To All: I got a question from Loretta Eaton over a comment in Levi Temple's book: "In 1669, Dr. Philip [Case] made complaint, for witchcraft, against Margaret Temple Gifford, wife of John Gifford of Lynn." The question was - how did the case turn out? I found the following today, and we can all breate a sigh of relief - we aren't related to any witches. The Devil's Dominion - Magic and Religion in Early New England. Richard Godbeer, Cambridge Univ Press, 1992. P. 236. His appendix A. lists all those accused, their town and the verdict. Only one entry appears for Lynn MA, that being Ann Burt (a famous case, by the way), who was apparently acquitted. No other entries for Lynn would indicate she was not tried. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman - Witchcraft in Colonial New England by Carol F. Karlson, W.W. Norton & Co, NY, 1987. p. 80 "Without a husband to act on behalf of the accused, wealth alone rarely provided women with protection against prosecution. Boston's Ann Hibbens, New Haven's Elizabeth Godman, and Wethersfield's Katherine Harrison, all women alone, were tried as witches despite sizeable estates. In contrast, the accusations against women like Hannah Griswold of Saybrook Connecticutt, Elizabeth Blackleach of Hartford, and Margaret Gifford of Salem, all wives of prosperous men when they were accused, were simply not taken seriously by the courts." p. 143. "Physician Phillip Read of Lynn was connected with at least two separate episodes, testifying in 1669 that Ann Burt caused an illness for which there was "noe Natural caus," and filing an unspecified complaint against Margaret Gifford in 1680." Citation is from Essex Court Records, 4:207 and 7:405. Park -- L. Parker Temple Researching the branches of the TEMPLE family See my home page at http://www.erols.com/lptemple/house.htm