Is there proof that John Proctor owned a tavern?

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In the Crucible by Arthur Miller, he describes John Proctor as being in his thirties and an affluent landowner. In every website portraying him though, it says Proctor was in his 60s at the time of the Salem witch trials and was a tavern owner, as well as a landowner. None of the town maps of Salem show his tavern. What real proof (from a primary source) do we have of his birth date? Even his tombstone only has his date of death.



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    I want to write an essay about why Miller changed these facts but I need proof that they are accurate.










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      I want to write an essay about why Miller changed these facts but I need proof that they are accurate.







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          Johns age can be ascertained with a little background genealogy work. John was son of John Proctor Sr, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 from the Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical, Volume 4 (emphasis mine)




          I. John Proctor sailed with wife and two children from London and
          settled in 1635 in Ipswich Massachusetts He gave his age at that time
          as forty his wife twenty eight son John aged three and daughter Mary
          aged one year He removed to Salem and in 1667 deposed that he was aged
          seventy five years His will dated August 18 1672 proved November 28
          following bequeathed to wife Martha to daughters Martha White Abigail
          Var ney Sarah Dodge and Hannah Weeden to sons John Joseph and Benjamin



          II. John 2 Proctor son of John 1 Proctor was born 1632 in England
          married at Ipswich December 1662 Widow Elizabeth Thorndike Bassett He
          fell a victim to the witchcraft delusion and he was hanged August 19
          1692 Two




          Another volume, A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States ..., Volume 2By Charles H. McDermott, gives us the name of the ship the Proctor arrived on:




          ...He was the eighth in descent from John Proctor who came from London
          England in the ship Susan and Ellen in 1635 at the age of forty and
          settled at Ipswich Massachusetts With John Proctor came his wife
          Martha and two children John aged three years and Mary aged one year




          To cross check the arrival and age info we can look at the Immigrant Ships
          Transcribers Guild page for the ship 'Suzan and Ellen':



          1 Procter, John Husbandman 40
          2 Proctor, Martha 28
          3 Proctor, John 3
          4 Proctor, Marie 1


          So genealogical sources seem to agree upon the year of birth of 1632, three years before emmigration to the colonies.



          The tavern ownership is discussed in the Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society, Volumes 6-9, By Danvers Historical Society, including his petition for a license in 1666:




          I Live At Mr Downings far me weh Is In y Common Readeway wch
          occationeth severall travellours To Call In for some Refreshment as
          they pass Alonge & findinge It Like to bee Verrv Chargable In Case I
          should continue to Accommodate such Upon free Cost doe therefore
          Earnestly Request you yt you would bee pleased to graunt mee Liberty
          To sett up a house of Entertainment To sell Beare Sider Liquors etc




          This article also discusses some legal issues the Proctors had over the tavern:




          In 1678 he was
          fined 40 shillings for selling a quart of cider to one Joseph an
          Indian and to other Indians upon testimony of Giles Cory Abraham
          Wolcot John Parker who deposed concerning Goodwife Proctor saying that
          she had sold cider to the Indians in exchange for baskets and that she
          had as good right to let them have drinks as other folks John Gloid
          and George Lockhartt servants of Proctor John Phelps and John Pudney
          patrons Benjamin and Elizabeth Proctor children of John the latter
          having charge of the sale of liquors testified in behalf of Proctor
          Zerubbabel Endecott said he had been sent for several times when
          Indians came there and saw no liquor and believed the complaint was
          out of Ill will more than matter Robert Lord marshal of Ipswich also
          affirmed that he had not been able to obtain liquor at Proctor's house
          for a year







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          To add to the sources that @justCal has identified, John Proctor is also mentioned as a keeper of an 'ordinary' or public drinking house in a list contained in A Letter from Rev. John Higginson to the County Court, June 25, 1675:




          ... Being credibly informed that there are at this time belonging to Salem about 14 Ordinaries & publick drinking Howses , some of them licensed others of them unlicensed, (viz . 1 Mr Gidny, 2 Mr King, 3 Capt More, 4 Ellin Hollinwood, 5 Jo: Procter, 6 Nath. Ingersoll, 7 Darling, 8 Mr Croad, 9 Will: Lake, 10 Edw: Bridges, 11 Gilbert Taply, 12 Fra: Collins, 13 Goodie Kippin, 14 Ruben Guppa ...




          • My emphasis

          The original is held in the Essex County Court Files, Vol. XXIX — leaf 39






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            Johns age can be ascertained with a little background genealogy work. John was son of John Proctor Sr, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 from the Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical, Volume 4 (emphasis mine)




            I. John Proctor sailed with wife and two children from London and
            settled in 1635 in Ipswich Massachusetts He gave his age at that time
            as forty his wife twenty eight son John aged three and daughter Mary
            aged one year He removed to Salem and in 1667 deposed that he was aged
            seventy five years His will dated August 18 1672 proved November 28
            following bequeathed to wife Martha to daughters Martha White Abigail
            Var ney Sarah Dodge and Hannah Weeden to sons John Joseph and Benjamin



            II. John 2 Proctor son of John 1 Proctor was born 1632 in England
            married at Ipswich December 1662 Widow Elizabeth Thorndike Bassett He
            fell a victim to the witchcraft delusion and he was hanged August 19
            1692 Two




            Another volume, A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States ..., Volume 2By Charles H. McDermott, gives us the name of the ship the Proctor arrived on:




            ...He was the eighth in descent from John Proctor who came from London
            England in the ship Susan and Ellen in 1635 at the age of forty and
            settled at Ipswich Massachusetts With John Proctor came his wife
            Martha and two children John aged three years and Mary aged one year




            To cross check the arrival and age info we can look at the Immigrant Ships
            Transcribers Guild page for the ship 'Suzan and Ellen':



            1 Procter, John Husbandman 40
            2 Proctor, Martha 28
            3 Proctor, John 3
            4 Proctor, Marie 1


            So genealogical sources seem to agree upon the year of birth of 1632, three years before emmigration to the colonies.



            The tavern ownership is discussed in the Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society, Volumes 6-9, By Danvers Historical Society, including his petition for a license in 1666:




            I Live At Mr Downings far me weh Is In y Common Readeway wch
            occationeth severall travellours To Call In for some Refreshment as
            they pass Alonge & findinge It Like to bee Verrv Chargable In Case I
            should continue to Accommodate such Upon free Cost doe therefore
            Earnestly Request you yt you would bee pleased to graunt mee Liberty
            To sett up a house of Entertainment To sell Beare Sider Liquors etc




            This article also discusses some legal issues the Proctors had over the tavern:




            In 1678 he was
            fined 40 shillings for selling a quart of cider to one Joseph an
            Indian and to other Indians upon testimony of Giles Cory Abraham
            Wolcot John Parker who deposed concerning Goodwife Proctor saying that
            she had sold cider to the Indians in exchange for baskets and that she
            had as good right to let them have drinks as other folks John Gloid
            and George Lockhartt servants of Proctor John Phelps and John Pudney
            patrons Benjamin and Elizabeth Proctor children of John the latter
            having charge of the sale of liquors testified in behalf of Proctor
            Zerubbabel Endecott said he had been sent for several times when
            Indians came there and saw no liquor and believed the complaint was
            out of Ill will more than matter Robert Lord marshal of Ipswich also
            affirmed that he had not been able to obtain liquor at Proctor's house
            for a year







            share|improve this answer






















            • On a personal note, I found an ancestor of mine was one of those executed in 1692, Samuel Wardwell, an 8thGG.
              – justCal
              28 mins ago














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            3
            down vote













            Johns age can be ascertained with a little background genealogy work. John was son of John Proctor Sr, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 from the Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical, Volume 4 (emphasis mine)




            I. John Proctor sailed with wife and two children from London and
            settled in 1635 in Ipswich Massachusetts He gave his age at that time
            as forty his wife twenty eight son John aged three and daughter Mary
            aged one year He removed to Salem and in 1667 deposed that he was aged
            seventy five years His will dated August 18 1672 proved November 28
            following bequeathed to wife Martha to daughters Martha White Abigail
            Var ney Sarah Dodge and Hannah Weeden to sons John Joseph and Benjamin



            II. John 2 Proctor son of John 1 Proctor was born 1632 in England
            married at Ipswich December 1662 Widow Elizabeth Thorndike Bassett He
            fell a victim to the witchcraft delusion and he was hanged August 19
            1692 Two




            Another volume, A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States ..., Volume 2By Charles H. McDermott, gives us the name of the ship the Proctor arrived on:




            ...He was the eighth in descent from John Proctor who came from London
            England in the ship Susan and Ellen in 1635 at the age of forty and
            settled at Ipswich Massachusetts With John Proctor came his wife
            Martha and two children John aged three years and Mary aged one year




            To cross check the arrival and age info we can look at the Immigrant Ships
            Transcribers Guild page for the ship 'Suzan and Ellen':



            1 Procter, John Husbandman 40
            2 Proctor, Martha 28
            3 Proctor, John 3
            4 Proctor, Marie 1


            So genealogical sources seem to agree upon the year of birth of 1632, three years before emmigration to the colonies.



            The tavern ownership is discussed in the Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society, Volumes 6-9, By Danvers Historical Society, including his petition for a license in 1666:




            I Live At Mr Downings far me weh Is In y Common Readeway wch
            occationeth severall travellours To Call In for some Refreshment as
            they pass Alonge & findinge It Like to bee Verrv Chargable In Case I
            should continue to Accommodate such Upon free Cost doe therefore
            Earnestly Request you yt you would bee pleased to graunt mee Liberty
            To sett up a house of Entertainment To sell Beare Sider Liquors etc




            This article also discusses some legal issues the Proctors had over the tavern:




            In 1678 he was
            fined 40 shillings for selling a quart of cider to one Joseph an
            Indian and to other Indians upon testimony of Giles Cory Abraham
            Wolcot John Parker who deposed concerning Goodwife Proctor saying that
            she had sold cider to the Indians in exchange for baskets and that she
            had as good right to let them have drinks as other folks John Gloid
            and George Lockhartt servants of Proctor John Phelps and John Pudney
            patrons Benjamin and Elizabeth Proctor children of John the latter
            having charge of the sale of liquors testified in behalf of Proctor
            Zerubbabel Endecott said he had been sent for several times when
            Indians came there and saw no liquor and believed the complaint was
            out of Ill will more than matter Robert Lord marshal of Ipswich also
            affirmed that he had not been able to obtain liquor at Proctor's house
            for a year







            share|improve this answer






















            • On a personal note, I found an ancestor of mine was one of those executed in 1692, Samuel Wardwell, an 8thGG.
              – justCal
              28 mins ago












            up vote
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            Johns age can be ascertained with a little background genealogy work. John was son of John Proctor Sr, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 from the Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical, Volume 4 (emphasis mine)




            I. John Proctor sailed with wife and two children from London and
            settled in 1635 in Ipswich Massachusetts He gave his age at that time
            as forty his wife twenty eight son John aged three and daughter Mary
            aged one year He removed to Salem and in 1667 deposed that he was aged
            seventy five years His will dated August 18 1672 proved November 28
            following bequeathed to wife Martha to daughters Martha White Abigail
            Var ney Sarah Dodge and Hannah Weeden to sons John Joseph and Benjamin



            II. John 2 Proctor son of John 1 Proctor was born 1632 in England
            married at Ipswich December 1662 Widow Elizabeth Thorndike Bassett He
            fell a victim to the witchcraft delusion and he was hanged August 19
            1692 Two




            Another volume, A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States ..., Volume 2By Charles H. McDermott, gives us the name of the ship the Proctor arrived on:




            ...He was the eighth in descent from John Proctor who came from London
            England in the ship Susan and Ellen in 1635 at the age of forty and
            settled at Ipswich Massachusetts With John Proctor came his wife
            Martha and two children John aged three years and Mary aged one year




            To cross check the arrival and age info we can look at the Immigrant Ships
            Transcribers Guild page for the ship 'Suzan and Ellen':



            1 Procter, John Husbandman 40
            2 Proctor, Martha 28
            3 Proctor, John 3
            4 Proctor, Marie 1


            So genealogical sources seem to agree upon the year of birth of 1632, three years before emmigration to the colonies.



            The tavern ownership is discussed in the Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society, Volumes 6-9, By Danvers Historical Society, including his petition for a license in 1666:




            I Live At Mr Downings far me weh Is In y Common Readeway wch
            occationeth severall travellours To Call In for some Refreshment as
            they pass Alonge & findinge It Like to bee Verrv Chargable In Case I
            should continue to Accommodate such Upon free Cost doe therefore
            Earnestly Request you yt you would bee pleased to graunt mee Liberty
            To sett up a house of Entertainment To sell Beare Sider Liquors etc




            This article also discusses some legal issues the Proctors had over the tavern:




            In 1678 he was
            fined 40 shillings for selling a quart of cider to one Joseph an
            Indian and to other Indians upon testimony of Giles Cory Abraham
            Wolcot John Parker who deposed concerning Goodwife Proctor saying that
            she had sold cider to the Indians in exchange for baskets and that she
            had as good right to let them have drinks as other folks John Gloid
            and George Lockhartt servants of Proctor John Phelps and John Pudney
            patrons Benjamin and Elizabeth Proctor children of John the latter
            having charge of the sale of liquors testified in behalf of Proctor
            Zerubbabel Endecott said he had been sent for several times when
            Indians came there and saw no liquor and believed the complaint was
            out of Ill will more than matter Robert Lord marshal of Ipswich also
            affirmed that he had not been able to obtain liquor at Proctor's house
            for a year







            share|improve this answer














            Johns age can be ascertained with a little background genealogy work. John was son of John Proctor Sr, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 from the Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical, Volume 4 (emphasis mine)




            I. John Proctor sailed with wife and two children from London and
            settled in 1635 in Ipswich Massachusetts He gave his age at that time
            as forty his wife twenty eight son John aged three and daughter Mary
            aged one year He removed to Salem and in 1667 deposed that he was aged
            seventy five years His will dated August 18 1672 proved November 28
            following bequeathed to wife Martha to daughters Martha White Abigail
            Var ney Sarah Dodge and Hannah Weeden to sons John Joseph and Benjamin



            II. John 2 Proctor son of John 1 Proctor was born 1632 in England
            married at Ipswich December 1662 Widow Elizabeth Thorndike Bassett He
            fell a victim to the witchcraft delusion and he was hanged August 19
            1692 Two




            Another volume, A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States ..., Volume 2By Charles H. McDermott, gives us the name of the ship the Proctor arrived on:




            ...He was the eighth in descent from John Proctor who came from London
            England in the ship Susan and Ellen in 1635 at the age of forty and
            settled at Ipswich Massachusetts With John Proctor came his wife
            Martha and two children John aged three years and Mary aged one year




            To cross check the arrival and age info we can look at the Immigrant Ships
            Transcribers Guild page for the ship 'Suzan and Ellen':



            1 Procter, John Husbandman 40
            2 Proctor, Martha 28
            3 Proctor, John 3
            4 Proctor, Marie 1


            So genealogical sources seem to agree upon the year of birth of 1632, three years before emmigration to the colonies.



            The tavern ownership is discussed in the Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society, Volumes 6-9, By Danvers Historical Society, including his petition for a license in 1666:




            I Live At Mr Downings far me weh Is In y Common Readeway wch
            occationeth severall travellours To Call In for some Refreshment as
            they pass Alonge & findinge It Like to bee Verrv Chargable In Case I
            should continue to Accommodate such Upon free Cost doe therefore
            Earnestly Request you yt you would bee pleased to graunt mee Liberty
            To sett up a house of Entertainment To sell Beare Sider Liquors etc




            This article also discusses some legal issues the Proctors had over the tavern:




            In 1678 he was
            fined 40 shillings for selling a quart of cider to one Joseph an
            Indian and to other Indians upon testimony of Giles Cory Abraham
            Wolcot John Parker who deposed concerning Goodwife Proctor saying that
            she had sold cider to the Indians in exchange for baskets and that she
            had as good right to let them have drinks as other folks John Gloid
            and George Lockhartt servants of Proctor John Phelps and John Pudney
            patrons Benjamin and Elizabeth Proctor children of John the latter
            having charge of the sale of liquors testified in behalf of Proctor
            Zerubbabel Endecott said he had been sent for several times when
            Indians came there and saw no liquor and believed the complaint was
            out of Ill will more than matter Robert Lord marshal of Ipswich also
            affirmed that he had not been able to obtain liquor at Proctor's house
            for a year








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            • On a personal note, I found an ancestor of mine was one of those executed in 1692, Samuel Wardwell, an 8thGG.
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            • On a personal note, I found an ancestor of mine was one of those executed in 1692, Samuel Wardwell, an 8thGG.
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            On a personal note, I found an ancestor of mine was one of those executed in 1692, Samuel Wardwell, an 8thGG.
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            On a personal note, I found an ancestor of mine was one of those executed in 1692, Samuel Wardwell, an 8thGG.
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            To add to the sources that @justCal has identified, John Proctor is also mentioned as a keeper of an 'ordinary' or public drinking house in a list contained in A Letter from Rev. John Higginson to the County Court, June 25, 1675:




            ... Being credibly informed that there are at this time belonging to Salem about 14 Ordinaries & publick drinking Howses , some of them licensed others of them unlicensed, (viz . 1 Mr Gidny, 2 Mr King, 3 Capt More, 4 Ellin Hollinwood, 5 Jo: Procter, 6 Nath. Ingersoll, 7 Darling, 8 Mr Croad, 9 Will: Lake, 10 Edw: Bridges, 11 Gilbert Taply, 12 Fra: Collins, 13 Goodie Kippin, 14 Ruben Guppa ...




            • My emphasis

            The original is held in the Essex County Court Files, Vol. XXIX — leaf 39






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              To add to the sources that @justCal has identified, John Proctor is also mentioned as a keeper of an 'ordinary' or public drinking house in a list contained in A Letter from Rev. John Higginson to the County Court, June 25, 1675:




              ... Being credibly informed that there are at this time belonging to Salem about 14 Ordinaries & publick drinking Howses , some of them licensed others of them unlicensed, (viz . 1 Mr Gidny, 2 Mr King, 3 Capt More, 4 Ellin Hollinwood, 5 Jo: Procter, 6 Nath. Ingersoll, 7 Darling, 8 Mr Croad, 9 Will: Lake, 10 Edw: Bridges, 11 Gilbert Taply, 12 Fra: Collins, 13 Goodie Kippin, 14 Ruben Guppa ...




              • My emphasis

              The original is held in the Essex County Court Files, Vol. XXIX — leaf 39






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                To add to the sources that @justCal has identified, John Proctor is also mentioned as a keeper of an 'ordinary' or public drinking house in a list contained in A Letter from Rev. John Higginson to the County Court, June 25, 1675:




                ... Being credibly informed that there are at this time belonging to Salem about 14 Ordinaries & publick drinking Howses , some of them licensed others of them unlicensed, (viz . 1 Mr Gidny, 2 Mr King, 3 Capt More, 4 Ellin Hollinwood, 5 Jo: Procter, 6 Nath. Ingersoll, 7 Darling, 8 Mr Croad, 9 Will: Lake, 10 Edw: Bridges, 11 Gilbert Taply, 12 Fra: Collins, 13 Goodie Kippin, 14 Ruben Guppa ...




                • My emphasis

                The original is held in the Essex County Court Files, Vol. XXIX — leaf 39






                share|improve this answer












                To add to the sources that @justCal has identified, John Proctor is also mentioned as a keeper of an 'ordinary' or public drinking house in a list contained in A Letter from Rev. John Higginson to the County Court, June 25, 1675:




                ... Being credibly informed that there are at this time belonging to Salem about 14 Ordinaries & publick drinking Howses , some of them licensed others of them unlicensed, (viz . 1 Mr Gidny, 2 Mr King, 3 Capt More, 4 Ellin Hollinwood, 5 Jo: Procter, 6 Nath. Ingersoll, 7 Darling, 8 Mr Croad, 9 Will: Lake, 10 Edw: Bridges, 11 Gilbert Taply, 12 Fra: Collins, 13 Goodie Kippin, 14 Ruben Guppa ...




                • My emphasis

                The original is held in the Essex County Court Files, Vol. XXIX — leaf 39







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