Turner Family Tree » Margaret Stephenson (1615-1692)
Personal data Margaret Stephenson
Sources 1, 2Sources 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- She was born in the year 1615 in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.Sources 3, 6
- Alternative: She was born in the year 1615 in Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.Source 4
- She died on September 22, 1692 in Gallows Hill, Salem, Essex, MA, HANGED as a Witch in her 70's, she was 77 years old.Sources 4, 5, 6
- She is buried in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.Source 4
- A child of John Stephenson and Alice Betts
Household of Margaret Stephenson
(1) She is married to Benjamin Scott.
They got married on October 26, 1634 at England, she was 19 years old.
They got married on July 28, 1642 at Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, she was 27 years old.Source 5 They got married on March 9, 1628, she was 13 years old.Child(ren):
- Hannah Webb 1635-1718
(2) She is married to Benjamin Scott.
They got married in the year 1634, she was 19 years old.Source 3
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Sources
- The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=151189639&pid=538
/ Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 6035.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 / Ancestry.com
- Millennium File, Heritage Consulting / Ancestry.com
- New England, Salem Witches and Others Tried for Witchcraft, 1647-1697, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of marriage October 26, 1634
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1634: Source: Wikipedia
- July 4 » The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
- August 18 » Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
- September 6 » Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
- September 12 » A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
- October 11 » The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
- November 11 » Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.
Day of death September 22, 1692
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1692: Source: Wikipedia
- March 1 » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
- June 2 » Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
- June 7 » Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
- June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
- September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
- October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.
Same birth/death day
- 1662 » John Biddle, English minister and theologian (b. 1615)
- 1692 » Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620)
- 1703 » Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1622)
- 1756 » Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (b. 1688)
- 1774 » Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
- 1776 » Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)
About the surname Stephenson
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Bill Turner, "Turner Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/turner-family-tree/P538.php : accessed May 11, 2025), "Margaret Stephenson (1615-1692)".