Deliverance (Hazeltine) Dane (aft. 1653 - 1735)

Born after 15 Jan 1653 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Dane — married 12 Dec 1672 in Andover, Essex Co., MA.

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1735 before age 82 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Deliverance (Hazeltine) Dane was accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials

Deliverance Hazeltine was the daughter of Robert and Anna Hazeltine of Rowley, Massachusetts. She was born some time after May 14, 1654, when her older sister of the same name was buried. She was noted in Robert Hazeltine's will as his daughter.^[1][2]

On December 12, 1672, Deliverance Hazeltine married Nathaniel Dane in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay.^[3][4][5]

Their children included: ^[6][7]:

1. Nathaniel, born June 18, 1674^[6], who died Oct. 16, 1674
2. Nathaniel, born Dec. 1, 1675^[6], n.f.i.f.
3. Francis, born Oct. 1, 1678^[6], n.f.i.f.
4. Hannah, born Sept. 29, 1680^[6], who married Samuel Osgood and James Pearson,
5. Daniel, born Mar. 26, 1684^[6], who married Elizabeth Granger.
6. Mary, born February 7, 1686^[8][9][10], who married Andrew Allen.
7. Deliverance, born February 20, 1692^[11][12][13], who married Joseph Foster.
8. Abigail, born Dec. 27, 1698^[6], who married Nathaniel Carlton.

Nathaniel Dane died on 14 Apr 1725, and his widow Deliverance Dane died June 15, 1735, at about 81 years. ^[14][15]. She is buried in the South Church Cemetery in Andover. ^[16]

Salem Witch Trials Deliverance was one of several members of the family of (her father-in-law) Reverend Francis Dane who were involved in the Salem Witch Trials. Deliverance was arrested and questioned. She confessed and implicated Francis, though he was never arrested or tried. Unfortunately, the records of her arrest and examinations have been lost. An account of her confession was printed in 1867.^[17][18]

Deliverance and her husband Nathaniel were used as characters in the fictionalized account of the trials found in Katherine Howes novel The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, though the story in the novel does not match the known details of Deliverance's life.^[19]

Massachusetts Remediation

1. 17 October 1710, Convictions Reversed, The General Court of Massachusetts Bay, An act, the several convictions, judgments, and attainders be, and hereby are, reversed, and declared to be null and void.^[20]
2. 17 Dec 1711, Compensation to Survivors, Governor Dudley, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, approved compensation to such persons as are living, and to those that legally represent them that are dead.
3. 28 Aug 1957, No Disgrace to Descendants, General Court of Massachusetts, ...such proceedings, were and are shocking, and the result of a wave of popular hysterical fear of the Devil in the community, and further declares that, as all the laws under which said proceedings...have been long since abandoned and superseded by our more civilized laws, no disgrace or cause for distress attaches to the said descendants or any of them by reason of said proceedings.^[21]
4. 31 Oct 2001, Additional Victims Included, Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives in General Court, AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692, chapter 145 is hereby further amended by adding Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Margaret Scott and Wilmot Redd.^[22]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13767/12686-co4/30216222 Case #13767 Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881 Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) This record is behind a paywall.
2. ↑ Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury compiled for Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman, published Concord, N.H. : Priv. print. at the Rumford press, 1938. See page 383 for extracts from the will and a list of children - this record is open, no subscription required
3. ↑ Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume 2, page 170
4. ↑ NEHGS showing HEASLETINE (Hazeltine) Deliverance, and Nathaniell Deane, Dec. 12, 1672.
5. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700, Volume 1, page 417 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states DEANE, Nathaniel (?1645-1725) & Deliverance HASELTINE (?1654-1735); 12 Dec 1672; Andover {Evans (1940) 41; Reg. 3:66, 8:148, 12:370; Pillsbury Anc. 384; Cross Anc. 61; Cushing (ms) 236; EIHC 1:58; Dane 6; Peters 17; Stickney Anc. ,105-106; Tingley-Meyers 85, 263; Bassett-Preston 144}
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849; Volume 1, page 121
7. ↑ NEHGS, which states DEAN (Dane, Deane):
   • Daniell, s. Nathaniell and Deliverance, Mar. 26, 1684
   • Hannah [Dane. CTR], d. Nathaniell and Deliverance, Sept. 29, 1680
   • Nathaniell, s. Nathaniell and Deliverance, June 18, 1674 and
   DEANE (Dean):
   • Abigail, d. Nathaniel and Deliverance, Dec. 27, 1698.
   • Francis [Dane. CTR], s. Nathaniell and Deliverance, Oct. 1, 1678.
   • Nathaniell, s. Nathaniel and Deliverance, Dec. 1, 1675
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKS-VGS : 4 December 2014), Nathaniell Dane in entry for Mary Dane, 07 Feb 1686; citing ANDOVER,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0496897 IT 1-2.
9. ↑ Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume 1; page 118
10. ↑ NEHGS, which states DANE (Dean) Mary, d. Nathaniell and Deliverance, Feb. 7, 1686-7
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK3-7XG : 4 December 2014), Nathaniel Dane in entry for Deliverance Dane, 20 Feb 1692; citing ANDOVER,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0496897 IT 1-2.
12. ↑ Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume 1, page 117
13. ↑ NEHGS, which states DANE (Dean) Deliverance, d. Nathaniel and Deliverance, Feb. 20, 1692-3
14. ↑ Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume 2; page 419
15. ↑ NEHGS, showing DANE (Dean) Deliverance, wid. Nathaniel, June 15, 1735, a. abt. 81 y
16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #57210446
17. ↑ Upham, Charles Wentworth, William S. Neal, Abner Cheney, Goodell. Salem witchcraft : with an account of Salem village, and a history of opinions on witchcraft and kindred subjects. Boston: Wiggin and Lunt, 1867. pp. 402-404. Archive.org. Accessed 10 May 2021. https://archive.org/details/cu31924075437768/page/n419/mode/2up?q=deliverance
18. ↑ Deliverance Dane; Salem Witch Trials: Accused Witch; Jone Johnson Lewis for About.com
19. ↑ Deliverance Dane Wikipedia Entry
20. ↑ Upham, Charles Wentworth, William S. Neal, Abner Cheney, Goodell. Salem witchcraft : with an account of Salem village, and a history of opinions on witchcraft and kindred subjects. Boston: Wiggin and Lunt, 1867. p. 402-404. Archive.org. Accessed 10 May 2021. https://archive.org/details/cu31924075437768/page/n475/mode/2up?q=deliverance
21. ↑ https://www.mass.gov/doc/resolves-of-1957-chapter-145/download
22. ↑ https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter122

See also:

• The Salem Witchcraft Papers (SWP No. 039) Deliverance Dane
• Blodgette, George Brainard, https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1051163 Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts Revised, Edited and Published by Jewett, Amos Everett. Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, Salem, Massachusetts, USA, 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Pg. 142.
• Salem Witches. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original information from surviving legal records from the towns and villages in question and appearing in Godbeer, Richard, comp. The Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion; #R1 #REPO6 Ancestral File (TM). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998. Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

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