Captain Israel PORTER

1643 - 1706  (63 years)

• Name	Israel PORTER
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	1643
  Gender	Male
  _UID	C3533A0A97427F468A1DD804ECA4B4A362F7
  Died	1706
  Person ID	I8082	Vermette Family History
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2004

  
  

  Father	John PORTER,   b. 1596, England ,   d. 6 Sep 1676, Salem, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mary,   d. Aft 1676
  Family ID	F3106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HATHORNE
  Family ID	F3109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Capt. Israel Porter has been described as "the head of a great and powerful family." He owned large landed estates, partly inherited, and partly acquired by purchase. He was one of the trustees of Salem Village, and one of the committee to buy from the Indians the land on which the town of Salem was built. He and his wife were both Puritans. His daughter Elizabeth was the mother of General Israel Putnam, the commanding hero of Bunker Hill.