Abigail (Dane) Faulkner - Traveling within the World2024-03-29T05:37:13Zhttp://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/forum/topics/abigail-dane-faulkner?groupUrl=salemwitchtrials&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAnother relation of Drago her…tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2014-11-18:2185477:Comment:2006832014-11-18T20:44:04.146ZDept of PMM Artists & thingshttp://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Artistsandthings
<p>Another relation of Drago her Father being :</p>
<p>Francis Dane Rev. (1615 - 1696)<br></br>is your 9th great grandfather</p>
<p><br></br>Hannah Dane (1666 - )<br></br>daughter of Francis Dane Rev.</p>
<p><br></br>John Goodhue (1685 - 1773)<br></br>son of Hannah Dane</p>
<p><br></br>Anna GOODHUE (1719 - 1787)<br></br>daughter of John Goodhue</p>
<p><br></br>James Haskell Jr (1740 - 1827)<br></br>son of Anna GOODHUE</p>
<p><br></br>Oliver Haskell (1768 - 1841)<br></br>son of James Haskell Jr</p>
<p><br></br>Susan Haskell (1813 -…</p>
<p>Another relation of Drago her Father being :</p>
<p>Francis Dane Rev. (1615 - 1696)<br/>is your 9th great grandfather</p>
<p><br/>Hannah Dane (1666 - )<br/>daughter of Francis Dane Rev.</p>
<p><br/>John Goodhue (1685 - 1773)<br/>son of Hannah Dane</p>
<p><br/>Anna GOODHUE (1719 - 1787)<br/>daughter of John Goodhue</p>
<p><br/>James Haskell Jr (1740 - 1827)<br/>son of Anna GOODHUE</p>
<p><br/>Oliver Haskell (1768 - 1841)<br/>son of James Haskell Jr</p>
<p><br/>Susan Haskell (1813 - 1882)<br/>daughter of Oliver Haskell</p>
<p><br/>Elbridge D Merrill (1857 - 1905)<br/>son of Susan Haskell</p>
<p><br/>Laura E Merrill (1886 - 1967)<br/>daughter of Elbridge D Merrill</p>
<p><br/>Ernest Edward Westleigh (1915 - 2004)<br/>son of Laura E Merrill</p>
<p><br/>Trafton Carrol Westleigh (1945 - )<br/>son of Ernest Edward Westleigh</p>
<p><br/>Edward Allen Westleigh</p>
<p>Yes, Rev. Allen Michael Drago is the ordained name for the son of Trafton Carrol Westleigh</p> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis…tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2014-11-18:2185477:Comment:2007982014-11-18T20:40:57.653ZDept of PMM Artists & thingshttp://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Artistsandthings
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Salem_Witch_Trials_Begin">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_DaneSalem Witch Trials Begin</span></h2>
<p>Dane had lived in Andover for forty-four years, and he was seventy-six years old when the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Witch_Trials" title="Salem Witch Trials">Salem Witch Trials</a> began.</p>
<p>On October 18, 1692, Francis Dane, Thomas Barnard, and twenty-three others wrote a letter to the governor and to the General Court…</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Salem_Witch_Trials_Begin">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_DaneSalem Witch Trials Begin</span></h2>
<p>Dane had lived in Andover for forty-four years, and he was seventy-six years old when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Witch_Trials" title="Salem Witch Trials" class="mw-redirect">Salem Witch Trials</a> began.</p>
<p>On October 18, 1692, Francis Dane, Thomas Barnard, and twenty-three others wrote a letter to the governor and to the General Court publicly condemning the witch trials. Dane and his family were in danger as half a dozen family members stood accused, including Francis Dane himself. Another minister, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burroughs" title="George Burroughs">George Burroughs</a>, had been hanged, and thus Dane's status did not guarantee protection. He warned that his people were guilty of blood for accepting unfounded accusations against covenanted members of the church.</p>
<p>Two of Francis Dane's daughters, Elizabeth Dane Johnson and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Faulkner" title="Abigail Faulkner">Abigail Dane Faulkner</a>, and his daughter-in-law, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliverance_%28Hazeltine%29_Dane" title="Deliverance (Hazeltine) Dane">Deliverance Dane</a>, were all arrested. Abigail Dane Faulkner's two daughters, Abagail Faulkner and Dorothy Faulkner, were also accused of witchcraft.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Trials.27_influence_on_family">Trials' influence on family</span></h2>
<p>Francis Dane's daughter, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Faulkner" title="Abigail Faulkner">Abigail (Dane) Faulkner Sr.</a>, was convicted and condemned in September 1692 but given a temporary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_of_execution" title="Stay of execution">stay of execution</a> because she was pregnant. She was later pardoned by the governor and released. Although Dane's extended family had the most accused of any family, none of his immediate family members was executed.</p>
<p>Although the Danes' extended family (including the How family) was most accused in the trials, none was executed except <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Howe" title="Elizabeth Howe">Elizabeth Jackson Howe</a> (executed July 19, 1692), wife of James Howe (aka How) Jr. However, the members of Francis' large extended family, for the most part, experienced imprisonment and other harassment.<sup id="cite_ref-refname4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Dane#cite_note-refname4-4"><span>[</span>Ref 4<span>]</span></a></sup></p>