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An American Family History

Samuel Estey
Children of Isaac Estey
and Mary Towne
  • Isaac Estey, Jr.
  • Joseph Estey
  • Sarah Estey Gill Ireland
  • John Estey
  • Hannah Estey Abbott
  • Benjamin Estey
  • Samuel Estey
  • Jacob Estey
  • Joshua Estey
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    Samuel Estey was born March 25, 1672 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Isaac Estey and Mary Towne.

    When Samuel was 20, in 1692, his mother, Mary Towne Estey, became a victim of the Salem hysteria and was executed for witchcraft.

    Samuel never married.

    He died before 1709.

    Towne Sisters

    "The Towne Sisters" by Yiannis Stefinarkis, ca. 1970
    Plaster statue of Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Estey, Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyes wearing shackles. The statue is located in the Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers, Salem.

    The settlement of New Meadows was incorporated as the Town of Topsfield by authority of the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1650. The church "gathered" on November 4, 1663 with the Rev. Thomas Gilbert. The third Meeting House was built on the Common in 1703 with Rev. Joseph Capen as pastor.
         

     

         

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