An American Family History

Samuel Estey

The Salem witch trials were between February, 1692 and May, 1693.

Mary Towne Estey was a victim of the Salem witch delusion on September 22, 1692.

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.

Children of Isaac Estey
and Mary Towne

Isaac Estey, Jr.

Sarah Estey Gill Ireland

Hannah Estey Abbott

Three daughters of William Towne and Joanna Blessing were wrongly accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem. Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Estey, and Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyes were persecuted in 1692. The children of people in the line below are all descendants of Mary Estey.
	William Towne, Mary Towne Estey, Isaac Estey, Aaron Estey, Mary Estey Dwinnell, Israel Dwinnell, Isaac Davis Dwinnell, Sr., Isaac Davis Dwinnell, Jr., Victoria Zellena Dwinnell, Robert Wilson Miller, Sr., Robert Wilson Miller, Jr.

Many factors led to the witchcraft accusations in Salem.

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