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John Saffin
John Saffin (baptised 22 November 1626 – 29 July 1710) was a colonial New England merchant, politician, judge, and poet. He is best known for his ''A Brief and Candid Answer'' to Samuel Sewall's ''The Selling of Joseph'',〔Peter Kolchin, ''American Slavery'', Penguin History, paperback edition, 64〕 and for a small collection of poetry, most of which was not published until the 20th century. Literary historian Harrison Meserole ranks Saffin as "seventh or eighth" among colonial-era poets.〔Meserole, p. 195〕
==Early life==
There has been much historical confusion about John Saffin's date and place of birth, and of the date of his migration to New England. Many early histories, often accepted by later writers, have placed his birth and family origin as Somerset, England, while others have claimed Exeter in Devon as his birthplace. Dates of birth in the early 1630s were commonly cited, and numerous dates have been ascribed to his arrival in the New World. In 1967 genealogical historian Alyce Sands wrote that Saffin himself claimed in 1658 to the son of Simon Saffin of Exeter, and found in Exeter a baptismal record for John Saffin dated 22 November 1626. Exeter records also show that his father Simon died in January 1633/4.〔Sands, pp. 12–15〕 When exactly, and with whom (for he was not accompanied by his mother), the boy came to North America is unclear; he may have been a ward of Plymouth Colony leader Edward Winslow (who traveled frequently between Plymouth and England), or he may have traveled with relatives of his mother, Grace (Garrett) Saffin. Garretts settled in the Rehoboth area, to which Saffin moved later in life.〔Sands, pp. 15–17〕
Upon his arrival Saffin is known to have eventually settled in Scituate, in the northeastern part of Plymouth Colony. There he would have been educated by Charles Chauncy, the future President of Harvard. In 1654 he moved to Virginia, where he spent three years, establishing a merchant trade and eventually acquiring some property.〔Von Frank, p. 255〕
In 1658 Saffin married Marie Willett, daughter of Thomas Willett (a leading Plymouth land owner and developer), in Boston. He made a second trip to Virginia in 1659.〔〔Martin, p. 80〕 By 1660 the couple had settled Boston; before her death by smallpox in 1678 they had eight children, all of whom died young.〔〔Hill et al, p. 234〕 The loss of these children prompted the writing of some of his elegies, which are among his better known poetic works.〔 Saffin and Willett went on to become frequent business partners.〔Martin, pp. 69–70〕 Not long after Marie's death, Saffin married Elizabeth Lidgett, widow of a Boston merchant. She was frequently bed-ridden with illness, and after her death he married Rebecca Lee in 1687; she was the daughter of the Anglican minister Samuel Lee who had arrived in Boston to establish the Church of England.〔Carpenter, pp. 43–44〕 The last relationship was apparently troubled by religious or personal differences with his in-laws, and the couple was separated for many years.〔Carpenter, p. 67〕
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