Posted by Bonnie Yates --Previous Message--
on 4/8/2007, 9:03 pm, in reply to "Salem Witchcraft trials"
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There may be another connection between the Stoddards and the Salem Witchcraft trials: Solomon Stoddard, son of Anthony of Boston married Esther Warham Mather, widow of Rev. Eleazar Mather of Salem. The Rev.was Cotton Mather's uncle. Do you have further info on this connection? Thank you.
: Anyone in the Anthony of Boston line may be
: interested in my recent discovery:
: Our ancestor Emanuel Downing, Anthony's
: father-in-law, owned the house rented by
: John and Elizabeth Proctor, key figures in
: the Salem Witchcraft trials (and Arthur
: Miller's play "The Crucible"
:
: John Proctor was hanged as a witch, but
: Elizabeth was spared because she was
: pregnant. The house, which still stands
: (see website below), was later sold by
: Downing's ancestors to Proctor's ancestors!
:
:
: http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/tour/peabody.shtml
:
: I'll be glad to share my source info with
: anyone interested.
:
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