Associated Daughters of Early American Witches
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| Founded | 1985 1986 (incorporation) |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit |
| Focus | Historic preservation, education, genealogy |
| Website | Website |
The Associated Daughters of Early American Witches is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are directly descended from a person accused of witchcraft in the witch trials of Colonial America.[1][2][3][4]
Founding
[edit]The society was established in 1985 in Washington, D.C. and formally incorporated in 1986.[5] The first organizational meeting of the society was held in April 1987 at the Mayflower Hotel with 35 charter members.[6] The organization received its 501(c)(3) organization status in 1990.[7] The society is listed in the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.[8][9]
Structure
[edit]Membership in the society is by invitation only.[10][11] To become a member, a woman must be at least sixteen years of age and able to prove lineal bloodline descent from an ancestor who was accused, tried, and/or executed for the practice of witchcraft prior to December 31, 1699, in Colonial America.[12][13][14]
The society is led by 8 officers, including a President General, First Vice President General, Second Vice President General, Recording Secretary General, Corresponding Secretary General, Treasurer General, Registrar General, and Historian General.[8][15]
The society maintains a Roll of Ancestors which currently includes the full names of over 300 ancestors.[16]
List of qualifying ancestors
[edit]As of 2012, the below named individuals are listed as qualifying ancestors in the society's Roll of Ancestors. They are listed in the full registry by name, spouses (if applicable), colony, and the year of their first accusation or trial. The full registry also includes partial names and surnames if no first name is available.[16][17]
| Name | Colony | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Abbott | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Nehemiah Abbott | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Capt. John Alden Jr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Daniel Andrews | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Ann Austin | Massachusetts | 1656 |
| Elizabeth Ayers | Connecticut | 1662 |
| William Ayers | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Elizabeth Dearing Bailey | Maine | 1660 |
| Mrs. George Barker | Virginia | 1641 |
| Abigail Barker | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Barker | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| William Barker Sr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| William Barker Jr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Barnes | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Margery Bassett | Connecticut | 1651 |
| Sarah Hood Bassett | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Nicholas Bayley (and wife) | Connecticut | 1655 |
| Alice Beamon | Massachusetts | 1677 |
| Winifred King Benham | Connecticut | 1697 |
| Elizabeth Bennett | Maryland | 1665 |
| Sarah Bibber | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Bridget Bishop | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Edward Bishop Jr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Bishop | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Black | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Blackleach | Connecticut | 1662 |
| John Blackleach | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Grace Swaine Boulter | New Hampshire | 1680 |
| Mary Perkins Bradbury | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Dudley Bradstreet | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| John Bradstreet | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Bridges | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Bridges | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| William Browne | Massachusetts | 1657 |
| Hannah Brumidge | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Buckley | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Rev. George Burroughs | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Ann Burt | Massachusetts | 1669 |
| Rev. John Buss | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| John Buxton | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Anne Byrd | Virginia | 1698 |
| John Byrd | Virginia | 1698 |
| Nell Cane | Virginia | 1693 |
| Andrew Carrier | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Martha Allen Carrier | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Richard Carrier | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Carrier | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Thomas Carrier Jr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Joanne Carrington | Connecticut | 1651 |
| John Carrington | Connecticut | 1651 |
| Hannah Carroll | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Bethiah Carter | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Paul Carter | Virginia | 1678 |
| Alice Cartwrite | Virginia | 1678 |
| Elizabeth Cary | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Rebecca Chamberlain | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Churchill | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Clark | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Clawson | Connecticut | 1692 |
| Rachel Clinton | Massachusetts | 1687 |
| Sarah Cloyce | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Eunice Cole | New Hampshire | 1656 |
| Sarah Davis Cole | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Collins surname (male) | Rhode Island | 1640 |
| Jane Collins | Massachusetts | 1653 |
| Elizabeth Colson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Colson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Giles Corey | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Martha Corey | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| John Cowman | Maryland | 1674 |
| Mary Cox | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Edith Crawford | Massachusetts | 1667 |
| Hugh Crosha | Connecticut | 1692 |
| Deliverance Dane | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Dane (male slave) | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Phoebe Day | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Derich | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Dibble | Connecticut | 1669 |
| Elizabeth Dicer | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| James Dike | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Rebecca Dike | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Nicholas Disbrow | Connecticut | 1683 |
| Mercy Disbrow | Connecticut | 1692 |
| Ann Dolliver | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mehitabel Downing | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Joseph Draper | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Dunkin | Virginia | 1695 |
| John Dunkin | Virginia | 1695 |
| John Durrant | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Lydia Dustin | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Dustin | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Grace Dutch | Massachusetts | 1653 |
| Thomas Dyer | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Daniel Eames | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Rebecca Eames | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Eastey | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Anna Edmunds | Massachusetts | 1673 |
| Hannah Edwards | Maryland | 1686 |
| Esther Dutch Elwell | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Martha Toothaker Emerson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Joseph Emons | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Hollingworth English | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Phillip English | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Agnes Evans | Massachusetts | 1653 |
| Thomas Farrar | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Edward Farrington | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Abigail Faulkner | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Dorothy Faulkner | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Isher | Massachusetts | 1656 |
| John Floyd | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Fosdick | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Ann Foster | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Rebecca Fowler | Maryland | 1685 |
| Nicholas Frost | New Hampshire | 1692 |
| Eunice Potter Frye | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| James Fuller | Massachusetts | 1683 |
| Rachel Fuller | New Hampshire | 1680 |
| Elizabeth Garlick | New York | 1657 |
| Margaret Gifford | Massachusetts | 1680 |
| Lydia Gilbert | Connecticut | 1654 |
| Gleason surname (female) | Massachusetts | 1665 |
| Mary Glover | Massachusetts | 1688 |
| John Godfrey | Massachusetts | 1658 |
| Elizabeth Godman | Connecticut | 1653 |
| Dorcas Good | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Good | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Katherine Grady | Virginia | 1654 |
| Grant surname (female) | Connecticut | 1662 |
| William Graves | Connecticut | 1666 |
| Mary Green | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Nathaniel Greensmith | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Rebecca Greensmith | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Anna Griswold | Connecticut | 1667 |
| Mary Hale | Massachusetts | 1681 |
| Sarah Hale | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Hales surname (male) | Rhode Island | 1640 |
| Mary Hall | New York | 1665 |
| Ralph Hall | New York | 1665 |
| William Ham | New Hampshire | 1656 |
| William Harding | Virginia | 1656 |
| Thomas Hardy | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Katherine Harrison | Connecticut | 1668 |
| Elizabeth Hart | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Hannah Harvey | Connecticut | 1692 |
| Mary Harvey | Connecticut | 1692 |
| Candy (female slave) | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Margaret Hawkes | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Hawkes | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Jane Hawkins | Massachusetts | 1637 |
| Gertrude Hendrickson | Pennsylvania | 1683 |
| Anne Hibbins | Massachusetts | 1655 |
| Dorcas Hoar | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Abigail Hobbs | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Deliverance Hobbs | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| William Hobbs | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Holman | Massachusetts | 1659 |
| Winifred Holman | Massachusetts | 1659 |
| Elizabeth Holmes | Massachusetts | 1660 |
| John Howard | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Howe | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Frances Hutchins | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Anne Hutchinson | Massachusetts | 1640 |
| Mary Ingham | Massachusetts | 1676 |
| Mary Leach Ireson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| John Jackson Jr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| John Jackson Sr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| George Jacobs Jr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| George Jacobs Sr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Margaret Jacobs | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Rebecca Jacobs | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Jane James | Massachusetts | 1650 |
| Jane Jenkins | Virginia | 1675 |
| Margaret Jennings | Connecticut | 1659 |
| Nicholas Jennings | Connecticut | 1659 |
| Abigail Johnson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Dane Johnson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Johnson | Connecticut | 1648 |
| Rebecca Johnson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Johnson, Stephen Johnson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Hannah Walford Jones | New Hampshire | 1682 |
| Margaret Jones | Massachusetts | 1647 |
| Thomas Jones | Massachusetts | 1648 |
| Elizabeth Holly Kendall | Massachusetts | 1648 |
| Mrs. Roger Knapp | Connecticut | 1653 |
| Mary Lacy | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Alice Lake | Massachusetts | 1650 |
| Mary Lee | Maryland | 1654 |
| Jane Lilly | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mrs. Richard Manship | Maryland | 1654 |
| Mercy Marshfield | Massachusetts | 1649 |
| Mary Osgood Marston | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Susannah Martin | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Margaret Mattson | Pennsylvania | 1683 |
| William Meaker | Connecticut | 1657 |
| Sarah Merrick | Massachusetts | 1651 |
| Katherine Messenger | Connecticut | 1678 |
| Goodwife Miller | Connecticut | 1692 |
| Joan Mitchell | Maryland | 1660 |
| Phyllis Money | Virginia | 1694 |
| Sarah Morey | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Eleanor Morris | Virginia | 1695 |
| Elizabeth Morse | Massachusetts | 1680 |
| Mrs. Christopher Neal | Virginia | 1671 |
| Rebecca Nurse | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Oliver | Massachusetts | 1650 |
| Sarah Osborne | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Osgood | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Paine | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Catherine Palmer | Connecticut | 1648 |
| Alice Parker | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Parker | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Parker | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Hugh Parsons | Massachusetts | 1651 |
| John Parsons | Massachusetts | 1674 |
| Mary Parsons | Massachusetts | 1651 |
| Samuel Passanauton | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Robert Pease | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Pease | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Joanna Penny | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Perkins | Massachusetts | 1653 |
| Joanna Post | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Post | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Susannah Post | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Abel Powell | Massachusetts | 1680 |
| Caleb Powell | Massachusetts | 1680 |
| Mary Prescott | New Hampshire | 1680 |
| Margaret Prince | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Benjamin Proctor | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Proctor | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| John Proctor | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Proctor | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| William Proctor | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Ann Pudeator | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Randall | Massachusetts | 1691 |
| Margaret Read | Massachusetts | 1680 |
| Wilmot Redd | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Rist | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Welthian Richards | Massachusetts | 1653 |
| Elizabeth Richardson | Maryland | 1658 |
| Mistress Robinson | Virginia | 1659 |
| Susanna Rootes | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Abigail Rowe | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Rowe | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| John Sadie Jr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Henry Salter | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Nathaniel Saltonstall | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Andrew Sanford | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Mary Sanford | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Elizabeth Scargen | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Margaret Scott | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Elizabeth Seager | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Ann Sears | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Bessie Sewell | Massachusetts | 1651 |
| Grace Sherwood | Virginia | 1698 |
| Henry Somers | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Abigail Soames | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Martha Sparks | Massachusetts | 1691 |
| Mary Staples | Connecticut | 1654 |
| Alice Stephens | Virginia | 1668 |
| Ephraim Stevens | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Alice Stratton | Massachusetts | 1650 |
| Mary Harrington Taylor | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Tituba | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Margaret Toothaker | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Toothaker | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Roger Toothaker | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Isabella Towle | New Hampshire | 1680 |
| Joanna Towne | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Hannah Travall | New York | 1683 |
| Job Tuckey | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Hannah Tyler | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Joanna Tyler | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Tyler | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Hezekiah Usher Jr. | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Judith Varlet | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Rachel Vinson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Vinson | Massachusetts | 1653 |
| James Wakeley | Connecticut | 1662 |
| Jane Walford | Maine | 1648 |
| George Walton | New Hampshire | 1682 |
| Mercy Wardwell | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Samuel Wardwell | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Wardwell | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Warren | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Watkins | Massachusetts | 1693 |
| Mary Webster | Massachusetts | 1683 |
| Thomas Wells | Massachusetts | 1669 |
| Judith White | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Mary Whittridge | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Sarah Averill Wildes | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Ruth Wilford | Massachusetts | 1691 |
| John Willard | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Robert Williams | Massachusetts | 1669 |
| Sarah Wilson | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Barbara Wingborough | Virginia | 1657 |
| Edward Wooland | Massachusetts | 1692 |
| Joan Wright | Virginia | 1626 |
| Mary Wright | New York | 1660 |
| Alse Young | Connecticut | 1647 |
Notable members
[edit]- Karen Batchelor, lawyer and genealogist
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Researching Early American Witch Ancestors". Family Tree Magazine. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ "Home | Associated Daughters of Early American Witches". ADEAW. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ Gibson, Marion (2012-08-21). Witchcraft Myths in American Culture. Routledge. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-135-86283-1.
- ^ Erickson, Lori (2021-08-24). The Soul of the Family Tree: Ancestors, Stories, and the Spirits We Inherit. Presbyterian Publishing Corp. ISBN 978-1-64698-206-6.
- ^ "Bucks County Courier Times". www.buckscountycouriertimes.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ "Are witches and their descendants offended when politicians use the term 'witch hunt'?". PhillyVoice. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ Service, United States Internal Revenue (1991). Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service. p. 98.
- ^ a b "Alphabetical | The Hereditary Society Community". www.hereditary.us. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ Hereditary Society Blue Book. Hereditary Society Blue Book. 1994. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8063-1398-6.
- ^ Moore, Dahrl Elizabeth (August 1998). Librarian's Genealogy Notebook. American Library Association. ISBN 978-0-8389-0744-3.
- ^ Scileppi, Tammy (2022-11-14). "Queens-based historian, descendant of accused Salem witch, presents at Bayside Historical Society – QNS.com". qns.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ Robart, Lark (2022-03-12). "Associated Daughters of Early American Witches". Albuquerque Genealogical Society. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ Hutton, Alice (2021-10-29). "'Witches are icons': Americans embrace their family ties to Salem trial victims". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ "Constable: 'Greatest witch hunt in American history' resulted in real executions". Daily Herald. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ Bentley, Elizabeth Petty (February 2009). The Genealogist's Address Book: State and Local Resources. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-8063-1796-0.
- ^ a b Associated Daughters of Early American Witches Roll of Ancestors. Family Heritage Publishers. 2012.
- ^ Ziegler, Bethany. "Honoring the Accused". The Star Democrat. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
External links
[edit]- Associated Daughters of Early American Witches, Official website