Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,075 pages of information about Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II.

Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,075 pages of information about Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II.

IX.  DANIEL REA.

Granted to him in 1636; owned by his grandson, Daniel Rea, in 1692.

X. REV.  HUGH PETERS.

Granted Nov. 12, 1638; laid out June 15, 1674, being then in the possession of Capt.  John Corwin; sold by Mrs. Margaret Corwin to Henry Brown, May 22, 1693.

XI.  CAPT.  GEORGE CORWIN.

Granted Aug. 21, 1648; sold (including 30 acres formerly John Bridgman’s) to Job Swinnerton, Jr., and William Cantlebury, Jan. 18, 1661.

XII.  RICHARD HUTCHINSON, JOHN THORNDIKE, AND MR. FREEMAN.

Granted in 1636 and 1637; owned in 1692 by Joseph, son of Richard Hutchinson, and by Sarah, wife of Joseph Whipple, daughter of John, and grand-daughter of Richard Hutchinson.

XIII.  SAMUEL SHARPE.

Granted Jan. 23, 1637; sold to John Porter, May 10, 1643; owned by his son, Israel Porter, in 1692.

XIV.  JOHN HOLGRAVE.

Granted Nov. 26, 1638; sold to Jeffry Massey and Nicholas Woodberry,
April 2, 1652; and to Joshua Rea, Jan. 1, 1657.

XV.  WILLIAM ALFORD.

Granted in 1636; sold to Henry Herrick before 1653.

XVI.  FRANCIS WESTON.

Granted in 1636; sold by John Pease to Richard Ingersoll and William
Haynes, in 1644.

XVII.  ELIAS STILEMAN.

Granted in 1636; sold to Richard Hutchinson, June 1, 1648.

XVIII.  ROBERT GOODELL.

504 acres laid out to him, Feb. 13, 1652:  comprising 40 acres granted to him “long since,” and other parcels bought by him of the original grantees; viz., Joseph Grafton, John Sanders, Henry Herrick, William Bound, Robert Pease and his brother, Robert Cotta, William Walcott, Edmund Marshall, Thomas Antrum, Michael Shaflin, Thomas Venner, John Barber, Philemon Dickenson, and William Goose.

XIX.  JOB SWINNERTON.

300 acres laid out, Jan. 5, 1697, to Job Swinnerton, Jr.; having been owned by his father, by grant and purchase, as early as 1650.

XX.  TOWNSEND BISHOP.

Granted Jan. 11, 1636; sold to Francis Nurse, April 29, 1678.

XXI.  REV.  SAMUEL SKELTON.

Granted by the General Court, July 3, 1632; sold to John Porter, March 8, 1649; owned by the heirs of John Porter in 1692.

XXII.  JOHN WINTHROP, JR.

Granted June 25, 1638; sold by his daughter to John Green, Aug. 9, 1683.

XXIII.  REV.  EDWARD NORRIS.

Granted Jan. 21, 1640:  sold to Elleanor Trusler, Aug. 7, 1654; to
Joseph Pope, July 18, 1664.

XXIV.  ROBERT COLE.

Granted Dec. 21, 1635; sold to Emanuel Downing before July 16th, 1638; conveyed by him to John and Adam Winthrop, in trust for himself and wife during their lives, and then for his son, George Downing, July 23, 1644; leased to John Procter in 1666; occupied by him and his son Benjamin in 1692.

XXV.  COL.  THOMAS REED.

Granted Feb. 16, 1636; sold to Daniel Epps, June 28, 1701, by Wait
Winthrop, as attorney to Samuel Reed, only son and heir of Thomas
Reed.

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