[160] Hence it seems Shattuck was living at Salem as early as 1663.
[161] This Name has probably undergone some orthographic Changes, as Lowder, Lodder, &c. There was a Lodder's Lane in Salem, so called because "the old Man, George Lowder lived on the western Corner where the West House is."—Hist. Colls. Salem Inst. vi, 109. John Louder had a Wife "Eliz'a," and by her Sons, William, born 10 Feb. 1691; Nicholas, 31st 6mo., 1693; a Daughter Elizabeth, born 1 Oct. 1695, and a Son Jared, born 1 Nov. 1697.—Ibid. ii, 257.
[162] Doubtless the same William, Son of Thomas Stacy of Salem, who married Priscilla Buckley, 28th 9 mo, 1677. He had a Daughter Priscilla, the same whose Death is mentioned in the Text, without Doubt. The Family Record is quite extensive, and may be seen in Hist. Colls. Salem Inst., iii, 193. See also, Felt, Annals of Salem, Vol. 2, Index.
[163] That a Child's Rag-baby, or Doll, should be found in an out-of-the-way Place, put there by little Girls in their Play, did certainly "crown all" the Stupidity and Folly yet exhibited among People of mature Years. It proves, as Mr. Chever says, in his Notes on these Affairs, that "the Reason and Wisdom of the Magistrates had, for the Time, departed."—Hist. Colls. Salem Inst., ii, 78.
[164] Susannah Martin belonged to Amesbury. She appears to have been a Woman of superior Mind, judging by her sensible Replies to the benighted Magistrate. She was a Widow, and one of those sent to Boston and imprisoned on the 2d of May, and on the 19th of July was hanged. She was probably the second Wife of George Martin of Salisbury, a Daughter of Richard North.
[165] Probably Son of Theodore Atkinson well known among the early prominent Men of New England; yet he finds no Place in Eliot's Biographical Dictionary. John was a Hatter, and his Wife was Sarah Myrick, whom he married in 1664. See Savage's Dictionary, i, 74.
[166] There was a Family of Peaches in the County of Essex. In 1668 there was John and John Jr., often mentioned in various Records.
[167] He was of Salisbury, 1665, had been of Newbury. His Wife was Sarah, Daughter of John Eaton. He had several Children, whose Births and Names will be found in Savage.
[168] There were several contemporaneous John Kimbals about Essex or Old Norfolk County, but I meet with nothing to fix upon any one of them as this John Kembal. The Name is since Kimball.
[169] Probably Son of the Hon. William Brown of Salem, who married Hannah, Daughter of George Curwen. We have no probable Cause of Mrs. Brown's Languishment, every Ill being then attributed to the Devil or his Witches. It seems she never recovered from her Malady, whatever it was, but died on the 22d of Nov. of the same Year, (1692). He died in 1716.—See Quincy, Hist. Har. Col., i, 418, and Savage's Dictionary, i, 279.