Peter Cloyce

b 1639,
d 1708,

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Peter Cloyce
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Children

1		Cloyce
2		Cloyce
3		Cloyce
4		Cloyce
5		Cloyce
6		Cloyce

Notes

Peter was a member of the Salem Village church, to which his wife Sarah was admitted as a member in 1690. Peter Cloyce was a member of the anti-Parris group. He had served as one of Salem's representatives to the General Court in 1689, as had his good friend Daniel Andrew. In 1692 both men were elected selectmen of Salem. His anti-Parris sympathies and his election as a selectman were ample reason for the conspiracy to accuse his wife, Sarah of witchcraft.

Called an ecclesiastical council to investigate the handling of the witch trials of 1692.

Source: 'Salem Possessed, The Social Origins of Witchcraft', 1974, Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum, p 70. 'The Devil in Massachusetts', 1989, Marion L. Starkey, p 88, 255. 'The Devil Discovered', 1991, Enders A. Robinson, p 273-274, 278.

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