Tamara: I'm at work(well, this counts as a reference question)and my sources are at home, but look at Enders A Robinson "The Devil Discovered" Charles Upham's "Salem Witchcraft' or the 4 volume "History of Salem" for Ann Carr Putnam's linage. Her sister was married to a Salem Village minister and Ann Carr Putnam later charged Rebecca Nurse with her and her babies "murder." She and her sister were left nothing in their father's will, presumably because they were already married, and thus legally the property of their husbands. This English legal custom was begining to become more common as property holdings shrank. Francis Nurse, on the other hand, left goods and property to all of his surviving children, providing they met the terms of his what we would call today, a living will, then a kind of "King Lear's handing down his kingdom. Francis dispersed his property before dying, in return for his children providing him with a home, certain goods, an income, and care. If one supports the theory that land greed was actually the driving force behind the witchcraft trials of 1692, the changing and flexible case-by-case willing of one's property to one's children in New England as practiced in the late 1600's is certainly a convincing cause. But I think it was just one of many factors, else the whole of New England and other colonies would have had witch hunts too. Cindy Abel ILL Coordinator Health Sciences Library Creighton University 2500 California Plaza Omaha NE 68178-0210 Phone: 402. 280-5144 Fax: 402.280-5134 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara" <s1sm00n@yahoo.com> To: <SALEM-WITCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 2:00 PM Subject: [SALEM-WITCH-L] Carr question... > I have a good puzzle for you all. I have not been > able to find any parentage information on Anne Putnam, > Sr., who was born Anne Carr. Seems to me I read > somewhere that there isn't any information about her > family, but I am not sure that is right. > > I have documented myself back to a Robert Carr, who > married Abigail Waters Jones. They lived in > Hillsborough county, NH. Where it gets interesting is > that I have some information that says that Robert's > father was: > > Thomas Carr > b. 5 Aug 1725, Haverill, Essex, MA > d. 22 Apr 1797, Antrim, Hillsborough, NH > > married 1747 (don't know where) to: > > Hannah ? > b. 29 Jan 1728/9, Litchfield, Hillsborough, NH > d. 8 Apr 1817, Hillsborough, Hillsborough, NH > > What I am thinking is that if I can find a record for > this Thomas Carr to have been born in Haverill, the > chances of him being related to Ann (Carr) Putnam, Sr. > is pretty good. I have not been able to find any > information on Anne Carr either, but I would settle > for birth/parent information on Thomas Carr and > Hannah. > > The other thing that makes me think there could be a > connection here is that Robert and Abigail's son > Robert married a woman named Claora Goodell (in New > Hampshire), who was most definitely descended from > Isaac Goodell who lived in Salem during the time of > the trials, and was involved, as was his son before > that branch of the Goodell/Goodale family moved to > Hillsborough County, NH. > > Since we had been talking about the migration of > families after the tragedy, it got me thinking. > Can anyone help? > > Thanks! > -Tamara > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > >