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    1. Re: [SALEM-WITCH-L] Genealogies
    2. Carole, I have a book, entitled _The Devil Discovered_ by Enders A. Robinson. It has a few genealogical charts. Robinson's take on the events in Salem in 1692, is that they were the result of a power struggle between the Putnam and Porter families and Salem Village vs. Salem Town. He displays a few charts to illustrate the relationships of some of the principle characters on both sides of the struggle. For persons not central to his thesis, the information is less solid. For example, he states that the parents of my ancestor, Susannah (North) Martin, are Richard and Ursula North. In fact, Ursula was Susannah's stepmother. The Martin's were involved in a lengthy legal battle over Richard North's estate. After Ursula's death, Susannah and her sister Mary were effectively disinherited. Robinson obviously did not effectively research all of the information in his book, but only that information central to his thesis. I know that there are books that have more genealogical information. A few years ago I was doing a history research paper on two of my ancestors, Susannah Martin and Mary Bradbury. I checked out every book that my local library had on Salem, and obtained many more via interlibrary loan. I remember seeing some with genealogical information, however I quickly discarded books that did not have information that pertained directly to my research. Regards, Kathy Smith

    08/07/1999 07:02:57