Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II: With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred SubjectsUpham, Charles Wentworth
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Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II: With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects
Upham, Charles Wentworth
Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century
Raymond, Sr.; Edward Bishop, _secundus_; John Trask, Jr.; John Creesy;
Joshua Rea, Jr.; John Rea; John Flint, Sr." Lawrence Leach received a
grant of one hundred acres; and others of the same name and family had
similar evidence that they were regarded as valuable accessions to the
population. William Dodge and Richard Raymond had grants of sixty acres
each; Humphrey and William Woodbury had forty each. The families of
Leach, Raymond, Dodge, and Woodbury, still remain in the community of
which their ancestors were the founders. John Sibley had a grant of
fifty acres. Robert Goodell was a grantee, and became a large
landholder.
The descendants of the two last-named persons are very numerous, and
have maintained the respectability of their family names. They are
each, at this day, represented by gentlemen whose enthusiastic interest
in our antiquities is proved by their invaluable labors and
acquisitions in the interesting depart[i.142]ments of genealogy and
local history,—John L. Sibley, Librarian of Harvard University; and
Abner C. Goodell, Register of Probate for the County of Essex.
Besides Townsend Bishop, there were two other persons of that name
among the original inhabitants of Salem. They do not appear to have
been related to him or to each other. Richard Bishop, whose wife
Dulcibell had died Aug. 6, 1658, married the widow Galt, July 22, 1660.
He died Dec. 30, 1674.
Edward Bishop was in Salem in 1639, and became a member of the church
in 1645. In 1660 he was one of the constables of Salem, an original
member of the Beverly Church in 1667, and died in January, 1695. He was
an early settler on the Farms; his lands were on both sides of Bass
River, the parcels on the west side being above and below the Ipswich
road. His own residence was on the Beverly side; and he was not usually
connected with the concerns of the village. His name appears but once
in the witchcraft proceedings, and then in favor of an accused person.
Edward Bishop, commonly called "the sawyer," from the tenor of
conveyances of land, dates, and other evidences, appears to have been a
son of the preceding. In his earlier life, he was somewhat notable for
irregularities and aberrations of conduct. With his wife Hannah, he was
fined by the local court, in 1653, for depredating upon the premises of
his neighbors. During the subsequent period of his history, he
bore[i.143] the character of an industrious and reputable person. At
some time previous to 1680, he married Bridget, widow of Thomas Oliver.
On the 9th of March, 1693, he married Elizabeth Cash. He lived
originally in Beverly; afterwards, at different times, on the land
belonging to his father in Salem Village,—the estate he occupied being
on both sides of the Ipswich road. His last years were passed in the
town of Salem. He died in 1705. His daughter Hannah, born in 1646,
became the wife of Captain William Raymond, one of the founders of the
numerous family of that name.
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