Associated Daughters of Early American Witches

The Associated Daughters of Early American Witches is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are directly descended from a person accused of witchcraft in the witch trials of Colonial America.[1][2][3][4]

Associated Daughters of Early American Witches
Founded1985; 39 years ago (1985)
1986 (incorporation)
TypeNon-profit
FocusHistoric preservation, education, genealogy
WebsiteWebsite

Founding

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The society was established in 1985 in Washington, D.C. and formally incorporated in 1986.[5] The first organizational meeting of the society was held in April 1987 at the Mayflower Hotel with 35 charter members.[6] The organization received its 501(c)(3) organization status in 1990.[7] The society is listed in the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.[8][9]

Structure

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Membership in the society is by invitation only.[10][11] To become a member, a woman must be at least sixteen years of age and able to prove lineal bloodline descent from an ancestor who was accused, tried, and/or executed for the practice of witchcraft prior to December 31, 1699, in Colonial America.[12][13][14]

The society is led by 8 officers, including a President General, First Vice President General, Second Vice President General, Recording Secretary General, Corresponding Secretary General, Treasurer General, Registrar General, and Historian General.[8][15]

The society maintains a Roll of Ancestors which currently includes the full names of over 300 ancestors.[16]

List of qualifying ancestors

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As of 2012, the below named individuals are listed as qualifying ancestors in the society's Roll of Ancestors. They are listed in the full registry by name, spouses (if applicable), colony, and the year of their first accusation or trial. The full registry also includes partial names and surnames if no first name is available.[16][17]

Roll of Ancestors
Name Colony Year
Arthur Abbott Massachusetts 1692
Nehemiah Abbott Massachusetts 1692
Capt. John Alden Jr. Massachusetts 1692
Daniel Andrews Massachusetts 1692
Ann Austin Massachusetts 1656
Elizabeth Ayers Connecticut 1662
William Ayers Connecticut 1662
Elizabeth Dearing Bailey Maine 1660
Mrs. George Barker Virginia 1641
Abigail Barker Massachusetts 1692
Mary Barker Massachusetts 1692
William Barker Sr. Massachusetts 1692
William Barker Jr. Massachusetts 1692
Mary Barnes Connecticut 1662
Margery Bassett Connecticut 1651
Sarah Hood Bassett Massachusetts 1692
Nicholas Bayley (and wife) Connecticut 1655
Alice Beamon Massachusetts 1677
Winifred King Benham Connecticut 1697
Elizabeth Bennett Maryland 1665
Sarah Bibber Massachusetts 1692
Bridget Bishop Massachusetts 1692
Edward Bishop Jr. Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Bishop Massachusetts 1692
Mary Black Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Blackleach Connecticut 1662
John Blackleach Connecticut 1662
Grace Swaine Boulter New Hampshire 1680
Mary Perkins Bradbury Massachusetts 1692
Dudley Bradstreet Massachusetts 1692
John Bradstreet Massachusetts 1692
Mary Bridges Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Bridges Massachusetts 1692
William Browne Massachusetts 1657
Hannah Brumidge Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Buckley Massachusetts 1692
Rev. George Burroughs Massachusetts 1692
Ann Burt Massachusetts 1669
Rev. John Buss Massachusetts 1692
John Buxton Massachusetts 1692
Anne Byrd Virginia 1698
John Byrd Virginia 1698
Nell Cane Virginia 1693
Andrew Carrier Massachusetts 1692
Martha Allen Carrier Massachusetts 1692
Richard Carrier Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Carrier Massachusetts 1692
Thomas Carrier Jr. Massachusetts 1692
Joanne Carrington Connecticut 1651
John Carrington Connecticut 1651
Hannah Carroll Massachusetts 1692
Bethiah Carter Massachusetts 1692
Paul Carter Virginia 1678
Alice Cartwrite Virginia 1678
Elizabeth Cary Massachusetts 1692
Rebecca Chamberlain Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Churchill Massachusetts 1692
Mary Clark Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Clawson Connecticut 1692
Rachel Clinton Massachusetts 1687
Sarah Cloyce Massachusetts 1692
Eunice Cole New Hampshire 1656
Sarah Davis Cole Massachusetts 1692
Collins surname (male) Rhode Island 1640
Jane Collins Massachusetts 1653
Elizabeth Colson Massachusetts 1692
Mary Colson Massachusetts 1692
Giles Corey Massachusetts 1692
Martha Corey Massachusetts 1692
John Cowman Maryland 1674
Mary Cox Massachusetts 1692
Edith Crawford Massachusetts 1667
Hugh Crosha Connecticut 1692
Deliverance Dane Massachusetts 1692
Dane (male slave) Massachusetts 1692
Phoebe Day Massachusetts 1692
Mary Derich Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Dibble Connecticut 1669
Elizabeth Dicer Massachusetts 1692
James Dike Massachusetts 1692
Rebecca Dike Massachusetts 1692
Nicholas Disbrow Connecticut 1683
Mercy Disbrow Connecticut 1692
Ann Dolliver Massachusetts 1692
Mehitabel Downing Massachusetts 1692
Joseph Draper Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Dunkin Virginia 1695
John Dunkin Virginia 1695
John Durrant Massachusetts 1692
Lydia Dustin Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Dustin Massachusetts 1692
Grace Dutch Massachusetts 1653
Thomas Dyer Massachusetts 1692
Daniel Eames Massachusetts 1692
Rebecca Eames Massachusetts 1692
Mary Eastey Massachusetts 1692
Anna Edmunds Massachusetts 1673
Hannah Edwards Maryland 1686
Esther Dutch Elwell Massachusetts 1692
Martha Toothaker Emerson Massachusetts 1692
Joseph Emons Massachusetts 1692
Mary Hollingworth English Massachusetts 1692
Phillip English Massachusetts 1692
Agnes Evans Massachusetts 1653
Thomas Farrar Massachusetts 1692
Edward Farrington Massachusetts 1692
Abigail Faulkner Massachusetts 1692
Dorothy Faulkner Massachusetts 1692
Mary Isher Massachusetts 1656
John Floyd Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Fosdick Massachusetts 1692
Ann Foster Massachusetts 1692
Rebecca Fowler Maryland 1685
Nicholas Frost New Hampshire 1692
Eunice Potter Frye Massachusetts 1692
James Fuller Massachusetts 1683
Rachel Fuller New Hampshire 1680
Elizabeth Garlick New York 1657
Margaret Gifford Massachusetts 1680
Lydia Gilbert Connecticut 1654
Gleason surname (female) Massachusetts 1665
Mary Glover Massachusetts 1688
John Godfrey Massachusetts 1658
Elizabeth Godman Connecticut 1653
Dorcas Good Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Good Massachusetts 1692
Katherine Grady Virginia 1654
Grant surname (female) Connecticut 1662
William Graves Connecticut 1666
Mary Green Massachusetts 1692
Nathaniel Greensmith Connecticut 1662
Rebecca Greensmith Connecticut 1662
Anna Griswold Connecticut 1667
Mary Hale Massachusetts 1681
Sarah Hale Massachusetts 1692
Hales surname (male) Rhode Island 1640
Mary Hall New York 1665
Ralph Hall New York 1665
William Ham New Hampshire 1656
William Harding Virginia 1656
Thomas Hardy Massachusetts 1692
Katherine Harrison Connecticut 1668
Elizabeth Hart Massachusetts 1692
Hannah Harvey Connecticut 1692
Mary Harvey Connecticut 1692
Candy (female slave) Massachusetts 1692
Margaret Hawkes Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Hawkes Massachusetts 1692
Jane Hawkins Massachusetts 1637
Gertrude Hendrickson Pennsylvania 1683
Anne Hibbins Massachusetts 1655
Dorcas Hoar Massachusetts 1692
Abigail Hobbs Massachusetts 1692
Deliverance Hobbs Massachusetts 1692
William Hobbs Massachusetts 1692
Mary Holman Massachusetts 1659
Winifred Holman Massachusetts 1659
Elizabeth Holmes Massachusetts 1660
John Howard Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Howe Massachusetts 1692
Frances Hutchins Massachusetts 1692
Anne Hutchinson Massachusetts 1640
Mary Ingham Massachusetts 1676
Mary Leach Ireson Massachusetts 1692
John Jackson Jr. Massachusetts 1692
John Jackson Sr. Massachusetts 1692
George Jacobs Jr. Massachusetts 1692
George Jacobs Sr. Massachusetts 1692
Margaret Jacobs Massachusetts 1692
Rebecca Jacobs Massachusetts 1692
Jane James Massachusetts 1650
Jane Jenkins Virginia 1675
Margaret Jennings Connecticut 1659
Nicholas Jennings Connecticut 1659
Abigail Johnson Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Dane Johnson Massachusetts 1692
Mary Johnson Connecticut 1648
Rebecca Johnson Massachusetts 1692
Johnson, Stephen Johnson Massachusetts 1692
Hannah Walford Jones New Hampshire 1682
Margaret Jones Massachusetts 1647
Thomas Jones Massachusetts 1648
Elizabeth Holly Kendall Massachusetts 1648
Mrs. Roger Knapp Connecticut 1653
Mary Lacy Massachusetts 1692
Alice Lake Massachusetts 1650
Mary Lee Maryland 1654
Jane Lilly Massachusetts 1692
Mrs. Richard Manship Maryland 1654
Mercy Marshfield Massachusetts 1649
Mary Osgood Marston Massachusetts 1692
Susannah Martin Massachusetts 1692
Margaret Mattson Pennsylvania 1683
William Meaker Connecticut 1657
Sarah Merrick Massachusetts 1651
Katherine Messenger Connecticut 1678
Goodwife Miller Connecticut 1692
Joan Mitchell Maryland 1660
Phyllis Money Virginia 1694
Sarah Morey Massachusetts 1692
Eleanor Morris Virginia 1695
Elizabeth Morse Massachusetts 1680
Mrs. Christopher Neal Virginia 1671
Rebecca Nurse Massachusetts 1692
Mary Oliver Massachusetts 1650
Sarah Osborne Massachusetts 1692
Mary Osgood Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Paine Massachusetts 1692
Catherine Palmer Connecticut 1648
Alice Parker Massachusetts 1692
Mary Parker Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Parker Massachusetts 1692
Hugh Parsons Massachusetts 1651
John Parsons Massachusetts 1674
Mary Parsons Massachusetts 1651
Samuel Passanauton Massachusetts 1692
Robert Pease Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Pease Massachusetts 1692
Joanna Penny Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Perkins Massachusetts 1653
Joanna Post Massachusetts 1692
Mary Post Massachusetts 1692
Susannah Post Massachusetts 1692
Abel Powell Massachusetts 1680
Caleb Powell Massachusetts 1680
Mary Prescott New Hampshire 1680
Margaret Prince Massachusetts 1692
Benjamin Proctor Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Proctor Massachusetts 1692
John Proctor Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Proctor Massachusetts 1692
William Proctor Massachusetts 1692
Ann Pudeator Massachusetts 1692
Mary Randall Massachusetts 1691
Margaret Read Massachusetts 1680
Wilmot Redd Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Rist Massachusetts 1692
Welthian Richards Massachusetts 1653
Elizabeth Richardson Maryland 1658
Mistress Robinson Virginia 1659
Susanna Rootes Massachusetts 1692
Abigail Rowe Massachusetts 1692
Mary Rowe Massachusetts 1692
John Sadie Jr. Massachusetts 1692
Henry Salter Massachusetts 1692
Nathaniel Saltonstall Massachusetts 1692
Andrew Sanford Connecticut 1662
Mary Sanford Connecticut 1662
Elizabeth Scargen Massachusetts 1692
Margaret Scott Massachusetts 1692
Elizabeth Seager Connecticut 1662
Ann Sears Massachusetts 1692
Bessie Sewell Massachusetts 1651
Grace Sherwood Virginia 1698
Henry Somers Massachusetts 1692
Abigail Soames Massachusetts 1692
Martha Sparks Massachusetts 1691
Mary Staples Connecticut 1654
Alice Stephens Virginia 1668
Ephraim Stevens Massachusetts 1692
Alice Stratton Massachusetts 1650
Mary Harrington Taylor Massachusetts 1692
Tituba Massachusetts 1692
Margaret Toothaker Massachusetts 1692
Mary Toothaker Massachusetts 1692
Roger Toothaker Massachusetts 1692
Isabella Towle New Hampshire 1680
Joanna Towne Massachusetts 1692
Hannah Travall New York 1683
Job Tuckey Massachusetts 1692
Hannah Tyler Massachusetts 1692
Joanna Tyler Massachusetts 1692
Mary Tyler Massachusetts 1692
Hezekiah Usher Jr. Massachusetts 1692
Judith Varlet Connecticut 1662
Rachel Vinson Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Vinson Massachusetts 1653
James Wakeley Connecticut 1662
Jane Walford Maine 1648
George Walton New Hampshire 1682
Mercy Wardwell Massachusetts 1692
Samuel Wardwell Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Wardwell Massachusetts 1692
Mary Warren Massachusetts 1692
Mary Watkins Massachusetts 1693
Mary Webster Massachusetts 1683
Thomas Wells Massachusetts 1669
Judith White Massachusetts 1692
Mary Whittridge Massachusetts 1692
Sarah Averill Wildes Massachusetts 1692
Ruth Wilford Massachusetts 1691
John Willard Massachusetts 1692
Robert Williams Massachusetts 1669
Sarah Wilson Massachusetts 1692
Barbara Wingborough Virginia 1657
Edward Wooland Massachusetts 1692
Joan Wright Virginia 1626
Mary Wright New York 1660
Alse Young Connecticut 1647

Notable members

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Researching Early American Witch Ancestors". Family Tree Magazine. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  2. ^ "Home | Associated Daughters of Early American Witches". ADEAW. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
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  5. ^ "Bucks County Courier Times". www.buckscountycouriertimes.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  6. ^ "Are witches and their descendants offended when politicians use the term 'witch hunt'?". PhillyVoice. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  7. ^ Service, United States Internal Revenue (1991). Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service. p. 98.
  8. ^ a b "Alphabetical | The Hereditary Society Community". www.hereditary.us. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  9. ^ Hereditary Society Blue Book. Hereditary Society Blue Book. 1994. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8063-1398-6.
  10. ^ Moore, Dahrl Elizabeth (August 1998). Librarian's Genealogy Notebook. American Library Association. ISBN 978-0-8389-0744-3.
  11. ^ Scileppi, Tammy (2022-11-14). "Queens-based historian, descendant of accused Salem witch, presents at Bayside Historical Society – QNS.com". qns.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  12. ^ Robart, Lark (2022-03-12). "Associated Daughters of Early American Witches". Albuquerque Genealogical Society. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  13. ^ Hutton, Alice (2021-10-29). "'Witches are icons': Americans embrace their family ties to Salem trial victims". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  14. ^ "Constable: 'Greatest witch hunt in American history' resulted in real executions". Daily Herald. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  15. ^ Bentley, Elizabeth Petty (February 2009). The Genealogist's Address Book: State and Local Resources. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-8063-1796-0.
  16. ^ a b Associated Daughters of Early American Witches Roll of Ancestors. Family Heritage Publishers. 2012.
  17. ^ Ziegler, Bethany. "Honoring the Accused". The Star Democrat. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
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