individualistic, which was going against their preset values of Puritan nature and ways of life, .
thus widening the rift between the two groups. [Salem, Massachusetts].
The Putnams were a farming family in Salem at the head of this argument. They became .
leaders in this movement primarily in accord with the immense amounts of land they owned. .
Hoping to finalize a separation, they created a congregation in 1689 under the Rev. Samuel .
Parris, who replaced Reverend Joseph Green. It was here that they began to worship in the .
Salem Meetinghouse. The congregation only represented a minorical group since it contained .
well over half members of the Putnam family. Between this somewhat rash action and the.
drawing of Parris' contract, relations between the people of Salem thinned even more. .
[Salem, Massachusetts].
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Parris received abnormalities in his contract, unusual of the standard contracts for .
ministers during those times, which equipped them with a modest salary, the temporary .
inhabitance of a house, and free firewood. Extras seen in Parris' deal were the title and deed .
to the parsonage and the land that surrounded it. This addition enraged those who wanted to.
remain a part of Salem. In protest, they refused to worship at the Meetinghouse. They also .
refused to pay their local taxes, which was the source of the funds used to fulfill the contract. .
[Salem, Massachusetts].
In October, 1691, the town elected a different Salem Committee. It was composed of .
a majority of those against Parris. Some business matters were the refusal to use the local taxes .
they had begun to boycott in conjunction with the payment of Parris" salary. The attacked the .
issue of his ownership of the church paid home and land. In direct consequence to these .
alterations, Parris and his family had to seek money from those who followed him in a sense of .
charity. The Putnams saw the realization that they might lose the Reverend due to his insecure .