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    1. [SALEM-WITCH-L] Sarah SOLART GOOD; Dorcas GOOD
    2. Sarah Solart, was born 14 Jul 1653 to 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 lived only 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. Family tradition is that our family line descends from Dorcas Good. Does anyone have any info on this family? Did Dorcey marry and/or have children? As it is the Good side of the family who are making this claim . . . . I suppose an illigitimate son perhaps. Or our line comes down from a son of William Good. How many children did William have? What ever happened to Dorcey, her siblings, her father? Thanks for any light you can shed on this puzzle. Phyllis

    09/24/1999 05:47:02