He was a magistrate who, along with Jonathan Corwin, presided over the pre-trial examinations in Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) prior to the actual Salem witch trials. (The judge during the trials was William Stoughton, Lieutenant-Governor of the colony.) Great-great-grandfather of writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.  Family links:  Parents:  William Hathorne (1606 – 1681)  Ann Hathorne  Children:  Ruth Hathorne Putnam (1694 – 1761)*  Siblings:  Sarah Hawthorne Helwise Coker (1634 – ____)*  Eleazer Hathorne (1637 – ____)*  Nathaniel Hathorne (1639 – ____)*  John Hathorne (1641 – 1717)  Anna Hathorne Porter (1643 – ____)*  William Hathorne (1645 – ____)*  Elizabeth Hathorne Porter (1649 – ____)*  Mary Hathorne (1653 – ____)* *Calculated relationship