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ROBERT PROCTORS; blacksmith and yeoman; married, first, Hannah Goodhue ( ?) ; she died May 20, 1766; married, second, Hannah Favour (published Oct. 23, 1774) ; he died Feb. - , 1803; she died, his widow, Dec. 10, 1828; children : I. Thorndike,6 born about 1758; master mariner ; died, unmarried, in the winter of 1791-2; 2. Robert,6 born Dec. 23, 1760; 3. Martha, born in 1763; 4. - 6 (son), born about 1772; died July -, 1794; 5. Benjamin,6 born Oct. 24, 1775; 6. - (son), born about 1781 ; died Aug. - , 1795. EBENEZER PROCTOR6; blacksmith; married Martha Gott of Danvers March 29, 1769; died June 15, 1804; she died Aug. 9, 1824; children: I. Eben,6 baptized June 10, 1781; 2. Daniel,6 born in 1772; mariner ; died at Havanna July -, 1802; 3. Polly,6 baptized June 10, 1781; married Nathan Luther of Newport, R. I., Nov. 12, 1797; 4. Abigail,6 bap- tized June 10, 1781; living in 1799; 5. Deborah, born Sept. 4, 1785( ?) ; died in the summer of 1804; 7. Eben,6 baptized Feb. 1, 1784. THORNDIKE PROCTOR"; married Mary -; died in the autumn of 1775; children: I. Abigail, born about 1756; married Zadock Buffington about August, 1776; 2. William, born in 1760; 3. Thorndike, born in 1763.
ROBERT PROCTOR6; blacksmith and shopkeeper; married Lydia Kilbern Nov. 13, 1808; died Dec. 4, 1841; child: I. Martha Ann,7 baptized Aug. 23, 18II; married David Nichols April 5, 1835. WILLIAM PROCTOR®; mer- chant and cordwainer; married Elizabeth Masury Nov. 8, 1783; she died May -, 1793; he died Feb. 23, 1803; children : I. Elizabeth,7 born about
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selectmen for a license to entertain travelers, stating that "I live at Mr. Downing's farm which is in the common roadway, which occasioneth several travelers to call in for some refreshment as they pass along and finding it like to be very chargable in case I should continue to accomodate such upon free cost, do therefore earnestly request you that you would be pleased to grant me liberty to set up a house of entertainment to sell beer, cider, liquors," etc .; and the Salem court licensed him to keep a house of public entertainment and to sell strong waters only to strang- ers. The license was continued for many years. John Proctor remained on the farm until the Witchcraft delusion swept him into its net and he lost his life with other victims upon the tree, Aug. 19, 1692. After his death, his son Benjamin carried on the farm until its title passed from the Downing family, by its conveyance by Charles Downing of London, England, esquire, son of Sir George and grandson of Emanuel Downing, to Thorn- dike Proctor Sept. 13, 1700.1
An interesting matter, which savors of English custom, is the granting of a private game preserve in Salem in 1638. Em- manuel Downing had brought from England, at great expense, "all things fitting for taking wild fowl by way of duck coy." In July, 1638, he was granted five hundred acres of land by the town of Salem. When the general court assembled, September 6th,2
"being desirous to encourage such designs as tend to public good, do give him full liberty to place the same duck coy
1784; 2. Mary,7 born about 1788; 3. William,7 born about 1791. THORNDIKE PROCTOR6; goldsmith; married Elizabeth Hathorne April 4, 1788; died Sept. 9, 1790; she died Dec. 15, 1834; child: I. Thorndike,7 baptized July 19, 1789.
WILLIAM PROCTOR™; merchant; removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1827; married Sarah G. Holman April II, 1813; children: I. Mary Elizabeth,8 born Sept. 19, 1813; died March 29, 1815; 2. William Henry,8 born Nov. 26, 1814; died Feb. 10, 1829; 3. Charles Edward,8 born Oct. 18, 1815; died on the coast of Africa Feb. 13, 1842; 4. Francis Pierce,8 born Dec. 29, 1816; 5. Joseph Holman,8 born May 4, 1818; 6. Mary Elizabeth,8 born March 26, 1819; died Sept. 5, 1819; 7. Caroline Elizabeth,8 born March 15, 1820; 8. Sarah Holman,8 born Aug. 29, 1821; died Sept. 21, 1821; 9. Horace Masury,8 born Aug. 6, 1822; died Sept. 27, 1822; 10. George Frederick,8 born Nov. 10, 1824; died April 20, 1825; II. Sarah Ellen,8 born Feb. 3, 1828; 12. Augusta Pierce,8 born Feb. 6, 1831. THORNDIKE PROCTOR'; mer- chant; married Elizabeth M. Rust July 3, 1814; died Jan. 9, 1834; she survived him; children: I. Thorndike,8 baptized March 3, 1816; living in 1836; 2. John Henry,8 born about 1817; mariner; died off Cape Horn Jan. 23, 1849; 3. Elizabeth Hathorne,8 born in 1819; died Dec. 3, 1821; 4. Charles Frederick,8 born about 1821; living in 1836; 5. Elizabeth Hathorne,8 born in 1824.
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book 15, leaves 5 and 6; book 17, leaf 7.
2Mr. Endecott and deputies John Winthrop, jr., Thomas Flint, William Hathorne, John Woodberry and Jacob Barney were present.
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in some convenient place within the bounds of Salem, as the town and he can agree, and that it shall not be lawful for any person to shoot in any gun within half a mile of the pond where such duck coy shall be placed, nor shall use any other means for disturbance of the fowl there," except with permission of Mr. Downing, and punished in the discretion of the court. The order extended to all other places where any duck decoy should be placed by like license from the court.
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Although the court said that this order applied to other decoys, no similar rights were granted to any other person. Mr. Downing apparently did not consult the town of Salem nor re- quest it to grant to him a pond and land for this purpose. There was a tract of about fifty acres of land that he deemed to be adapted to his purpose, but it was a part of the grant to John Humphrey, on Forest River. It contained two ponds, now known as Coy ponds, and a hill, now called Legg's hill, which overlooked the ponds. Mr. Humphrey conveyed to Mr. Downing, on the same day, the grant of the right to maintain this shooting ground, "the two ponds and so much high ground about the ponds as is needful to keep the duck coy private from the disturbance of plowmen, herdsmen or others passing by that way which he may
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enclose so as he take above fifty acres of upland round about the same."1
This exclusive privilege was enjoyed by Mr. Downing only, a few years, as he finally returned to England in 1652, and died there about 1657, having granted this tract of land to his grand- son Solomon Stoddard of Boston, "fellow of the College of Cambridge." After possessing the land for ten years, Mr. Stoddard conveyed it to Moses Maverick and Richard Rowland; both of Marblehead, May I, 1667.2
Mr. Downing was propounded for an assistant, and Governor Winthrop, his brother-in-law, wrote in his Journal, May 22, 1639, that he knew him "to be a very able man, etc. and one who had done many good offices for the country for these ten years, yet the people would not choose him."
DOWNING HOUSE.
The mansion house3 of Mr. Downing, on Essex Street, was large, two stories in height and many gabled, having a "great" room, "great" entry, "great" stairs and "great" chamber. There was also a leanto. There were two chimney stacks. It had two columns of leaded sash and diamond-shaped panes on either side of the front door. There were great lanterns for lighting the ample grounds in front, by the use of candles, on festive and other occasions, being entered from each floor through doors. Undoubtedly it was the finest house then built in the Colony. There is some evidence that it had belonged to and was probably occupied by Rev. Hugh Peter, before his departure to England.
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book I, leaf I.
2Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 26.
3The picture of this house is from a photographic copy of a water color, made in 1819, which is now in the possession of the Essex Institute.
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Mr. Downing went to England in 1642, 1644 and finally in 1652; and Aug. 8, 1656, with the consent of her husband, Mrs. Downing conveyed the message to Joseph Gardner who had married their daughter Ann, as her dowry and marriage portion.1 Captain Gardner lived here until his tragic death, at the hands of the Indians, in King Philip's War, Dec. 19, 1675. He willed all his estate to his wife, who survived him, and married, secondly, Gov. Simon Bradstreet, who then lived in Boston, June 6, 1676. Governor Bradstreet removed to Salem and lived in this house until his death, March 27, 1697, at the age of ninety-four. His remains lie in his tomb in the Charter Street burial ground. His wife survived him, and continued to live here until April 19, 1713, when she died, having devised the estate to her sister's grand- children,- daughters of Col. John Wainwright of Ipswich. They were Elizabeth, wife of Addington Davenport, esquire, Anne, wife of Adam Winthrop, esquire, and Lucy, wife of Paul Dudley, all of Boston. About two months later these ladies leased the estate to Elisha Odlin, and he conducted a tavern in the old manse, naming it the "Sign of the Globe." In December, 1715, Benjamin Ropes of Salem succeeded Mr. Odlin as landlord of the tavern, and Nov. 1, 1716, Mr. Ropes purchased the estate of the three owners for three hundred and twenty pounds.2 Much of the land of the original homestead had from time to time been sold, and thus the premises had been much reduced in extent. Mr. Ropes died in the autumn of 1717; and his widow Ann married John Green. Mrs. Green continued the tavern business in this house for two years, and then it was conducted by her husband until 1726, when her son Benjamin Ropes had become of age. At his mother's request Benjamin became the innkeeper at the Globe Tavern, the business being conducted in the easterly end of the old mansion. Benjamin died Sept. 26, 1732, at the age of thirty- one. Three of the heirs of the deceased Benjamin Ropes con- veyed their interests, one-fifth each, to Miles Ward, jr., of Salem, joiner, as follows: Thomas Ropes of Salem, mariner, July 27, 1734:3 Joseph Lamberth of Salem, tailor, and wife Lydia, daughter of the deceased, March 22, 1738;4 and George Ropes of Marblehead, cooper, June 26, 1739.5 Mr. Ward conveyed the three-fifths interest to Nathaniel Ingersoll of Salem, mariner, July 3. 1741.6 Benjamin Ropes, the son of the deceased Benjamin,
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book I, leaf 31. "Essex Registry of Deeds, book 31, leaf 95.
3Essex Registry of Deeds, book 66, leaf 254.
+Essex Registry of Deeds, book 77, leaf 256.
5Essex Registry of Deeds, book 78, leaf 44.
6Essex Registry of Deeds, book 83, leaf 208.
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died leaving a son named Benjamin, who died soon after and his mother, Hannah Ropes inherited his double share (two-fifths) of the house and land. Captain Ingersoll and Mrs. Ropes took down the ancient house in 1753.
Mr. Downing married Lucy Winthrop April 10, 1622. Their oldest child was George, who was born in 1624, and came to Salem with his parents in the spring of 1638, at the age of four- teen. He entered Harvard College and ranked second in the first class. He returned to England; lived in Gamlangay, Cam- bridgeshire; married Frances Howard; and was knighted and made a baronet by Charles II, July 1, 1661, for his good conduct in Holland. He died in 1684. Downing Street, the financial center of London, was named for him; and his grandson of the same name established by will, in 1800, Downing College, at Cambridge, England, on a more liberal foundation than any other college at that distinguished educational center. Other children, than George and Ann, were James, who was the son of Mr. Downing by his first wife, - Ware, and came with Governor Winthrop in the Arbella, in 1630; Mary, who came to New England in May, 1633, with Governor Coddington in the Mary and Jane, and married Anthony Stoddard of Boston; Susan, who came with Mary; Lucy; Dorcas, who was baptized in Salem Feb. 7, 1640-1 ; and John, who was baptized in Salem March I, 1640-I; merchant; lived at Nevis; and probably died in Boston April 29, 1694.
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T the Salem court, June 26, 1638, there were present Colonel Endecott, William Hathorne, Roger Conant and two magistrates from Lynn. Marmeduke Barton, servant of Francis Weston, was sentenced to be whipped and have a lock put upon one of his feet for running away from his master and filing off his lock. After Weston's removal, Barton became servant of Dea. John Horne. In the local court, Sept. 29, 1640, he was ordered to be severely whipped for running away and pilfering. He acknowledged that he went into two houses on the Lord's day and took half a cheese and a piece of cake out of Goodman Gouldsmith's and ate it, and also took a knife and a little milk. The other house was near the Great Cove, where he took nothing. His master asked the court for mercy for his servant. In the same court, Jan. 25, 1641-2, Barton was fined for receiving stolen silver, and was also ordered to be whipped the next day, being lecture day. The following June, the general court condemned him to slavery till the further order of the court, and also ordered him to be branded.
July 16, 1638, at a town meeting, Thomas Edwards, having six in his family, desired an acre of salt marsh as others had. John Friend requested a grant of two hundred acres of land. William Pester demanded a ten-acre lot and a farm; also, the exchange of Parmiter's ten-acre lot which he had purchased of him. William Gault1 was received as an inhabitant and granted
1William Gault, born about 1608, lived on the south side of Charter Street, next easterly of the cemetery, in the house later owned and occupied by Dr. Francis Gahtman; came from Yarmouth, Norfolkshire, England; cordwainer; embarked May II, 1637, in the Mary Ann, being unmarried; married Mary - ; died April 1, 1659; she married, secondly, Richard Bishop July 22, 1660; children : 1. Rebecca, born about 1641; married John Bly Nov. 11, 1663; 2. Deborah, born about 1645; married Edward Winter Nov. 17, 1669; 3. Sarah, born about 1647; married Henry Colborne Dec.
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ten acres of planting ground. William Lord was granted about one and a half acres of upland lying next to his marsh lot, pro- vided he should pay to the town five shillings an acre for it. Daniel Baxter propounded himself to be an inhabitant. John Harbert desired further accommodation, William Fisk, a ten-acre lot, and Robert Page,1 some sixty acres of land near the old planters.
On the same day (July 16, 1638), the seven men granted to William Pester2 a ten-acre lot of land and a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, upon the condition that within a year he should improve it. He apparently satisfied the requirement and received title to the land. William Trask owned it a few years later, and conveyed it to Robert Prince Dec. 20, 1655. Mr. Prince® built-
-, 1665. Mehitable Gault, who married Gov. John Easton of Rhode Island Feb. 4, 1661, was probably another daughter.
1Robert Page, born about 1604, came from Ormsby, near Yarmouth, Norfolkshire, England, in 1637, with his wife Lucy and three children, Francis, Margaret - and Susanna; removed to Hampton; representative; died Sept. 22, 1679; children: I. Francis; living in 1679; 2. Margaret; married William Moulton; 3. Susanna; died before 1679; 4. Thomas, baptized in Salem Sept. I, 1639; had children; 5. Rebecca, baptized in Salem Sept. 1, 1639; married John Smith; 6. Mary; married Samuel Fogg; 7. Hannah; married Henry Dow.
2In 1640, William Pester wrote to his "uncle Will™ Pester Esqr at Barnard Castle my Lord Chamberlaynes house in Thames streete, London."
3ROBERT PRINCE1 appears as a servant, with Bethiah and Lydia, probably his sisters, in the tavern of John Gedney in 1651. They were there in 1654. Rebecca Prince, perhaps another sister, married John Putnam and settled in Salem Village in 1652. She was called "step daughter" by Mr. Gedney. ROBERT PRINCE2 married Sarah Warren of Watertown April 5, 1662; died June 4, 1674; she married, secondly, Alexander Osborne, an Irishman; she
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upon it the house which lately stood on Spring Street and known
was accused of witchcraft, and died in the jail in Boston in May, 1692; children : I. James,2 born Jan. 19, 1664-5; died Sept. - , 1666; 2. James," born about Aug. 15, 1668; 3. Elizabeth,2 born Feb. 19, 1669-70; 4. Joseph." JAMES PRINCE2; farmer; lived on his father's homestead; married Sarah (Rea), widow of Jacob Phillips; died early in 1724; children: I. Charity,3 born June 10, 1693; married Solomon Trow March 20, 1722; 2. Sarah,3 born Jan. 3, 1695-6; married Thomas Reddin Sept. 26, 1717; 3. Rebecca,3 baptized Dec. 11, 1698; married Robert Glanfield Dec. 25, 1727; 4. James,3 baptized Jan. 12, 1700-1; 5. David,3 baptized Jan. 31, 1702-3; 6. Jonathan,3 baptized July 20, 1707. JOSEPH PRINCE"; married Elizabeth Robinson Jan. 3, 1698-9; children : 1. Robert,3 born Dec. 29, 1700; 2. Joseph,3 born May 30, 1702; died at the age of six weeks; 3. Timothy,3 born Oct. - , 1703; died young; 4. Elizabeth,3 baptized July 29, 1705; died young ; 5. Solomon,3 baptized March 30, 1707; cordwainer; lived in Salem; 6. Susan- na," baptized July 3, 1709; 7. Abel,3 baptized April 8, 1711; 8. Martha,3 baptized June II, 1713; 9. Elizabeth,3 baptized March 18, 1715-6; married John Nichols of Middleton Oct. 2, 1739; 10. William,3 baptized Sept. 8, 1717; married Mary Holland of Pomfret (published Sept. 1, 1744) ; II. Samuel,3 baptized June 7, 1719; 12. Timothy,3 baptized Aug. 12, 1722.
JAMES PRINCE®; yeoman; married Hannah Putnam Dec. 2, 1730; died in 1755; she died June 19, 1798; lived on his father's homestead, and was the first treasurer of Danvers; children: I. James,4 born Sept. 15, 1731; lived in Danvers; married Elizabeth Preston Sept. 18, 1755; died July 24, 1796; she died Dec. 18, 1822; had children; 2. Huldah,4 born Feb. 9, 1733-4; married Timothy Prince; 3. David,4 born Nov. 27, 1738; cordwainer; lived in Danvers; died Jan. 28, 1796; 4. John,4 born Jan. 26, 1743-4; died April 18, 1744; 5. John, born Nov. 20, 1745; living in 1800; 6. Amos,4 born Feb. 7, 1747-8; lived in Danvers; had children. DAVID PRINCE3; married Phebe Fuller Dec. 3, 1724; removed to Sutton about 1729, and died there ; children: 1. David,4 born Oct. 23, 1725; 2. Sarah,4 born April 28, 1727; 3. Stephen, born Oct. 4, 1730; 4. John,4 born Nov. 27, 1733. DR. JONATHAN PRINCE3; lived on the southern end of Hawthorne Hill, at the head of Ingersoll Street in Danvers; married, first, Abigail Rogers of Billerica; second, Mary Porter; he died in May, 1753; his widow Mary died in 1782; children : I. Abigail4; 2. Jonathan,4 born Jan. 21, 1734; lived in Danvers ; physician; married Lydia Holton June 6, 1754; died at Salem Dec. II, 1759; she died in Danvers May II, 1761; no children; 3. Daniel,4 born Sept. 12, 1735; married, first, Elizabeth Rea March 15, 1763; second, Anne Felton; probably removed to Bow, N. H .; had children; 4. Nathan,4 born June 21, 1738; died Nov. 23, 1759; 5. Ezra,4 born Nov. 29, 1741; cooper ; lived in Danvers; married Emme Goodale of Danvers March 1, 1770; died about September, 1771; no issue; 6. Mary,4 born May 27, 1744; died April 26, 1766; 7. Asa,4 born Feb. 22, 1747; captain; was at Lexington, Bunker Hill and Lake George, and fought gallantly; lived in Danvers; married Elizabeth Nichols June 15, 1769; had children; 8. Sarah,4 born July 13, 1749; 9. Ruth,4 born July 28, 1751; married Daniel Bigsbe of Topsfield May 2, 1776. ROBERT PRINCE3; married Mary Fowls (published March 5, 1728-9) ; probably removed to Connecticut about 1747; children : 1. Joseph,* baptized July 19, 1730; 2. Ebenezer,4 baptized July 9, 1732; 3. Mary,* baptized April 21, 1734; 4. Sarah,4 baptized July 25, 1736; 5. David, bap- tized Feb. 19, 1737-8; 6. Sarah,4 baptized June 29, 1740; 7. Elizabeth,4 bap- tized March 13, 1742-3. ABEL PRINCE3; married Hannah Eaton July 31, 1735; was dead in 1741; children: I. Elizabeth,4 baptized June 8, 1740; 2. Anna,4 baptized June 8, 1740; 3. Hannah,4 baptized Aug. 16, 1741. TIMOTHY PRINCE3; lived in Danvers till 1760, and removed to Pomfret,
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as the ancient Osborne house. He died June 4, 1674, having devised the house and land to his two minor sons, James and Joseph, subject to his widow Sarah's improvement of the estate Pobart parina during their minority. She married, secondly, Alexan- der Osborne, an Irishman, and vainly attempted to hold the property after the boys arrived at maturity. The action of Mrs. Osborne, who was influenced to do so by her husband, caused resentment among the neighbors. Her husband died and she became bedridden and an easy prey to the accusing girls in the witchcraft incriminations. She died in the jail in Boston, awaiting trial, May 10, 1692, having been in that prison more than two months. In the division of the real estate, in 1696, this house and the easterly portion of the grant was assigned to the son James, who lived here and died in 1724, having devised it to his sons, James and David. They divided it, and the house and land under and around it was
Conn .; married, first, Mary Putnam Nov. 8, 1744; she died Dec. 17, 1754; married, second, Huldah Prince Oct. 15, 1755; they were living at Pomfret in 1778; children: I. Samuel,4 born Nov. 9, 1745; 2. Phebe,4 born Dec. 9, 1748; died May 23, 1750; 3. Betty,4 born Dec. 17, 1751; 4. Timothy,4 born Nov. 3, 1756; 5. Hannah,4 born Oct. 3, 1760; 6. Abel.4
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released to James, who lived here and died, in 1775, having devised it to his sons David and John. David died in 1797, having devised his half part to his brother, who conveyed the place to Nathan Peirce of Salem Jan. 6, 1800.1 He died in 1812, having devised it to his son George Peirce of Salem, merchant, who died in 1822, having devised it to his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1826, and the property descended to her young children who, by their guardian, conveyed it to Stephen Phillips of Salem, merchant, July 7, 1826.2 Through several mesne conveyances it came to George Nichols, jr., of Salem, tanner, in 1853. He removed to the farm, and became a farmer; but, however, conveyed it to Stephen Driver of Salem, shoe manufacturer, the next year.3 To this time, the house had had the customary overhanging second story in front, and Mr. Driver, without changing the rooms, built out the first story even with the second, except for a short distance about five inches of the overhang was left at the western end. Mr. Driver died in 1868; and the widow and heirs conveyed the estate to George M. Underwood of Pawtucket, R. I., April 28, 1869.4 Mr. Underwood removed to Danvers, and, Feb. 7, 1872, conveyed the place to Jacob E. Spring of Brownfield, Me.5 In 1891, it became the property of St. John's Normal College, which sold the house, in 1915, to Daniel Cahill, who removed it to the northeasterly side of Maple Street, some twenty rods northwest- erly from the railroad bridge, where it now stands.
At the session of the general court, Sept. 6, 1638, Capt. John Underhill, commander of the militia in Boston, being "committed for abusing the court, by his gross and palpable dissimulation and equivocation, or mental reservation, in his petition, and after saying his failing was only in the manner," was banished and ordered to go out of the jurisdiction within fourteen days, and not to return. He was ordered to take passage in the ship of Salem then bound for England. Two years later, Oct. 8, 1640, Captain Underhill came into the court, under safe conduct, and "openly and humbly acknowledged and bewailed his offences against God and this commonwealth, as he had formerly done the like to the church of Boston, who have thereupon received him again into the church, this court, also, being charitably and well persuaded of the truth of his repentance, are willing to forgive his former offences, so far as may concern every of our private interests, and are freely reconciled to him in Christian love,"
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book 166, leaf 133.
2Essex Registry of Deeds, book 242, lcaf 36.
3Essex Registry of Deeds, book 503, leaf 169.
4Essex Registry of Deeds, book 771, leaf 184.
5Essex Registry of Deeds, book 847, leaf 91.
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suspended his sentence of banishment till the end of the next court of elections that they might have further proof of his repentance. On that date (June 2, 1641), his sentence of banish- ment was repealed.
At the general court, Sept. 6, 1638, Moses Maverick was given permission to sell "a tun of wine at Marble Head, and not to exceed this year."
At the same court, it was declared that every inhabitant in each town is liable to contribute to all charges, both in church and commonwealth, whereof he doth or may receive benefit, according to his ability, and if he does not do so voluntarily he may be assessed therefor.
In the first volume,1 it is mentioned that, by order of the general court, Sept. 3, 1634, a market was established in Salem, to be held every Wednesday. Apparently, this market, because of its frequency, failed to produce desired results, as families probably only purchased supplies sufficient for the ensuing week. Thus sales would be comparatively small, and there was no in- ducement for merchants to bring merchandise from a distance and sell a small quantity each week. After four years' experience with the market, the English system of fairs was instituted.
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