1648 - 1726 (78 years)
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Name |
WATERS Susanna |
Birth |
01 Feb 1648 |
Salem, Essex Co., MA |
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Gender |
Female |
Death |
21 Dec 1726 |
Ipswich, Essex Co., MA |
Notes |
- A quaint Ipswich law punished "commoners" for overstepping the bounds
of propriety by daring to wear fine garments which were beyond their
proper rank in life. As early as 1651, the General court of Ipswich
had expressed its "griefe...that intollerable excesse and bravery
hath crept in upon us and especially amongst people of mean
condition, to the dishonor of God, the scandal of its professors, the
consumption of estates and altogether unsuitable to our poverty." It
was later ordered that no person whose visible estate did not exceed
L200, should wear gold or silver lace, or any bone lace above 2s. per
yard, or silk hoods or scarfs. Penalty for each such offense was 10
shillings.
In the year 1675, Ipswich was in a general state of terror over the
string of Indian attacks that became known as King Phillips' War. The
Ipswich General Court saw in such attacks evidence of rebukes from
God Almighty himself, and promptly issued fresh edicts some of the
more flagrant abuses of wearing "finery" and displaying the sin of
pride.
Susanna, the newly wed wife of Benedict, appeared one Sabbath morning
in 1675 meeting house proudly displaying such a silk scarf and hood,
along with a number of other wives of the town. Benedict was duly
fined for the violation of social decorum. The incident implies that
Benedict's estate must have been valued less than L200.
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Person ID |
I9946 |
Freeman-Smith |
Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
Father |
WATERS Richard, b. Abt 03 Mar 1603, St. Botolph Aldgate, London, Eng. d. 16 Jul 1677, Salem, Essex Co., MA (Age 74 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
PLASSE Joyce (Rejoice), b. 25 Dec 1603, St. Botolph Aldgate, London, Eng. d. Abt 1687, Salem, Essex Co., MA (Age 83 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Marriage |
1624 |
Family ID |
F9940 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
PULSIFER Benedict, b. Abt 1637, England d. 1710, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA (Age 73 years) |
Marriage |
Abt Feb 1673 |
Ipswich, Essex Co., MA |
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Children |
| 1. PULSIFER Richard, b. 31 May 1675, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA d. 09 Feb 1762, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA (Age 86 years) [natural] |
| 2. PULSIFER William, b. 12 Dec 1676, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA [natural] |
| 3. PULSIFER Susanna, b. 05 Sep 1678, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA d. Bef 1689, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA (Age < 10 years) [natural] |
| 4. PULSIFER Joseph, b. 13 Nov 1680, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA d. 04 Apr 1711, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (from Judge Samuel Sewell's diary) (Age 30 years) [natural] |
| 5. PULSIFER Benjamin, b. 19 May 1683 [natural] |
| 6. PULSIFER David, b. 25 Sep 1685, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA d. Abt Dec 1720, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Age 35 years) [natural] |
| 7. PULSIFER Johanna, b. 25 Sep 1687, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA [natural] |
| 8. PULSIFER Jonathan, b. 25 Sep 1687, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA d. 13 Aug 1763, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA (Age 75 years) [natural] |
| 9. PULSIFER Susanna, b. Abt 1689, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA [natural] |
| 10. PULSIFER Elizabeth, b. Abt 1690 [natural] |
| 11. PULSIFER Margaret, b. Abt 14 Feb 1692, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA [natural] |
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Family ID |
F6863 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
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