Posted by cyril gabriel
on 11/11/2007, 3:20 am, in reply to "Re: Salem Witchcraft trials"
76.115.123.122
solomon may have been in barbados at the time of the trials. he went there for his health but cant remember dates he was there. i had the same problem when i was trying to find anything he may have writen on the trials
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: I'm aware that Eleazer Mather was Increase
: Mather's brother and Cotton's uncle.
: Cotton's roll in the witchcraft turmoil is
: well documented. Unfortunately, I can find
: no info revealing Solomon Stoddard's
: position on the 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.
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: --Previous Message--
: 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"
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: 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!
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: http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/tour/peabody.shtml
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: I'll be glad to share my source info with
: anyone interested.
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