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1Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 102.
2Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 29.
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building of the addition of the first meeting house, all the posts were lengthened two and a half feet; so the building as it now appears is two and a half feet higher than it was when found. The illustration of the building shown herewith is a copy of a pencil sketch of it made by James Henry Emerton in 1861, as it stood in the pasture and was used as a woodshed.
Love to God, love to men, sacrifice and heavenly aspirations were the essentials of the faith of the Friends,-all else was secondary. It is almost impossible for one in these days to under- stand the actions of the Puritans who left England and the com- munion of the Episcopal Church on the plea of liberty of con- science, and came to America where they manifested far greater and more heinous intolerance than was shown them at any time.
The cause lay in the union of church and state. The church and the state should exist and work side by side, but as soon as the state lives in the church, the will of the state will be para- mount. Ecclesiastical law, so far as creed is concerned, will always cause trouble in the state, because all men do not think alike, be- lieve alike or run in any other grooves, and the aims of church and state are different and often antagonistic. The state must be governed and conducted by all the people, whatever their religious faiths may be. Christ settled this matter once for all time when, being shown a coin, he asked, "Whose is this image and super- scription," Being told, "Caesar's," he said, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's ; and to God the things that are God's."
The great result of this persecution of the Quakers was the end of the temporal power of the church in New England. To this time no one could vote or hold office unless he was a freeman ; no one could be a freeman unless he was a member of the Con- gregational church ; and no one could be a member of the church except by the consent of the minister. Therefore no one could be a freeman, nor vote, nor hold office, except with the consent of the church. CharlesII had heard, even before he had succeeded to the throne, of the differences between the Congregationalists and the Quakers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, of the hateful and awful treatment of one another of these "followers" of the meek and lowly Jesus, and he, being of the Episcopal Church, which was banned by the Puritans, informed the government of the colony that it owed its origin and very existence to the spirit of liberty and conscience, and ordered that the qualifications of freemen should thereafter be based entirely upon standards out- side of church membership. Another fact is also apparent in Salem. Practically, the Congregational church in the colony was an established church, existing and controlled by the state, that is, the temporal or secular authority. At this time, the unity of the
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church here was broken. Salem became divided into three parish- es, each independent of the others, namely, the Salem Village church, the Cape Ann Side (Beverly) church and the original church. Soon, the authority of the town passed into the parishes, each having the former powers of the town to levy taxes for the support of the church within the respective territories. This was repeatedly modified until the parish became entirely personal, that is, that no one belonged to it except those who voluntarily were admitted into it, and it was supported wholly by voluntary do- nations.
Thus dawned a condition, not less Christian, not less patriotic, wherein freedom of belief and form and life did not hinder the civil life. In this view of the terrible persecution, Salem became the battle ground where was fought out the principle of separate duties to God and things. It seems almost incredible and impossi- ble that one of the contending parties should have been the meek and non-resisting Friends, without a creed, liturgy, priesthood or sacrament ; and which have never allowed war, oaths or litigation. By their quiet passiveness and reasoning, their scruples imme- diately became recognized and acquiesced in by the governing powers. In a local way, it is an interesting fact that the meeting house which Thomas Maule built for them out of secondhand lumber is the only meeting house of that early time now in ex- istence in Salem, and that it was, unwittingly, it is true, removed to the Essex Institute, more than sixty years ago and has been carefully guarded all the decades since, by descendants of the Puritans, as a sacred thing. Such is the irony of fate.
CHAPTER XVI REV. JOHN HIGGINSON
ANUARY 29, 1658-9, the selectmen ordered that the ten-acre lot of Joseph Hardy ("Hardinge") on Cape Ann Side be bounded and recorded ; and twelve acres of upland near the farm of Thomas James were granted to Francis Skerry for about forty rods of his land which was added to the highway going to Richard Stack- house's ferry.
May 2, 1659, the town granted "to Helyard Varen room be- fore his now dwelling house to make a porch." This was the Higginson and Williams parsonage in Town House Square. At the same time, the town granted to William Robinson one-fourth of an acre of land between the old mill and his house.
Thomas Flint1 was living in Salem as early as 1650. He was brother of William Flint who had come to Salem eight years earlier as a tenant of Emmanuel Downing.
1THOMAS FLINT1 was a farmer; wife Ann; died April 15, 1663; children : 1. Thomas2; 2. Elizabeth2, born June 30, 1650; married John Leach ; 3. George2, born March 6, 1652-3; farmer ; lived in Reading in 1682; married, first, Elizabeth Putnam; she died March 6, 1697; married, second, Susannah Gardner March 2, 1698-9; she died March -, 1720; had children; 4. John2, born Dec. 3, 1655; 5. Anna2, born Feb. 25, 1657-8; died April -, 1663; 6. Josephi2, born in 1662.
CAPT. THOMAS FLINT2; served in King Philip's War ; carpenter ; lived in Salem Village; married, first, Hannah Moulton May 22, 1666; she died March 20, 1673; married, second, Mary Dounton Nov. 15, 1674; died in the spring of 1721; children: 1. Abigail3, born June 27, 1668; married Henry Houlton; 2. George®, born April -, 1672; husbandman; wife Sarah; they were living in 1749; 3. Thomas3, born Aug. 20, 1678; 4. Mary3, born Nov. II, 1680; married Jonathan Hayward; 5. Ebenezer3, born April 6, 1683; husband- man ; lived in Reading ; married Gertrude Pope; died in 1767; had children : 6. William", born July 17, 1685; 7. Elizabeth3, born Aug. 30, 1687; married Thomas Nichols of Reading Nov. - , 1709; 8. Jonathan3, born Nov. 8, 1689; husbandman; lived in Reading; married Mary Hart Feb. 18, 1723; had children : 9. Ann3, born Oct. 29, 1691; married Ebenezer Nichols of Read- ing June 21, 17II; 10. Samuel3, born Sept. 29, 1693; II. Lydia3, born June
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May 11, 1659, the general court made the observance of Christmas a misdemeanor, in the following words: "For pre-
I, 1695; probably married Joseph Putnam Jan. 3, 1720-I. JOHN FLINT"; husbandman and carpenter; lived in Salem Village; married Elizabeth -; she died before 1730; he died April -, 1730; children: I. Samuel", born Dec. 12, 1679; 2. John3, born Feb. 8, 1681 ; husbandman; lived in Windham, Conn .; married, first, Christian Reed May 5, 1709; she died Sept. 27, 1721 ; married, second, Lydia Gennings March 14, 1722; he was living in 173I; had children; 3. Hannah3, born April 4, 1685; married John Tarbell of Billerica Aug. 25, 1705; 4. Stephen3, born Dec. 29, 1687; 5. Joshua3, born Oct. 28, 1689; lived in Windham; married Deborah Ingalls of Andover Oct. - , 1715; died at sea; had children; 6. Joseph3, born Feb. 25, 1692-3; mariner ; married Patience Mascoll; living in 1731; 7. Lydia3, born July 20, 1696; married - Phillips; 8. Sarah3, born Aug. 18, 1700; married Richard Brinnit ; Q. Elizabeth3, born Jan. 10, 1702-3; married Benjamin Gillingham. JOSEPH FLINT2; husbandman; lived in Salem Village; married Abigail Hayward Aug. 6, 1685; died in 1710; she was his widow in 1719; children : I. Josebhi, born June 25, 1686; 2. Nathaniel3, born Dec. II, 1688; lived in Windham; married, first, Sarah Cutler Feb. 17, 1714-5; she died Dec. 20, 1726; married, second, Mary Davis May 22, 1727; she died Feb. 22, 1728; married, third, Mercy Abbee Dec. II, 1734; he died June 3, 1766; she died Dec. 5, 1771; had children; 3. Abigail3, born Jan. 12, 1690-I; probably married Robert Russell of Andover June 22, 1716; 4. Jonathan3, born March 31, 1691-2; 5. Anna3, born Aug. 3, 1693; 6. Samuel3, born Jan. I, 1694-5; tailor ; of Salem in 1717, and of Middleton in 1738; perhaps married Ruth Putnam March 6, 1722-3; 7. Lucy3, born April 22, 1698; probably married Thomas Eliot of Boxford May 30, 1723; 8. Elizabeth3, born July 6, 1700; probably married Samuel Marsh Feb. 23, 1726-7; 9. Sarah3, born March 5, 1703-4; died, unmarried, in 1723; 10. Ruth3, born March 31, 1705; II. Eunice3; probably married Thomas Goldthwaite in 1730.
CAPT. THOMAS FLINT3; yeoman and carpenter; married, first, Lydia Putnam Jan. 6, 1703-4; she died Aug. 31, I7TI; married, second, Mary Put- nam of Middleton Jan. 8, 1713; third, Abigail (Leech), widow of John Ganson Sept. I, 1726; she was his wife in 1735; he was living in 1741; children : I. Thomas4, born Nov. 23, 1705; farmer and millwright; lived in Reading; married Priscilla Porter of Topsfield Dec. 7, 1732; she died April 28, 1774; he died Jan. 24, 1775; had children; 2. Jonathan4, born Oct. 12, 1707 (of Killingly, Conn., husbandman, in 1749?) ; 3. Lydia4, born Sept. 10, 1709; probably married Joseph Porter in 1730; 4. Mary4, born Aug. 19, 17II; probably married Eleazer Porter in 1729; 5. Edward4, born June 12, 1714; died July 9, 1714; 6. Elisha4, born July 22, 1715; 7. Elizabeth4, baptized Oct. 6, 1717; married Thomas Dorman of Topsfield June 17, 1735; 8. Anna-, baptized Nov. 15, 1719; married, first, Simon Bradstreet of Topsfield Dec. 16, 1740; he died Sept. 18, 1747; married, second, John Baker of Tops- field Feb. 2, 1748-9; 9. Moses4, baptized Sept. 24, 1721. DEA. WILLIAM FLINT3; husbandman; lived in Reading; married Abigail Nichols April 20, I713; died Oct. 2, 1736; children : 1. William4, born April 14, 1714; husband- man; married Lydia Twiss in 1745-6; 2. Abigail4, born Sept. 30, 1719; 3. Elizabeth4, born Feb. 8, 1722; 4. James4, born July 25, 1724; lived in Read- ing; father of Rev. James Flint, pastor of the East Church in Salem, and of Rev. Jacob Flint of Cohasset, Mass .; 5. Joseph4, born Sept. 7, 1726; 6. Benjamin4, born Dec. 26. 1728; 7. Mary4, born Jan. 14, 1730; 8. Kendall4, baptized in 1733; 9. Jacob4, baptized in 1734. CAPT. SAMUEL FLINT3; hus- bandman; lived in South Danvers; married Ruth Putnam March 6, 1722-3; died March 10, 1767; she died Sept. - , 1780; children : I. Ruth4, born Jan. 14, 1723-4; 2. John4, born Aug. 27, 1725; deacon; captain; farmer; lived
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venting disorders arising in several places within this jurisdiction by reason of some still observing such festivals as were super- stitiously kept in other countries, to the great dishonor of God and offence of others, it is therefore ordered that whoso- ever shall be found observing any such day as Christmas or the like, either by forbearing of labor, feasting, or any other way,
shall pay for every such offence five shillings ,as a fine to the county."
June 15, 1659, was commended by the general court to be set apart as "a solemn day of humiliation for the imploring of God's favorable presence yet to abide with our dear native country, and with us his poor people and churches in the ends of the earth, and with our seed after us," the court "taking into their serious con- sideration the present unsettled estate and condition of our brethren in our native country, by commotions and great thoughts of heart, both in country and parliament, now assembled, a good issue whereof doth wholly depend upon the Lord's favor and good- ness towards them, as also the Lord's frowns upon ourselves by
in Middleton; married Huldah Putnam Jan. 8, 1746-7; died Feb. 15, 1802; she died May I, 1802; had children; 3. Mary4, born April 10, 1730; 4. Samuel+, born April 9, 1733; captain; farmer; soldier of the Revolution; lived in South Danvers; married Ede Upton Jan. 12, 1758; killed at the head of his company, at Stillwater, Oct. 7, 1777; she died July 6, 1812; had children. STEPHEN FLINT3; husbandman; lived in Middleton; married Hannah Noulton in 1714; she was his wife in 1731; he died in 1753; children; I. Samuel+, born Sept. 1, 1715; 2. Anna4, born June 9, 1718; 3. Elizabeth4, born Dec. 2, 1721; 4. Mehitable4, born Jan. 28, 1724; 5. Hannah4, born Dec. 3, 1727. JOSEPH FLINT3; yeoman; lived in South Danvers; married Rachel Sibley Nov. 16, 1710; had a wife Mary in 1727; died in the spring of 1747; children : I. Joseph+; probably died before 1746; 2. William4; lived in Dan- vers; yeoman; married Ruth Newman May 24, 1751; 3. Lydia4; living in 1746; 4. Ruth4; living in 1746; 5. Ann4; living in 1746; 6. Abigail4; living in 1746. JONATHAN FLINT3; husbandman; married Hannah Swinerton Jan. 3, 1716-7 ; she was his wife in 1738; child : I. Hannah4, baptized Oct. 21, 1722. CAPT. ELISHA FLINT4; farmer ; lived in South Danvers; married Miriam Putnam Jan. 28, 1741-2; was living in 1773; children: I. Mary5, baptized March 13, 1742-3; 2. Moses6, baptized July 13, 1746; 3. Rebecca®, baptized Jan. 29, 1748-9; 4. Mehitable®, baptized Jan. 15, 1758; 5. Miriam5, baptized Nov. 12, 1759; 6. Hannah®, baptized Nov. 13, 1763. JOSEPH FLINT4; house carpenter ; married Sarah Putnam Aug. 14, 1753; died Dec. - , 1795; she was his widow in 1799; children: I. Sarah5, baptized Feb. 19, 1758; thrown from a sleigh into Ipswich River and drowned Jan. 14, 1775, aged eighteen; 2. Elizabeth5, baptized Jan. 27, 1760; unmarried in 1795; 3. Williams, bap- tized Jan. 24, 1762; lived in Maryland; married Lydia Mitchell in 1799; died Jan. 12, 1832; she died June 25, 1841; had children ; 4. - 5 (daughter), baptized March II. 1764; 5. Mary5, baptized Aug. 3, 1766; married - Holmes ; 6. Kendall5, baptized Sept. II, 1768; sadler; lived in Maryland; married Bridget Lang Aug. 4, 1793; died at Easton, Md., Dec. 14, 1800; had children; 7. Phebe', baptized Aug. 5, 1770; 8. Thomas", baptized Jan. 17, 1773; living in 1795; 9. Sally5, baptized March 5. 1775; 10. Joseph®; living in 1795; II. Abigail5; married Abner Parrott of Talbot, Md.
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the irreparable rents and divisions in sundry churches, the great security and sensuality under our present enjoyments, the sad face on the rising generation, together with threats of future evils in this present spring season, all of which are signs of the Lord's displeasure for our withdrawing from him."
July 7, 1659, the selectmen ordered that the foot bridge over the marsh at N. Putnam's farm be speedily mended, William Flint and Samuel Cutler to do the work; and William Dodge and John Rayment were chosen to mend the bridge and highway between Frost-fish River and Wenham.
Nov. 29, 1659, the selectmen gave leave to Richard Harvey1, a tailor, to mend the little house adjoining the meeting house, and Kithard Kamery make use of it for a shop at the pleasure of the town.
Dec. 8, 1659, was commended by the general court, as a day of thanksgiving and acknowledgement of God's favors.
March 14, 1659-60, the selectmen appointed Sergeant Porter and Edmond Batter to lay out highways in the ten-acre lots on Cape Ann Side as need may require.
Matthew Woodwell2 lived in Salem as early as 1659, and was a seaman at first, subsequently becoming a brickmaker. He bought a tract of land through which High Street now runs, and on which, at 2 High Street court, in 1666, he built a small house, and lived there until his decease in 1691.
1Richard Harvey married Jehoidan -; died before 1679; she survived him; children : I. Sarah; died Dec. 26, 1659; 2. - (son), born Sept. - , 1660; 3. Anna, baptized Dec. 8, 1661; married - Cole; 4. Elizabeth, bap- tized Dec. 8, 1661; died before 1729; 5. John, baptized Dec. 8, 1661 ; house carpenter ; died, probably unmarried, in 1728; 6. Jehoidan, baptized July 13, 1662; married John Ward Aug. 22, 1689, at Marblehead; 7. Abigail, bap- tized Nov. 6, 1664; married - Stow.
2 MATTHEW WOODWELL1 (Woodall) married Mary - -; died in 1691; she survived him; children : 1. Samuel, born Oct. 3, 1659; 2. Mary2, born Feb. 3, 1661-2; died young ; 3. John2, born May 9, 1665; glover; married Elizabeth Stacey; living in 1702; 4. Mary2, born Oct. 26, 1667; 5. Matthew2, born Dec. 4, 1668; married Ann -; died in 1701 ; 6. Margaret2, born Aug. 4, 1671 ; married John Robinson June 18, 1694; 7. Elizabeth2, born May 5. 1674; married Benjamin Pickman of Marblehead Nov. 14, 1700; 8. Dorcas2, born about 1676; married Stephen Chapman Nov. 5, 1707; 9. Mary2, born Nov. 26, 1677; IO. Lydia, baptized May -, 1685; died Oct. 25, 1686.
SAMUEL WOODWELL2; glover and brickmaker; married Thomasine Stacy; died Dec. 15, 1697; she married, secondly, - Hills; children: I. Samuel®, born Jan. 14, 1687; 2. John3, born July 2, 1687; 3. Gideon3, born Jan. 30, 1688-9; cordwainer ; lived in Boston in 1712; married Mary Tongue June I, 1713; 4. Joseph3, born Sept. 25, 1690; married Sarah (Chamberlain),
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John Bly1 lived in Salem as early as 1653, when he was about fourteen ; John Pomeroy was here in 1660, being a mariner, and was cast away at sea in 1662 ; and George Keaser", a tanner, came here from Lynn in the autumn of 1660, when he built a dwelling house on South River, on the easterly side of Liberty Street. There, he es- tablished tanning. He had bought the land six years previously.
widow of Josiah Clark March 13, 1711-2; lived in Boston, cordwainer, in 1712 and 1714; had a child; 5. Benjamin3, born Dec. 28, 1691 ; seaman ; lived in Boston in 1715 and in Charlestown subsequently; married Alice Johnson of Charlestown Nov. I, 1715; died Jan. 17, 1721-2; she survived him; had children; 6. Jonathan3, born April 5, 1693; 7. Elizabeth3, born April -, 1695; married Paul Langford Dec. 4, 1716; 8. David3, born Nov. 17, 1697 ; lived in Boston, blacksmith, in 1718; removed to Hopkinton about 1730; deacon; married Mary -; she was taken captive by the Indians and died in prison at Quebec; had children.
SAMUEL, WOODWELL3 removed to Hopkinton before 1730, and to Hop- kinton, N. H., before 1736; glover ; married Elizabeth Carrill Nov. 10, 1715; was living in 1754; children, born in Salem: I. Elizabeth4, baptized Feb. I, 1718-9; 2. Mary, baptized July 2, 1721; 3. Samuel4, baptized June 28, 1724. JOHN WOODWELL3; married - -; child: 1. Mary4, baptized Nov. 3, 1706. JONATHAN WOODWELL3; fisherman; married Priscilla Stacy May 8, 1716; died in 1737; children : 1. John4, born Nov. 30, 1719; 2. Joseph4, born July 18, 1722; 3. Jonathan*, baptized April 5, 1724; 4. Jonathan4, born Aug. 7, 1726; 5. Stacy4, born Jan. 19, 1728-9; 6. Priscilla4, baptized Oct. 3, 1731.
JOHN WOODWELL4; mariner; married Elizabeth Gillingham Aug. 28, 1739; children : 1. Lydia5, baptized May 24, 1741 ; married Samuel Alexander (Landers) Sept. 18, 1757; 2. Elizabeth®, baptized Dec. 19, 1742; married Benjamin Babbidge; 3. Mary5, baptized Jan. 8, 1743-4; married Samuel Archer ; 4. Priscilla5, baptized Oct. 13, 1745; 5. Priscilla®, baptized Dec. 13, 1747; married Jonathan Glover ; 6. John5, baptized Feb. 4, 1749-50.
1John Bly was a brickmaker; married Rebecca Golt Nov. II, 1663; was living in 1709; she was living in 1713; children : I. - , born Jan. 3, 1663-4; 2. John, born Jan. 27, 1665; living in 1685; 3. Benjamin, born Oct. 8, 1666; 4. Mary, born May 25, 1668; 5. Rebecca, born July 20, 1670; married James Gillingham; 6. Edmond, born Sept. 14, 1672; living in 1685; 7. Hannah, born Oct. 8, 1674; 8. William, born Sept. 17, 1676.
"GEORGE KEASER1 (Kezar and Keyser), born about 1612; married, first, Elisa -; she died June 24, 1659; married, second, Rebecca (widow of Ben- jamin Ashby?) ; she was his wife in 1687; he died in the summer of 1690; children, all born in Lynn: 1. Sarah2; married John Gilloway April 7, 1666; 2. Eleaser2 (eldest son), born about 1646; 3. John2, born about 1651 ; tanner ; settled in Haverhill; married Hannah Davis of Haverhill Sept. 28, 1677 ; was massacred by the Indians March 15, 1696-7; had children; 4. Mary2; married Thomas Mould; 5. Benjamin2, born about 1658; died about January, 1698-9, probably unmarried; 6. George2, born May -, 1657; 7. Edward2. born June 20, 1659; died Nov. 28, 1659; 8. Hannah2; never married, being unable to take of herself.
CAPT. ELEAZER KEASER2; tanner ; married, first, Dec. 9, 1679. Mary Collins, who died; married, second, Hannah, widow of Miles Ward; died in the spring of 1721; she died Jan. 20, 1723-4; children: I. Mary3; married James Collins Jan. 7. 1701-2; 2. Sarah3, born Dec. 6, 1686; died before 1721.
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JOHN PICKERING HOUSE
April 3, 1660, the selectmen ordered that "all timber wood and all other lumber" should be cleared in all streets and highways within the town, that is, from the bridge and so all the neck within the town, that there may be sufficient passage for carts and "foot and horse by night and day."
At the same time, the selectmen fined Joseph Miles twenty shillings for entertaining a stranger, a Scot, several weeks, and voted to "clear the town of him"; and Thomas Spooner was fined ten shillings for entertaining Goody Finch, "a strange woman," and with others who have entertained her to give security to "discharge the town of her."
John Pickering lived, a searly as 1642, on the northerly side of Broad Street, westerly of Pickering Street. In 1659, he pur- chased the lot of land next easterly of his house, and upon this higher ground built the ancient Pickering house the next year. A
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fire back was set in the back part of the fireplace. This fireback was cast at the iron-works in Saugus at that date, and is preserved in the museum of the Essex Institute. John Pickering died pos- sessed of the house in 1694. The next owner was his son John Pickering, who also died possessed of it. The next owner was the latter's son, Dea. Timothy Pickering, who died possessed of it in 1778. It then descended to his son Col. Timothy Pickering, who was born in this house in 1745, and became secretary of state un- der Washington and Adams, secretary of war, postmaster-general and member of congress. Colonel Pickering died possessed of the house in 1829; and its title and possession still remain in the family.
May 1, 1660, the selectmen admitted Nicholas Deacon as an inhabitant of the town, and Henry Herrick and Benjamin Balch were fined for entertaining him the next day. November 29th following, he was presented to the local court for living apart from his wife, and Henry Herrick was one of the witnesses against him. In 1669, Deacon told the court that he expected his wife soon. He was then living in Beverly.
May 8, 1660, the selectmen admitted John Sampson1 as an in- habitant of the town, provided that he took effectual course to bring his wife with him; and on the same day Wil- liam Haynes2, a tailor, who had come from Virginia, was also admitted an inhab- itant.
John Sampson
A week later, the selectmen granted to William Lord, sr., in further satisfaction of the land taken for the site of the first meet- ing house, ten acres of land between Thomas James' and Mr. Downing's farm.
Aug. 13, 1660, the town granted to John Loomis3 sixteen square rods of land between the two ways (Boston and Aborn streets ), as an enlargement of his house lot.
William Ellet of Cape Ann Side went into a deep pond after a duck, which had been shot, Sept. 13, 1660; and he was found
1John Sampson was born about 1627; yeoman; constable; lived in the Beverly part of Salem as late as 1680; was called "son-in-law" of Richard and Mary Haines in 1677; children : 1. Sarah, born June 18, 1668; 2. Mary, born Nov. 15, 1670; 3. Ciprian, born March 13, 1672-3.
"This was, perhaps, the William Haynes who married Sarah Ingersoll of Salem in or before 1644; and was a husbandman in Salem in 1648, having been in Virginia in the interim.
3John Loomes was a seaman, and lived on the western corner of Boston and Aborn streets in 1659; married Mary Trask; died about 1685, leaving an only son John and widow Mary, both of whom lived in Salem in 1700. Mr. Loomis' daughter Mary was born Dec. 16, 1659.
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drowned the next morning. The pond was "environed with long weeds, some about nine fathoms," and both of his hands had weeds fast wrapped around them. A jury, consisting of William Dodge, Robert Hubbard, John Leach, Edmond Grover, Zackary Herrick, Cornelius Baker, Osmond Trask, John Grover, Joseph Harris, Nicholas Decane and Isaac Davis, was summoned, and they decided that the deceased had been drowned by accident1. Neither Elliot nor his wife Sarah were desirable citizens2.
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