Keywords
Becket Family, Salem Massachusetts, genealogical sources, maritime trade
Abstract
Though Notorious for the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s, history moved on in Salem after the trials. During the eighteenth century, Salem grew increasingly prominent in the seafaring trade, and by 1800 had a population of 9,400, making it the sixth-largest city in the United States and the second-busiest port in Massachusetts. Indeed, Salem and her trade contacts are considered by historians co be integral in the beginnings of United Scares international relations during the early nineteenth century. This port town had contacts with such far-flung places as other North American Colonies, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, and the West Indies, and thrived on a maritime and trade-based economy.
Recommended Citation
Richardson, Kaitlyn
(2022)
"The Becket Family of Salem, Massachusetts,"
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 51:
Iss.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol51/iss1/10
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