Colman P. Dr. Author of Father of the Man

An astounding series of information has also recently come to the writer’s attention. It is a matter of historical record, in The Annals of Witchcraft in New England, by Samuel G. Drake, 1869, that a certain notorious, nefarious member of the rural, indigenous population of Hampton had been found suspicious of practicing witchcraft, and soon after was tried and sentenced to spend the rest of her miserable life in a Boston prison, in spite of her husband’s tireless efforts to secure her release and salvage a remnant of the meager material possessions entailed in her modest estate. As the record goes, the two individuals who registered depositions to ascertain her guilt and to secure an indictment were none other than a certain, heretofore relatively anonymous co-founder of the village of ‘Winnacunnet,’ Thomas Colman, and his associate, Abraham Drake:

So far as is known, the following depositions are the first acts in the tragedy of Eunice Cole. Thomas Colman or Coleman, on whose account an action was commenced, settled in Hampton before 1650. He came there from Newbury, in which place he is found as early as 1635. His children, born in Hampton, were Benjamin, 1640, Joseph, 1642; and Isaac, 1647. Abraham Drake was son of Robert, at whose house the meeting of the “celekte” Men was held, as mentioned in the deposition. Robert Drake and his family came from Colchester, in Essex, England. Coleman, is the same mentioned in the Founders of New England, came from Marlborough in Wiltshire, in 1635.







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