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    1. Re: [SALEM-WITCH-L] New topic
    2. Cindy, I agree. I wish we could find more. My lines from Essex County migrated to NH and to NJ and it seems as we discussed in our private emails that shortly after 1692 a lot of Puritans where converting to other religions. Perhaps these accusers where among them that converted or simply out of needing to put it all behind them, went into the woodwork so to speak and blended out of written history. One thought is that a lot of those families still had close ties to England. My ancestor William Bassett Sr named some children and brothers in his will that where clearly still in England. It was dated 1703. Maybe some of the accusers returned to England? I would like to know more about the Puritan Uprising in 1655 and what that was about and also more about Sarah Burt being accused as a witch in Salem. Linda

    08/23/2002 03:03:08