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John Durrant

John Durrant[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]

Male 1650 - 1692  (42 years)


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  • Name John Durrant  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23] 
    Birth 1650  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22] 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Oct 1692  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22] 
    Death 27 Oct 1692  Died in Prison for witchcraft, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22] 
    Person ID I312684223159  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family Susannah Dutton,   b. Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1723, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1670  Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • land grant in Billerica
      from Virginia Dinnell's Book of Remembrance: "John Durant received a grant of land in Billerica in 1669, bounded by the Concord River on the west and the Chelmsford Road on the east. This was near the old cemetery at the corner."

      died in prison on the charge of witchcra
      died in prison on the charge of witchcraft. Source Warren Durrant 231So. Dellrose, Wichita, KA 67218

      ! Genealogy of New England Vol 1-2nd Ser
      ! Genealogy of New England Vol 1-2nd Series P 194 Am 14 b Vol 1 pp 194-195 V.R. Reading Massachusets R1 a pt 1 P 71

      !DEA: Died in prison as a result of witc
      !DEA: Died in prison as a result of witchcraft excitement.

      died in prison at Cambridge, probably ac
      died in prison at Cambridge, probably accused of witchcraft

      Parent's Unknown
      About John Durrant, Salem Witch
      John Durrant (1650 - 1692), parentage unknown, was born in 1650 at Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. On 16 November 1670, John Durrant married his neighbor, Susanna Dutton, the daughter of Thomas Dutton. Just months after his wife, Susannah, died on 27 August 1684, he married a widow named Ruth Hooper on 10 November 1684. Ruth's stepdaughter was Sarah Hooper Hawkes Wardwell, of Andover, who was accused of witchcraft in August 1692. Sarah's husband was Samuel Wardwell, Sr., who was hanged for witchcraft on 22 September 1692. Sarah and Samuel's daughter, Mercy Wardwell, was also accused of witchcraft.

      No records from the Salem trials regarding Mr. Durrant have been found, but because of the timing and family ties to other alleged witches, some historians believe that John Durrant was imprisoned for the charge of witchcraft. He died in Cambridge prison on 27 October 1692.

      Marriages and Children
      Susannah Dutton, married 16 November 1670
      John Durrant (31 July 1672 - 25 February 1757)
      Thomas Durrant (7 January 1674 - )
      Abigail Durrant (24 September 1681 - 1721)
      Ruth Hooper, widow, married 10 November 1684
      Mehitable Durrant (20 April 1689 - 20 April 1777)
      Susannah Durrant (1694 - 1794) married Timothy Richardson

      IS THIS THE SAME JOHN DURANT WHO DIED 16
      IS THIS THE SAME JOHN DURANT WHO DIED 1692, CAMBRIDGE, MA, ACCUSED OF WITHCRAFT?

  • Sources 
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    3. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6P-9S7 : 15 January 2020), John Durant in entry for Mehittable Durant, 1687.

    4. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 199, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 8.

    5. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, History of Billerica, Massachusetts.

    6. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850.

    7. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-K5H : Thu Mar 07 12:22:56 UTC 2024), Entry for John Durant and John Durant, 31 July 1672.

    8. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7F-W2N : Sat Mar 09 10:51:49 UTC 2024), Entry for John Durrant and Susan Dutton, 16 November 1670.

    9. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDV-KMP : Sat Mar 09 10:51:50 UTC 2024), Entry for John Durrant, 27 May 1692.

    10. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-5Y3 : Sat Mar 09 10:51:49 UTC 2024), Entry for John Durrant and John Durrant, 31 March 1672.

    11. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-RGZ : Fri Mar 08 05:46:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Thos. Durrant and Jno. Durrant, 7 November 1674.

    12. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-5YW : Sat Mar 09 10:51:50 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Durrant and John Durrant, 7 January 1675.

    13. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-YJV : Sat Mar 09 12:14:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Abigail Durant and Jno. Durant, 24 July 1681.

    14. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9S-8T5 : Sun Mar 10 03:10:00 UTC 2024), Entry for Mehetabel Durrant and John Durrant, 20 April 1688.

    15. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-6BW : Fri Mar 08 09:58:18 UTC 2024), Entry for John Durrant and Susan Dutton, 16 September 1670.

    16. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-K5J : Thu Mar 07 12:22:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Mehittable Durant and John Durant, 20 April 1687.

    17. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-5YC : Sat Mar 09 10:51:50 UTC 2024), Entry for Abigail Durrant and John Durrant, 24 September 1681.

    18. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD2-SV6 : Thu Mar 07 12:22:59 UTC 2024), Entry for John Durant, 27 October 1692.

    19. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-5YD : Sat Mar 09 10:51:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Mehitabell Durrant and John Durrant, 20 April 1687.

    20. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-K58 : Thu Mar 07 12:22:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Durant and John Durant, 7 January 1674.

    21. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-JP2 : Fri Mar 08 07:32:52 UTC 2024), Entry for John Durrant and John Durrant, 31 July 1672.

    22. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-K5X : Thu Mar 07 12:22:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Abigail Durant and John Durant, 24 September 1681.

    23. [S1173462870] FamilySearch.org, England, Cambridge, Parish Registers, 1538-1983 , "England, Cambridge, Parish Registers, 1538-1983 ", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7Q2X-FL6Z : Tue Jan 21 13:41:07 UTC 2025), Entry for Susanna Durrant and John Durrant, 16 May 1770.



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