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TURPIN, Thomas

TURPIN, Thomas

Male 1602 - 29 Oct 1649 (fisherman and Constable - drown)

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  • Name TURPIN, Thomas 
    Birth 1602  Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1602  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 29 Oct 1649  York, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Differentiator accused of beig a witch - is this how he drowned? 
    Witch Trials Connection Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    accused of beig a witch - is this how he drowned? 
    Death 29 Oct 1649 (fisherman and Constable - drown)  Salt Creek Isle of Shoals, York, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Drowned
    Person ID I16111  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Family 1 BATCHELDER, Jane Agnes,   b. 1616, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1674, York, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 1625  Kittery, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. TURPIN, Elizabeth,   b. 1633, York, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1710, York, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. TURPIN, Agnes or Anne,   b. 1635, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1707, York, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. TURPIN, Jane Muchmore,   b. 1632, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1697, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F12695  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 WAIMAN, Jane Agnes,   b. 1616, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1661, York, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 1625  Kittery, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1636  New Englandin general, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Married 1645  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. TURPIN, Elizabeth Jane,   b. 1627, Wells, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1710, York, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F12453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1602 - Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1602 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1625 - Kittery, York, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1625 - Kittery, York, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1636 - New Englandin general, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Oct 1649 - York, York, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWitch Trials Connection - accused of beig a witch - is this how he drowned? - - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Oct 1649 (fisherman and Constable - drown) - Salt Creek Isle of Shoals, York, York, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
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    Thomas Turpin drowned 29 Oct 1649
    Accused of witch craft
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    Histories
    Thomas Turpin : Witchcraft in Portsmouth, New Hampshire    		Thomas Turpin : Witchcraft in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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  • Notes 
    • Referring to a dilapidated house in the South End of Porthsmouth, NH

      The superstitious were therefore very careful about passing such houses by night, especially in dark and stormy weather, when, as many believed in those days, the witches would sally out from the house and, if successful in casting a horse's bridle over the head of any person passing by, would immediately transform the victim into a horse, and after having him shod with iron shoes, would ride the animal till it became tired, and just before daylight would turn it loose in the street. The persons thus afflicted would the next day find prints of the horse nails on their hands.”

      That's where you get the term hag-ridden Baker says without a pause. His mind is an encyclopedia of the Dark Arts. The term reminds him of a major outbreak of witchcraft in the Piscataqua region in 1656. That’s when Eunice Cole and Jane Walford and William Ham and Thomas Turpin were accused of witchery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2242] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700      		 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700


    2. [S2242] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
      U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700      		 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700


    3. [S2241] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
      North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000      		 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000



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