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Year: |
1680 |
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Meanwhile: |
New Hampshire separates from Massachusetts by royal charter. |
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Year: |
1680 Calvert Co. |
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Michael Higgin Jr |
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7 May 1680/26 Feb 1680. Will of John Clarke. Listed in will: Michael Higgin Jr, John Easterling, John Allen, Wm. Smith, Mary Sealy, Thomas Manning, John Smith |
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Source: |
Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1685 to 1702 Vol 2, Jane Baldwin |
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Year: |
1681 Talbot Co. ? |
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Nicholas Higgins |
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Servant to Richard White, adjudged to be 10 years of age |
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Source: |
Bernice Leonard |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
A Richard White appears in Talbot County by 1682. Source: Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1679 - 1686, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1682 |
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Meanwhile: |
Quakers
begin building Third
Haven Meeting House (completed 1684), Talbot County. |
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Year: |
1682? |
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Henry Higes |
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Named in list of debts owed to the estate of Thomas Russell. |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1679 - 1686, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1682 Talbot Co. ? |
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John Higgins |
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John Higgins, a servant to Michael Russell, adjudged to be 14 years of age |
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Source: |
Bernice Leonard |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
A Michael Russell appears in Talbot County by 1688. |
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1682 Anne Arundel Co. |
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Richd. Wigg |
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5 Jul 1682. Will of John Hillen. Wit: Richd. Wigg, Jno. Custis, Edward Talbot, Richd. Arnold |
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Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1635 to 1685 Vol 1, Jane Baldwin Cotton |
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Year: |
1682 Talbot Co. |
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Thomas Loggins |
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Loggins, Thomas, of TA Co., m. by 1682, Elizabeth, widow of John Henrix, and mother of John, Thomas and Henry Henrix (TALR 4:117). |
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Source: |
Maryland State Archives - Maryland Indexes Marriage References MSA S 1527 |
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Year: |
1683 |
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Meanwhile: |
Mennonites settle Germantown Pennsylvania . |
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Year: |
1683 Kent Co. |
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George Higginbotham |
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Received land patent for "(The) Hill Top" |
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Source: |
Inhabitants of Kent County, Maryland 1637 - 1787, Henry C. Peden, Jr. |
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Year: |
1683 Calvert Co. |
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Michael Higgin |
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5 Apr 1683/23 Apr 1683. Will of Robert Andrews. Test: Richd Farrow, Edward Blackburn, Michael Higgin |
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Source: |
Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1635 to 1685 Vol. 1, Jane Baldwin |
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Year: |
1684 |
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Meanwhile: |
In an attempt to consolidate royal control over the colonies, King James II abolishes the charters of the New England, New York, and New Jersey colonies and creates a single supercolony known as the Dominion of New England. The Dominion dispensed with local assemblies and was administered by a governor-general. The Dominion lasts until 1689 when William of Orange (a Protestant) invades England, taking the title of King William III. Protestant colonists revolt, professing loyalty to the new king, and imprison colonial Dominion representatives. William's kingship immediately results in an expensive war with France (the Nine Years War). Because of his desperation for military funding, William is forced to concede greater powers to Parliament. |
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Year: |
1684 Prince George's and St. Mary's Co.'s |
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Ann Higgins |
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Born 1684/85, Piscataway, NJ (dau of Judiah Higgins, grand-dau of Richard Higgins). Died after 1720. Married John Henning (of Calvert Co.?) circa |
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1684 |
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Dorothy Wigins |
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2 Nov 1684/9 May 1686. Will of Mary Long. Children: Dorothy Wigins, John Long, Eliza: Long, Robert Long, Thomas Long, Susanna Long |
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Source: |
Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1685 to 1702 Vol 2, Jane Baldwin |
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Year: |
1684 |
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Henry Hagin |
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30 Feb 1684/19 Jul 1686. Will of Thomas Harriss. Test: Chas. Musgrave, Henry Hagin, Mary Owsey, Edw. Gattly |
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Source: |
Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1685 to 1702 Vol 2, Jane Baldwin |
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Year: |
1684 Cecil Co. |
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Henry Higges |
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Warrant issued for his arrest for verbally assaulting the Commissioners of the Cecil County Court |
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Source: |
Maryland State Archives - Proceedings of the Council of Maryland 1681 - 1685/6 |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
Henry Higgs posted bail of £30. |
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Year: |
1684 Talbot Co. |
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Nicholas Haggitt |
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Nicholas Haggitt and Charles Marham witnessed land transfer from Cornelius Mulrayne, planter, to Francis Chappline, planter, for 500 acres of tract "Broad Oake" on west side of Bullingbrooke Creek, north side of Great Choptank River. |
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Source: |
Talbot County Maryland Land Records Book Two, R. Bernice Leonard |
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Year: |
1685 |
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Meanwhile: |
Protestants in France lose their guarantee of religious freedom as King Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, spurring many to leave for America. |
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Year: |
1685 Calvert Co. |
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Daniell Higgings, John Higgin |
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13 Oct 1685. Administration account of James Bordley. Debts owed: ..., Daniell Higgings, ..., John Higgin, ... |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1685 - 1701, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
A James
Bordley was one of the commissioners named to “resurvey the grounds and lots
within the village of Saint-Michael's, in Talbot county, and to perpetuate
the lines and bounds thereof “ |
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Year: |
1685 Cecil Co. |
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Geo Higgenbotham |
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24 Mar 1685. Administration account of Thomas Hawkins. Appraisers: Richard Pullen, George Higgenbotham |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1679 - 1686, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1685 Cecil Co. |
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Geo Higgenbottom |
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Named County Commissioner for all shipping and port traffic, which in Cecil was "att Captn Johns Creeke Willm Prices Piantacon in Elke River & in Sasafrax River att William ifrisbeys plantacon, & in Worton Creeke", which included the power of "the buying & purchaseing of the aforesaid Towne Lands Ports and places of the now owners & possessors of the same, as for the surveying & Laying out of the said Ports Townes & places aforesaid, & makeing & stakeing out the severall Lotts to bee laid out in the said Townes to the end the Length breadth & extent of every Towne & the severali Lotts in every Towne port & place may bee the better knowne & observed" |
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Source: |
Maryland State Archives - Proceedings and Acts of the Assembly |
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Year: |
1685 Calvert Co. |
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Michael Higgin/Higgins, Mary Higgins, Michaels Higgins Jr., Thomas Higgins |
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8 Apr 1685/16 Jun 1685. Will of Michael Higgin. To wife Mary, execx, life interest in estate. "sons Michael Jr. and Thomas, at age eighteen years..250 acres "The Cage"...three daughters." Test: Jno Crawford, Robt. Reid |
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Source: |
Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1635 to 1685 Vol 1, Jane Baldwin |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
5 Oct 1688. Administration account of Michael Higgins.
Payments to: John Smith, James Crawford, John Guyat, John Atkey, Richard
Smith, Thomas Tasker, Paul Sairfield, Charles Boteler, John Blomfield. Admin:
Mary Higgins
Source: Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the
Prerogative Court of Maryland 1685 - 1701, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1685 |
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Michael Higgins |
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8 Oct 1685. Administration account of Thomas Gosden. Payments to: ..., Michaell Higgins, ... |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1685 - 1701, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1685 (?) Talbot Co. |
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Michael Higgins |
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Married Mary Tow, sister of Robert Tow, Wills Liber 4 Folio 137 |
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Source: |
Maryland Colonial Statistics and Indices, Annie Walker; Maryland Marriages, Burns |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
William Hopkins married Elizabeth, dau of Robert Tow in 1727. Source: Talbot 1727 Land Records 13/425 . Maryland Marriage Clues, Irma Harper |
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Year: |
1685 Talbot Co. |
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Richard Higgs |
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Richard Higgs, Christopher Denny, and William Powell witnessed land transfer from Robert Smith to Nathaniel Tucker of tract "Jones - His Addition". |
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Source: |
Talbot County Maryland Land Records Book Two, R. Bernice Leonard |
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Year: |
1686 Calvert Co. |
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Henry Higgs |
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10 May 1686. Administration account of John Rousby. Lists of debts owed: ..., Henry Higgs, ... |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1685 - 1701, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1687 |
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Meanwhile: |
Isaac
Newton publishes his Principia Mathematica. |
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Year: |
1687 Cecil Co. |
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Geo. Higginbothom |
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8 Oct 1687/7 Aug 1688. Will of Walter Meeks. Test: Geo. Higginbotham, Wm. Theakston, Martha Buckell |
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Source: |
Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1685 to 1702 Vol 2, Jane Baldwin |
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Year: |
1687 Talbot Co. |
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Wm. Wiggons |
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In January 1687 Court, Sarah Collins requested runaway time on her servant Wm Wiggons who has absented himself 2 years |
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Source: |
Talbot Judgments Liber NN6. Judgment Records of Dorchester, Queen Anne's & Talbot Counties, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1688 |
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Meanwhile: |
Using allegiance to the new Protestant monarchs William of Orange and Queen Mary and complaints about Catholic dominance in the Maryland government and political appointments as a pretext, Protestant leaders John Coode, Kenelm Cheseldyne, and Nehemiah Blackston organized a revolt and gathered an army from St. Mary's and surrounding counties to take over the Maryland government at St. Mary's City. They formed a new government comprised of Protestants only and removed Catholics from all official positions in the colony. Their government was supported from England, and a new governor reporting directly to the crown was sent to Maryland in 1692. The rule of Lord Baltimore was thus ended along with the policy of religious freedom. The disenfranchisement of Catholics and other groups was more permanent this time, lasting until the upheavals of the Revolutionary War. |
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Year: |
1688 Talbot Co. |
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Christopher Higgs |
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Christopher Higgs and Ann Lodman witnessed land transfer from John Davis to John Morgan of tract "Dunfield" |
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Source: |
Talbot County Maryland Land Records Book Two, R. Bernice Leonard |
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Year: |
1688 Somerset Co. |
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Jeane Higgens |
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Court Proceedings "Agt: Inditement Read :Jeane Higgens for bastardy who appeares & ownes her fact & that one Denis Servant formerly to mr: Roger Woolford is the father of her Child Ordered that the aforesaid Jeane higgens have Twenty five lashes on her bare back well laid on which was executed" |
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Source: |
Maryland State Archives Somerset County (Judicial Record) 1687-1689 |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
From same year: "Caps: agt: Denis the Servt: of mr: Woolford to answer unto his Lopp upon the Complaint of Jno: Higgens & a --- " Somerset County Court (Judiciary |
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Year: |
1688 Calvert Co. |
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Joseph Higgins |
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6 Jun 1688. Administration account of George Parker. List of debts: ..., Joseph Higgins, ... |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1685 - 1701, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1688 Calvert Co. |
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Paule Huggins |
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1 Aug 1689. Administration account of Bazill Waring. List of debts: ..., Paule Huggins, ... |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1688 - 1698, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1690 |
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Meanwhile: |
King William's War begins as the French stage attacks on northern colonial towns. This was the American phase of the European War of the League of Augsburg. The Indian tribes of Maine and Canada aided the French, while the Iroquois supported the English. |
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Year: |
1692 |
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Meanwhile: |
Between
Feb and Oct 1692, the Salem, Mass witch trials resulted in the execution of
twenty people and accusations against hundreds more. On Nov 25th, The General
Court of the Massachusetts colony created the Superior Court to try the
remaining witchcraft cases, which took place in May 1693. This time no one
was convicted. Church
of England made the established church in Maryland. Royal assent was given to
the establishment act in 1702. |
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Year: |
1692 Kent Co. |
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George Higginbotham |
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12 Nov 1692/23 Nov 1692. Administration account of Phillip Davis. List of debts: ..., George Higginbotham, ... |
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