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In reply to the discussion: Salem Witch Trials documents and other records [View all]csziggy
(34,135 posts)And his paternal line was Aaron Harland for four generations. Plus his son was named Aaron Harland. I haven't had the heart to see if a grandson was also named Aaron. Luckily at that point, his daughter Sarah married and that is where my line split off.
My husband's family has a line that for six or seven generations had a Thomas and a John in the family. Sometimes his ancestor was John, sometimes Thomas. It was great when they got around to having middle names. Then there was the Thomas who basically drank himself to death. His wife had died in childbirth so brother John took the children in. So there were two Thomas and Two John in the younger generation that grew up together. Major confusion!
I was a little stressed reading about the witch trials. I had more fun reading about my ancestors who were so much trouble in the Massachusetts colony, they were kicked out and moved to Rhode Island which was much more liberal about religion. I've been trying to prove that the Providence Williams who was Roger Williams son in Rhode Island could be our Providence Williams who showed up in the Carolinas. No luck so far, but it would be nice to connect those two.