Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for John SPINNEY | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John, b. 17 July 1691, weaver, oldest s. in 1716, was drowned; adm. 4 July 1728 to wid. Patience (Shepard) on 1 Jan. 1729-30 to his fa. 3 of 5 ch. named in gr.fa.'s will. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Spinney b. 17 July 1691; married Patience ___. She was made adm'x of his estate 4 July 1726. Children 1714-25: Elizabeth, Anne, Zebulon, Joanna, Shepherd. [ref 33:741] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Shepard household and surrounding neighborhood were involved in a most unusual court case in the early 1720s. In 1725 Sarah Keene sued John Spinney for saying Keene was a witch. Keene was a neighbor, the widow of Nathaniel Keen. John Spinney was another neighbor, a weaver who was married to Patience Shepard, the sister of John Shepard Jr. Among the numerous depositions, neighbor Elizabeth Pettigrew claimed she saw a coven of witches riding on horseback near the Keene house. Elizabeth also deposed that about four years earlier, she has been �at John Shepards house one of his Children being dead Sarah Kene came in and was very full of Talk about witches and Said that She was afraid of herselfe that She was one formerly.� This case is one of the few known incidents related to witchcraft in colonial Maine. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Patience SHEPARD | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Patience, daughter of John Shepard; m. John Spinney. She and Margaret [wife of John's bro, Samuel Spinney] depos. that their earliest memory was of Spruce Creek. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 3 Sep 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |