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John Trask

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John Trask

Birth
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
13 May 1720 (aged 66)
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.5784028, Longitude: -70.8943028
Plot
Plan No. 4, Grave 56
Memorial ID
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Aged 62 yrs. "Early Vital Records of Massachusetts (Beverly Deaths)"
He married (1) Christian Woodbury on April 9, 1679, and (2) Mary Dodge on Oct. 30, 1690
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John Trask had 4 wives:
(1) Christian Woodbury (1661) m. in Beverly, MA on April 9, 1679.[2] ("John, and Christian Woodberrie, Apr. 9, 1679" at: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/aMarriagesT.shtml )
***Side Note: John Trask first m. Christian Woodbury (1661) in 1679 and had 6 children, but she cut her own throat with a pair of scissors in 1689.
"The trial of Mrs. Bridgett Bishop took place two years after the death of Christian Trask, but she was accused of bewitching Mrs.Trask, causing her to commit suicide." Mrs. Trask may have had post-partum depression. (Sources: findagrave mem.# 51335801; "Christian, w. John, of Salem [Coves. TC], "being violently asalted by the temtations of Satan, cut her owne throte with a paire of sisers to the astonishment and grief of all, espesialy her most nere relations, June 3, 1689" at: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/aDeathsT.shtml)
(2) Mary Dodge (Aug. 15, 1672-d. bef. 1693), dau. of Lt. John Dodge (1631-1711) and Sarah Porter, m. on October 30, 1690, in Beverly, MA; 1 child, Josiah. [2][3]
(3) Elizabeth ___, b. unknown; m. 1693; the first child of John of Salem and Elizabeth was born in 1694; they had 6 children[4]; she d. 1715. (Sources: "Elizabeth, w. John, Nov. 26, 1715. CR2" at: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/aDeathsT.shtml; https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Trask_%2818%29 - lists of wives, children)
(4) Mary Woodbury, m. May 13,1719; Mary survived John and administered his estate.[4] ("John, of Salem, and Mary Woodbury, at Salem, May 13, 1719" at:
http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/aMarriagesT.shtml)
Contributor: Julia Nelson (49246824) • [email protected]
Aged 62 yrs. "Early Vital Records of Massachusetts (Beverly Deaths)"
He married (1) Christian Woodbury on April 9, 1679, and (2) Mary Dodge on Oct. 30, 1690
____________
John Trask had 4 wives:
(1) Christian Woodbury (1661) m. in Beverly, MA on April 9, 1679.[2] ("John, and Christian Woodberrie, Apr. 9, 1679" at: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/aMarriagesT.shtml )
***Side Note: John Trask first m. Christian Woodbury (1661) in 1679 and had 6 children, but she cut her own throat with a pair of scissors in 1689.
"The trial of Mrs. Bridgett Bishop took place two years after the death of Christian Trask, but she was accused of bewitching Mrs.Trask, causing her to commit suicide." Mrs. Trask may have had post-partum depression. (Sources: findagrave mem.# 51335801; "Christian, w. John, of Salem [Coves. TC], "being violently asalted by the temtations of Satan, cut her owne throte with a paire of sisers to the astonishment and grief of all, espesialy her most nere relations, June 3, 1689" at: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/aDeathsT.shtml)
(2) Mary Dodge (Aug. 15, 1672-d. bef. 1693), dau. of Lt. John Dodge (1631-1711) and Sarah Porter, m. on October 30, 1690, in Beverly, MA; 1 child, Josiah. [2][3]
(3) Elizabeth ___, b. unknown; m. 1693; the first child of John of Salem and Elizabeth was born in 1694; they had 6 children[4]; she d. 1715. (Sources: "Elizabeth, w. John, Nov. 26, 1715. CR2" at: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/aDeathsT.shtml; https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Trask_%2818%29 - lists of wives, children)
(4) Mary Woodbury, m. May 13,1719; Mary survived John and administered his estate.[4] ("John, of Salem, and Mary Woodbury, at Salem, May 13, 1719" at:
http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/aMarriagesT.shtml)
Contributor: Julia Nelson (49246824) • [email protected]

Inscription

Essex Antiquarian, v. III, n. 8, Salem, Mass., August, 1899, "Beverly Inscriptions", Ancient North Beverly Cemetery, p. 125:
Here Lyeth the body of /
John Trafk who died may /
y'e 130'th 1720 /
the 62'd year of /
his age.



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