1633. New England Heretics
Six of my ancestors emmigrated to the Puritan colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1633. Within 5 years, all of them would be exiled for heresy.
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1633-1674. Records in Roxbury, Boston, Portsmouth & Newport. John & Margaret Porter
Margaret Lang Odding and John Porter were my 10th great-grandparents. Their daughter Hannah Porter was my 9th great-grandmother. They moved to Roxbury, then Boston, but were banished and founded a new colony on Aquidneck Island, holding properties in Portsmouth and Newport. John was also party to the Pettaquamscutt Purchase in South Kingston. Margaret successfully sued…