Martha HARPER

ABT 1607 - ____

• BIRTH: ABT 1607, England

• MARRIAGE: 1 Jun 1630, Groton, Suffolk, England

1. +Sarah PROCTOR
2.  John PROCTOR
3.  Mary PROCTOR
4.  Joseph PROCTOR
5.  Benjamin PROCTOR
6.  Martha PROCTOR
7.  Abigail PROCTOR
8.  Hannah PROCTOR

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[5086] "The Probable Identity of Ruth Dodge, Wife of Richard Ingersoll..."
Janna Bennington Larson
The American Genealogist, v79, p278 (Oct 2004)
"Capt. John Dodge was apparently baptized at Salem, Massachusetts, on 25 December
1636, son of William Dodge. He died at Beverly on 14 January 1722/3. He married first in
Salem on 10 [blank] 1659 Sarah Proctor, daughter of John and Martha (Harper) Proctor.
Sarah died about 1679, and John married second Elizabeth (---) WOODBURY, widow of
John Woodbury."

"The English Origin of George Giddings of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
David L. Greene
NEHGR v135 p274 (Oct 1981)
p285: "Giddings-Proctor Addendum...John Proctor married Martha Harper at Groton, co. Suffolk, 1 June 1630.
Two children were baptized at Assington, co. Suffolk; John (baptized 9 October 1631)
and Marie (baptized 17 October 1633)."

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
James Savage
Pub. Boston, 1860-1862
Repub. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1998
v3, pp489-490: "JOHN, Ipswich, came, 1635, aged 40 from London in the Susan and Ellen,
with w. Martha, 28; and ch. John,3; and Mary, 1; and in few yrs. was sett. at Salem. His
w. d. 13 June 1659; but he took sec. w. of the same bapt. name, wh. outliv. him. His will
of 28 Aug. 1672, pro. 28 Nov. foll. names w. and ch. John, Joseph, Benjamin, ds. Martha
White, Abigail Varney; Sarah Dodge; and Hannah Weeden, or some such name."
(Note that Savage is wrong about the death of Martha and the existence of a second wife.)