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ENDECOTT, John (1588-1665). Document signed ("Jo: Endecott"), a Writ of Execution to enforce a civil judgment, Salem, 26 November, no year. COUNTER-SIGNED BY JOHN WINTHROP (1588-1649), ROGER CONANT (1592-1679) AND WILLIAM HATHORNE (1607-1681). 1 page, oblong (3 x 6¼in.)left edge shaved, loss at lower right corner catching portion of last line, laid down.
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ENDECOTT, John (1588-1665). Document signed ("Jo: Endecott"), a Writ of Execution to enforce a civil judgment, Salem, 26 November, no year. COUNTER-SIGNED BY JOHN WINTHROP (1588-1649), ROGER CONANT (1592-1679) AND WILLIAM HATHORNE (1607-1681). 1 page, oblong (3 x 6¼in.)left edge shaved, loss at lower right corner catching portion of last line, laid down.
FOUR LEADING PURITAN SIGNATURES, INCLUDING HAWTHORNE'S GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER on this early writ, to collect a judgment of nine shillings. This document is also signed by Roger Conant, a founder of the towns of Salem and Beverly. William Hathorne was the great-great grandfather of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne. He "developed a reputation as a strict disciplinarian. Any breach of the law brought his full wrath on the defendant. His unswerving harshness brought him into direct conflict with John Winthrop, who sought to have him dismissed from the General Court for a brief period of time. Their clash arose over Hathorne's insistence on seeking severe punishments for such crimes as swearing and lying and over his openly questioning Winthrop's efforts to control the General Court" (American National Biography Online). The Hawthornes altered the spelling of the family name out of shame for the role played by William's son in the Salem witch trials. John Endecott was governor of the New England Company settlement at Salem, and a strictly orthodox Puritan. He commanded the colony's expedition against the Pequots in 1637. Between 1659 and 1662 he ruthlessly suppressed the Quaker activists who openly challenged Puritan authority, executing four of them. A rare combination of major names from the early history of English settlement in America.
FOUR LEADING PURITAN SIGNATURES, INCLUDING HAWTHORNE'S GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER on this early writ, to collect a judgment of nine shillings. This document is also signed by Roger Conant, a founder of the towns of Salem and Beverly. William Hathorne was the great-great grandfather of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne. He "developed a reputation as a strict disciplinarian. Any breach of the law brought his full wrath on the defendant. His unswerving harshness brought him into direct conflict with John Winthrop, who sought to have him dismissed from the General Court for a brief period of time. Their clash arose over Hathorne's insistence on seeking severe punishments for such crimes as swearing and lying and over his openly questioning Winthrop's efforts to control the General Court" (American National Biography Online). The Hawthornes altered the spelling of the family name out of shame for the role played by William's son in the Salem witch trials. John Endecott was governor of the New England Company settlement at Salem, and a strictly orthodox Puritan. He commanded the colony's expedition against the Pequots in 1637. Between 1659 and 1662 he ruthlessly suppressed the Quaker activists who openly challenged Puritan authority, executing four of them. A rare combination of major names from the early history of English settlement in America.