Mary Browning

b 1629, , , , England
d 16 Dec 1717, Topsfield, Ess., Massachusetts

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Mary Browning
\|Edmund Towne
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Children

1		William Towne
2		Joseph Towne
3		Rebecca Towne
4		Samuel Towne
5		Elizabeth Towne

Notes

Mary Towne was summoned to testify against her sister in laws on 6 September 1692. On 7 September 1692 the widow Towne sent her regrets to the court, 'I humbly beg that your honors will not impute anything concerning our not coming as contempt of authority. We would come, but we are in a strange condition. Most of us can scarcely get out of our beds, we are so weak, and not able to ride at all. As for my daughter, Rebecca, she has strange fits and sometimes she is knocked down of a sudden.'

On 8 September 1692 a second summons for the widow Towne and her daughter Rebecca stated, 'We command you, all excuses set apart to be and appear at the Court of Oyer and Terminer holden at Salem tomorrow morning at eight of the clock precisely, there to testify the truth against Mary Easty. Hereof, fail not at your utmost peril.' Ephraim Wildes, constable of Topsfield, answered, 'I have warned the widow Towne and her daughter to appear in court.' No Towne testimony is extant.

Source: 'The Devil Discovered', 1991, Enders A. Robinson, p 277-278.

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