The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, (Vol. 1 of 3)Mather, Cotton
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The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, (Vol. 1 of 3)
Mather, Cotton
Witchcraft -- New England
[160] Hence it seems Shattuck was living at Salem as early as 1663.
[161] This Name has probably undergone some orthographic Changes, as
_Lowder_, _Lodder_, &c. There was a Lodder's Lane in Salem, so called
because "the old Man, George _Lowder_ lived on the western Corner where
the West House is."--_Hist. Colls. Salem Inst._ vi, 109. John Louder
had a Wife "Eliz'a," and by her Sons, William, born 10 Feb. 1691;
Nicholas, 31st 6mo., 1693; a Daughter Elizabeth, born 1 Oct. 1695, and
a Son Jared, born 1 Nov. 1697.--_Ibid._ ii, 257.
[162] Doubtless the same William, Son of Thomas Stacy of Salem,
who married Priscilla Buckley, 28th 9 mo, 1677. He had a Daughter
Priscilla, the same whose Death is mentioned in the Text, without
Doubt. The Family Record is quite extensive, and may be seen in _Hist.
Colls. Salem Inst._, iii, 193. See also, Felt, _Annals of Salem_, Vol.
2, _Index_.
[163] That a Child's _Rag-baby_, or _Doll_, should be found in an
out-of-the-way Place, put there by little Girls in their Play, did
certainly "crown all" the Stupidity and Folly yet exhibited among
People of mature Years. It proves, as Mr. Chever says, in his Notes on
these Affairs, that "the Reason and Wisdom of the Magistrates had, for
the Time, departed."--_Hist. Colls. Salem Inst._, ii, 78.
[164] Susannah Martin belonged to Amesbury. She appears to have been
a Woman of superior Mind, judging by her sensible Replies to the
benighted Magistrate. She was a Widow, and one of those sent to Boston
and imprisoned on the 2d of May, and on the 19th of July was hanged.
She was probably the second Wife of George Martin of Salisbury, a
Daughter of Richard North.
[165] Probably Son of Theodore Atkinson well known among the early
prominent Men of New England; yet he finds no Place in Eliot's
_Biographical Dictionary_. John was a Hatter, and his Wife was Sarah
Myrick, whom he married in 1664. See Savage's _Dictionary_, i, 74.
[166] There was a Family of Peaches in the County of Essex. In 1668
there was John and John Jr., often mentioned in various Records.
[167] He was of Salisbury, 1665, had been of Newbury. His Wife was
Sarah, Daughter of John Eaton. He had several Children, whose Births
and Names will be found in Savage.
[168] There were several contemporaneous John _Kimbals_ about Essex or
Old Norfolk County, but I meet with nothing to fix upon any one of them
as this John _Kembal_. The Name is since _Kimball_.
[169] Probably Son of the Hon. William Brown of Salem, who married
Hannah, Daughter of George Curwen. We have no probable Cause of Mrs.
Brown's Languishment, every Ill being then attributed to the Devil or
his Witches. It seems she never recovered from her Malady, whatever
it was, but died on the 22d of Nov. of the same Year, (1692). He
died in 1716.--See Quincy, _Hist. Har. Col._, i, 418, and Savage's
_Dictionary_, i, 279.
[170] Wife, perhaps, of the John Atkinson mentioned previously.--See
Coffin's _Newbury_, 293.
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