Dr.
Roger
Toothaker
Born about in England
Son of Roger Toothaker
and Margaret (Unknown) Hill
Brother of
Martha (Toothaker) Hill, Nathaniel Hill [half], Jonathan Hill [half] and Rebecca (Hill) Farley [half]
Husband of
Mary (Allen) Toothaker
— married
9 Jun 1665 in Billerica, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Nathaniel Toothaker, Martha (Toothaker) Emerson, Allin Toothaker, Roger Toothaker III, Sarah (Toothaker) Whittaker, Mary Toothaker, Andrew Toothaker and Margaret Toothaker
Died
at about age 58
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Roger Toothaker immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Roger Toothaker was accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials
Roger Toothaker II was born about 1634 in England; the son of Roger Toothaker and his wife Margaret (Unknown).[1] He migrated with his parents on the ship Hopewell, Thomas Babb, Master, leaving London on 11 September 1635. Roger, the son, was 1 year old at the time of migration.”[2][3]
He was a physician, although possibly more of a self-taught herbalist by today's standards. He married Mary Allen on 9 June 1665 in Billerica, Massachusetts Bay.[4]. Mary was born about 1644 at Andover, Massachusetts; the daughter of Andrew and Faith (Ingalls) Allen.[2] She was a midwife. Billerica records show that on 12 March 1682 or 1683 and on 15 December 1684 the town Selectmen intervened for Roger to take care of his family,[5] which he apparently ignored as the family received aid from the town.
Witchcraft Trials
Dr Toothaker told many people that his daughter (Martha Emerson) had killed a witch. “...Toothaker sd that his Daughter had kild a witch...& farther sd Toothaker sd that his sd Daughter gott some of the afflicted persons urine & put it into an Earthen pott & stopt sd pott very Close & putt sd pott #(up Close) [in] to a hott oven & stopt up sd oven & the next morning sd [witch] was Dead...”, Deposition of Thomas Gage and Elias Pickworth v. Roger Toothaker. [6]
On 18 May 1692, Salem filed a complaint against Dr. Toothaker for witchcraft and he was taken to Boston Prison. His accusers were Elizabeth Hubbard, Ann Putnam Jr. and Mary Walcott. [6]
Awaiting a trial, he died in prison before 16 June 1692. [6][7]
Research Notes
"On 28 May 1692, Mary Toothaker and her 9 year old daughter along with her sister Martha Allen-Roger died in Boston Prison, on 16 June 1692, possibly after being tortured. No records of torture exist but even the number of 24 men inspecting the body to confirm death by natural causes is highly suggestive of the likelihood of a cover-up of torture." This is incorrect - Both Mary Toothaker and her daughter, Margaret Toothaker, were released; Mary died in the Billerica Massacre, and Margaret was captured by Indians.[8][9](Perkins-11750 19:10, 26 December 2019 (UTC))
Sources
- ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB496/i/13260/75/235839655
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The American Genealogist. New Haven, Connecticut: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/13129/1/0
- ↑ The Toothaker Genealogy, with index to the names, by Sinnett, Charles Nelson, 1847-1928 Toothaker genealogy
- ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1908)p. 324.
- ↑ “History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register : Hazen, Henry Allen, 1849-1900 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Boston, A. Williams and Co., January 1, 1883. https://archive.org/details/historyofbilleri00hazen/page/150.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 “SWP No. 129: Roger Toothaker Died in Prison, June 16, 1692.” SWP No. 129: Roger Toothaker Died in Prison, 16 June 1692 - New Salem - Pelican. Accessed December 27, 2019. http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n129.html.
- ↑ http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-toothaker-family-witches-or-witch-killers/ History of Massachusetts
- ↑ “History of Billerica, Massachusetts, With a Genealogical Register : Hazen, Henry Allen, 1849-1900 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Boston, A. Williams and Co., January 1, 1883. https://archive.org/details/historyofbilleri00hazen/page/n153.
- ↑ Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury compiled for Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman, Published: Cocord, New Hsmpshire: Priv. print. at the Rumford press, 1938.
See also:
- Wikipedia: Roger_Toothaker
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212169202/roger-toothaker: accessed 06 December 2022), memorial page for Roger Toothaker (1634–16 Jun 1692), Find A Grave: Memorial #212169202, citing Salem Village Witchcraft Victims' Memorial, Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520) .
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First name(s) Roger Last name Toothaker Year 1642 Note on person Name occurs twice on page Took oath? Took oath Place Northolt Return for Northolt, St. Mary County Middlesex Country England Page 1 OF 2 Transcript of relevant page of the return Transcript of Page 1 of the Return for Northolt, St. Mary Link to Parliament's archive of the return http://digitalarchive.parliament.uk/HL/PO/JO/10/1/99/20 Link to summary document A summary of the Middlesex Protestations Return Record set Middlesex Protestation Returns 1641-42 Category Census, land & surveys Subcategory Census Collections from England, Great Britain
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