UNSUBSCRIBE Stephanie Walker wrote: > > Hello everyone. I joined this group not as a direct desc, but as a relative. > It looks like we should have a Salem family reunion sometime! I have Colby, > Sargent, Bliss, Cogswell, Emerson & others in my line & my husband has > Varney, Proctor & Choate. We share Perkins. > Barbara K-T in San Antonio, TX > > Hi - what is your Sargent connection? I am not descended, but have an > interest in obtaining more information on the Peter Sargent who was a judge > on the court of Oyer and Terminer. He later married the widow of the > Governor Sir William Phips (my ancestor's brother). There also appears to > have been a William Sargent as judge - at least the name is mentioned at > one time or another - though could possible be an error. Wondered what his > connection was to Peter if any? Thanks! > > Also - along the name change lines. I find my Cloyes (as in Peter, husband > to Sarah Towne) family name recorded as Cloyse, Cloice, Cloys, Clayes, etc. > In family records along Peter's line it was always recorded as 'Clayes', > but elsewhere as variations of Cloyes. > I agree that some variations were spelling errors, some were deliberate > changes in names, but I think not so much to distance themselves from the > 'witch' stuff (as it happened all over, not just in Salem area), but to > distinguish various family branches and individuals when you often had > generation after generation of 'John Smiths' all related. > My Phipps lines (as in Governor Sir William Phips of 'witchcraft fame') > also had 2 widely used spellings and I have found that for the most part > Sir William's branch used 'Phips' until the Revolutionary War when a second > 'p' then seems to appear in all records. Another Phipps family (possibly > unrelated to Sir William's line) in Massachusetts during the 1600's > routinely used the 2 'p's in the spelling of their names. > Stephanie > Shenandoah Valley, VA > [email protected] > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/l/Stephanie-J-Walker/index.html > > Currently collecting/sharing these surnames > BARTHOLOMEW (<1800, NY), CLAYES/CLOYES, CUPPERNALL, CURTIS (CT), FAIRBANKS, > GENT/JENT, > PARKHILL, PEPPER, PHIPPS, THOMPSON (VT, CT), WALKER (MA,NY), WATSON (MA) > **************************************************************** > "Listen to the footsteps that echo behind when you walk alone." > *****************************************************************