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Robert Sallows (by 1625–1663), son of Michael Sallows
Freeborn Wolfe (c, 1634–1681), daughter of Sergeant Peter Wolfe
Robert, the son of Michael Sallows, was presumably born before 1625 (as his father asked him to be executor of his estate). He drowned on 8 April 1663. [1] He married Freeborn Wolfe, a daughter of Peter Wolfe. [1]
Freeborn was born about 1634. She died on 30 January 1681, age about 46. [2] She married second John Black on 29 July 1664 in Beverly. [1] John was the son of John Black. [2] He married second Deborah ___. He possibly married third Mary Morgan of Beverly on 18 August 1700. [2]
Robert was fined twenty shillings by the 11 September 1649 court for fighting with Robert Starr. [1]
Freeborn, the widow of Robert Sollas, was appointed administratrix of his estate on 30 June 1663, and ordered to pay her children by her late husband—Hannah, Mary, Sarah, and Robert—ten pounds when they came of age. [1]
Peter Wolfe named his grandchildren Mary and Sarah Solace in his will of 20 November 1675. [1]
Hannah, Mary, Sarah, and Robert, the children of Sister Sallo's, were baptized on 4: 5 (July) 1664 in the First Church of Salem. [3]
On 24 5 [July] 1668 the church in Beverly took an account of the underage children of parents dismissed from the First Church in Salem. On their list were the children of John Black and Freeborn: Hannah and Mary Sallows, Sarah and Robert Sallows, and John Black. [4]
John Black, carpenter of Beverly, was executor of Peter Wolfe's will and called him "father Wolfe" in a transfer of land to Nicholas Groves on 1 July 1685. [2]
On 22 June 1698, Robert Black, yeoman of Beverly, quitclaimed his interest in land Robert Sallows had inherited from his father Robert Sallows to Robert's three sisters Hannah Groves, Mary Williams, and Sarah Stevens. [1]
Children of Robert Sallows and Freeborn Wolfe:
i. Hannah Sallows was born on 9 September 1654 in Salem. She died after 7 February 1703/4. She married Nicholas (La) Groves.
ii. Mary Sallows was born on 2 February 1658/9 in Salem. [1] She married first Anthony Williams on 25 September 1676 in Beverly. [1] She married second as his second wife Daniel Gowing after 20 May 1698 (intention) in Lynn. [1]
Testifying in the case of Hannah Gray—presented to the court for lascivious carriages—on 12: 11: 1673 [January 1673/4] Mary Sollas, aged about 17[!] said that she neared Thomas Woodbury's house and heard Hannah laughing. Entering, she saw Hannah and Andrew Davis together. She also related many other incidents where Hannah behaved badly. She said her brother Robert told her how Hannah would entice the "scoller boys" and that she used bad language. [5, 5, 291]
iii. Sarah Sallows was born about 1600. [1] She died on 30 July 1735, age 75, in Beverly. [1] She married Joseph Stevens. [1]
iv. Robert Sallows was baptized on 5 June 1664 in Salem. [1] He died by 22 June 1698. [1]
Children of John Black and Freeborn Wolfe:
i. John Black is probably the son of sister Sallo's who was baptized on 14 July 1666 in Salem. [1]
ii. Martha Black was baptized on 22: 1m: 1667/8 in Beverly. [2] She married Joshua Bisson. [2]
iii. Peter Black was baptized on 25 July 1669. [2] He possibly died on 3 September 1716. [2]
iv. Susanna Black was baptized on 25: 6m: 1672. [2]
v. Nathaniel Black was baptized on 2 September 1677. [2] He married Elizabeth ___. He died between 3 August 1758, when he made his will, and 18 February 1760, when it was proved. [2]
References:
3. Richard D. Pierce, The Records of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1736 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1974)., 26.
1. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Sallows-Solas-Sollis-Sollace Family," The American Genealogist 72 (1997): 1–14.
2. John Bradley Arthaud, "Peter Wolfe's Black and Bisson Descendants in Essex County, Massachusetts," Essex Genealogist 14 (1994): 109–14.
4. William P. Upham, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts, 1667–1772 (Salem, Essex Institute, 1905).
5. George Francis Dow, ed., and Harriet S. Tapley, trans., Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, 9 vols., digitized books, Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project (http://salem.lib.virginia.edu).
11-May-2023