The Associated Daughters of Early American Witches is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are directly descended from a person accused of witchcraft in the witch trials of Colonial America.
Founding The society was established in 1985 in Washington, D.C. and formally incorporated in 1986. The first organizational meeting of the society was held in April 1987 at the Mayflower Hotel with 35 charter members. The organization received its 501(c)(3) organization status in 1990. The society is listed in the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.
Structure Membership in the society is by invitation only. To become a member, a woman must be at least sixteen years of age and able to prove lineal bloodline descent from an ancestor who was accused, tried, and/or executed for the practice of witchcraft prior to December 31, 1699, in Colonial America.
The society is led by 8 officers, including a President General, First Vice President General, Second Vice President General, Recording Secretary General, Corresponding Secretary General, Treasurer General, Registrar General, and Historian General.
The society maintains a Roll of Ancestors which currently includes the full names of over 300 ancestors.
List of qualifying ancestors As of 2012, the below named individuals are listed as qualifying ancestors in the society's Roll of Ancestors. They are listed in the full registry by name, spouses (if applicable), colony, and the year of their first accusation or trial. The full registry also includes partial names and surnames if no first name is available. +Roll of AncestorsNameColonyYearArthur AbbottMassachusetts1692Nehemiah AbbottMassachusetts1692Capt. John Alden Jr.Massachusetts1692Daniel AndrewsMassachusetts1692Ann AustinMassachusetts1656Elizabeth AyersConnecticut1662William AyersConnecticut1662Elizabeth Dearing BaileyMaine1660Mrs. George BarkerVirginia1641Abigail BarkerMassachusetts1692Mary BarkerMassachusetts1692William Barker Sr.Massachusetts1692William Barker Jr.Massachusetts1692Mary BarnesConnecticut1662Margery BassettConnecticut1651Sarah Hood BassettMassachusetts1692Nicholas Bayley (and wife)Connecticut1655Alice BeamonMassachusetts1677Winifred King BenhamConnecticut1697Elizabeth BennettMaryland1665Sarah BibberMassachusetts1692Bridget BishopMassachusetts1692Edward Bishop Jr.Massachusetts1692Sarah BishopMassachusetts1692Mary BlackMassachusetts1692Elizabeth BlackleachConnecticut1662John BlackleachConnecticut1662Grace Swaine BoulterNew Hampshire1680Mary Perkins BradburyMassachusetts1692Dudley BradstreetMassachusetts1692John BradstreetMassachusetts1692Mary Bridges Massachusetts1692Sarah BridgesMassachusetts1692William BrowneMassachusetts1657Hannah BrumidgeMassachusetts1692Sarah BuckleyMassachusetts1692Rev. George BurroughsMassachusetts1692Ann BurtMassachusetts1669Rev. John BussMassachusetts1692John BuxtonMassachusetts1692Anne ByrdVirginia1698John ByrdVirginia1698Nell CaneVirginia1693Andrew CarrierMassachusetts1692Martha Allen CarrierMassachusetts1692Richard CarrierMassachusetts1692Sarah CarrierMassachusetts1692Thomas Carrier Jr.Massachusetts1692Joanne CarringtonConnecticut1651John CarringtonConnecticut1651Hannah CarrollMassachusetts1692Bethiah CarterMassachusetts1692Paul CarterVirginia1678Alice CartwriteVirginia1678Elizabeth CaryMassachusetts1692Rebecca ChamberlainMassachusetts1692Sarah ChurchillMassachusetts1692Mary ClarkMassachusetts1692Elizabeth ClawsonConnecticut1692Rachel ClintonMassachusetts1687Sarah CloyceMassachusetts1692Eunice ColeNew Hampshire1656Sarah Davis ColeMassachusetts1692Collins surname (male)Rhode Island1640Jane CollinsMassachusetts1653Elizabeth ColsonMassachusetts1692Mary ColsonMassachusetts1692Giles CoreyMassachusetts1692Martha CoreyMassachusetts1692John CowmanMaryland1674Mary CoxMassachusetts1692Edith CrawfordMassachusetts1667Hugh CroshaConnecticut1692Deliverance DaneMassachusetts1692Dane (male slave)Massachusetts1692Phoebe DayMassachusetts1692Mary DerichMassachusetts1692Sarah DibbleConnecticut1669Elizabeth DicerMassachusetts1692James DikeMassachusetts1692Rebecca DikeMassachusetts1692Nicholas DisbrowConnecticut1683Mercy DisbrowConnecticut1692Ann DolliverMassachusetts1692Mehitabel DowningMassachusetts1692Joseph DraperMassachusetts1692Elizabeth DunkinVirginia1695John DunkinVirginia1695John DurrantMassachusetts1692Lydia DustinMassachusetts1692Sarah DustinMassachusetts1692Grace DutchMassachusetts1653Thomas DyerMassachusetts1692Daniel EamesMassachusetts1692Rebecca EamesMassachusetts1692Mary EasteyMassachusetts1692Anna EdmundsMassachusetts1673Hannah EdwardsMaryland1686Esther Dutch ElwellMassachusetts1692Martha Toothaker EmersonMassachusetts1692Joseph EmonsMassachusetts1692Mary Hollingworth EnglishMassachusetts1692Phillip EnglishMassachusetts1692Agnes EvansMassachusetts1653Thomas FarrarMassachusetts1692Edward FarringtonMassachusetts1692Abigail FaulknerMassachusetts1692Dorothy FaulknerMassachusetts1692Mary IsherMassachusetts1656John FloydMassachusetts1692Elizabeth FosdickMassachusetts1692Ann FosterMassachusetts1692Rebecca FowlerMaryland1685Nicholas FrostNew Hampshire1692Eunice Potter FryeMassachusetts1692James FullerMassachusetts1683Rachel FullerNew Hampshire1680Elizabeth GarlickNew York1657Margaret GiffordMassachusetts1680Lydia GilbertConnecticut1654Gleason surname (female)Massachusetts1665Mary GloverMassachusetts1688John GodfreyMassachusetts1658Elizabeth GodmanConnecticut1653Dorcas GoodMassachusetts1692Sarah GoodMassachusetts1692Katherine GradyVirginia1654Grant surname (female)Connecticut1662William GravesConnecticut1666Mary GreenMassachusetts1692Nathaniel GreensmithConnecticut1662Rebecca GreensmithConnecticut1662Anna GriswoldConnecticut1667Mary HaleMassachusetts1681Sarah HaleMassachusetts1692Hales surname (male)Rhode Island1640Mary HallNew York1665Ralph HallNew York1665William HamNew Hampshire1656William HardingVirginia1656Thomas HardyMassachusetts1692Katherine HarrisonConnecticut1668Elizabeth HartMassachusetts1692Hannah HarveyConnecticut1692Mary HarveyConnecticut1692Candy (female slave)Massachusetts1692Margaret HawkesMassachusetts1692Sarah HawkesMassachusetts1692Jane HawkinsMassachusetts1637Gertrude HendricksonPennsylvania1683Anne HibbinsMassachusetts1655Dorcas HoarMassachusetts1692Abigail HobbsMassachusetts1692Deliverance HobbsMassachusetts1692William HobbsMassachusetts1692Mary HolmanMassachusetts1659Winifred HolmanMassachusetts1659Elizabeth HolmesMassachusetts1660John HowardMassachusetts1692Elizabeth HoweMassachusetts1692Frances HutchinsMassachusetts1692Anne HutchinsonMassachusetts1640Mary InghamMassachusetts1676Mary Leach IresonMassachusetts1692John Jackson Jr. Massachusetts1692John Jackson Sr. Massachusetts1692George Jacobs Jr. Massachusetts1692George Jacobs Sr. Massachusetts1692Margaret JacobsMassachusetts1692Rebecca JacobsMassachusetts1692Jane JamesMassachusetts1650Jane JenkinsVirginia1675Margaret JenningsConnecticut1659Nicholas JenningsConnecticut1659Abigail JohnsonMassachusetts1692Elizabeth Dane JohnsonMassachusetts1692Mary JohnsonConnecticut1648Rebecca JohnsonMassachusetts1692Johnson, Stephen JohnsonMassachusetts1692Hannah Walford JonesNew Hampshire1682Margaret JonesMassachusetts1647Thomas JonesMassachusetts1648Elizabeth Holly KendallMassachusetts1648Mrs. Roger KnappConnecticut1653Mary LacyMassachusetts1692Alice LakeMassachusetts1650Mary LeeMaryland1654Jane LillyMassachusetts1692Mrs. Richard ManshipMaryland1654Mercy MarshfieldMassachusetts1649Mary Osgood MarstonMassachusetts1692Susannah MartinMassachusetts1692Margaret MattsonPennsylvania1683William MeakerConnecticut1657Sarah MerrickMassachusetts1651Katherine MessengerConnecticut1678Goodwife MillerConnecticut1692Joan MitchellMaryland1660Phyllis MoneyVirginia1694Sarah MoreyMassachusetts1692Eleanor MorrisVirginia1695Elizabeth MorseMassachusetts1680Mrs. Christopher NealVirginia1671Rebecca NurseMassachusetts1692Mary OliverMassachusetts1650Sarah OsborneMassachusetts1692Mary OsgoodMassachusetts1692Elizabeth PaineMassachusetts1692Catherine PalmerConnecticut1648Alice ParkerMassachusetts1692Mary ParkerMassachusetts1692Sarah ParkerMassachusetts1692Hugh ParsonsMassachusetts1651John ParsonsMassachusetts1674Mary ParsonsMassachusetts1651Samuel PassanautonMassachusetts1692Robert PeaseMassachusetts1692Sarah PeaseMassachusetts1692Joanna Penny Massachusetts1692Elizabeth PerkinsMassachusetts1653Joanna PostMassachusetts1692Mary PostMassachusetts1692Susannah PostMassachusetts1692Abel PowellMassachusetts1680Caleb PowellMassachusetts1680Mary PrescottNew Hampshire1680Margaret PrinceMassachusetts1692Benjamin ProctorMassachusetts1692Elizabeth ProctorMassachusetts1692John ProctorMassachusetts1692Sarah ProctorMassachusetts1692William ProctorMassachusetts1692Ann PudeatorMassachusetts1692Mary RandallMassachusetts1691Margaret ReadMassachusetts1680Wilmot ReddMassachusetts1692Sarah RistMassachusetts1692Welthian RichardsMassachusetts1653Elizabeth RichardsonMaryland1658Mistress RobinsonVirginia1659Susanna RootesMassachusetts1692Abigail RoweMassachusetts1692Mary RoweMassachusetts1692John Sadie Jr.Massachusetts1692Henry SalterMassachusetts1692Nathaniel SaltonstallMassachusetts1692Andrew SanfordConnecticut1662Mary SanfordConnecticut1662Elizabeth ScargenMassachusetts1692Margaret ScottMassachusetts1692Elizabeth SeagerConnecticut1662Ann SearsMassachusetts1692Bessie SewellMassachusetts1651Grace SherwoodVirginia1698Henry SomersMassachusetts1692Abigail SoamesMassachusetts1692Martha SparksMassachusetts1691Mary StaplesConnecticut1654Alice StephensVirginia1668Ephraim StevensMassachusetts1692Alice StrattonMassachusetts1650Mary Harrington TaylorMassachusetts1692TitubaMassachusetts1692Margaret ToothakerMassachusetts1692Mary ToothakerMassachusetts1692Roger ToothakerMassachusetts1692Isabella TowleNew Hampshire1680Joanna TowneMassachusetts1692Hannah TravallNew York1683Job TuckeyMassachusetts1692Hannah TylerMassachusetts1692Joanna TylerMassachusetts1692Mary TylerMassachusetts1692Hezekiah Usher Jr.Massachusetts1692Judith VarletConnecticut1662Rachel VinsonMassachusetts1692Sarah VinsonMassachusetts1653James WakeleyConnecticut1662Jane WalfordMaine1648George WaltonNew Hampshire1682Mercy WardwellMassachusetts1692Samuel WardwellMassachusetts1692Sarah WardwellMassachusetts1692Mary WarrenMassachusetts1692Mary WatkinsMassachusetts1693Mary WebsterMassachusetts1683Thomas WellsMassachusetts1669Judith WhiteMassachusetts1692Mary WhittridgeMassachusetts1692Sarah Averill WildesMassachusetts1692Ruth WilfordMassachusetts1691John WillardMassachusetts1692Robert WilliamsMassachusetts1669Sarah WilsonMassachusetts1692Barbara WingboroughVirginia1657Edward WoolandMassachusetts1692Joan WrightVirginia1626Mary WrightNew York1660Alse YoungConnecticut1647
Notable members Karen Batchelor, lawyer and genealogist
See also
The Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America Witch trials
References
External links
Associated Daughters of Early American Witches, Official website