Thomas Preston

b 1647, Ipswich, , Massachusetts
d 1697, Salem Village, , Massachusetts

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Roger Preston
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Thomas Preston
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Martha
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Children

1		Rebecca Preston
2		Mary Preston
3		John Preston
4		Martha Preston
5		Thomas Preston
6		Elizabeth Preston
7		Jonathan Preston
8		David Preston

Notes

Thomas Preston was one of the first to seek warrants for the arrest of the first accused as witches in Salem. He bitterly repented this later, when the affliction came nearer home.

Thomas Preston testified to the authenticity of the Mary Putnam will.

Source: 'A Genealogy of the Nurse Family for Five Generations', 1892, John D. Ames, p 100-101. 'Salem Possessed, The Social Origins of Witchcraft', 1974, Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum, p 140.

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