Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1652/03/28 I was born at Bishop Stoke, so that the light of the Lord's Day was the first light that my Eyes saw, being born a little before day-break. Born Hampshire England
1652/05/04 I was baptized by Mr Rashly, (sometime Member of the Old Church in Boston) in Stoke Church May 4th 1652. Mr Rashly first preached a Sermon, and then baptized me. After which an entertainment was made for him and many more. Faith
1660/00/00 Samuel Sewall attends school at the home of Rev James Noyes. Rev Thomas Parker is the main instructor. Education James Noyes House Newbury
1690/04/02 Samuel Sewall diary entry: "April 2, Father Dana falls from a scaffold in. his barn and dies." Richard Dana's place of his burial is unknown, but is most likely the Old Burial Ground west of Harvard University in Cambridge. Life
1692/09/19 Giles Corey, accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem Witch Trials, is crushed to death after two days of pressing. Assistant Magistrate Salem, MA Massachusetts Salem Witch Trials
1696/00/00 Samuel Sewall becomes convinced that the deaths of his two sons in 1696 was God's punishment for his participation in the Salem witch trials. Assistant Magistrate Salem Witch Trials
1697/01/17 At the Old South Meeting House (razed), Minister Samuel Willard reads Samuel Sewall's apology for his involvement in the Salem witch trials. Sewall ask for both man's and God's forgiveness. Assistant Magistrate Old South Meetinghouse Boston Salem Witch Trials
1730/01/01 Samuel Sewall dies in Boston, Massachusetts. He is buried in the family tomb at Boston's Granary Burying Ground. Died Granary Burying Ground Boston
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