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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUV_wenham_Wenham-MA.html
Settled about 1636, called Enon, "Because there was much water there" (St. John III, 23). Set off from Salem and name changed to Wenham 1643.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUT_salem-village-meeting-house_Danvers-MA.html
Directly across from this site was located the original Salem Village Meeting House where civil and military meetings were held, and ministers including George Burroughs, Deodat Lawson, and Samuel Parris preached.
The infamous 1692 witchcraft h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUS_salem-village-witchcraft-victims-memorial_Danvers-MA.html
In memory of those innocentswho died during theSalem Village Witchcraft Hysteriaof 1692Back Monument:"I am an innocent person. I never had to do with witchcraft since I was born. I am a Gosple woman."Martha Cory
"The Lord above knows my innocen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUR_rebecca-nurse-homestead_Danvers-MA.html
In 1636 Francis Weston was granted this land upon which he laid out a farm. This property was purchased by Governor John Endicott in 1648, and in 1678 Francis and Rebecca Nurse moved here and built a house. In March, 1692, 71-year-old Rebecca was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUQ_the-church-in-salem-village_Danvers-MA.html
To this church, rent by the witchcraft frenzy, came in 1697 the Reverend Joseph Green, aged twenty-two. He induced the mischief makers to confess, reconciled the factions, established the first public school, and became noted for his skill at hunt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUP_the-1734-addition_Danvers-MA.html
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In 1717 Rev. Peter Clark became minister at Salem Village. The 1681 parsonage was in poor condition, so that by the early 1730's Clark asked the inhabitants to come to a decision either to build a n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUO_the-1681-salem-village-parsonage_Danvers-MA.html
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In February, 1681, the Salem village inhabitants voted, "We will build a house for the Ministry and provid convenient Land for that end. The Dementions of the House are as followeth: 42 f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUN_salem-village-parsonage_Danvers-MA.html
In 1681 the Salem village inhabitants built a home for their minister at this site. Ministers residing here were George Burroughs (1681-83), Accused in 1692 of being a witch and hanged; Deodat Lawson (1684-88), Author of the first volume about Sal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUM_samuel-parris-archaeological-site_Danvers-MA.html
Samuel ParrisArchaeological Site1681-1784
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWTS_samuel-de-champlain_Gloucester-MA.html
In September, 1606, Samuel de Champlain landed at Rocky Neck in what is now Gloucester Harbor, to caulk his shallop, and made an accurate chart of the harbor which he called Le Beauport.