(wife of John Hale), and the ghost of executed Mary Eastey of afflicting her, but she was never formally charged with witchcraft or arrested. A later commentator on the trials, Charles Upham suggests that this accusation was one that helped turn public opinion to end the prosecutions, and spurred John Hale's willingness to reconsider his support of the trials. Rev James Noyes I is also the ancestor of John Humphrey Noyes, leader of the Perfectionist movement and founder of the Oneida Community. The daughter of Rev. James Noyes I, Sarah Noyes, is the great-grandmother of American hero Nathan Hale. See also James Noyes House Thomas Parker (minister), his cousin, and co-founder of Newbury William Noyes, his father Yale University Notes References It is asserted that the "Additional Corrections and Additions," page 3, of Wheeler's "History of Stonington" has the following: "Miss Harriet E. Noyes of New Hampshire says: 'From recent investigations in England the name of Rev. William Noyes's wife was proven to be Anne Stephens, daughter of Nicholas Stephens of Burdrop Manor, and sister of Dorothy Stephens, mother of Rev. Thomas Parker'." (This does not appear in the online edition (Internet Archive).) External links 1608 births 1656 deaths American Christian clergy Kingdom of England emigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony People of colonial Massachusetts Alumni of the University of Oxford Yale University founders People from Newbury, Massachusetts Noyes family