Son of Samuel Porter (1637-1660) and Hannah Curtis Dodge Woodbury
Occupation: farmer, maltmaker, moderator of town meetings, Representative to the General Court, and soldier (Lieutenant)
Inheriting the large property of his father, he was a resident of Wenham throughout his life, and was a prominent citizen, representing the town in the general court in 1712-24-26, and also serving at various times as moderator of the town meetings. He was noted for his great independence and liberality of mind. During the witchcraft excitement he deliberately opposed the persecutions, and in one of the trials testified with his wife Lydia in favor of the accused.
Sources:
* Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts
* New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 4, by William Richard Cutter, Published by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1913
* The Porter Family of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, p. 9.
Contributor: D. Leeman Wilson (48030119)
Occupation: farmer, maltmaker, moderator of town meetings, Representative to the General Court, and soldier (Lieutenant)
Inheriting the large property of his father, he was a resident of Wenham throughout his life, and was a prominent citizen, representing the town in the general court in 1712-24-26, and also serving at various times as moderator of the town meetings. He was noted for his great independence and liberality of mind. During the witchcraft excitement he deliberately opposed the persecutions, and in one of the trials testified with his wife Lydia in favor of the accused.
Sources:
* Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts
* New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 4, by William Richard Cutter, Published by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1913
* The Porter Family of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, p. 9.
Contributor: D. Leeman Wilson (48030119)
Son of Samuel Porter (1637-1660) and Hannah Curtis Dodge Woodbury
Occupation: farmer, maltmaker, moderator of town meetings, Representative to the General Court, and soldier (Lieutenant)
Inheriting the large property of his father, he was a resident of Wenham throughout his life, and was a prominent citizen, representing the town in the general court in 1712-24-26, and also serving at various times as moderator of the town meetings. He was noted for his great independence and liberality of mind. During the witchcraft excitement he deliberately opposed the persecutions, and in one of the trials testified with his wife Lydia in favor of the accused.
Sources:
* Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts
* New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 4, by William Richard Cutter, Published by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1913
* The Porter Family of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, p. 9.
Contributor: D. Leeman Wilson (48030119)
Occupation: farmer, maltmaker, moderator of town meetings, Representative to the General Court, and soldier (Lieutenant)
Inheriting the large property of his father, he was a resident of Wenham throughout his life, and was a prominent citizen, representing the town in the general court in 1712-24-26, and also serving at various times as moderator of the town meetings. He was noted for his great independence and liberality of mind. During the witchcraft excitement he deliberately opposed the persecutions, and in one of the trials testified with his wife Lydia in favor of the accused.
Sources:
* Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts
* New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 4, by William Richard Cutter, Published by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1913
* The Porter Family of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, p. 9.
Contributor: D. Leeman Wilson (48030119)
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. . . . . . . . . .
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY OF
MR JOHN PORTER
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE MARCH 8th
1753 IN THE 95th YEAR
OF HIS AGE
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