeth BEZUNE - Charles FLORIE David (FLORIE) FLORENCE - Eleanor TOY Ann FLORENCE - John BROWN Rebecca BROWN - Wm. Henry COLLIER � was SamuelJr. married twice? � Thank you for any additional information! Virginia Gross Sorry, I really goofed when I put my Rebecca Towne line on the list. That is what I get for just learning to copy. Anyway I left out one generation. I have underlined it. Francis NOURSE - Rebecca TOWNE Sarah NURSE - Michael BOWDEN Samuel BOWDEN - Mary WEBBER Samuel BOWDEN,Jr. - Mary ASHTON* Rebecca BOWDEN - Nicholas BEZUNE Elizabeth BEZUNE - Charles FLORIE David (FLORIE) FLORENCE - Eleanor TOY Ann FLORENCE - John BROWN Rebecca BROWN - Wm. Henry COLLIER � was SamuelJr. married twice? � Thank you for any additional information! Virginia Gross

Another Salem lineage.........my 9th great grandmother on two separate lines: First lineage: Rebecca Blake/Robert Ames (Eames) John Ames/Priscilla Kimball John Ames/Elizabeth (unknown) John Ames/Lydia Phelps Jonathan Ames/Polly Griffith Arvilla Ames/John West Jonathan West/Louisa Richardson Phillip West/Clara Ellinwood Floyd West/Cora Barker Dorothy West/Charles Bargar Diana Bargar/Gary Stewart 2nd line: Rebecca Blake/Robert Ames John Ames/Priscilla Kimball Joanna Ames/John Parker Beulah Parker/Jonathan Phelps Lydia Phelps/John Ames Jonathan Ames/Polly Griffith Arvilla Ames/John West Jonathan West/Louisa Richardson Phillip West/Clara Ellinwood Floyd West/Cora Barker Dorothy West/Charles Bargar Diana Bargar/Gary Stewart Hope to hear from other descendants of Rebecca Blake.

I am adding my lineage to the group. Francis NURSE & Rebecca TOWNE Samuel NOURSE & Mary SMITH Samuel NOURSE & Dorothy FAULKNER Francis NOURSE & Eunice PUTNAM Peter NOURSE & Lydia LOW Allen NOURSE & Persis WILLARD Lysander NOURSE & Emma Naomi HANDY Susan Sophronia NOURSE & John GIBBS COOPER Guy Leroy COOPER & Gracie M. OLIVER Clyde C COOPER & Eleanor A. TEMPLETON Katrina M. COOPER (me)