52 Relatives in 2018 #28 Margaret Toothaker (1682-1695?)

Margaret Toothaker

relationship:  2nd cousin 9x removed

This one is difficult to comprehend the emotional, physical, and psychological toll this girl had to endure in her lifetime.

Margaret grew up in a household with a father who was frequently missing for long periods of time, requiring the town to provide for them.  On 18 May 1692 her father was charged and arrested for witchcraft.  On 28 May 1692 Margaret (aged 9) and her mother Mary Allin Toothaker and aunt Martha Allin Carrier were arrested for witchcraft.  On 16 Jun 1692 her father dies in prison of “natural causes”.   Margaret was the only arrested child who had both parents accused of witchcraft.  In Jan 1693 Margaret’s mother was found not guilty of witchcraft and released.  It is assumed Margaret was released at the same time but no records confirm this.

When they returned home, they find that it has been burned by Indians.  On 5 Aug 1695 their homestead is again attacked.  Mary, her mother, is killed.  Margaret is captured/kidnapped and never seen again.

birth:  31 Jan 1682 in Billerica, Massachusetts

parents: Roger Toothaker (1634-1692) and Mary Allin(1644-1695)

captured by indians: 5 Aug 1695 and never seen again.

 

Sources:

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.

Wikipedia contributors. (2017, March 30). Roger Toothaker. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:54, July 22, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Toothaker&oldid=772961915

Legends of America.  Witches of Massachusetts – T.  Retrieved 22 July 2018, from   https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-t/2/

 

 

52 Relatives in 2018 #27 Roger Toothaker (1634-1692)

Roger Toothaker

relationship:  husband of 1st cousin 10x removed

Roger Toothaker was a self-taught doctor in his community.  Rumors were that he taught his daughter Martha how to kill witches.

On 18 May 1692, Roger was charged with witchcraft (warrant below).  On 28 May 1692, his wife Mary and daughter Margaret were accused and arrested of witchcraft.  Roger died in prison awaiting trial.

The Warrant:

The transcript of his warrant:

To: The Marshall of Essex or his dep’t or Constables in Salem.
You are in theire Majest’s names hereby required to apprehend forthwith and bring before us ( Roger Toothaker of Bilrica who stands Charged with Sundry acts of Witchcraft by him Committed or donne on the bodys of Eliz Hubert Ann putnam Mary Walcot &c of Salem Village in order to his Examination Relateing to the premises faile not

Dated Salem May 18’th 1692
*John Hathorne ] #[Assists]
*Jonathan. Corwin ] #[Assists]
[pbar ] order of the Gover’r and Councill
the parson spesefied in this warrante was Apprehended this day and broghte befoore the corte Acrdinge to the tenor of this warrante by mee
*Joseph Neall
constable in Salem i: May 18’th: 1692::
(Reverse)
Ag’st Toothaker
( Essex County Court Archives, Salem — Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 117 )

 

birth: 27 November 1634 in England

parents:  Roger Toothaker and Margaret

immigration:  appears to have been early in life, possibly 1635

marriage:  9 Jun 1665 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

spouse:  Mary Allin, daughter of Andrew Allin and Faith Ingalls

children who survived infancy:
Nathaniel (1666-1683)
Martha (1668-1725) married Joseph Emerson
Allin (1670-?)
Roger (1672-1745) married Sarah Rogers
Sarah (?) married Jonathan Whittaker
Mary (1675-1676)
Mary (1676-?)
Andrew (1679-?)
Margaret (1683-1695?) presumed death, captured by Indians

death:  16 June 1692 while in prison.

Coroner Jury report and transcription:

We whose names are underwritten being summoned by vertue of a Warrant from Mr. Edward Williss one of their Maj’sts Coroners of the County of Suffolk to veiw the Body of Roger Toothacker who dyed in the Goal of Boston, in obedyence, to which we have veiwed the same and obtain’d the best Information we can from the persons near and present at his death & doe finde he came to his end by a naturall death as witness our hands this 16 of June 1692
The s’d Toothacker was an Inhabitant of the Town of Bellricky in the County of Essex

burial:  common grave?  Exact details unknown

Sources:

Ray, Benjamin (2002) Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. The University of Virginia.  Retrieved 12:50, July 21, 2018, from http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?term=Mary%20Toothaker&div_id=n129.1&chapter_id=n129

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.

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.

Wikipedia contributors. (2017, March 30). Roger Toothaker. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 03:07, July 21, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Toothaker&oldid=772961915