Ancestry of
William Stoughton

Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692

William Stoughton

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Israel Stoughton 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Knight   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Sep 1631 
  • Birth Location:
  • England 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Jul 1701 
  • Death Location:
  • Dorchester (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Notes: 

  • Chief Judge and Prosecutor of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and later Massachusetts Bay Governor.

• Sources for William Stoughton

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 1953, Vol. 29, pp. 202-204.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1775.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "Update for Ancestors of American Presidents", (accessed 03/04/2016).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 920-921.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "William Stoughton (Massachusetts)", (accessed 10/05/2011).
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "William Tailer", (accessed 10/05/2011).