GEORGE BOOTH

(d. 1682) - Lynn or Salem, Essex co., MA

(First Generation - Booth Family)

FATHER	MOTHER
NOT KNOWN	NOT KNOWN

DEATH	George died in 1682.
MARRIAGE	Before 1671 he married >Alice TEMPLE in Lynn or Salem, Essex co., MA^{[1,2,3,4,5,6]}. Alice was born in 1640. She second married Michael SHAFFLIN who emigrated on the James from Southampton to New England in 1635 - he is listed as a tailor from New Sarum.

CHILDREN	2.	i.	George BOOTH	George, Jr. was born in 1671 and died in Salem, Essex co., MA on 20 January 1694; he was 23^[7]. On the "last of June" 1692 when George was 21, he married Elizabeth [surname not known], in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[1,4,8,9,10]. They had one child: i. George
	3.	ii.	Elizabeth BOOTH	Elizabeth was born on 15d:__m:1673/4 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[11]. At the age of 5, Elizabeth was baptized in Salem, Essex co., MA on 19 May 1678^[12]. In fact, many of the Booth children were baptized in the Salem church on that day. On 26 December 1695 when Elizabeth was 22, she married Israel SHAW, in Salem, Essex co., MA^[15]. Elizabeth testified against John Willard during the 1692 Salem Witch Hysteria: "Elizabeth Booth v. John Willard The Deposition of Eliz: Booth agged about 18 years who testifieth and saith that severall times sence the later end of June 1692 I have ben most grebiously afflected and tormented by John willard or his Apperans by pinching pricking and almost choading me to death:also I have often seen John willard or his appearance most freviously tormenting and afflecting my Brother George Booth almost Redy to kill him: Susannah Shelden also Testifieth that within this fortnight she hath seen John willard or his Apparances most greviously torment and afflect George Booth allmost Redy to prese him to death^[13,14]. In the case against Elizabeth & John Proctor, Elizabeth's testimony indicated a peculiar ability to converse with the dead, as long as they had been "killed" by the Proctors:: . Elizabeth Booth v. Elizabeth Proctor The Deposistion of Eliz: Booth agged about 18: years who testifieth and saith that on the 27 June Elizabeth proctor came to me and did most greviously tortor me by biting pinching and pricking me and allmost choaking me: and tould me that my mother nor I would not beleve that she was a wicth but she said she would make me know she was a wicth before she had don with me. Eliza: booth -- Elizabeth Booth owenid this har testimony to be the truth har oath before the Juriarts of Inqwest this 30. dy of June 1692 Jurat in Curia (Reverse) El. Booth [Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 26]* . Elizabeth Booth v. Elizabeth Proctor and John Proctor The testimony of Elesebth Booth Aged 18 years or their a bout testifieth & saith that one the 8 day of June father Law Shafling Apered unto me & said Elesebeth procktor Kiled him Because my mother wold not seand for doctor grigs to give him fesede & also Because she was not sent for when he was. first taken sick Elesebeth Booth The testimony of Elesebeth Booth Aged 18 years or their a Bout testifieth that one the 8 day of June Robert Stone Sinyer Apered unto me. & told me that John procter Senyer & Elesebeth his wife Kiled him Because they had som diferance in a redninge & also. at the Same time Robert Stone Juner Apered unto me & told me that John prockter & Elesebeth his wife Kiled him be Cause he tooke his fatheirs part Elesebeth Booth (Reverse) Booth agt procter [Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 26] . Elizabeth Booth v. Elizabeth Proctor and John Willard The testimony of Elisebeth Booth Aged 18 yers of ther a bout testifieth that one the 8 of June hugh Joanes Apered unto me & told me that Elesebeth Procter Kiled him be Cause he had a poght of sider of her which he had not paid her for Elesebeth Booth. The testimony of Elesebeth Booth. Aged 18 yers or their a bout testifieth that one the 8 of June Elesebeth Shaw apeared unto me & told me that Elesebeth proctor & John Wilard Kiled Her Because she did not use those doctors she Advised her too Elesebeth Booth The testimony of Elesebeth Booth Aged 18 yers or their a bout testifieth that one the 7 of June the wife of John fulton Apered unto me & told me that Elesebeth proctor Kiled her Because she would not give her Aples when she sent for sum Elesebeth Booth The testimony of Elesebeth Booth Aged 18 yers or their a bout testifieth that one the 8 of June Doc'r Zerubabel Endecot Apered unto me & told me Elesebeth proctor Kiled him because they difered in their judgments a bout thomas veries wife & lickwis the saide Elesebeth proctor would have kiled doct Endecots wife but Cold not But lamed her a Good while Elesebeth Booth All the Depositions of Elisabeth Booth written in this side of paper were acknowledge by said Booth before & unto the Grand inquest on the : 30'th Day of June 1692 upon Oath (Reverse) Procter [Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 26] .
	4.	iii.	Alice BOOTH	Please see her own page.
	5.	iv.	Benjamin BOOTH	Benjamin was born on 10 March 1675 in Salem, Essex co., MA^[16].
	6.	v.	Bridget BOOTH	Bridget was baptized with a number of other siblings in Salem, Essex co., MA on 19 May 1678^[27].
	7.	vi.	Mary BOOTH	Mary was baptized with a number of other siblings in Salem, Essex co., MA on 16 December 1678^[12].
	8.	vii.	Rebecca BOOTH	Rebecca was baptized with a number of other siblings in Salem, Essex co., MA on 19 May 1678^[12].
	9.	viii.	Susanna BOOTH	Susanna was born on 21 September 1680 in Salem, Essex co., MA^[16].
	10.	ix.	Zachariah BOOTH	Zachariah was baptized with a number of other siblings in Salem, Essex co., MA on 19 May 1678^[12].

GENERATION

Great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G7) Grandfather

FAMILY NUMBER

986

SOURCES

1. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

2. Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols., (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1924), [Salem], 1:390; 3:73,175.

3. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:212.

4. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 10:190.

5. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 3:190.

6. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 37:163.

7. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [SalemVR], V:94 [Ct. R.].

8. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], Court Record.

9. [Salem], 3:73.

10. [SalemVR], II:120 [Ct. R.].

11. [LynnVR], I:56 [Ct. R.].

12. [SalemVR], I:100 [C.R. 1].

13. The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Documentary History of 1692, (Salem, MA: The Nova Anglia Company, 2001), [SalemWitch], 399.

14. Essex County Archives, Salem Witchcraft, 1:100.

15. [SalemVR], II:120 [Ct. R].

16. Ibid. I:100 [Ct. R.].

17. [SalemWitch], 98.

18. Essex County Archives, Salem Witchcraft, 2:43.

19. [SalemVR], II:120 and IV:70.

20. Randall, Frank Alfred, Randall and Allied Families, (Chicago: Raveret-Weber Print. Co., 1943), [Randall Anc], 433.

21. Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, 2 vols., (Hillburn, N.Y.: privately printed, 1939), [Snow-Estes], 2:209.

22. [Salem], 1:253.

23. Marsh, Lucius B., The Genealogy of John Marsh of Salem and His Descendants 1633-1888, (Amherst, Mass.: C. William, 1888), [J. Marsh (1888)], 26.

24. Paul, Edward Joy, The Ancestry of Katharine Choate Paul, Now Mrs. William J. Young Jr., (Milwaukee: Burdich & Allen, 1914), [Paul Anc.], 195.

25. The Genealogical Magazine, (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press, 1890+), [GenMag or Putnam's Mag.], 6:213.

26. [SalemVR], II:55 [Ct. R.].

27. Ibid. I:100 [C. R. 1].


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