Jarvis Ring

1658 - Bef 1728  (< 70 years)

• Name	Jarvis Ring  [1]
  Born	1658	of Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	Aug 1727  [3]
  Died	Bef Mar 1728  [2]
  Person ID	I5929	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert Ring,   b. Abt 1614, of Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1691  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth
  Married	Bef 1654	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Family ID	F3454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Fowler,   b. 7 Jan 1661, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Between 24 Feb 1736 and 26 Dec 1743  (Age 75 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1685	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Capt. David Ring,   b. 24 Nov 1693, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Apr 1752  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F3360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jarvis Ring's testimony in the 1692 witchcraft trial of Susannah (North) Martin: Jarvis Ring of Salsbury maketh oath as followeth That about seven or eight years ago he had ben several times aflicted in the night time by som body or som thing coming up upon him when he was in bed and did sorely afflict him by Lying upon him and he coold neither move nor speake while it was upon him but somtimes made akind of noyse that folks did hear him & com up to him and as soon as any body came it woold be gon this it did for along time before and sinc: but he did never see any body clearly but on time [] but on time in the night it came upon me as at other times and I did then see the pson [of Susa] na martin of Amsbery I this deponent did [pbar ]sently see her [and shee] came to this deponent and took him by the hand and bitt him [by the fin] ger by fors and then came and Lay upon him awhile as [formerly] and after awhile went away the print of the bite is [yet to] be seen on the little finger of his right hand for it was [hard to hea] le (he farther sayth) That several times he was asleep [when it ca] me: But at that time when bitt his finger he was as [sayerly awa] ke as ever he was: and plainly saw her shape and felt [her teeth a] saforsayd [Sworn] e by Jarvis Ring abovesayd may the 13th: 1692 [before] me *Robt Pike Asist at Salbury Jurat in Curia

  
  

• Sources

  [S1413] The Fowler Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass. by Matthew A. Stickney. Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1883. [S526] The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, With Some Related Families of Adjoining Towns and of York County, Maine, by David W. Hoyt. Providence, Rhode Island, 1897-1916. [S3769] Harold Clarke Durrell, "Memoirs of Deceased Members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 89:360, Oct 1935. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [S1413] The Fowler Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass. by Matthew A. Stickney. Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1883., date only.