John Tarbell

Abt 1657 - 1715  (~ 58 years)

• Name	John Tarbell
  Born	Abt 1657	Of Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  AFN	BVQ7-GR
  Died	25 Mar 1715	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I9214	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	5 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas Tarbell,   b. 1615, , England ,   d. 11 Jun 1678, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary,   b. 1624, , England ,   d. 29 Apr 1674, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 50 years)
  Married	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F3776	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Nurse,   b. Abt 1657, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Married	25 Oct 1678	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. John Tarbell,   b. 1680   2. Mary Tarbell,   b. 3 Apr 1688   3. Cornelius Tarbell,   b. 25 Mar 1690   4. Jonathan Tarbell,   b. 26 Feb 1691   5. Elizabeth Tarbell,   b. 23 Mar 1693/1694   6. Sarah Tarbell,   b. 2 Oct 1696
  Family ID	F3389	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 25 Oct 1678 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Died - 25 Mar 1715 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Called an ecclesiastical council to investigate the handling of the witch trials of 1692. Will dated 3 March 1714-15, probated 25 April 1715; by it he gives to his son John all his lands and common rights in Groton (where his brother had settled), who is to pay Mary, widow of John Smith, 5 pounds. All the rest of his estate is to fall to sons Cornelius and Jonathan who are to pay certain legacies to his three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah. To Jonathan he gives enough to his share in the "Iron Works" to give each of his sons equal shares, witnessed by David Judd, John Presten, and Jonathan Putnman. In May following, the widow Mary relinquishes all right to dower and her sons Cornelius and Jonathan agree to support her. The old house was still standing in 1892. ---------- References: "Salem Possessed, The Social Origins of Witchcraft", 1974, Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum, p 70. "The Devil in Massachusetts", 1989, Marion L. Starkey, p 251 "A Genealogy of the Nurse Family for Five Generations", 1892, John D. Ames, p 100, 101.