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John Lithgow

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John Proctor Jr.

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of John Lithgow — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1160 
  • Father:
  • John Proctor 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Harper   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 9 Oct 1631 
  • Christening Location:
  • Assington, Suffolk, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 19 Aug 1692 
  • Death Location:
  • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Thorndike
  • Marriage Date:
  • Dec 1662 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Thorndike Proctor (Ahnentafel No:580 )

  • Notes: 

  • John Proctor was accused of witchcraft in 1692. His wife Elizabeth (Bassett) Proctor had also been accused of witchcraft a short time before him. Both were convicted and sentenced to die at the Salem Witch Trials. However, Elizabeth was pregnant and had her sentence postponed until after the baby was born. John was hanged on 19 AUG 1692. Elizabeth was eventually given a reprieve and was not executed.

• Additional marriages for John Proctor Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Martha - - - - - -
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1654

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Bassett
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Apr 1674
  • Marriage Location:
  • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

• Sources for John Proctor Jr.

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Salem, Vol. 2, p. 202, Birth record for son Thorndike Proctor.
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1990, Vol. 7, p. 157.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1981, Vol. 135, pp. 285-286.
  • ⁴ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1812.
  • ⁵ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. IV, I-L, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2005), 27-28.
  • ⁶ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. V, M-P, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 542.
  • ⁷ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. I, A-B, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1999), 193.
  • ⁸ Eastman, John R., History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire, 1751-1906, Part II: Genealogies, Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Printing Company (1910), 281.
  • ⁹ Norton, Mary Beth, In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692, New York: Alfred A. Knopf (2002), Page 71, [Birth].
  • ¹⁰ Norton, Mary Beth, In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692, New York: Alfred A. Knopf (2002), Page 315, [Death].
  • ¹¹ Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert, Genealogical Gleanings in England, Volume 2, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1901), 1343.
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "John Proctor", (accessed 04/17/2011).

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