Days and ways in old Boston . ival of Westin Boston, in June, 1688, at the Usher house,that Andros had his stormy interview with JudgeSewall in regard to occupying the Old SouthMeeting House as a place of worship. Soonafterward Andros was conjSned in the Fort andWest in the common prison, until they were sentback to England in February, 1689. Two yearslater, in 1691, West died in his lodgings in , Ludgate parish, London. In a fewyears his widow again married, having obtainedfor Wests services grants of lands at Barnegatand elsewhere in New Jersey. For a third hus-band she married And
Days and ways in old Boston . ival of Westin Boston, in June, 1688, at the Usher house,that Andros had his stormy interview with JudgeSewall in regard to occupying the Old SouthMeeting House as a place of worship. Soonafterward Andros was conjSned in the Fort andWest in the common prison, until they were sentback to England in February, 1689. Two yearslater, in 1691, West died in his lodgings in , Ludgate parish, London. In a fewyears his widow again married, having obtainedfor Wests services grants of lands at Barnegatand elsewhere in New Jersey. For a third hus-band she married Andrew Hamilton, speaker ofthe Pennsylvania Assembly. Her daughter mar-ried Chief Justice Allen and her grand-daughterwas the wife of the son of Richard Perm, lastproprietary governor of Pennsylvania. When West vacated the Usher house it wasrented to Waitstill Winthrop, grandson of the firstgovernor. Winthrop was a prominent citizenof Boston, a judge, councilor, and of high rankin the militia. In 1692 his house was brilliant7 97. A--x^ \ Waitstill Winthrop An Historic Corner ?with illumination when the province govern-ment began under the new charter. In Septem-ber of the same year, it was the scene of statelyfestivities when his daughter, Anne, was marriedto Major John Richards. Here also Winthropconferred with his townsmen in regard to thatepidemic of witchcraft which convulsed NewEngland in 1692. The owner of the house, Heze-kiah Usher, with his many eccentricities, did notescape suspicion, and was accused by SusannaSheldon of Salem. She declared that he stuckpins into her, but his brother and Winthrop pre-vented prosecution. In the winter of 1696-7 while Usher was on ajourney, he fell from his horse in the town ofMaiden and was taken to the tavern of IsaacHill in an injured condition, where he becameworse, mentally and physically. His brother wasmade his guardian and in April, 1697, he wasremoved to Lynn, where he died in July. Ushersbody was brought to Boston and placed in hi
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