My mother isn't on line, but she reads the hardcopies of the messages that I give her from this list. She took particular interest in Cynthia Abel's August 26 posting. Cynthia was replying to a query from Tamara pm the same day regarding the parentage of Anne Carr Putnam. Apparently, when my mother was doing some research on our Hoyt line she ran across related info. What follows is her response to Cynthia's post. Adrienne Foster I read with some interest the question about the parentage of Anne Carr Putnam, and having done some considerable research in trying to solve the connection of my grandmother, Hittie Ellen Hoyt Field to the Hoyt Genealogy, I have collected a certain amount of published material. Among this material is the book by David Hoyt, "Old Families of Salisbury, Mass." This volume contains the following information: Father of Anne Putnam: GEORGE CARR, Mr., of Salisbury, Shipwright, received land in the first division in 1640, '41, and '44; and his name appears on most of the early lists. The town granted him "Carr's Island" in 1640, and he established a ferry there in 1641. In 1662 he was to have a common right in Amesbury, when any of his sons came to live there, and he rec'd land in Amesbury in 1668. Mr. George Carr was to keep the ferry at Ames., at Goodwin's Landing, April 1670. It is said that he was in Ipswich in 1633, and had house lot there in 1635. He married Elizabeth (?Oliver?) of Boston. He died Salisbury 4 April 1682 Wid. Eliz. was a member of the Salisbury church in 1687: died 6 May 1691, Salisbury. Her will 18 Mar. 1683-4; (probated) 30 June 1691. Elizabeth Carr, B. 21 April 1642, Salisbury; Bapt. 8 Sep 1650, at Boston; Mar. 1 May 1662, John Woodmancy of Boston. She died 1665 or '6 leaving an only son, James Woodmancy, b. 7 Dec. 1665. George Carr, b. 15 April 1644, Salisbury; m. 8 Nov 1667, Ann Cotton (Seaborn, John); Lived Amesbury, Lved Portsmouth in 1697. No date of death given. Sv. says his wid. m. _______ Johnson, and died at Boston in 1702. Richard Carr, b. 1646, d. 1649, aged 3 years. William Carr, b. 15 Mar 1648, Salisbury; m. 20 Aug. 1672, Elizabeth Pike, dau. of ROBERT Pike. Occupation "Shipwright." Further information. (They had seven children listed, among whom was ROBERT Carr, b. 28 Sep. 1685. Salisbury; bapt. 8 July 1692; prob m. 4 Dec. 1712, Salisbury, Susan French.) James Carr of Salisbury and Newbury, "shipwright." B. 28 April 1650, Salisbury. M. 14 Nov. 1677, Mary Sears at Newbury. D. 5 Aug. 1726, Salisbury. Further information. MARY CARR, b. 24 Feb. 1651-2, Salisbury; m. 17 Sept. 1672 at Newbury, REV. JAMES BAILEY. She died 28 Oct. 1688. He died 17 Jan. 1706. He was in Salem Village about 7 years, 1673-1780; afterwards minister at Killingsworth, Conn; but a physician at Roxbury when he died, a second wife Mary surviving him. Further information. Sarah Carr, b. 17 Dec. 1654, Salisbury; m. Thomas Baker. He was a "blacksmith." lived in Boston, 1696. JOHN CARR, B. 14 Nov. 1656, Salisbury; res. Salisbury; d. 26 Sep. 1689 (Probate Salem) unmar.; will 23 Nov. 1683; Probated 26 Nov. 1689. JOHN CARR is the one whom the aged Mrs. Bradbury, in 1692, was convicted of bewitching, so that he became crazed and prematurely died. Further Information. Richard Carr, Capt. of Amesbury and Salisbury, "shipwright," b.2 April 1659, Salisbury; m. ls7 Dorothy ______; 2nd 26 Feb 1701-2, Salisbury, Sarah Healey; m. 3rd 10 Aug. 1727, Salisbury, Sarah Greeley. Further information. ANN CARR, b. 15 June 1661, Salisbury; m. 26 Nov. 1678, THOMAS PUTNAM, JR. of Salem Village (Danvers). Their dau. Ann testified against Rev. George Burroughs and others in 1692. The Carr family seems to furnish the connection between Salem Village (Danvers) and Salisbury, in the witchcraft delusion of 1692. MARY CARR was the wife of the first Danvers minister. Her youngest sister, ANN, visited her and married THOMAS PUTNAM , JR. of Danvers. Further Information. I cannot make the connection of Thomas Carr to this Carr family. I find no record of his birth in Haverhill, MA (Ref.: Records to end of 1849; however 1725 was the year that Methuen, MA was created from the town of Haverhill, but I do not have the records for that town.) I found no Thomas in the Carr records seen in the Hoyt book. However, since there was a strong tendency to name children after parents and grandparents in those times, I did observe that there re one or two Roberts mentioned in the family of William Carr and Elizabeth Pike dau. of ROBERT Pike. The information covered does not quite get to the time when your Thomas would have been born. Only a suggestion. Further research would have to be done to see if this idea would play out. Would be interested if there have been any new developments in your search. Since I am not on the Internet I have to convey this info through my daughter. Happy ancestering! Marilyn Foster Addendum: Just thought I might check to see if there was any mention of the Pike family and there was quite a lot. One thing really got to me. It said of Robert Pike that he was very decided in his opinions, which were liberal in advance of his time, and had difficulties with other members of the Salisbury church as early as 1675 and as late as 1700. He has been called "the moral and fearless hero of New England,” "the first and strongest representative of the right of petition," the "power which squelched the witchcraft delusion," etc. His son, Rev. John Pike, was the writer of Pikes Journal. There seems to have been some attitudes that were at equal and opposite poles of each other within the family of George Carr. If your Robert Carr was one of his descendents he had much to be proud of. I am a descendant of Susannah North Martin as well as one of her so called victims, Elizabeth Murford Brown, wife of William Brown. All lived in Amesbury. Sorry, Richard Pike was not the grandfather of Ann Putnam. William Carr, son-in-law of Richard Pike was her uncle. He testified in favor of Mrs. Bradbury, while his brothers Richard Carr and James Carr testified against her. See John Carr.