52 Relatives in 2018 #33 Abigail Johnson (1682-?)

Abigail Johnson

relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed

Abigail Johnson was just 10 years old when she was accused and arrested for witchcraft with her mother, Elizabeth Dane Johnson.  She was arrested on 30 August 1692 and released upon bail with her brother Stephen Johnson and cousin Sarah Carrier in October 1692.

birth: 16 Mar 1682 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States

parents:  Stephen Johnson (?-1690) and Elizabeth Dane Johnson (1641-1722)

marriage:  unknown

spouse:  unknown

children:  unknown

death:  unknown

 

Sources:

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Ancestry.com. New England, Salem Witches and Others Tried for Witchcraft, 1647-1697 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Original information from surviving legal records from the towns and villages in question and appearing in Godbeer, Richard, comp. The Devil’s Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England: Appendices A & B. [Information taken from Boyer, Paul and Stephen Nissenbaum, eds. The Salem Witchcraft Papers: Verbatim Transcripts of the Legal Documents of the Salem Witchcraft Outbreak. 3 vols. New York, NY: 1977.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Ray, Benjamin. “Elizabeth Johnson Sr.” Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project, University of Virginia, 2002, salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n82.

52 Relatives in 2018 #32 Elizabeth Dane Johnson (1641-1722)

Elizabeth Dane Johnson

relationship: 1st cousin 10x removed

Elizabeth Dane Johnson was one of many of my female relatives arrested for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trial time period.  Elizabeth Johnson was arrested on 30 August 1692.  One daughter Abigail, aged 10, was arrested at the same time.  2 other children were arrested as well.  It is unknown when her release occurred.  She was eventually pardoned.

“Before the two married, they were convicted of fornication before marriage and fined. These types of actions were not easily forgotten during these Puritan times and Elizabeth was long afterward thought of as a “scarlet woman.”” from ‘Witches of Massachusetts’ website.

petition and transcription for her arrest

[29: August 1692. ]

Essex:/ To the Constable of Andivor

Complaint being made this day to us by Sam’ll. Martin of Andivor & Moses Tyler of Boxford, against Elizabeth Johnson widow and Abigall Johnson Singleweoman of Andivor that they the Said Elizabeth Johnson & Abigall Johnson hath greviously, afflicted and abused Martha. Sprage of boxford & Abigall Martin of Andivor Singleweomen by witchcraft contrary to the Peace of our Sover’ne Lord & Lady William & Mary King & Queen of England &c & to their Majesties Lawes in that case provided, and Said Sam’ll Martin & Moses Tyler haveing given Sufficient bond to prosecut their Said Complaint to Effect These are therefore to require you in their Majesties name forthwith to apprehend & seize the Bodys of the Said Elizabeth Johnson widow & Abigall Johnson her dauter Singlewoeman of Andivor & them Safely, convey to Salem before us their Majesties Justices of the Peace to be examined & proceded with according to law, forw’th. this shall be your warrant.

Dated in Salem 29: August 1692.
*Bartho Gedney
* John Hathorne
*John Higginson
Just’es. Peace

birth:  about 1641

parents: Francis Dane (1615-1696) and Elizabeth Ingalls (1618-1676)

marriage: 5 Nov 1661 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States

spouse: Stephen Johnson (?-1690)

children:

• Elizabeth Johnson (1670-?)
• Stephen Johnson (1679-?)
• Abigail Johnson (1682-?)
• Francis Johnson (1666-?) married Sarah Hawkes

death: 15 April 1722 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

 

Sources:

“”Witches” of Massachusetts – I – J.” Legends of America, Legends of America, 2018, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-i-j/.

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Book Title: The ancestors and descendants of Luke Rogers and Sarah Wright Brown

Ray, Benjamin. “Elizabeth Johnson Sr.” Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project, University of Virginia, 2002, salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n82.

52 Relatives in 2018 #31 Deliverance Hazeltine Dane (1650-1735)

Deliverance Hazeltine Dane

relationship: wife of 1st cousin, 10x removed

Deliverance Hazeltine Dane was one of many women accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts.  A petition accused her on 8 September 1692.  She was arrested, confessed, recanted, and eventually released upon bail payment.

Petition and transcript for expenses paid for Deliverance and a man servant.

An Account of the Expences of Nathaniel Dane of Andover for his
wife Deliverance who was accused of witchcraft and Suffered Im-
prisonment 13 weeks in the year 1692 And for his man Servant who
was Imprisoned eight weeks upon the same account.

viz

For prison fees and money and provision
necessarily Expended while they were in prison { 3 – 13 – 0

it money to the sheriffe & the Clerk and
the keeper when my wife was discharged upon Bail { 1 – 0 – 0

I desire mr Barnard to
give in this Acct to the
Hon’rable comittee

Pr *Nathaniel Dane

 

birth:  about 1650

parents: Robert Hazeltine (1609-1674) and Ann (?-1684)

marriage: 12 December 1672 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States

spouse: Nathaniel Dane (1645-1725)

children:

• Nathaniel Dane (1674-1674)
• Nathaniel Dane (1675-?)
• Francis Dane (1678-1679)
• Hannah Dane (1679-1734) married Samuel Osgood
• Daniel Dane (1684-1754) married Elizabeth Grainger
• Deliverance Dane(1693-1763) married Joseph Foster
• Abigail Dane (1698-1775) married Nathaniel Carlton

death: 15 Jun 1735 in Andover

 

Sources:

Ancestry.com. American Marriages Before 1699 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Lewis, Jone Johnson. “Biography of Deliverance Dane.” Thoughtco.com, 4 June 2017, http://www.thoughtco.com/deliverance-dane-biography-3528113.

“”Witches” of Massachusetts – D.” Legends of America, Legends of America, 2018, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-d/.

Relatives Accused – Salem Witch Trials

The following is an attempt to document my relatives accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trial time period.  It’s interesting to me that few adult men in my family were arrested.  Links are to the brief biographies I’ve completed so far.

Edmund Ingalls appears to be the common ancestor of this first group of people.  He was not accused.  Edmund Ingalls is my 10x great-Grandfather.

• Elizabeth Ingalls, Edmund’s daughter, was married to Francis Dane.  He was accused but never arrested.
  • Abigail Dane Faulkner – their daughter, accused and arrested
    • Dorothy Faulkner Nurse – her daughter, accused and arrested
    • Abigail Faulkner Lamson, her daughter, accused and arrested
  • Elizabeth Dane Johnson – their daughter, accused and arrested
    • Elizabeth Johnson – her daughter, accused and sentenced to death, not executed.
    • Abigail Johnson – her daughter, accused and arrested
    • Stephen Johnson – her son, accused and arrested
  • Deliverance Hazeltine Dane– their daughter-in-law, accused and arrested.
  • Male servant – accused and arrested
• Faith Ingalls, Edmund’s daughter, was married to Andrew Allen.  neither accused
  • Mary Allen Toothaker – their daughter, accused and arrested as was her husband Roger Toothaker.  Roger died in prison.
    • Margaret Toothaker – their daughter, accused and arrested
    • Martha Toothaker Emerson – their daughter, accused and arrested
  • Martha Allen Carrier – accused and hanged
    • Thomas Carrier – accused and arrested
    • Andrew Carrier – accused and arrested
    • Richard Carrier – accused and arrested
    • Sarah Carrier – accused and arrested

 

The following do not appear to be directly related to the above relatives.  Mary Ayer Parker’s sister Sarah married the above Abigail Faulkner Lamson’s husband’s grandfather.  A connection but not a direct relationship.

• Mary Ayer Parker – accused and hanged
  • Sarah Parker – accused and arrested

 

 

52 Relatives in 2018 #26 Abigail Faulkner Lamson (1683-?)

Abigail Faulkner Lamson

relationship:  Her 2nd cousin 9x removed

Like her mother Abigail Dane Faulkner and  sister Dorothy Faulkner Nurse, Abigail was accused and arrested for witchcraft during the summer of 1692.  She was 9 years old at the time of her arrest on 16 September 1692.  She was eventually released and pardoned many years after the fact.  She was “persuaded” to testify against her mother.

Dorothy Faulkner was released from prison in October 1692 after relatives Nathaniel Dane and John Osgood posted bail for her and several other child relatives.

birth:  12 August 1683 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

parents:  Francis Faulkner (1651-1732) and Abigail Dane (1652-1729)

marriage: 6 April 1708 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

spouse:  Thomas Lamson (1682-1767)

children:

Abigail Lamson (1708- ) married Francis Whipple (1705-1787)
Thomas Lamson (1710- ) married Mary Adams
Paul Lamson (1714- )

The following are on various trees and websites but I haven’t found evidence to support the claim.
Martha Lamson married Knowlton
Sarah Lamson married Forbush
Elizabeth Lamson married Fisk

death:  unknown

burial:  unknown

 

Sources

Wikipedia contributors. (2018, April 6). Abigail Faulkner. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:44, May 23, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Faulkner&oldid=835104579

“Confessions of Dorothy and Abigail Faulkner, Jr. [Legal Document],” in Children and Youth in History, Item #284, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/284 (accessed May 22, 2018). Annotated by Tom Rushford

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

 

 

 

52 Relatives in 2018 #25 Dorothy Faulkner Nurse (1680-?)

Dorothy Faulkner Nurse

relationship: Her 2nd cousin 9x removed

Dorothy was just a child when her mother, Abigail Dane Faulkner, was arrested for witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts during the summer of 1692.  Dorothy was accused and arrested for witchcraft AT THE AGE OF 12 on 17 September 1692.  She and her sister Abigail confessed to being witches and were persuaded to admit their mother Abigail Dane Faulkner was a witch.

Dorothy Faulkner was released from prison in October 1692 after relatives Nathaniel Dane and John Osgood posted bail for her and several other child relatives.

Primary Source Text taken from Children and Youth in History website:
Confessions of Dorothy Faulkner, Abigail Faulkner, Jr., et al.
dorritye Forknor and Abigale Forknor children: to [Abigall Forknor of Andover now in prison confarsed before the honoured majastrats upon thire exsaminations heare in Salam the 16 day of this enstant subtember: 1692 that thire mother apared and mayd them witches and also marth [a] Tyler Johanah Tyler: and Sarih Willson and Joseph draper all acknowlidge that they ware lead into that dradfull sin of witchcrift by hir meanse: the fores’d Abigale forknor

The above named persons Each & Every one of them Did affirm before the Grand inquest that the above written Evidences are truth:

17 sept: 1692

(Reverse) Dorety Falkner vs Abigail Falkner

Recognizance for Dorothy Faulkner and Abigail Faulkner Jr.
Know all Men by these presents That I John Osgood sen’r. of Andover in the Cownty of Essex in New England And Nathan’ll: Dean Sen’r of the Same Town & Cownty afforesaid Husbandmen Are holden & firmely Bownd Joyntly & Sevirally to theire Majesties King William & Queen Mary of England & Scottland France & Ireland King & Queen Defenders of the faith in the full & Juste Sum of five hundrid pounds Sterling for the True & Just payment of which s’d Sum of five hundrid Pownds to theire Majesties King William & Queen Mary Wee do bind Our Heires Executtors Adminstrators & Assignes firmely & By these presents Dated in Salem

the Sixth day of october in the Year of Our Lord One thousand six hundrid & Ninety & to and in the fourth Year of the Reign of Our Majesties King William & Queen Mary King & Queen of England Scottland france & Ireland Deffenders of the faith —

The Condition of this Obligation is Such that whereas the Abovenamed John Osgood Sen’

 

birth: 15 February 1680 in Massachusetts, United States

parents: Francis Faulkner (1651-1732) and Abigail Dane (1652-1729)

marriage: 25 November 1708 in Massachusetts, United States

spouse:  Samuel Nurse (1678-1740)

children:

Abigail Nurse (1710-?) married John Jacobs
Rebeckah Nurse (1712-1734)
Samuel Nurse (1715-1790) married Abigail Barnard (in 1734) and Elizabeth Kellogg (in 1739)
Francis Nurse (1717-1780) married Eunice Putnam (in 1739)
Eunice Nurse (1718-1774) married Benjamin Porter
Phebe Nurse (1721-1729)

death:  unknown

burial:  unknown

 

Sources:

Source number: 221.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WDN
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Wikipedia contributors. (2018, April 6). Abigail Faulkner. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:44, May 23, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Faulkner&oldid=835104579

“Confessions of Dorothy and Abigail Faulkner, Jr. [Legal Document],” in Children and Youth in History, Item #284, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/284 (accessed May 22, 2018). Annotated by Tom Rushford

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

52 Relatives in 2018 #24 Abigail Dane Faulkner (1652-1729)

Abigail Dane Faulkner

relationship: Her 1st cousin 10x removed

Continuing on the theme of the Salem Witch Trials, Abigail was accused of witchcraft and arrested on 11 August 1692 and questioned by many, including John Hathorne (also a cousin of mine).   Several of Abigail’s relatives were arrested, including her 9 and 12 year old daughters Abigail and Dorothy.  Abigail was found guilty but her execution was delayed due to pregnancy.  Abigail was released from prison in December 1692 and fully exonerated in 1711.

birth:  13 October 1652 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

parents: Francis Dane (1615-1696) and Elizabeth Ingalls (1618-1676)

marriage:  12 October 1675 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

spouse:  Francis Faulkner (1651-1732)

children:

Elizabeth Faulkner (1676-1678)
Elizabeth Faulkner (1678-1735) married John Butterick (1680-1759)
Ammi Ruhammah Faulkner (1692-1756) married Hannah Ingalls (1696-1781)
Abigail Faulkner (1683-1746) married Thomas Lamson (1682-1767)
Dorothy Faulkner (1680-) married Samuel Nurse (1678-1740)

death:  5 February 1729 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

burial:  Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

 

Sources 

Wikipedia contributors, “Abigail Faulkner,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Faulkner&oldid=835104579 (accessed May 22, 2018)

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.
Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

FindAGrave, “Abigail Faulkner,” https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14242621 (accessed May 21, 2018)

http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n52