Sarah <I>Proctor</I> Dodge

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Sarah Proctor Dodge

Birth
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
8 Feb 1705 (aged 58)
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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is is the Sarah Proctor who was tried for witchcraft in Salem, Mass 1692. She confessed, paid a fine & was released. Archival info on internet verifies this. .Her brother John Proctor was tried,convicted & hung




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"Fiery Temper" Interesting story
The new boundry between Beverly and Wenham was surveyed during the summer of 1679 by Charles Gott and John Batchelder. When a dozen Beverly residents complained that they now found themselves residents of Wenham, Gott and Batchelder confessed "that the compass that they ran by sight was altogether false. It would not work, and the north point stood south or any way, so they shook it and turned it the way best answered their ends."

The most serious trouble occured, however, when it came time to collect taxes. Beverly Constable Peter Woodbury collected as usual from his previous townsmen. But when Wenham Selectmen Walter Fairfield and Thomas Fiske took it upon them selves to "run the line" again and said they found John Dodge's house to be in Wenham.

Accompanied by Wenham Constable Richard Hutton they visited Dodge's house when John Dodge was away and took three pew ter platters in payment of Wenham taxes. They then passed by the house of Rice and Elnor Edwards and when Sarah Dodge came by and saw her purloined tableware, she tried to grab it.

Elnor Edwards deposed in Court that, "They all three pulle d her (Sarah Dodge) down and dragged her upon the ground, Thomas Fiske, Sr. striking her a blow on the neck with his fist. Then Rice Edwards cried out, "Rescue that woman," and John Edwards stepped in and held Fiske and Fairfield by the shoulders." The court assessed the Wenham officials costs of 50 pounds for the fracas. (Records and Files of the Qu arterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. IV, Sep t. 1680, pp. 18-22. The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. (1911 ).
~ Sarah (Proctor) Dodge ~
Birth: 12 August 1646
Birthplace: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Died: 8 February 1706 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts

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Sarah (Proctor) Dodge
John Dodge, son of Richard and Edith, was baptized in East Coker, Somersetshire, England, Dec. 29, 1631. He married Sarah, by whom he had four sons and four daughters. John Dodge died in Beverly, Mass., Oct. 11, 1711, 'aged about eighty years;" and his wife died in Beverly, Feb. 8, 1706, aged sixty years. John Dodge and his family lived in that part of Beverly, Mass., which was later annexed to Wenham, Mass.

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PARENTS

Father:
John Proctor, Sr.
Birth: 27 January 27, 1595
Birthplace: Berkhamsted, Suffolk, England
Died: 11 October 1672 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Mother:
Martha Harper Proctor
Birth: 11 March 1607
Birthplace: Assington, Suffolk, England
Died: September 1672 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts

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SPOUSE:
Lieut. John Dodge, of Wenham

Birth: 29 December 1631
Birthplace: East Coker, Somersetshire, England
Died: 11 October 1711 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts

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is is the Sarah Proctor who was tried for witchcraft in Salem, Mass 1692. She confessed, paid a fine & was released. Archival info on internet verifies this. .Her brother John Proctor was tried,convicted & hung




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"Fiery Temper" Interesting story
The new boundry between Beverly and Wenham was surveyed during the summer of 1679 by Charles Gott and John Batchelder. When a dozen Beverly residents complained that they now found themselves residents of Wenham, Gott and Batchelder confessed "that the compass that they ran by sight was altogether false. It would not work, and the north point stood south or any way, so they shook it and turned it the way best answered their ends."

The most serious trouble occured, however, when it came time to collect taxes. Beverly Constable Peter Woodbury collected as usual from his previous townsmen. But when Wenham Selectmen Walter Fairfield and Thomas Fiske took it upon them selves to "run the line" again and said they found John Dodge's house to be in Wenham.

Accompanied by Wenham Constable Richard Hutton they visited Dodge's house when John Dodge was away and took three pew ter platters in payment of Wenham taxes. They then passed by the house of Rice and Elnor Edwards and when Sarah Dodge came by and saw her purloined tableware, she tried to grab it.

Elnor Edwards deposed in Court that, "They all three pulle d her (Sarah Dodge) down and dragged her upon the ground, Thomas Fiske, Sr. striking her a blow on the neck with his fist. Then Rice Edwards cried out, "Rescue that woman," and John Edwards stepped in and held Fiske and Fairfield by the shoulders." The court assessed the Wenham officials costs of 50 pounds for the fracas. (Records and Files of the Qu arterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. IV, Sep t. 1680, pp. 18-22. The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. (1911 ).
~ Sarah (Proctor) Dodge ~
Birth: 12 August 1646
Birthplace: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Died: 8 February 1706 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts

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Sarah (Proctor) Dodge
John Dodge, son of Richard and Edith, was baptized in East Coker, Somersetshire, England, Dec. 29, 1631. He married Sarah, by whom he had four sons and four daughters. John Dodge died in Beverly, Mass., Oct. 11, 1711, 'aged about eighty years;" and his wife died in Beverly, Feb. 8, 1706, aged sixty years. John Dodge and his family lived in that part of Beverly, Mass., which was later annexed to Wenham, Mass.

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PARENTS

Father:
John Proctor, Sr.
Birth: 27 January 27, 1595
Birthplace: Berkhamsted, Suffolk, England
Died: 11 October 1672 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Mother:
Martha Harper Proctor
Birth: 11 March 1607
Birthplace: Assington, Suffolk, England
Died: September 1672 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts

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SPOUSE:
Lieut. John Dodge, of Wenham

Birth: 29 December 1631
Birthplace: East Coker, Somersetshire, England
Died: 11 October 1711 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts

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