Whittredge court cases, Essex County, MA, 17th century

 

My earliest Whittredge ancestors (on my paternal grandmother’s side) came from England and settled in Essex County, Massachusetts. They, like many others at the time, were a disputatious lot and were involved in numerous court cases, often over what we — from a distance, historically speaking — would consider minor matters. The Essex County court records are extraordinarily complete and well preserved.

Below is a downloadable Word document wherein are contained excerpts of a few such cases.

 

— Roger Whittredge Smith

   November 2015

 

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See also:

Whittredge court case, Essex County, MA 1668

Whittredge court case, Essex County, MA 1668

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