Officers of the Mass. Bay Commonwealth

The Residents of Salem
The First Town of the Massachusetts Bay Commonwealth
From Original Records up to the Year 1651

Part 1 of 4, being residents whose surnames begin with the letters A, B, C, or D.
This table contains information gathered from J.B. Felt's "Annals of Salem" 2nd edition, 2 vols., Salem, 1845.
Felt's sources were the original colonial records, many of which have since been lost.

Abbreviations:
a = ante (before);
p = post (after);
unk = name unknown.

Column headings:
with RC = at Cape Ann with Capt. Roger Conant, 1626;
with JE = arrived with Capt. John Endicott on the Abigail, 1628;
with FH = arrived with Rev. Francis Higginson and the GCMB fleet, 1629;
petition = petitioned for freeman status, 1630;
freeman = sworn a freeman;
1st Church = admitted to the 1st Church of Salem;
land = granted land, or land grant confirmed;
resident = resident of Salem, or arrived in Salem, or received as inhabitant of Salem, or stated to be "of Salem."

All years are original Julian calendar, beginning March 25 and ending the March 24 following.

Residents of Salem before 1651, Surnames A through D
	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Abby, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Adams, Richard	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637
Adams, Robert	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.
Aimedoune, Roger	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Alderman, Jane	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Alderman, John	.	.	.	.	p1637	1637	1637	.
Alford, Mary	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Alford, William	.	.	.	.	p1635	.	.	.
Allen, Elizabeth	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Allen, Robert	.	.	.	.	.	1642	1637	.
Allen, Robert	.	.	.	.	.	1642	1637	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Allerton, Isaac	.	.	.	.	.	1647	.	1633
Amyes, Joan	.	.	.	.	.	1637	1637	.
Amyes, Ruth	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.	.
Antrum, Thomas	.	.	.	.	p1637	1639	1637	.
Archer, Samuel	.	.	.	1630	.	1636	.	.
Auger, Allice	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Auger/Agar, William	.	.	.	.	1631	1636	.	.
Avery, Thomas	.	.	.	.	1643	1638	.	.
Babson, Isabel	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Bachelder, Joseph	.	.	.	.	p1637	1638	1637	.
Bacon, Rebeckah	.	.	.	.	.	1641	.	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Bacon, William	.	.	.	.	p1640	1643	.	1640
Baker, Robert	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Balch, John	1626	.	.	1630	1631	1636	.	.
Balch, Margery	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Baly, Jonathan	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1647
Banks, Lydia	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.	.
Barber, goodwife	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.	.
Barber, John	.	.	.	.	.	1642	1637	.
Barber, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1639	.
Barber, William	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Barnardistone, Catherine	.	.	.	.	.	1639	.	.
Barnett, Alice	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.	.
Barney, Anna	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.	.
Barney, Jacob	.	.	.	.	1634	1636	.	.
Bartholomew, Henry	.	.	.	.	p1635	1637	.	1635
Bartholomew, Richard	.	.	.	.	p1638	1640	1638	.
Bartoll, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1648
Batchelder, John, and wife	.	.	.	.	p1639	1639	1639	.
Batchelder, Mary	.	.	.	.	.	1639	.	.
Batter, Edmund	.	.	.	.	p1636	1636	1636	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Batter, Sarah	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Baxter, Daniel	.	.	.	.	.	.	1639	.
Bayley, Guydo	.	.	.	.	.	.	1644	.
Bayley; Henry	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.
Beacham, Mary	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.	.
Beachamp, Edward	.	.	.	.	p1637	1639	1637	.
Beard, Thomas, Mr.	.	.	1629	.	.	.	.	.
Beare, Philip	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Beaumont, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.
Belknap, Joseph	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1644

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Beman, William	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637
Bennet, Henry	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1630
Bennet, Jane	.	.	.	.	.	1643	.	.
Bennet, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1633
Bennet, Richard	.	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.
Bennet, William	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Berry, Christopher	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1640
Best, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638
Bishop, Edward	.	.	.	.	.	1645	.	1639
Bishop, Richard	.	.	.	.	p1635	1639	.	1635

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Bishop, Townsend	.	.	.	.	1635	1636	.	.
Bixby, Thomas	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1636
Black, John	.	.	.	.	1632	1636	.	.
Blackleach, Elizabeth	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.	.
Blackleach, John	.	.	.	.	1635	1636	.	.
Blanchard, Ann	.	.	.	.	.	1643	.	.
Blanchard, William	.	.	.	.	p1637	1641	.	1637
Blancher, widow	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.
Blomfield, Henry	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638
Boggust, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1630

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Borows, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Bourne, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Bourne, John	.	.	.	.	.	1644	1637	.
Bowditch, Sarah	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.	.
Bowditch, William	.	.	.	.	.	.	1643	.
Bowen, Thomas	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1648
Bownd, Anne	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Bownd, William	.	.	.	.	p1637	1636	1637	.
Boyse, Joseph	.	.	.	.	p1639	1641	.	1639
Brackenbury, Ellen	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Brackenbury, Richard	.	1628	.	.	1634	1636	.	.
Brand, Thomas	.	.	1629	.	.	.	.	.
Brately, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638
Brayne, Agnes, widow	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.	.
Bridgeman, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637
Bridgman, Elizabeth	.	.	.	.	.	1650	.	.
Bright, Margery	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Brittell, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Brown, Ales	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.	.
Brown, Hugh	.	1628	.	.	.	.	.	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Brown, John	.	.	1629	.	.	.	.	.
Brown, John	.	.	.	.	1638	1637	.	.
Brown, Samuel	.	.	1629	.	.	.	.	.
Brown, William	.	.	.	.	p1637	1642	1637	.
Brown, William & wife Sarah	.	.	.	.	1649	1648	.	.
Browning, Thomas	.	.	.	.	1637	1637	1637	.
Bryan widow	.	.	.	.	.	.	1639	.
Bryant, Thomas	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1642
Buffum, Robert	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638
Bulfinch, John	.	.	.	.	1642	1640	.	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Bulfinge, Ann	.	.	.	.	.	1641	.	.
Bullock, Henry	.	.	.	.	.	.	1643	.
Burdet, George, Rev.	.	.	.	.	1635	.	1635	.
Burdsall, Henry	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.	.
Burstow, Anthony	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637
Burton, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Burtsall, Henry	.	.	.	.	1638	.	.	.
Burwood, Thomas	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1640
Bushnell, Francis	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1639
Bushnell, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Button, Robert	.	1628	.	.	.	1642		.
Buxton, Anthony	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Buxton, Thomas	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1639
Byam, George	.	.	.	.	1642	1640	.	.
Calcott, Edward	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637
Cantilbury, William	.	.	.	.	.	.	1639	.
Carpenter, Thurston	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637
Cary, Nicholas	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Chadwell, Thomas	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637
Charles, Sarah	.	.	.	.	.	1647	.	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Charles, William	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Chichester, Mary	.	.	.	.	.	1650	.	.
Chickering, Henry	.	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.
Chilson, Walsingham	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1648
Ching, George	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.
Chubb, Thomas	.	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.
Chusmor, Richard	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1636
Clark, Arthur	.	.	.	.	1640	.	.	.
Clark, William	.	.	.	1630	1631	.	.	.
Claydon, Barnabas	.	.	1629	.	.	.	.	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Claydon, Richard	.	.	1629	.	.	.	.	.
Cleark, Arthur	.	.	.	.	1640	1641	.	.
Clud, goodwife	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1647
Codman, Robert	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Coite, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.
Colbourne, Samuel	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Cole, Ann	.	.	.	.	.	1650	.	.
Cole, Robert	.	.	.	1630	.	.	.	.
Cole, Thomas	.	.	.	.	.	.	1649	.
Collins, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1643	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Comyns, William	.	.	.	.	p1637	.	1637	.
Conant, Roger	1626	.	.	1630	1631	1636	.	.
Conant, Roger, Jr.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.
Conant, Sarah	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Concklin, Elizabeth	.	.	.	.	.	1649	.	.
Concline, Ananias	.	.	.	.	p1638	1639	1638	.
Concline, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.
Concline, Susan	.	.	.	.	.	1641	.	.
Convers, Allen	.	.	.	.	p1639	.	1639	.
Cook, Henry	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Cook, John	.	.	.	.	p1637	1641	1637	.
Cook, John's wife	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.	.
Cook, Richard	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1645
Cooper, Rebeckah	.	.	.	.	.	1650	.	.
Corey, Giles	.	.	.	.	.	.	1649	.
Cornhill, Samuel	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1641
Corning, Samuel, and wife	.	.	.	.	p1638	1640	1638	.
Cornish, Samuel	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Cornish, Samuel, Jr.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638
Corwin, George	.	.	.	.	p1638	.	.	1638

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Corwithen, Grace	.	.	.	.	.	1643	.	.
Corwithin, David	.	.	.	.	.	1649	.	1648
Cotta, Joanne	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Cotta, Robert	.	.	.	.	1635	.	.	.
Cromwell, Philip	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1647
Curtis, Sarah	.	.	.	.	.	1650	.	.
Curtis, Zacheus	.	.	.	.	.	.	1646	.
Curwin, Elizabeth	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.	.
Curwithen, David	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1644

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Daniels, Alice, Mrs.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Davenport, Elizabeth	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Davenport, Richard	.	1628	.	.	1634	1636	.	.
Davis, Isaac	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637
Davis, William	.	.	.	.	.	.	1639
Dent, Francis	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637
Devinish, Mary	.	.	.	.	.	1641	.	.
Devinish, Thomas	.	.	.	.	p1639	1641	1639	.
Devoreux, John	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1630
Dickerson, Mary	.	.	.	.	.	1648	.	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Dickerson, Philemon	.	.	.	.	p1639	1641	1639	.
Dike, Anthony	.	.	.	.	1631	.	.	.
Dike, widow	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1639
Dill, George	.	.	.	.	.	.	1639	.
Dixy, Anne	.	.	.	.	.	1636	.	.
Dixy, Catherine	.	.	.	.	.	1639	.	.
Dixy, Thomas	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Dixy, Thomas's wife	.	.	.	.	.	1643	.	.
Dixy, William	.	.	1629	.	1634	1636	.	.
Dodge, Elizabeth	.	.	.	.	.	1645	.	.

	with RC	with JE	with FH	petition	freeman	1st Church	land	resident
Dodge, Richard	.	.	.	.	.	1644	1638	.
Dodge, William	.	.	1629	.	.	.	.	.
Doliber, Joseph	.	.	.	.	.	.	1640	.
Downing, Emanuel	.	.	.	.	1638	1638	1638	.
Downing, Lucy	.	.	.	.	.	1638	.	.
Downing, Lucy, Jr.	.	.	.	.	.	1647	.	.
Downing, Theophilus	.	.	.	.	.	.	1643	.
Draper, Nicholas	.	.	.	.	.	.	1637	.
Dresser, Samuel	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1638
Dunton, Elizabeth	.	.	.	.	.	1639	.	.

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