John Hale (1636-1700) of Beverly, author of A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft.
Judith’s daughter, Elizabeth (Somerby) (Clark) Hale (1646-1716), married in 1698 Rev. Their daughter Deborah Coffin married Joseph Knight who testified against Susannah Martin, who was hanged as a witch in 1692. Tristram Coffin house (1678), 14 High Road, Newbury. Convicted as a witch by her community may she lay in peace beyond these walls.”
Confined to her husband William Morse 4 acre house lot on the SE side of Market Square until her death.” The back of William’s (newer) marker says: “wife Elizabeth 1616-1690. Elizabeth Morse – Witch of Newbury – 1679-1681 arrested, tried, imprisoned, and reprieved. Although it’s not known whether she is buried here, the Morse Society added a cenotaph that reads: “Mrs. Sign on fence.īurying Ground of the First Settlers, 238 High Road, Newbury. John and Sarah (Mireck) Atkinson accused Susannah Martin of being a witch in 1692. ExploreĪtkinson House (1664), Green Street at Hanover Street, Newbury Upper Green. Untapped History: Two self-described history nerds offer a historic walking tour of Newburyport, which includes details about accused witch Elizabeth Morse. This page includes Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury. Later entries may be of his son Silas (1757-1848), who also was a miller.Settled in 1635, Newbury originally included Newburyport, set off in 1764, and West Newbury, set off in 1819.
Entries also show charges to the town of Newbury related to assistance for the poor, and notes on meetings of a town committee for the selection of a new pastor, and of the Newbury overseers. Silas Pearson’s mill accounts date from about 1750 to 1799. There are additionally accounts of his other sons, including Jeremiah (1718-1797), who purchased boards for his shop, John (1725-1814), for his labor at a prison and at home, and Thomas (1723-1819), for an ax and caulking irons. John Pearson moved back to Newbury before 1739, and entries after that date pertain chiefly to the Pearson saw and gristmills. Also included are accounts of John’s payment for personal items such as shoes, 60 acres of land, and legal counsel during a lawsuit. Entries from 1714 to 1724 show debits for carpentry work that John completed, sometimes with the assistance of hired men or his apprentice, Zebediah Mix, as well as money he lent to others. John was a carpenter and cabinetmaker in Stonington, Connecticut, before he returned to Massachusetts to manage the family mill complex. Additional accounts include one of Newbury’s founders, Reverend Nicholas Noyes (1615/16-1701), and his sons, Timothy Noyes (1655-1718), Thomas Noyes (1663-1695), John Noyes (1645-1691), and Cutting Noyes (1649-1734).|The second volume is an account book, dated 1714-1799, kept by Jeremiah Pearson’s son John (1685-1781), and John’s son Silas (1724-1804). (1650-1689), John Hale, Thomas Hale, Sr., and Thomas Hale, Jr., and Nathan Parker, possibly the stepson of Mary Parker, who was hanged during the Salem witch trials. There is an index to names in the front of the volume, including Peter Cheney, who later built his own fulling mill, and other Newbury residents like Tristram Coffin, Aquila Chase III (1652-1720), Captain Richard Dummer, Jr. Customers in Newbury, Salisbury, Amesbury, and nearby towns also offered labor, such as spinning, as payment. Volume one, dated 1681-1711, is a ledger of fulling mill entries of John Pearson, Sr. Two account books, dated 1684-1799, kept by members of the Pearson family of Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts, who operated fulling, grist, and saw mills on the Mill River.
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