Hi Leslie, I wrote to Frank Shaw about the webpage you mentioned and he kindly replied with the link. It is not a direct one and Whittier is not a "descendant" of Susannah North Martin as the webpage states, but connected to her via her marriage, apparently. Thanks for your help, Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: Leslie Hope <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 12:27 AM Subject: Re: [SALEM-WITCH-L] Who did John Wilde turn in > Wendy, > I don't have Whittier's line, sorry. I pretty much just have my specific > lines. I have been told by a cousin that his ggrandmother is Ruth Green. But > here is where I got my information about his descent from Susannah Martin: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/1094/witch.htm > Leslie

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I have Jonathan Morse m. Mary Stow. They had daughter Abigail Morse b.5/12/1712 in Marlboro, MA m. to John Hapgood. That is all I have on the Morse line. At 08:02 PM 8/10/99 EDT, Dora Smith wrote: >It seems that William Morse and his wife, I think Elizabeth, possibly Mary >(I won't be zeroxing again until Thursday, either) were involved in an >earlier witchcraft case. I didn't learn any of this from any Morse or >McKinstry (a Morse line) source or resource. The entire Morse clan must be >the most excessively proper and silent family group I have yet dealt with, >and they don't share genealogical information much at all, even on the Morse >list. My brother in law belongs to them. The emigrant Morse, William, >thought his house was the scene of incidents of witchcraft. A sea captain >who lived nearby exposed these as the work of a youngster who lived in the >house. This much is in the Morse genealogies, as a sort of quixotic tale. >The fact that William Morse was so enraged by this diagnosis of the problem >that he filed very serious charges against the sea captain is not in Morse >family histories, and neither is the fact that his wife was charged with >witchcraft and William at the least wondered if the charge was true. I don't >even have the outcome of the charge, only the books and page numbers! But >clearly Morse family life was not calm, and Morse life could get lively. > >I wonder if any Morse descendants are on this list. I vant to know more >about these Morse's! > >Yours, >Dora > > >_______________________________________________________________ >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > Jim & Dianna Nagle Genealogy Page searching for Naugle/Nagle/Morgan/Thompson/Carlson/Yates http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/n/a/g/Edwin-J-Nagle/

I was having a discussion at work with someone, and a question came up between us that neither of us knew the answer to, but I'm surew someone on this list might... What was the last 'official' trial concerning an accusation of witchcraft in the United States? Would anyone know? I have a bet going with my coworker that it happened within the 20th century, she thinks not... Any help would be appreciated! -Jody Roberts

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Hello, I am interested in the discussion of the Gould line as my 4th great grandfather, John Estey, married one Abigail Gould in Sharon, MA 8 Dec. 1762. John is a great grandson of Isaac and Mary Towne Esty. His grandfather, Joseph along with Joseph's brother Benjamin, moved to Dorchester (now Stoughton) ca 1705. I have Abigail's birth as 1741 and death as 25 Sept. 1816 but no further Gould information. My question is, did any of the Topsfield Gould's migrate to the Dorchester area and does anyone have any information about Abigail and her Gould line? George Estey HALF THE FUN IS THE SEARCH, THE REMAINDER IS SHARING WHAT YOU FIND. Searching for information on: ARNOLD BALLOU BASSET BLESSING CAMERON CHAMBERLAIN CHANDLER CLARK CLOUGH CONNOR DAVENPORT DECROW DIXON FISK FOSTER FRENCH GETCHELL GOULD GREELY GREEN or GREENE GREER HAUXWORTH HUNT KEEN MARSH MC or MAC DONALD NORTON PORTER PAGE POTE RAND RANDALL RING ROGERS SAGER SAVAGE SLOGGY SMITH SOULE STEWART or STEWARD TILDEN TOWNE WHITE WINCHURST

On 8/11/99, [email protected] wrote: >Wasn't encephalitis an epidemic around this time? This is the theory put forward in the following newly-released book to explain the symptoms of the afflicted: Carlson, Laurie Winn. A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials. Ivan R. Dee, Chicago. 1999. Cheers, Margo Margo Burns [email protected] http://www.ogram.org

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I think that we should continue putting surnames in all capital letters to make for easier scanning. Dora your piece was excellent!! Thanks all...very good discussion arena.

Wasn't encephalitis an epidemic around this time?

Looking for any info other than the Salem Papers..etc on Isabel (or Isabelle) Austin TOWLE and/or Sarah Lord WILSON .

Wendy, I don't have Whittier's line, sorry. I pretty much just have my specific lines. I have been told by a cousin that his ggrandmother is Ruth Green. But here is where I got my information about his descent from Susannah Martin: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/1094/witch.htm Leslie > Hi Leslie, > > I was interested in your comment about Whittier being a descendant of > Susannah Martin. > > Do you happen to have his line of descent? And, if so, would you mind > posting it here? > > Many thanks, > > Wendy

I found a web page of interest to those researching "Wildes" and their witch connections: http://members.aol.com/gfsbrenda/Wildes.html Anyone have any info on Alice Young of CT? First witch of NE! Barbara

If you have Patience GOULD b. 25 Aug 1709 m. Edmund TOWNE then she was the dau of Samuel GOULD & Margarett STONE. Samuel was the s/o Capt John GOULD & Sarah BAKER. Debbie [email protected] http://homestead.juno.com/debmalec/index.html

I descend from Capt. john GOULD, brother of Priscilla. The story I have is that Capt john's wife defamed a Thomas Gilbert for drinking to much wine at their worship service & when in court Capt John stood up & begged Thomas Gilbert to stop speaking. I also have notes from GOULD research that states the GOULD family had no part of the Salem Witch Trials. I believe Priscilla's line is related to Winston Churchill BTW. Debbie [email protected] http://homestead.juno.com/debmalec/index.html

oops... I forgot dates.... Patience Gould -was married 5 August 1770. I dont have birth or death dates, or dates for her parents. thanks again!! Lorri

Carol, You wrote about a John Gould and a Priscilla Gould (turned in by John Wilde) I have a Patience Gould, daughter of William Gould and Anna Cearles in the Mooney line of my geneology. Would they connect somehow? or does anyone have the descendants of John Gould and Priscilla Gould? I would appreciate any help in seeing if they fit or not. Thanks! Lorri Seiger

Dora, I have several. Most were from Salisbury/Amesbury. They were converts to the Society of Friends after the witch trials to the best of my knowledge, Most of the families I think emigrated from England as Purtitans or Presbyterians more or less. Of course there is my Hoag/Emery line from Newbury. Then there is Jones. Lydia Jones was a Quaker when she married into this family and her lineage goes back to George Martin (her step-ggmother was Susannah Martin who raised her grandmother from a toddler) Her mother was Susannah Fowler. Her father was John Jones who has Osgood and Gould in his line. Then I have Elizabeth Palmer a generation after Lydia Jones. Her family were Quakers by way of New York and Connecticut and she has more Fowler and Hunt in her lineage. I haven't hooked hers up to the Salem area yet but they sure are familiar names in that neck 0' the woods. Then further on in the migration I have Phebe Rayman (Raymond?). I haven't hooked her up yet either but I think I know where to start looking. Oh yeah, there's Mercy Baker a generation before Phebe. Haven't hooked her up yet either but I quote from some information that was handed down to me from a great aunt who did her research in those bad ol' days before the internet: David Baker was born in Mass....he was a son of Moses and Cynthia Baker who were native of Mass and who traced their ancestry back to 3 brothers named Baker who came to America early in 1600 from England. (Maybe u or someone else can help me with this one.) All the information I have about these people is from Quaker records. I'm still working on some of this obviously but I'm beginning to see a trend. And I do know for a fact that the three Hoag brothers, Joseph, Jonathan and my Benjamin were converts to the Society of Friends and since two of them married Goodwin girls that would mean that there are Goodwin descendants who were Quakers as well. Leslie > Leslie: > > The Raymonds weren't Quaker. Is there any reason why you think your people > were Raymond? What was the name of your Quaker line from Salem? > > Yours, > Dora > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com >

In a message dated 08/10/99 2:51:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Noyes and Sewall were two of the most rabid witch hunters. Sewall was a hangin' judge if I'm not mistaken. >> Leslie, I don't know about Noyes, but I understand that Sewall did eventually repent bitterly his part in the Salem witchcraft trials. He was reported to observe a day of fast and mourning every year for the rest of his life. Whittier wrote a poem about it, titled, "The Prophesy of Samuel Sewall." An excerpt: Touching and sad, a tale is told, Like a penitent hymn of the Psalmist old, Of the fast which the good man lifelong kept, With a haunting sorrow that never slept, As the circling year brought round the time Of an error that left the sting of crime, When he sat on the bench of the witchcraft courts, With the laws of Moses and Hale's reports, And spake in the name of both the word That gave the witch's neck to the cord, And piled the oaken planks that pressed The feeble life from the warlock's breast! All the day long from dawn to dawn, His door was bolted, his curtain drawn; No foot on his silent threshold trod, No eye looked on him save that of God, As he baffled the ghosts of the dead with charms Of penitent tears, and prayers, and psalms, And, with precious proofs from the sacred word Of the boundless pity and love of the Lord, His faith confirmed and his trust renewed That the sin of his ignorance, sorely rued, Might be washed away in the mingled flood Of his human sorrow and Christ's dear blood! My family was not Quaker, but I was born in Whittier, CA. Small world! Regards, Kathy

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