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Tag: indentured

Samuel Symonds, gentleman: complaint to Salem court against his two servants, 1661

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Gordon Harris7 Comments
The home of Samuel Simmons

Philip Welch and William Downing, both children, were kidnapped from Ireland in 1654, and sold to Samuel Symonds in Ipswich. After 7 years they refused to continue working on his farm and demanded their freedom. They were arrested and brought to trial.

Posted in People, StoriesTagged Court, indentured, Irish, Symonds, topsfield settlers

The courtship and marriage of William Durkee and Martha Cross

August 22, 2020 Gordon Harris7 Comments
Amorous Peasants by Albrecht Durer

William Durkee, an indentured Irish Catholic, and Martha Cross, the daughter of Robert Cross of Chebacco parish were servants in the household of Thomas Bishop in Ipswich. When Martha became pregnant by William, they were presented for fornication. The court ruled that they be punished and married.

Posted in StoriesTagged Court, Essex Courts, indentured

How the Irish made their mark in New England

June 22, 2019March 30, 2023 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
1874 engraving in The Illustrated London New showing Irish emigrants preparing to leave for the United States.

From the New England Historical Society: Over 50,000 men, women, and children of Irish descent were forcibly transported to British imperial colonies to serve as indentured labor. By 1790, there were 400,000 Americans of Irish birth or ancestry out of a population of 3.9 million.

Posted in PeopleTagged Immigrant, indentured, Irish

William Franklin of Newbury, hanged for the death of an indentured child in 1644

April 10, 2018November 12, 2022 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
Hanging of a Puritan for abuse of a child

Nathaniel Sewell, a child taken from England, was with continual rigor and unmerciful correction, exposed in the winter season with diverse acts of hardship.

Posted in Stories, TragediesTagged 1644, child, hanging, indentured, Newbury

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