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    1. [SALEM-WITCH-L] Dorcas GOOD; Sarah SOLART GOOD
    2. My husband's 7th Great Grandmother is Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyse. I have been able to get some info on the three Towne sisters, however, family tradition is that his family line also descends from Dorcas Good. Does anyone have any info on this family? I would be most grateful for any lead. Sarah Solart, was born 14 Jul 1653 daughter of John Solart, Sr. in Wenham MA. Her 3rd marriage was to William Good. In 1692, at the age of 38, Sarah Good was tried, condemned and executed as a "Salem Witch". She was jailed with her four year old daughter Dorcas (Dorcey) Good, who was also convicted as a witch and kept in jail for over a year. Sarah gave birth to another child soon after being jailed. This child only lived a few days. The family was very poor, and homeless. She would go door to door begging for food and shelter for her children. So there was at least one other child in addition to Dorcey. Whether or not William Good fathered more than Dorcey and the baby born in jail, I have not been able to discover. All I have found on Dorcey to date is that she was badly traumatized by the events of her early childhood and was never the same. I would like to discover if Dorcey (or other children of William Good) had children/descendants. A kind lady has recommended that I read a fictionalized account of Dorcey "The Diary of Dorcas Good-Child Witch of Salem" by Rose Earhart. I am in the process of searching out this book. Thanks for whatever thoughts you have. Phyllis

    07/22/1999 07:51:00