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Authors: Marilynne K. Roach
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Mary English’s poem: Cheever, “A Sketch,”
164
.
Mansion’s fate: Ibid.,
160
.
Horace Connolly and the English inheritance: Avery,
Genealogy,
45
–
46
; Eleanor Putnam,
Old Salem
,
81
–
82
.
Mary (Hollingworth) English’s sampler: Perley,
The History of Salem,
1
:
37
–
38
; Curwen, “The Will,”
252
.
Ann Putnam
Thomas Putnam: Doc,
866
; Boyer and Nissenbaum,
Salem-Village Witchcraft
,
255
–
256
. The committee was Joseph Porter, Joseph Hutchinson Sr., Joseph Putnam, Daniel Andrews, and Francis Nurse.
Sarah Putnam born: Parris, “Records,”
16
.
Sarah Putnam dies: Ibid.,
21
.
Mrs. Mary Putnam’s illness and death: Boyer and Nissenbaum,
Salem-Village Witchcraft
,
213
–
222
.
Pro-Parris petition: Ibid.,
262
–
263
.
Seth Putnam born and baptized: Parris, “Records,”
17
; “Baptisms at the Church in Salem Village,”
237
.
Thomas Putnam and others protests Mary Putnam will: Boyer and Nissenbaum,
Salem-Village Witchcraft
,
215
–
216
.
Thomas Putnam petitions probate court: Ibid.,
216
–
217
.
Mary Putnam estate testimony: Ibid.,
217
–
220
.
Parris quits: Ibid.,
311
.
Thomas Putnam sells Topsfield land: Ibid.,
222
.
Thomas Putnam sells home and moves: Perley, “Hathorne,”
332
–
344
.
Experience and Hannah Putnam baptized: “Baptisms at the Church in Salem Village,”
237
.
Meeting House seating changes: Salem Village Church records in C. Upham,
Salem Witchcraft,
668
.
Thomas Putnam dies: Salem,
Vital Records
,
6
:
172
.
Ann Putnam dies: Ibid.,
6
:
169
.
Thomas Putnam estate: Boyer and Nissenbaum,
Salem-Village Witchcraft,
223
–
225
.
Putnam children: C. Upham,
Salem Witchcraft,
671
–
672
.
Ann Putnam Jr. joins Salem Village Church: Salem Village Church records in C. Upham,
Salem Witchcraft,
672
.
Ann Putnam Jr. dies: C. Upham,
Salem Witchcraft,
673
; Perley, “Hathorne,”
342
.
Tituba
Tituba’s Salem jail bill: Docs,
857
(and note),
858
. The number of months looks like a ten but is actually a one:
for tetabe Indan A whole year and
10
month
.
Tituba’s Boston jail bill: Ibid.,
4
,
481
.
Robert Calef on Tituba: Calef,
More Wonders,
343
(emphasis added).
Tituba’s origins: Breslaw,
Tituba,
3
–
62
,
207
n
13
,
14
; Hoffer,
Devil’s Disciples,
105
–
210
,
267
–
269
notes; Hansen, “Metamorphosis”; Tucker, “Purloined Identity”; Rosenthal,
Salem Story,
10
–
31
.
Mary Warren
Mary Warren’s jail bill: Docs,
857
–
858
.
Mary Warren’s whereabouts: Ibid.,
75
,
216
,
772
.
Elizabeth Procter’s petition: Ibid.,
871
.
Petitions and results: Ibid.,
876
–
877
,
879
; Stevens,
Ancestry
,
1
:
44
.
7
,
44
.
12
.
Procter Restitution: Docs,
935
,
958
–
959
.
Elizabeth Procter remarries: Stevens,
Ancestry
,
1
:
44
.
4
.
Afflicted blamed: Doc,
931
, Calef,
More Wonders,
384
,
306
.
Afflicted girls’ later history: S. Noyes, Libby, and David,
Genealogical
,
429
–
430
; C. Mather,
Diary,
1
:
261
n,
382
–
383
; Norton,
Devil’s Snare,
310
–
311
.
Abbreviations
CSM: Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Doc: Document number from Rosenthal,
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt
EIHC:
Essex Institute Historical Collections
EQC: County of Essex,
Records of the Quarterly Courts
EQC-VT: Verbatim transcription of Essex County Records, typescript
Essex Deeds: bound, handwritten copies of deeds
Essex,
Probate
: County of Essex.
The Probate Records of Essex County
, in print
Essex Probate & docket #: manuscript
Essex Probate Records: microfilm (at New England Historic Genealogical Society library, etc.)
GM: Anderson,
Great Migration
GMB: Anderson,
Great Migration Begins
MHS: Massachusetts Historical Society
NEHGS: New England Historic Genealogical Society
OED:
Oxford English Dictionary
Register
:
New England Historic Genealogical Register
SJC: Superior Court of Judicature
SV: Salem Village
SV-VR: Parris, “Records of the Rev. Samuel Parris”
TAG:
The American Genealogist
Quotations from the witch trial papers used in this book are taken from the definitive
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt
, Bernard Rosenthal, ed. To cross-reference the document numbers given here with documents available in other, earlier editions, readers might consult www.
17
thc.us/primarysources/Cross-Refs.
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Corwin, George. Essex Probate Docket
6949
.
English, Philip. non compos. Essex Probate Docket 9082
.
English, Philip. Essex Probate Docket
9083
.
Oliver, Thomas. Essex Probate Docket
20009
.
Essex County, South, Registry of Deeds, Salem, MA.
Essex County, MA. Deeds, vols.
8
–
9
, microfilm F/
72
/E
7
/E
87
, NEHGS Library.
The first one hundred volumes of deeds are accessible online at http://www.essexdeeds.gov.
James Duncan Philips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
“Court of Common Pleas, series
5
, Salem Waste Book, vol.
7
(
1692
–
1695
), vol.
8
(
1695
–
1718
/
19
).
“Court of General Sessions of the Peace,” series 4, vol. 4 (1718/19
–
1727
).
English, Mrs. Philip [Katherine Dana English]. “Facts About the Life of Philip English of Salem Collected by Mrs. Philip English,
99
East Rock Road, New Haven, Conn,
1943
.” Typescript. James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
“Essex Institute ms. English Family Papers”:
Box
1
, file
7
: “Philip English (
1651
–
1736
) Papers/Legal Documents,
1675
,
1682
–
1727
,
1733
.”
Box
1
, file
8
: Philip English (
1651
–
1736
) Papers/Guardianship and Estate Papers,
1732
–
1744
,
1751
.”
Box
3
, file
11
: “John Touzel (bp.
1687
–
1737
) Papers/Estate Papers,
1737
–
1746
,
1775
–
1778
.”
“Verbatim Transcription of the Records of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts.” Typescript volumes compiled by the WPA under Clerk of Courts Archie N. Frost
Massachusetts Archives, Dorchester, MA.
“Council Records,
2
(
1686
–
1698
),” on microfilm.
“General Court Records (Records of the Governor and Council),” vol. 6, April 18, 1689 to December 10, 1698
, on one reel.
“Massachusetts Archives,” scrapbook volumes on microfilm:
81
(Minutes of the Council)
1689
–
1732
.
40
(Judicial)
1683
–
1734
.
“Middlesex County Court Records
1683
–
1699
.”
“Superior Court of Judicature”
1
(
1692
–
1695
),
1892
transcript.
New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
Essex County Deeds
8
:
338
–
41
, #
123
(Record books on microfilm), vols.
8
–
9
, microfilm F/
72
/E
7
/E
87
.
Essex County, MA/Probate Records/Old Series (Record books on microfilm):
Vols.
304
–
306
, microfilm F/
22
/E
36
.