William Stoughton (judge)
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William Stoughton was a New England magistrate and colonial administrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was in charge of what have come to be known as the Salem Witch Trials, first as the c
c. 1700 portrait
Stoughton's friend and business partner, Joseph Dudley
Stoughton's personal seal, as it appeared on the warrant for the execution of Bridget Bishop
Portrait of Sir William Phips
William Phips
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Major-General Sir William Phips was a treasure hunter, military officer, and colonial administrator from the New England Colonies. He was the first royally appointed governor of the Province of Massac
William Stoughton (judge)
…elective offices. He appealed to the politically powerful Mather family, with whom he still had positive relations. In 1692, when Increase Mather and Sir William Phips arrived from England carrying the charter for the new Province of Massachusetts Bay and a royal commission for Phips as governor, they also brought one…
The agreement between Phips and his crew, drawn up at Whitehall
Engraving of Phips raising the sunken treasure
Phips added to the rolls of the North church. MHS with permission.