Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Thomas AYER | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thomas, 9 June 1666 [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THOMAS3 b. June 9, 1666[Hv]; m. 1st, June 12, 1694[Hv], RUTH WILFORD, who was killed by Indians, Aug. 29, 1708[Hv]. Her dau. Ruth was killed at the same time. He m. 2d March 7, 1709-10[Hv], DOROTHY MARTIN [wid. of HENRY3 BLAISDELL (Henry,2 Ralph1), of A]. Deeds of Thomas3 Ayer of Haverhill, "yeoman" 1695-6, 1701, 1712. Five chil., Hv. rec., b. 1695-1705. [ref 36:38,871] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thomas Ayer, s. Thomas and Elizabeth (Hutchins), June 9, 1666. [ref 51] Thomas Ayer, and Ruth Wilford June 12, 1694. [ref 51] Tho Ayer, 2d m., and wid. Dorothy Blesedell bef. 1711 [ref 51] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - child with Dorothy 1711: Ruth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Dorothy MARTIN | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DOROTHY3, daughter of Richard Martin and Mary Hoyt; m. 1st, Oct. 27, 1707[A], HENRY3 BLAISDELL 2d, March 7, 1709-10[Hv], THOMAS3 AYER [ref 36:241] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dorothy's grandmother, Susanna (North) Martin, according to Rev. Cotton Mather, "was one of the most impudent, scurrilous, wicked creatures of this world," but in his History of Amesbury," Merrill defends her: "The idea of snatching this hardworking, honest woman from her home to be tried for her life by those who never knew her, and witnesses who were prejudiced against her....is almost too much for belief. ...Allowed no counsel, she was her own lawyer, and her answers are remarkable for independence and clearness. She showed herself to be a woman of more than ordinary talent and resolution." On June 26, 1692 her trial began. Susanna pleaded not guilty, but in the end she was found guilty and condemned to death; she was hung on 19 Jul 1692. A plaque has been erected where Susanna once lived: "Here stood the house of Susanna Martin. An honest, hardworking, Christian woman. Accused as a witch, tried and executed at Salem, July 19, 1692. A martyr of superstition." Sarah Good was among the "witches" hung that day. Rev. Nicholas Noyes urged Sarah to confess, "You are a witch, and you know you are a witch." Sarah called him a liar, saying she was no more a witch than he was a wizard and "If you take away my life, God will give you blood to drink." Tradition says that Rev. Noyes died of an internal hemorrhage, bleeding profusely from the mouth. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 7 Nov 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |