John Thorndike
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John Thorndike was one of the first founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
.
Thorndike was a farmer and cowherd from Great Carlton
, Lincolnshire
, England
. He and his wife Elizabeth Stratton
were among the emigrants who sailed to America on the Arbella
in 1630. The Thorndikes settled in the area around Ipswich
. They were the parents of seven children including Elizabeth Thorndike
, who later became the second wife of John Proctor
who was executed as a witch during the Salem Witch Trials
.
John Thorndike was buried on November 3, 1668, in the East Cloister of Westminster Abbey
, alongside his brother Herbert Thorndike
, the Canon of Westminster Abbey
. Herbert Thorndike
wrote the Syriac Chapter to Walton's Polyglot
and was a Fellow of Hebrew at Cambridge University.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England, including portions...
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Thorndike was a farmer and cowherd from Great Carlton
Great Carlton
Great Carlton is a village and civil parish about south east of the town of Louth, Lincolnshire, England.Great Carlton was referred to in Domesday Book as Magna Carleton. The name Carlton derives from the Old English Ceorlatun meaning the village of the free peasants, from the word ceorl meaning...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He and his wife Elizabeth Stratton
Royal Descent
A royal descent is a lineal descent from a monarch. Royal descent is sometimes claimed as a mark of distinction and is seen as a desirable goal of genealogy research. Pretenders and those hoping to improve their social status have often claimed royal descent and, as a result, fabricated lineages...
were among the emigrants who sailed to America on the Arbella
Arbella
The Arbella or Arabella was the flagship of the Winthrop Fleet on which, between April 8 and June 12, 1630, Governor John Winthrop, other members of the Company and Puritan emigrants transported themselves and the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company from England to Salem, thereby giving legal...
in 1630. The Thorndikes settled in the area around Ipswich
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Ipswich is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,987 at the 2000 census. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island...
. They were the parents of seven children including Elizabeth Thorndike
Elizabeth Thorndike
Elizabeth Proctor was the second wife of John Proctor who was executed as a witch during the Salem Witch Trials.Elizabeth was born circa 1632 in Essex County, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of John Thorndike and Elizabeth Stratton....
, who later became the second wife of John Proctor
John Proctor
John Proctor was a farmer in 17th century Massachusetts. He married three women in his life, and divorced the first two. The last one he married was Elizabeth Proctor, who gave birth to two children, William and Sarah...
who was executed as a witch during the Salem Witch Trials
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693...
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John Thorndike was buried on November 3, 1668, in the East Cloister of Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
, alongside his brother Herbert Thorndike
Herbert Thorndike
Herbert Thorndike was an English academic and clergyman, known as an orientalist and Canon of Westminster Abbey. He was an influential theological writer during the reigns of King Charles I and, after the Restoration, King Charles II...
, the Canon of Westminster Abbey
Dean and Canons of Westminster
The Dean and Canons of Westminster are the ecclesiastical body of Westminster Abbey, a collegiate church of the Church of England and royal peculiar in Westminster, England. They meet in Chapter and are also known as the Dean and Chapter of Westminster....
. Herbert Thorndike
Herbert Thorndike
Herbert Thorndike was an English academic and clergyman, known as an orientalist and Canon of Westminster Abbey. He was an influential theological writer during the reigns of King Charles I and, after the Restoration, King Charles II...
wrote the Syriac Chapter to Walton's Polyglot
Polyglot (book)
A polyglot is a book that contains side-by-side versions of the same text in several different languages. Some editions of the Bible or its parts are polyglots, in which the Hebrew and Greek originals are exhibited along with historical translations...
and was a Fellow of Hebrew at Cambridge University.