Born in England in 1652, died in Boston in 1730; served in
the Bay Colony as judge and in other public stations; one of
the judges at trials for witchcraft in 1692; chief justice
in 1718; a philanthropist, and in 1700 wrote a pamphlet
against slavery; his other works: "Queries Respecting
America," published in 1690; "The Kennebec Indians" in 1721,
and his "Diary" covering the period 1664-1729 in 1882.