1634 - 1692 (~ 58 years)
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Name |
Towne, Mary |
Christening |
24 Aug 1634 |
Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,Eng |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
22 Sep 1692 |
Salem,Essex,MA |
Notes |
- CHR: Gt. Yarmouth par reg (FHL #1526327 item 16).
MAR: No mar rec found. She is called Mary "Esty" in the petition of the children of William Towne for settlement of his estate, 17 Jan 1682/3 (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 2:358 [FHL #974.45 P2p]). Isaac Esty, apparently the husband of Mary, called Jacob Towne "brother" in deposition, 22 Jun 1660, in the case of Henry Bartholomew v. Jacob Towne (RECORDS AND FILES OF THE QUARTERLY COURTS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 9 vols. [Salem, 1911-75], 2:204 [FHL #974.45 P2e]). Furthermore, Isaac Esty, aged 82, petitioned the court for restitution in the wrongful death of his wife Mary, excecuted for withcraft in 1692, dated 8 Sep 1710 ("Witchcraft [Cases], Court of Assistants, 1673-1692, and Superior Court of Judicature" [transcript, n.d.], 155 [FHL #877465 item 2]). Robert Calef stated that Mary Esty and Rebecca Nurse were sisters in his MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD (London, 1700), reprinted in George Lincoln Burr, NARRATIVES OF THE WITCHCRAFT CASES (New York, 1914), 367 (BYU #E187.07 O73x vol. 18). Burr was a witness to many of the events surrounding the Salem witchcraft delusion of 1692.
DEATH: Burr, NARRATIVES, 367, reprinting Calef, MORE WONDERS. Many published histories of the Salem witch trials include accounts of the trials of Mary and her sisters Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Cloyse.
~LDS ORDINANCES
BEPS: IGI
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Person ID |
I9962 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
Last Modified |
11 Oct 2004 |
Father |
Towne, William, c. 18 Mar 1598/1599, Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,Eng d. (adm) 24 Jun 1673, Salem,Essex,MA (Age ~ 74 years) |
Mother |
Blessing, Joanna, b. Abt 1595, of Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,Eng d. (pet) 17 Jan 1682/3, Salem,Essex,MA |
Marriage |
25 Apr 1620 |
Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,MA |
Family ID |
F4421 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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