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In the Salem quarterly court, March 27, 1638, there were present as magistrates Colonel Endecott, John Humphrey, Cap-
Jan. 20, 1673-4, between Thomas Cromwell's corner and the town bridge, Captain Price, John Ruck and Edward Flint; and between Thomas Cromweil's to the lower end of the town, Mr. Grafton and Mr. Prince.
March 18, 1676-7, Nehemiah Willoughby and Joshua Buffum were chosen surveyors of highways.
March 13, 1678-9, from the bridge to the lower end of the town, Timothy Lindall and Edward Grove; and above the bridge, Caleb Buffum and Daniel Southwick.
Dcc 5, 1679, from the bridge to Lynn or Reading bounds, Eleazer Giles ; from Gardner's brook to Mr. Endecott's plain, Nathaniel Felton; and at the Village, Nathaniel Putnam, Thomas Putnam and Sergeant Fuller.
ยท March 15, 1679-80, from the bridge to the lower end of the town, Timothy Lindoll, Edward Grove and Thomas Maule; and from the bridge above or without. the town, Joseph Boyce, jr., and John Bleven.
March 21, 1680-I, from the bridge to the point, Lt. John Pickering and Edward Grove; for above or without the bridge, John Trask and Isaac Cook.
March 20, 1681-2, from the bridge to the point of rocks, John Cromwell and James Poland; and above or without the bridge, Samuel Gaskin and Joseph Boyce.
March 19. 1682-3, from the bridge to the point of rocks and the cut, Samuel Wakefield, Caleb Buffum, Mr. Phipeny, sr., and John Ingerson, sr .; and without the bridge, Isaac Cooke, Samuel Gaskin, William Osborne and Joseph Boyce, jr.
March II, 1683-4, from the bridge to the point of rocks and the cut, Robert Kitchen, Samuel Shattock, jr., John Grafton, Gilbert Taply; and without the bridge, Joshua Buffum and Daniel Southwick.
March 17, 1684-5, from the west end of the bridge and so down to Winter Island, Ens. John Marston, Stephen Sewall, Thomas Ives and Mr. Babedge; and from the bridge to the Butts brook and so to Benjamin Scarlett's, and for the farms, Lt. Israel Porter, Serg. John Leach, Thomas Flint, sr., William Sibly, Jonathan Putnam and Daniel Rea.
March 8, 1685-6, from the west end of the bridge and so to Winter Island, Joseph Phipen, sr., Jonathan Eager, Robert Ketchen and Deliverance Parkman; and from the bridge to the Butts brook and so to Benjamin Scarlett's and for all the farmes, Joshua Ray, jr., John Flint, Nathaniel Ingersoll, Edward Putnam, Joseph Pope and Zachariah Goodale.
April II, 1687, from the bridge to the Butts brook and so to Benjamin Scarlett's, Eleazer Giles and William Osborne; and from the west end of the bridge and so down to Winter Island, Benjamin Marston, Mannasseh Marston, John Rogers and William Curtice, sr.
July 30, 1688, Benjamin Marston, Mannasseh Marston, John Rogers and William Curtice, sr.
March 25, 1689. within the bridge, Lt. John Pickering and Henry Bartholmew, jr .; and from the bridge within Ipswich road, Isaac Cook, William Osborne and Samuel Gardner.
Edward Calcott probably removed to Hampton soon afterward.
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tain Turner, William Hathorne, Edward Howe and Roger Conant. In this court, from Salem, during the colonial period were John Endecott, who sat constantly until his removal to Boston in 1655; John Humphrey, 1638-1641 ; William Hathorne, 1638-1647, 1649, 1651, 1652, 1657-1679; Roger Conant, 1638, 1639; John Win- throp, jr., 1638, 1639; John Winthrop, 1639; Emanuel Downing, 1639-1644, 1649; William Browne, 1678-1683; Bartholmew Gedney, 1680-1683; John Hathorne, 1684, 1685.
At this court, on that date, Abram Whiteire was sentenced to sit in the stocks one hour for misdemeanors. Richard Lambert was fined ten shillings and ordered to sit in the stocks on two public days for drunkenness, and Robert Morgan was fined one pound and Edward Hall, servant to Mr. Friend, was fined ten shillings, each for "being overseen in drink." Other kinds or degrees of drunkenness at this period were tippling, common tippling, drinking, much in drink, excessive drinking, suspicion of drunkenness, distempered with drink, disguised with drink, overtaken with drink, overcome with drink and second drunk. It must have been interesting as well as difficult to determine the grades of the offence.
The Salem jurymen at this session were John Woodbury, foreman, Lawrence Leech, Peter Palfrey, Jeffry Massy, Richard Davenport, Thomas Venner and George Norton.1 The trial jury,
1The Salem jurymen in this court during the remainder of the colonial period were as follows: John Alderman, 1639-1641, 1647, 1649; William Allen, 1638, 1642; Daniel Andrews, 1676, 1681, 1684; Samuel Archer, 1645, 1647; Anthony Ashby, 1663, 1664, 1670; John Balch, 1638, 1647; Jacob Barney, 1638-1640, 1646, 1652, 1654, 1658, 1660, 1662, 1664, 1667; Henry Bartholomew, 1640, 1641, 1644-1646, 1659, 1661, 1668; John Batchelder, 1683; Joseph Batchelder, 1639; Edmund Batter, 1638-1640, 1649, 1651, 1654, 1666, 1669; Nathaniel Beadle, 1672-1675, 1678, 1684; Samuel Beadle, 1673; Henry Birdsall, 1639; Richard Bishop, 1644, 1647, 1648, 1651, 1653, 1656, 1662, 1664; Townsend Bishop, 1643; John Blackleech, 1643; William Bowditch, 1679, 1681; Joseph Boyce, 1659; Richard Brackenbury, 1639, 1640, 1649; Edward Bridges, 1676; James Browne, 1665, 1670, 1672; John Browne, 1653, 1657, 1659, 1667, 1673; Jonathan Browne, 1666; William Browne, 1652, 1665, 1667; John Bulfinch, 1643; John Buttolls, 1665; Ezekiel Cheever, 1681; William Clark, 1639; John Clifford, 1671, 1673; Abraham Cole, 1672; Lot Conant, 1666; Roger Conant, 1642, 1644-1646, 1653, 1654, 1657; Isaac Cooke, 1675; Samuel Corning, 1654, 1659, 1661, 1662, 1664; John Corwin, 1666; David Corwithen, 1651, 1654, 1658; Richard Croade, 1679; Philip Cromwell, 1663, 1672, 1676; William Curtice, 1672; Richard Davenport, 1638-1642; William Dixy, 1647, 1649, 1651, 1653, 1655, 1656, 1664, 1666; John Dodge, 1672; William Dodge, 1647, 1653, 1656, 1657, 1661-1663, 1667; Samuel Eborne, 1663; Thomas Edwards, 1644, 1645; Zerubbabel Endecott, 1665; Philip English, 1682, 1685; Daniel Epps, 1678; Benjamin Felton, 1659, 1660; Nathaniel Felton, 1649, 1655, 1664, 1666, 1668, 1669, 1671, 1675, 1683; Edmond (Edward) Feveryear, 1681, 1683; Edward Flint, 1675, 1677, 1680, 1682; Thomas Flint, 1682; William Flint, 1656, 1659, 1668; John Fuller, 1679, 1684; George Gardner, 1647, 1648, 1654,
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both civil and criminal, consisted of twelve men, and no super-
1658, 1662, 1665, 1667, 1671; John Gardner, 1660, 1661, 1663, 1668, 1672; Joseph Gardner, 1661, 1662, 1666, 1667, 1670; Samuel Gardner, 1657, 1660, 1661, 1664, 1667, 1669, 1672, 1673, 1678-1680; Thomas Gardner, 1639, 1640, 1642, 1647-1650, 1652-1655, 1657, 1658, 1670, 1673, 1678, 1681; Garvas Garford, 1639, 1642, 1643, 1646; Bartholmew Gedney, 1672, 1675; Eleazer Gedney, 1670; John Gedney, 1639-1641, 1665, 1667, 1668; Benjamin Gerrish, 1679, 1684; Eleazer Giles, 1675, 1678; William Goult, 1657; John Grafton, 1673, 1676, 1680, 1683; Joseph Grafton, 1667, 1676, 1682; Edward Grove, 1676, 1678; Thomas Hale, 1657, 1658, 1660; John Hardy, 1644, 1647, 1650; Joseph Hardy, 1653, 1673, 1679; Roger Haskell, 1655, 1662, 1664; Eleazer Hathorne, 1666, 1668, 1673, 1674, 1676, 1678; John Hathorne, 1648, 1674; Henry Herrick, 1648, 1649, 1653, 1659; John Higginson, 1673, 1674; William Hirst, 1678, 1683, 1684; John Holgrave, 1639, 1653; Richard Hollingworth, 1673; William Hollingworth, 1667; Obadiah Holme, 1642, 1644, 1645; Joseph Holton, 1670; John Horne (Orne), 1654, 1685; Joseph Hutchenson, 1663, 1679, 1683; John Ingersoll, 1669, 1684; Nathaniel In- gerson, 1680; John Jackson, 1645; Thomas Jeggles, 1670, 1673; Ephraim Kempton, 1683; John King, 1669; John Kitchen, 1644-1646, 1651, 1655, 1661; Robert Kitchen, 1680, 1682; William Lake, 1669; Francis Lawes, 1644; John Leach, 1679, 1681; Lawrence Leach, 1638-1640, 1642; Richard Leach, 1654, 1661, 1672; Robert Lemon, 1657; Timothy Lindall, 1678, 1680, 1684; William Lord, 1640, 1642, 1643, 1645, 1649; Thomas Lothrop, 1640, 1641, 1643, 1644, 1646, 1652, 1655, 1657, 1663, 1665, 1668; Nicholas Manning, 1666, 1674; Benjamin Marston, 1681; John Marston, 1678, 1680; Manasseh Marston, 1671, 1674, 1678, 1681; Elias Mason, 1660, 1669, 1671, 1675; Jeffrey Massey, 1638-1642, 1645, 1647, 1649-1653, 1655, 1659-1661; Roger Maury, 1642; John Millord, 1657; Richard Moore, 1653, 1658, 1662, 1664, 1670; James Moulton, 1642; Robert Moulton, 1639-1641, 1644, 1647; Jeremiah Neale, 1676, 1677, 1684; John Neale, 1654, 1665, 1669; John Norman, 1674, 1677, 1682, 1684; George Norton, 1638-1640, 1659; Francis Nurse, 1674, 1675, 1677-1679, 1683; Thomas Oliver, 1664; William Osborne, 1642; Peter Palfrey, 1638, 1640-1642, 1644-1646, 1648-1650; Deliverance Parkman, 1682, 1685; David Phippen, 1681; Joseph Phippen, 1667, 1668, 1683; Samuel Phippen, 1683; John Pickering, 1661, 1664, 1671, 1678, 1681, 1684; Benjamin Pickman, 1682, 1685; Nathaniel Pickman, 1658, 1661; Samuel Pickman (Pitman), 1663, 1671, 1673; Joseph Pope, 1647, 1648, 1654, 1655; Israel Porter, 1674, 1677; John Porter, 1646, 1652, 1654, 1664, 1669; Nathaniel Porter, 1642; John Price, 1674; Walter Price, 1649, 1653, 1656- 1658; Richard Prince, 1644, 1645, 1650, 1653, 1654, 1664, 1668, 1672; Richard Pritharch, 1682; John Procter, 1673; John Putnam, 1655, 1657, 1659, 1661, 1665, 1669, 1674, 1676, 1678, 1682-1684; Jonathan Putnam, 1683; Nathaniel Putnam, 1652, 1655, 1658, 1664, 1668, 1670, 1671, 1673, 1677; Thomas Putnam, 1651, 1654, 1660, 1662, 1666, 1668, 1679, 1683; Daniel Ray, 1642, 1649; Joshua Ray, 1666; John Rayment, 1657, 1661, 1662, 1664, 1666; Richard Rayment, 1638, 1642; William Rayment, 1667; Esdras Reade, 1638, 1642; Charles Redford, 1684; Thomas Robbins, 1660, 1665; John Robin- son, 1649, 1651; Thomas Rootes, 1659; George Ropes, 1663; John Ruck, 1654, 1661, 1663, 1672, 1678; John Sanders, 1639, 1679; Thomas Scruggs, 1642; Stephen Sewall, 1684; Michael Shaflin, 1642, 1654, 1656; Samuel Shattock, 1654, 1684; John Sibley, 1639; Francis Skerry, 1653, 1654, 1656, 1665, 1680; Henry Skerry, 1658, 1659, 1663, 1673; Thomas Spooner, 1644, 1653; James Standish, 1641, 1642; Elias Stilman, 1638, 1640, 1649, 1651-1653; William Sweatland, 1684; John Swinerton, 1652; John Trask, 1677; Habakkuk Turner, 1680; John Turner, 1676; James Under- wood, 1652, 1660; Thomas Venner, 1638-1640, 1643; Hilliard Veren, 1650,
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numeraries. Each session of the court was for both civil and criminal business. The grand jury1 consisted of about thirteen
1653, 1655, 1672, 1675, 1679; Philip Verrin, 1638, 1644; Jonathan Walcutt, 1685; Joshua Ward, 1679; Simon Willard, 1683; George Williams, 1639, 1647, 1650, 1653; Isaac Williams, 1660, 1666; John Williams, 1667, 1670, 1674, 1676, 1680; Samuel Williams, 1671, 1680; Nehemiah Willoughby, 1676, 1684; Peter Wolfe, 1639; Humphrey Woodbury, 1657, 1659, 1665; John Woodbury, 1638-1641 ; William Woodbury, 1649; Edward Woollan, 1673, 1677.
1The grand jurymen from Salem from 1642 until Sir Edmund Andros suspended the operation of the colonial charter, in 1686, were as follows : Samuel Aborn (Eborne), 1656, 1660, 1661, 1667, 1669, 1673, 1674, 1680, 1681, 1683, 1684; John Alderman, 1643, 1644, 1648, 1649; Daniel Andrews, 1672; Thomas Antrum, 1643, 1659; Anthony Ashby, 1665; Christopher Babbidge, 1666, 1670, 1675, 1676, 1678, 1679, 1681-1684; John Balch, 1642- 1644; Jacob Barney, 1642-1644, 1649-1652, 1655, 1670; Henry Bartholmew, 1642-1644, 1647, 1665; Edmond Batter, 1642, 1648-1655, 1658, 1659; Richard Bishop, 1649, 1650, 1653, 1654, 1659; John Blackleech, 1642; Joseph Boyce, 1655; Richard Brackenbury, 1656; William Browne, 1649, 1650, 1653, 1654; Anthony Buxton, 1662, 1663, 1666, 1677, 1680, 1681; Roger Conant, 1643, 1644, 1647. 1649-1652, 1655; Samuel Corning, 1657, 1657; John Corwin, 1672; William Dixy, 1645, 1659, 1661, 1668, 1669; John Dodge, 1664, 1665; William Dodge. 1645, 1658, 1659, 1666; William Dounton, 1682, 1683; Thomas Edwards, 1645; Benjamin Felton, 1666; Nathaniel Felton, 1660, 1661, 1676, 1679, 1680, 1683, 1684; Edward Flint. 1673, 1674, 1676; William Flint, 1662, 1663; Robert Fuller, 1680-1685; Thomas Fuller, 1673, 1674, 1676, 1679, 1680, 1682, 1683; George Gardner, 1655; Thomas Gardner, 1642-1644, 1671, 1672; Gervas Garford, 1642, 1644, 1647; Bartholmew Gedney, 1665; Eleazer Gedney, 1675, 1676; John Gedney, 1644, 1647; Thomas Goldthwaite, 1661; Edward Grove, 1672; John Hardy, 1642; Joseph Hardy, 1682, 1683; Henry Herrick, 1650-1655, 1660-1664, 1667; John Holgrave, 1654, 1655; John Holmes, 1680, 1681; Joseph Houlton, 1684, 1685; Edward Humber, 1665; Joseph Hutchinson, 1661, 1668, 1669, 1674, 1675; John Ingersoll, 1673, 1674; Thomas Jeggles, 1683, 1684; George Keazer, 1668, 1670, 1677, 1679, 1680, 1684, 1685; Allen Keniston, 1644, 1647 ; William King, 1648, 1649; John Kitchen, 1647, 1653, 1654, 1658; Francis Lawes, 1649, 1650, 1661, 1664; Lawrence Leach, 1642, 1645; John Loomis, 1681, 1682; William Lord, 1642, 1644, 1647; Thomas Lothrop, 1642, 1644, 1647, 1651, 1652; Manasseh Marston, 1682; Jeffrey Massey, 1642-1644, 1652-1656, 1663, 1667; Moses Maverick, 1642, 1645; Jeremiah Meachum, 1677, 1679, 1680; Richard More, 1673, 1674; Jeremiah Neale, 1678, 1679; John Neale, 1648, 1649, 1660-1663. 1667; George Norton, 1657; Francis Nurse, 1671, 1672; Peter Palfrey, 1642, 1647; John Patch, 1663; Joseph Phippen, 1672, 1683-1685; John Pickering, 1668, 1669; Nathaniel Pickman (Pitman), 1671, 1672; John Porter, 1647, 1619-1652, 1656, 1658, 1659, 1666; Walter Price, 1645, 1647, 1650-1653, 1659, 1663, 1668, 1669, 1672; Richard Prince, 1615, 1648, 1649, 1651, 1652; John Putnam, 1663, 1671, 1672; Nathaniel Putnam, 1653, 1654, 1659, 1661, 1665, 1674, 1675, 1681, 1682; Thomas Putnam, 1648, 1649. 1652, 1653, 1655, 1658, 1659, 1672, 1679, 1680; Daniel Ray, 1645; Joshua Ray (Rea), 1664, 1674, 1675, 1680, 1681, 1683; John Rayment, 1653, 1654, 1668, 1669; Esdras Reade, 1613; Charles Red- ford, 1684; Thomas Rix. 1664, 1676, 1679, 1680; Josiah Rootes, 1665; Thomas Rootes, 1655, 1662-1664, 1669, 1674-1676, 1678; John Ruck, 1657, 1673-1676, 1680, 1681, 1683, 1684; Thomas Scruggs, 1647; Francis Skerry, 1659, 1661, 1663, 1667, 1670, 1673, 1674, 1676, 1678, 1679, 1682, 1683; Henry
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or fifteen men. Juries of inquest were composed of twelve men who lived near the scene of the occurrence to be investigated, and were informally requested to serve by the constable.
At a town meeting, March 31, 1638, Mr. Fiske desired en- largement of his farm; and there was granted to John Stratton one hundred acres of land for a farm,1 and to Elias Stiliman an addition of sixteen acres adjoining to his thirty acres. It was then agreed that Mr. Hathorne should have the marsh ground lying before the gunsmith's house or lot, and also the meadow or marsh along to the little brook betwixt the two hills, in con- sideration of his many employments for the town and country so long as he is continued in such affairs or the like.
On the twenty-third of the next month, at the meeting of the whole town, there was granted to William Hathorne all the salt marsh lying along the South River on the west side from the house of Richard Waters to the little brook called the Frost fish brook, which ran from between the two hills, being about three or four acres. There was also granted to Samuel Corning2 one Samuel Forning a cre of ground next to Mr. Haw- thorne, and a five-acre lot on the Forest River side in exchange of it. There was granted to John Pease five acres of land next to Samuel Corning's near the water mill. It was ordered that Mr. Johnson's meadow at Brooksby and the lieutenant's meadow there be laid out within ten days. There was then granted to Samuel Smith3 two hundred acres of land, being fifty more than his
Skerry, 1655, 1660, 1661, 1664; Thomas Spooner, 1643, 1649-1652, 1654, 1655, 1659; Elias Stilman, 1642; Job Swinerton, 1652, 1653, 1675-1677; James Symonds, 1677. 1681, 1682; John Symonds, 1657; John Thorndike, 1653, 1654; William Trask, 1669, 1674, 1675, 1681, 1682; Thomas Trusler, 1648, 1649; Mark Vermais, 1643; Philip Verrin, 1642, 1648; Thomas Watson, 1656; Henry. West, 1678, 1679, 1681-1684; Resolved White, 1676; Thomas Wickes, 1654, 1655; Isaac Williams, 1671, 1672; Edward Woolland, 1671, 1672; Humphrey Woodbury, 1666; John Woodbury, 1642-1644, 1647 ; William Woodbury, 1643, 1644, 1647.
1This was laid out in Salem Village near the lands of Mr. Hawthorne and Lieutenant Davenport, and Mr. Stratton mortgaged it to Valentine Hill of Boston .- Lechford's Note Book, page 126.
Samuel Corning (Corney, Cornish) was born about 1616; planter and husbandman; married Elizabeth who died Aug. 18, 1688, aged about eighty-five; he died soon afterward; children: I. Remember, baptized My 3, 1640; 2. Samuel, baptized March 14, 1641; lived in Beverly; mar- ried Hannah Batcheller ; died May II, 1714, aged seventy-three; she died, his widow, Feb 17, 1717-8; 3. Elizabeth, baptized June 4, 1643.
"SAMUEL SMITH1 was one of the very first settlers in Enon, which be- came Wenham; married Sarah died in the autumn of 1642; she married, secondly, Daniel Rumball; children: I. Thomas2; 2. Marie2; liv- ing in 1642; 3. Sarah2; married Hon. William Browne.
THOMAS SMITH2; living in 1642; children: I. Benjamin,3 baptized Feb. 17, 1636-7; 2. Nathaniel,3 baptized March 24, 1639-40.
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former grant of one hundred acres, which was annulled. It was agreed that Wil- liam Allyn should have an acre of salt marsh at or near the end of his lot. There was granted to George Emery half an acre of marsh over against Mr. Endecott's farm. This lot was probably in the North field and adjoining Waters River.
The spring of 1638 was so cold that the seed corn rotted in the ground, and planting had to be repeated, in some instances twice; but the weather became warmer and the crop was saved.
The first day of June was a typical June day, with bright sunshine and a gentle west wind. In the middle of the afternoon, while the men were in the field, and the women in the house, acute ears noticed a low and distant murmuring sound from the west, which became clearer and nearer, until it resembled the rumble of thunder. Not a cloud was seen. It became louder until it resembled the rattle of many carriages fast driven on pavements. Labor ceased, as the people questioned as to what it was, and the earth began to tremble beneath their feet. They threw down their tools and reeled as though intoxicated. The people indoors heard the sound and felt the tremble of the earth, and the houses shook until it seemed they must collapse. Im- perfectly built, of rough and uneven stones, on the outside of the house, almost perpendicular and without mortar, except for point- ing, chimneys readily yielded to the shaking they received and the tops of many of them fell off, striking on the house or ground. Pewter platters and dishes, standing upon shelves, knocked together and fell. The first shock continued about four minutes. The people resumed their labor. Half an hour later, the trembling was again heard and the earth quaked. This quickly passed, being milder than the first. The islands were shaken violently and the vessels in the harbor and those sailing along the coast were affected as if a series of tidal waves had passed under them.
The people of that time must have been more affected by such an experience than those of to-day, though earthquakes are always disquieting. The people of that period must have had many doubts and fears, as they were not only superstitious, but this was an almost unknown region, which only lately had been believed to be filled with terrors. This was the greatest earth- quake of that century, and an epoch in the history of the people.
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At a court of assistants, held at Cambridge June 5, 1638, John Bennet and Philip Deare (Beare?) were referred to Salem court for their drunkenness; and Francis Weston's wife was censured to be set two hours in the bilboes at Cambridge and Salem, upon a lecture day.
From the beginning of the settlement of the colony the crime of adultery was punishable with death, but the law was allowed to fall into disuse. At the general court, June 6, 1637, John Hathaway and Robert Allen were both indicted and, September 7, found guilty of adultery with Margaret, wife of Edward Seale of Marblehead. She was also found guilty. Seale was a beastly drunkard, and was sentenced, at the same court, to be set in the bilboes and be severely whipped. The next succeeding March 12th, all three were sentenced to be severely whipped and banished, never to return upon pain of death. At the latter court, the original law was confirmed. In his Journal,1 Winthrop wrote of this incident as follows: "1638: I : 30. Edward Seale of Marble- head twenty pounds for his wife's appearance when she shall be called for after her delivery." Hathaway and the Seales never came back, but a Robert Allen appears in Salem in 1642, and subsequently in Manchester, but it hardly seems reasonable that he was identical with the Marblehead man of that name, as the life of the Manchester man was so different from that of the Robert Allen who was of Marblehead in 1637.
June 25, 1638, William Wood was granted half an acre of land near Strongwater brook or mill [end] brook, and also ten acres. Thomas Reed was granted half an acre of land lying by his other lot.
On the eastern side of South River, opposite Castle Hill, there was formerly a long and narrow strip of salt marsh called "the deacons' marsh" for nearly two centuries. This constituted the two acres of marsh given to John Horne until the town should further dispose of it, and two acres given to Charles Gott upon the same condition (and also one acre "more, if there be any in the town's hands when other men are provided for"). Messrs. Horne and Gott were the deacons of the church in Salem.
The town also ordered that Richard Adams, widow Smith, Samuel Cornish and Joseph Grafton's mother-in-law, all of whom were forgotten in the division, should each have half an acre apiece of marsh land. One acre of marsh was granted to Mr. Clark, one acre to Moses Maverick, three-fourths of an acre to Jeffry Easty, three-fourths to John Hart, and to Mr. Gafford and John Stone their proportions of marsh meadow if they con- tinued in Salem. There was granted to Roger Maury a strip of
1Winthrop's Journal, Boston, 1825, volume II, page 349.
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two and a half acres of meadow and one and a half acres of upland lying between the farms of Robert Moulton and John Gedney. This was located near the present West Peabody rail- road junction station.
SALT MAKING
The Company in England sent salt to Salem by Endecott in 1628 ; and men skilled in making salt were promised to be provided for the colony. The settlers were allowed to make salt for their own use, but not for transportation or sale. The next year, the Company sent five weigh of salt in the Whelp and ten in the Talbot ; but this probably was principally for preserving fish.
The colonists at Jamestown, Va., began to send salt to the Puritan settiers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633. This was salt made by solar evaporation of the water of the ocean, which was run into large shallow pans several inches in depth, and remained there till it was evaporated, leaving a layer of salt in the pan. Salt made in this way was coarser than that produced by boiling sea water.
In the spring of 1638, Governor Winthrop's son John1 con- templated making this kind of salt in Salem. He was born at Groton, Suffolk County, England, Feb. 12, 1605-6, and was educated at Trinity College, in Dublin. He studied law at the Inner Temple, in London; but soon abandoned it. He then entered the naval service, under the Duke of Buckingham, in the unsuccessful expedition for the relief of the French Protestants at Rochelle in 1627. After a tour of the continent, he returned to London, and in 1631 emigrated to New England. Two years later, he was one of the grantees of Agawam, now Ipswich.
June 25, 1638, the town of Salem granted to him "liberty to set a salt house upon Ryall's side with wood for his occasions about the same house, and common for two cows to pasture in." Mr. Winthrop immediately erected a house on the northerly side
1John Winthrop married, first, his cousin Martha Fones, who died in 1634 or 1635, and, second, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Reade of Wick- ford, Essexshire, England, step-daughter of Hugh Peter; children, by the second wife: I. Elizabeth; married, first, Rev. Antipas Newman of Wenham in 1658; he died Oct. 15, 1672; and she married, secondly, Zerubbabel Endecott; 2. Lucy; married Edward Palmer of New London, Conn .; 3. Margaret; married John Corwin of Salem; 4. Martha; married Richard Wharton of Boston; 5. Anne; married John Richards of Boston; 6. John, born in Ipswich March 14, 1638; served in the army of General Monk in Scotland and elsewhere until the Restoration; then returned to New England and figured in the Indian wars; was major-general in the expedition to Canada in 1690; governor of Connecticut from 1698 to 1707; and died in Boston Nov. 27, 1707; 7. Waitstill, born in Boston Feb. 27, 1642; soldier in the Indian wars; major-general; judge of the superior court and chief justice of Massachusetts.
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