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Nov. 27, 1656, the selectmen ordered that Simon Bradstreet should have fifty acres of upland in consideration of ten acres of meadow which should have been laid out with the one hundred acres formerly granted to John Stratton as conveniently as may be for Serg. John Porter.
The next day, the Salem court heard the case of William Lord, jr., for beating James Abbot,1 servant of Edmond Batter.
Lt. Thomas Lawthrope was granted by the selectmen, Jan. 16, 1656-7, six acres of upland about the Longham; and there was formerly granted to Samuel Corning twenty acres of upland near the land of John Harding, sr.,2 deceased.
The selectmen, April 23, 1657, agreed with Samuel Archard and Nathaniel Pickman to make the stocks sufficient and "set up" the whipping post. At this period, the constable was paid two shillings and six pence for each person he whipped. Nov. 16, 1667, constables were re- leased from whipping, and the town agreed to hire a whipper.
Richard Sibley,3 a traymaker, lived in Salem as early as 1657.
1James Abbott came from Wincanton, England, about 1642.
""John Harding" was John Hardy, who died in 1652.
"RICHARD SIBLEY1 married Hannah ; died in 1676; she was his widow in 1700; children : I. Samuel2, born March 10, 1658-9; 2. Hannah2, born Sept. 20, 1661 ; married William Beckett; 3. Sarah2, born Dec. 20. 1663; WHIPPING POST living in 1676; 4. Damaris2, born Aug. 26, 1666; living in 1676; 5. John2, born first week in April, 1669; 6. Mary2, born Jan. 25, 1671-2; living in 1676; 7. Elizabeth2; living in 1676.
SAMUEL SIBLEY2; house carpenter and shingler; married Sarah Wells Sept. 13, 1695; killed by the Indians at Haverhill Aug. 20, 1708; she mar- ried, secondly, John Sawyer (published Nov. 25, 1710) ; children : I. Hannah3, born May 17, 1696; married Batt Moulton of Amesbury Dec. I, 1712; 2. Richard3, born Jan. - , 1698; 3. Sarah3, born March 27, 1699; mar- ried Edward Emery of Newbury, Dec. 19, 1719; 4. Jonathan3, born Nov. 25, 1701; joiner ; lived in Amesbury and Newbury; married Hannah Goodridge Nov. 27, 1730; had children : 5. Samuel5, born July -, 1704; 6. Samuel®, born May 5, 1705. JOHN SIBLEY2; husbandman, cordwainer and weaver; lived in Salem Village; married Elizabeth Peale July 4, 1695; they were living in 1722; children: I. Elizabeth3, born Oct. 3, 1696; died in 1698; 2. Elizabeth3, born April 13, 1699; 3. Hannah3 (twin), born March
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May II, 1657, the selectmen granted to Thomas Robbins the thirty acres of land granted to his predecessor Thomas West, to be bounded between Elias Mason's forty acres and Osborne Trask's thirty acres near Rise Edwards' land. Also, the select- men delivered to constables Jeffrie Massey and Henry Skerry "the three barrels of town powder which lately stood in the little house over the deacons' cellar."
June 8, 1657, the selectmen ordered that John Porter and Thomas Putnam forthwith repair a highway, now Pine Street, leading from John Endecott's farm to Goodman Huchisson's house ; and it was agreed that the way through Daniel Ray's ten- acre lot in the North neck should be exactly bounded by Jeffrie Massey and Francis Skerie before the last of the month. It was, also, agreed that John Porter, Jacob Barney and Jeffrie Massey should determine the differences between William King, John Batchellor, Nicholas Heaward and others and Ensign Dixey, Josiah Roots and Samuel Corning concerning a driftway from the head of Bass River into Royall's neck. This way is probably the ancient way from Balch Street, through Rial Side, to Stoney or Aunt Betty's Cove.
Thomas West was found by the Ipswich court, March 31, 1657, to have committed two burglaries, one on the Lord's day, and that he also stole five bushels of malt, one bushel of wheat, a pistol and some tobacco pipes. He was sentenced to be whipped and pay treble price of the stolen goods. He appealed to the gen- eral court, which referred the case to the next session of the Salem court, July 1, .1657. The local court, it being "his first offence," ordered that he be branded in the forehead with the letter B and have one of his ears cut off.
Alexander Seers1 lived in Salem as early as 1657.
At this time, Edmond Batter was the county treasurer.
14, 1701; died March 21, 1701; 4. Mary3 (twin), born March 14, 1701; died . March 21, 1701; 5. Mary3, born Aug. 25, 1702; 6. John3, born Dec. I, 1704. SAMUEL SIBLEY3; cordwainer and merchant; lived in Newbury from about 1735 to 1738; married Meribah Bartlett of Exeter, N. H., in 1730; died in 1749; children: I. Samuel4; 2. John4; 3. Nathaniel4; 4. William4; of Exeter in 1761; 5. Sarah4; married Somerby Gilman of Exeter; 6. Susanna4; of Exeter in 1763; 7. Littlefield4, baptized May 6, 1739, in Salem; mariner; married Sarah Lambert Aug. 19, 1765; 8. Hannah4, baptized April 19, 1741; lived here in 1763; 9. Eunice4 (twin), baptized Oct. 7. I744; IO. Priscilla4 (twin), baptized Oct. 7, 1744; II. Mary4, baptized Sept. 6, 1747; spinster, of Salem, in 1770.
1 Alexander Seers married Mary -; died in the spring of 1667; she married, secondly, Stephen Searls the same year; children: I. Robert, born Aug. 6, 1657; living in 1667; 2. Mary, born Feb. 22, 1659-60; died Nov. 23, 1662; 3. Abigail; died Jan. 16, 1662-3; 4. Alexander, born May 25, 1664; living in 1667.
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In the synagogue of the Hebrews the men are seated on one side of the auditorium and the women on the other side. In the early days in Salem, the seating shows that the sexes were sep- arated in different pews. The Friends are seated in their con- gregations in this manner, and they probably followed the method of seating they had been accustomed to in the Puritan meetings.
At the meeting of the selectmen, June 8, 1657, the seats in the meeting house were assigned to prominent persons for the first time. It was agreed that William Browne and George Corwin should sit with Major Hathorne in the magistrates' seat ; Mrs. Hathorne and Mrs. Corwin should sit in Mrs. Endecott's seat, being enlarged ; that in the second seat where Mrs. Hathorne and Mrs. Corwin lately sat Mrs. Price, sister Elizabeth Browne. wife of John Browne, sister Grafton and the wife of Sergeant Porter should sit ; Sergeant Hale's wife and Francis Skerry's wife should sit in the seats of Mrs. Price and sister Grafton; Mrs. Norris should be seated with Mrs. Browne ; sister Prince should be seated where Sergeant Porter's wife lately sat ; and that Sergeant Porter should sit in the seat with Captain Trask.
March 22, 1657-8, the selectmen agreed that the fore seat in the south gallery should be set apart for the following named persons : Alexander Seeres, Thomas Barnes, Job Hilliard, Rich- ard Adams, Mordechai Cravat, William Trask, Samuel Porter, Thomas Sallowes, Andrew Woodbury, Arthur Kippen and Thomas Robbins. April 22, 1661, the selectmen ordered that Serg. John Porter be "placed" in the deacons' seat; and, Jan. 7, 1661-2, they granted leave to John Putnam, John Marsh, John Cromwell, John Becket, Joseph Huchenson, Job Helliard, Francis Collince, Thomas Barnes, Isaac Williams and Theodore Price to build a seat by the south gallery. May 3, 1667, the selectmen agreed that John Ormes and John Marsh might "build a seat at the west end of the meeting house under the gallery: provided they take into them so many as the selectmen think meet." The selectmen also gave liberty to Eliezer Hawthorne and "John Corning and Company" to build a seat in the front of the south gallery ; provided that it doth not annoy those that are behind them ; neither those that are seated under the gallery: and that they take in with them so many as the selectmen judge meet and convenient."
Mr. Samuel Whiting, son of Rev. Samuel Whiting of Lynn, was engaged as assistant to Rev. Mr. Norris, pastor of the church. He was born in Skirbeck, in England, March 25, 1633. His mother was Elizabeth St. John of Bedfordshire, who was a sister of Oliver St. John, chief justice of England under Oliver Cromwell, and is said to have been of Royal blood. He graduated
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at Harvard College in 1653; and married Dorcas Chester of Charlestown Nov. 12, 1656. He came to Salem in August, 1657; and at the request of the town, Capt. George Curwin purchased the house of John Miller, tailor, which stood at number 149 Essex Street, for the occupancy of Mr. and Mrs. Whiting, Aug. 29, 1657.1 This was the house owned and occupied by Alexander Field, cordwinder, who conveyed the house and land to William Venus of Salem Feb. 3, 1651-2.2 Mr. Venus conveyed it to John Miller of Salem, tailor, Feb. 16, 1652-33 ; and Mr. Miller con- veyed it to Mr. Corwin for the town for the occupancy of Mr. Whiting. After Mr. Whiting had left Salem, Mr. Corwin con- veyed the house to Edward Grove, sailmaker, March 19, 1668-91; and when it was owned by Mr. Grove it was destroyed by fire in the great conflagration of 1698.
For provision for Mr. Whiting, the town paid twenty pounds, having voted, Aug. 22, 1657, to provide necessaries for his enter- tainment "until he resolves to stay with us." The town voted, Feb. 17, 1657-8, that Mr. Norice should have eighty pounds and Mr. Whiting seventy pounds, and wood for the fire for the year ensuing ; and that the elders' maintenance should be endeavored to be raised by subscription. Aug. 18, 1658, the town ordered that that part of the house Mr. Whiting lives in should be made tight by shingling or otherwise with speed. Nov. 21, 1658, the town voted that the house which Mr. Whiting lives in should be given to him and his heirs provided he should stay in town the next three years. March 8, 1658-9, he had not determined whether he would stay. Firewood was furnished to him in 1660.
At a town meeting, Feb. 17, 1657-8, having agreed that the elders' maintenance should be endeavored to be raised by subscription, Major Hathorne and Edmond Batter were appointed to take care of the subscription from the bridge to Mordechai Crevet's, Thomas Antrum and Sergeant Stileman from the bridge to Michael Shafflin's house4 and for the ten- acre lots, and Sergeant Porter and Thomas Putnam for the farms ; and April 26, 1658, the town ordered that all persons who will not subscribe nor contribute to the maintenance of the ministry should be taxed. Apparently, voluntary contributions were not very gen- erous, as, March 8, 1658-9, the town ordered that the selectmen investigate and learn if the ministers had received their last year's pay. On this latter date, the town voted that the ministry be paid by a town tax.
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 70.
"Essex Registry of Deeds, book I, leaf 12.
3Essex Registry of Deeds, book I, leaf 18.
4Michael Shafflin's house was on Lowell Street, opposite Forest Street, in Peabody.
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Sept. 14, 1657, the selectmen ordered for the settling a high- way between Salem and Reading that John Porter and Nathaniel Putnam meet with inhabitants of Reading.
June 20, 1657, the town received James Rising1 as an in- habitant ; and granted to Thomas Hale,2 for his trade of a glover, a small portion of ground, not exceeding two and a nalf rods square. This land was at the northerly end of Washington Street. Mr. Hale emigrated from England to Boston in 1637, and settled in Newbury. He came to Salem in 1657 and returned to Newbury in 1661.
The road to Topsfield from what is now Danvers Square was laid out in 1657. It followed Maple Street to Locust Street and thence to Topsfield, practically as Locust Street now runs. The return of the Salem and Topsfield committees to the Salem quarterly court is as follows :-
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We hose names ar under written beinge apointed by the too Tounes to lay out a cuntrie way be twine the too Townes Salem & Topsfeld we began vpon John Porters farme acordinge as the trees ar marked and so alonge vpon Daniell Rayes farme too pole brod and so thoroh the woods to a farme of John Porters wich was formerly m' Kenistones and so thoroh the woods to a farme of John Porters wich was formerly m' Dounings and so thoroh the woods to the Rever against Gudman Tounes house and this we have don accordinge to our best descresion
JOHN PORTER WILLIAM DODGE THOMAS BORMAN FRANCES PABODY
ROBERT LORD cleric This was alowed of by the court (as it is layd out) held at Salem 29th of June 1658
Nov. 9, 1657, the selectmen ordered that the difference be- tween John Porter and John Putnam about a highway over Mr.
1James Rising came from Boston; married Elizabeth Hinsdale July 7, 1657; and removed to Windsor, Conn., after 1662. He died there in 1669. "Serg. Thomas Hale married Thomasine died in Newbury Dec. 21, 1682; she died Jan. 30, 1683; children : Thomas, born Nov. 18, 1633; married Mary Hutchinson May 26, 1657; lived in Newbury; had children; 2. John, born April 19, 1635; carpenter ; married, first, Rebecca Lowell Dec. 5, 1660; she died June 1, 1662; married, second, Sarah Somerby Dec. 8, 1663; she died June 19, 1672; married, third, Sarah Symonds of Ipswich; she died Jan. 19, 1698-9; he died June 2, 1707; had children; 3. Samuel, born in Newbury Feb. 2, 1639-40; removed to Woodbridge, N. J .; married, first, Lydia Musgrave March 19, 1669; second, Sarah Ilsley ot Newbury July 21, 1673; she died in Woodbridge Jan. 19, 1680-I; he died there Nov. 5, 1709; had children; 4. Apphia, born in 1642; married Ben- jamin Rolfe Nov. 3, 1659.
See Ould Newbury, by James J. Currier, page 85.
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Sharp's hill be determined by Captain Trask; and that Francis Skerie forthwith remove his fence that is near John Luff's to the enlargement of the country way one pole into his ground.
The town voted, Nov. 18, 1657, "that ould goodie Neves," a widow, should have relief from the town. Dec. 14th she was allowed five pounds.
Sept. 14, 1657, the selectmen ordered that Jacob Barney and Jeffry Massey view a highway to the mill and meeting house, and hear William King and others of his neighbors and Roger Haskell, who disagreed as to its course, and report to the selectmen.
Nov. 20, 1657, the selectmen ordered that the way from the meeting house "on Cape Ann Side to Lawrence Leach his mill shall be directly in the Country way to Edmund Grovers and from thence to the way lying betwixt the said Grover's land and of Osman Traske and so forward through the land of Henery Hericke." It was also ordered that, "as some of the neighbors on Cape an syde" desire a way from the meeting house to the mill through the proprieties of Roger Haskell and others, their desires were granted, provided they first paid to the owners of the land over which it goes full satisfaction, the way not to exceed four rods wide, and to be made and maintained by those that make use of it. Two men to be chosen by the selectmen were to appoint the way.
William Sergeant had lately removed himself and family to Salem, "under pretence of some work he had undertaken to do, and was not approved of by the selectmen as an inhabitant, Jan. II, 1657-8. Henry Herrick promised that they and their children should not become chargeable to the town.
Feb. 8, 1657-8, the selectmen granted to Robert Lemon, in consideration of a country way laid out through his five-acre lot and a foot path through it, thirty acres of land at Cape Ann Side next the sea, near that which was William Balie's lot.
The town, Feb. 17, 1657-8, ordered that Mrs. Sharpe should have ten pounds for her relief for the year ensuing.
At a town meeting, March 8, 1657-8, it was voted that John Gedney should "have the lane that is between his fields in the Neck as one goes down towards Ipswich, paying to the town forty shillings, provided there be a foot way through those fields." At the same meeting, upon the request of James Patch, about the exchange of some land on Cape Ann Side, Mr. Conant and Samuel Corning were appointed to view it. It was also ordered that these men lay out Ensign Dixie's land on Cape Ann Side.
March 22, 1657-8, the selectmen requested John Gardner, William Flint and Henry Skerry to join with Lynn men to per- ambulate their line, beginning at the sea and so to the great pond
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by the road towards Lynn, and Thomas Putnam, Joseph Pope and John Putnam from the pond to the seven men's bounds and so on, April 15th. Whether or not this perambulation of the Lynn bounds occurred is unknown; but apparently the line was un- certain, and, April 7, 1662, the selectmen appointed Major Hathorne, Mr. Curwin, William Flint and John Pickering to run the line from the sea to the long pond, and Thomas Putnam, Thomas Flint, Nathaniel Putnam and Henry Bartholmew from the pond to the seven men's bounds. Still, again, Jan. 18, 1663-4, the selectmen appointed Captain Curwin, Lieutenant Putnam, William Flint and Henry Bartholmew to meet with some per- sons of Lynn "to perfect the bounds between us from the sea to the ponds by the way to Lynn."
The town, April 26, 1658, voted that the selectmen should take care of William Chichester's family for the present, he being out of the country and it was uncertain when he would return. He had left his wife Mary and several children without means to bring them up. They lived in Marblehead in 1645 and 1646, and removed from there to Salem. August 18th, the town ordered that she should receive half a bushel of Indian corn each week for the relief of herself and family for the present. The Salem court ordered, July 20, 1658, at the time of her abode in Salem, for the maintenance of Alice Chichester and her child Salem should pay three-fourths and Marblehead one-fourth ; and, on the thirtieth, the selectmen of Salem considered sending her away. August 3Ist, the selectmen of Salem and Marblehead respectively agreed that her son named Jeremiah, now about three months old, be apprenticed to Edward Harnet, a tailor, who had cared for them. Mr. Harnet soon removed from town. Mrs. Chichester's father, David Corwithee, apprenticed her son James to Francis Skerry Dec. 1, 1658. James was then about ten years old. Skerry agreed to send him to school until he could write a legible hand, to give him a ewe lamb to keep, to give him ten pounds at the end of his time and two suits of clothes, one for Lord's day and the other for working days. In 1662, her husband had been in Virginia about five years and the house, valued at thirty pounds, was ordered by the general court to be sold by her and the debts be paid from the proceeds of the sale. Mrs. Chichester was granted by the town, March 30, 1663, a small plot of ground "below Richard Harvey's house to set a dwelling house on, containing twenty-five feet in length and eighteen feet in breadth, provided she build on it within two years." She does not appear again.
April 26, 1658, the town chose William Dixie and James Patch highway surveyors for Cape Ann Side, and John Neale and
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William Flint to Strongwater brook, at Thomas James' and at Mr. Gardner's; Jacob Barney and Thomas Putnam were chosen surveyors for the bridges about the governor's farm.
Joseph Miles1 was in New England as early as 1653, and lived in Salem in June, 1658. He was a cooper by trade; and Sofush Milag lived in what is now the north- west corner of the Howard Street burying ground. This site was a bluff, overlooking the widest part of North River.
Humphrey Coombs2 was in Salem in 1659, being a fisherman. He built his house on the western corner of Essex 320 Sam: Lukman Street and Hodges court in 1661. Samuel Pitman3 lived in Salem as early as 1659.
In July, 1658, Goodman Gigle had a servant named John Garven,4 who beat Richard Middleton, a servant of John Putnam, violently with a stick.
Into the Salem court, July 20, 1658, Salem was summoned for the insufficiency of the highway between Lynn and Ipswich near the house of Thomas James, and for insufficiency of the pound.
The general court appointed Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1658, because of "the Lord's displeasure against us in the sad divisions in several churches, the arrogance and boldness of open opposers of the truth and ways of the Lord, unseasonable rains, and mor-
1Joseph Miles married, first, Mary Whelase Jan. 18, 1661-2; she died in 1663; married, second, Exercise Felton Nov. 7, 1664; he died in the spring of 1693; she died, his widow, in the summer of 1704; children: I. Mary, born April 1, 1666; died young; 2. Susanna, born Oct. 7, 1667; 3. Abigail, born July 5, 1669; 4. Mary, born March 27, 1671; 5. Elizabeth, baptized Nov. - , 1673; 6. Sarah, baptized May -, 1677; married Thomas Elkins Jan. 14, 170I.
2Humphrey Coombs married Bathsheba Raymond July 29, 1659; and lived here in 1705; child: I. Hannah, born May 26, 1660.
'SAMUEL PITMAN1 (Pickman) was a mariner; married Lydia
in or before 1659; died in the spring of 1691; she was his widow in 1694; children : I. Sarah2, born Dec. 4, 1659; died May 24, 1660; 2. Sarah2, born in 1663; married, first, Mayfield; second, Samuel Phillips; 3. Samuel2, born Nov. 21, 1664; 4. Peter2, born Aug. 14, 1667; died Sept. - , 1668; 5. Peter", born Feb. 27, 1669-70; died young; 6. Lydia2, born Jan. 7, 1672-3; unmarried in 1694; 7. Joshua2, born Aug. 19, 1675; died young. SAMUEL PITMAN2; married died in or before 1694; children : I. Elizabeth3, born April 26, 1686; living in 1694; 2. Samuel3, born Jan. 10, 1687-8; died young; 3. Atwood3 ( Ashwood), baptized Feb. - , I688-9.
John Garvin was lost at sea Feb. 5, 1661-2. He had a daughter born July 26, 1662. See files of the Salem quarterly court.
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tallity in divers places," that it may be kept "a solemne day of humilljation for intreating the Lords favorable presence yet to be continued to his poor people and churches in these ends of the earth, and to the rising generation after us."
Nov. 21, 1658, the selectmen granted to Maj. William Hathorn the town's right in the planters marsh, and also about fifteen or twenty acres of land near Fish brook to straighten his fence.
Nov. 27, 1658, the selectmen ordered that the forty acres granted to each of Philip Veren, Henry Cooke and John Hill be laid out in the common land above the house of Thomas James. Forest Street, in Peabody, now runs through these lots, which lie just westerly of Summit Street. Four acres of meadow was also to be laid out to them. Richard Bishop, Elias Mason, Thomas Robins, Joseph Boyse, John Kitchen and Henry Renalls were given the rest of the meadow there, if there is any more, and also the swamp running up near Nicholas Phelp's farm.
In November, 1658, George Gardner had a servant named Baldwin House.1
Dec. 7, 1658, the selectmen granted to John Bachelour and Thomas Pickden a swampy brushy meadow in the great swamp near Wenham, measuring eight acres; and to Anthony Buxton, Nathaniel Felton, Thomas Watson and Henry Skerry four acres of meadow each next to that granted to Richard Bishop and company, which lies on both sides of Norris brook where it flows into Ipswich River, at the angle in the latter stream, near Bald Hill. Twelve acres of the thirty granted to widow Felton, two spots of land near the great swamp, was ordered to be laid out adjoining Nathaniel Putnam's; and the remainder was given to Christopher Waller in the dividend above the farm of Thomas James.
Isaac Burnap? was living in Salem at this time. At this meeting of the selectmen, John Mason3 was allowed to be an inhabitant. He became a brickmaker, and, in 1662, built the ancient house which formerly stood on the western corner of Essex and Summer streets. He conveyed it to Stephen Sewall, the merchant, Jan. 31, 1686-7, and four days later Mr. Sewall conveyed it to Isaac Stearns, a glazier. Mr. Stearns died in 1692,
1Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, volume II, page 126.
2Isaac Burnap was son of Robert and Annis Burnap of Hoddesden End, Great Amwell Parish, England, and baptized March 20, 1629-30; married Hannah Antrum Nov. 8, 1658; and died in Reading Sept. 18, 1667. They had a son named Isaac, who was living in 1663.
3John Mason was born about 1625; brickmaker on Summer Street; married Hannah -; lived in Salem as late as 1686.
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and his son-in-law, John Chapman, a tailor, lived there from 1706 until his decease, in 1744. The house then became divided, Mr. Chapman's daughter, Hannah Gillingham, receiving the northern half, and his widow Elizabeth the southern half. Eventually, the title passed into the hands of strangers, and, in 1850, widow Eliza W. Fiske, who then lived in Chelmsford, con- veyed the whole of the premises to John Kinsman of Salem, who
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took the old house down, building in its place the present brick house. The engraving of the ancient house given above is a copy of a pencil drawing made by Edward C. Cabot in 184I.
John Croade,1 who had been known as John Hewson (or, Hughson), was in Salem as early as 1658. Alister Mackmal- lion,2 who was born in Scotland about 1632, came to Salem about
"JOHN CROADE2; merchant; married Elizabeth Price March 17, 1658-9; died in the late autumn of 1670; she survived him; children: I. Elizabeth2, born Oct. 21, 1661 ; living in 1674; 2. John2, born June 14, 1663; 3. Hannah2, born July 14, 1665; living in 1674; 4. Jonathan2, born Jan. 17, 1667-8.
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