In a message dated 04/24/99 9:21:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Bailey cites no source for this petition, saying only that it was filed by Mary PARKER's sons. Do any listmembers know where the full text of this petition can be found? >> Susie, My mother obtained a copy of the original petition to lift the attainder for our ancestor Mary Bradbury from the LDS Family History Center. She also obtained a copy of the court order which lifted the attainder. You could probably find the same records for your ancestor Mary Parker. The records can be found on microfilm roll # 0877465. I have copied the information contained on this roll from the Family History Library Catalogue that can be found at http://www.familysearch.org/. To get to the Family History Library Catalogue, click on "Browse Categories" from the menu on the left of the screen. Scroll down until you get to the link for the Family History Library Catalogue. Film or fiche number: 877465 Film/fiche search results: Item 1, Court Records 1648-1681, Massachusetts. County Court (Norfolk County): Microfilm of original records in the Essex County Courthouse, Salem, Massachusetts. Court records, v. 1-2, 1648-1681, have special title: Records of the County Court of the County of Norfolk, Salisbury and Hampton Court. Old Norfolk County (1643-1680) contained the towns of Haverhill, Salisbury, Hampton, Exeter, Dover and Portsmouth. Haverhill and Salisbury became part of Essex County in 1680. The other towns became part of New Hampshire. Item 2, Witchcraft papers 1655-1750, Massachusetts. Court of Assistants: Microfilm of original records in the Essex County courthouse, Salem, Massachusetts. Contains cases of persons accused of witchcraft. Contains also records of the Court of Assistants, 1673-1692, and the Superior Court of Judicature, 1692-1695. Item 3, Court records 1638-1692, Massachusetts. County Court (Essex County): Microfilm of original records in the Essex County courthouse, Salem, Massachusetts. Additional indexes are found at the beginning of some volumes. Item 4, Massachusetts. County Court (Essex County): Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1636-1795. Microfilm of original records in the Essex County Courthouse, Salem, Massachusetts. Births, marriages, and deaths were recorded by the County Court until 1692, and by the Court of General Sessions of the Peace thereafter. Indexes are included at the beginning of some volumes Items 5-6, Court records 1686-1726, Massachusetts. Inferior Court of Common Pleas (Essex County): Microfilm of original records in the Essex County Courthouse, Salem, Massachusetts Hope this helps, Kathy Smith Ventura, CA Descended from Susanna Martin, Mary Bradbury, and John Proctor