Brief Life History of Thorndike
When Thorndike Proctor was born on 26 November 1725, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thorndike Proctor, was 25 and his mother, Abigail Wilson, was 26. He married Lidia Shillaber on 19 November 1749, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 11 September 1790, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 64.
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- Thorndike Procter, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Thorndike Proctor, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Thorndike Procter, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1727 · Crowninshield-Bentley House Built
The Crowninshield-Bentley house was built in 1727 by ship captain John Caspar Crowninshield. His family occupied the house for generations until it was taken over by Revend Bentley.
1760 · Salem Social Library Organized
The Salem Social Library was organized on May 20, 1761. It was a privately funded library in Salem, Massachusetts. Most of the volumes in the library were gifts from people.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English (northern): occupational name from Middle English prok(e)tour ‘steward’ (shortened from Old French procurateour, Latin procurator ‘agent’, from procurare ‘to manage’). The term was used most commonly of an attorney in a spiritual court, but also of other officials such as collectors of taxes and agents licensed to collect alms on behalf of lepers and enclosed orders of monks.
History: John Proctor (died 1757) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and is buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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