A number of them began filing letters with the court asking their siblings to give them their share of the money and later filed letters asking to award their portion to their siblings due to a desire to sit down in silence., In March, Mary Burroughs filed a letter asking her brother to send her portion of the restitution which is my right and proper due from the general court I pray you to send it by my mother which will take some care about it.., On April 3, 1712, Rebecca Fowle filed a letter asking the court to award any remaining restitution to her brother, George Burroughs with out delay for every discourse on this malloncely [sic] subject doth but give a fresh wound to my bleeding heart-but i desire to sit down in silence.. appeared in their winding sheets, & said that 042: Lydia Dustin Died in Prison, March 10, 1693, SWP No. and an Indian that comes with her for the flore is all covered with blod.then the said mary and abigaill looked out of dores & said they saw a greet company of them one a hill & there was three of them lay dead the black woman & the indian & one more that they knew not 8, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. Yours in all humility to serve inWinter Harbor at night } the Lord,the 13 of August, 1676.} BRIAN PENDLETON.. 2, no. If anyone is interested in any of these historical groups you can contact me. My husband descends from George Burroughs through the Virginia line of John Burroughs. John Bare Jurat. 24 ). 098: Mary Parker Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. The death of George Floyd, which triggered widespread protests across the US, has been declared a homicide in an official post-mortem examination. Due to Burroughss role as a religious leader, it was theorized that he was recruited by the Devil so he could use his influence to convince his parishioners to become witches. Death 19 Aug 1692 (aged 41-42) Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. 1700.Mather, Cotton. Exclude: Great Migration Magna Carta Royalty. Death . On May 9, George Burroughs was examined by magistrates Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne; Sarah Churchill was examined the same day. SWP No. When it was Burroughs turn, he climbed the ladder and made an eloquent speech declaring his innocence and then recited the Lords prayer flawlessly, despite the common belief that witches couldnt recite the prayer without making a mistake. name it. was Baptised. was there & they had the Sac't[= sacrament] & after they had done he tooke leave & bid them Stand to their faith, & not own any thing, Martha Tyler saith the same w'th Sarah Wilson & Severall others (on side) These Since the Execucion of Mr. Burro, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 2, no. *Stephen Sewall Cler *Thomas putnam Sarah Vibber Jurat Rev. On August 19, 1692, George Burroughs plunged to his death and was buried in a shallow grave. He left in 1683, moving back to Falmouth. On April 30, 1692, Capt Jonathan Walcott and Thomas Putnam of Salem Village filed a complaint of witchcraft against George Burroughs, as well as five other people, on behalf of the afflicted girls Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Jr, Susannah Sheldon, and Elizabeth Hubbard. 7th great-grandson . 167: Petitions from Relatives of Prisoners and Others (October 1692 - January 1693), SWP No. Putnam stated that Burroughss spirit had to come to her on April 20 and confessed to her that he had bewitched his first and second wife to death, as well as the wife and child of Reverend Deodat Lawson and several soldiers at Eastward. Whats strange about the girls testimony is that several of the transcripts of their testimonies contain the same exact line: I beleve in my heart that Mr George Burroughs is a dreadfull wizzard and that he has often tormented me and also the above named parsons by his acts of witchcraft., I beleve in my heart that Mr George Burroughs is a dreadfull wizzard and that he has most greviously tormented me and the above mentioned parson by his acts of witchcraft., I verily beleve in my heart that Mr. George Burroughs is a dreadfull wizzard and that he has severall times tormented me and the affore said persons by his acts of witchcraft., I beleve in my heart that Mr. George Burroughs is a dreadful wizzard and That he had often afflected and tormented me and the afore mentioned parsons by his acts of witchcraft.. 133: Samuel Wardwell Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. Updated: November 13, 2011 . mr Jno Ruck mrs Eliz: Ruck mr Thomas Ruck & Samuel Ruck His secretive nature didnt help either and made it seem like he was hiding something. There Being Complaint this day made (Before us) by Capt Jonathan Walcot and Serj't Thomas putnam of Salem Village, in behalfe of theire Majesties, for themselfes, and also for Severall of theire Neighbours Against George Burroughs Minester in Wells in the province of Maine Lydia Dasting in Reading Widow Susanah Martin of Amesbury Widow Dorcas Hoar of Beverly Widdow, and Sarah Murrell of Beverly And phillip English of Salem Merchant for high Suspition of Sundry acts of Witchcraft done or Committed by them Upon the Bodys of Mary Walcot . In 1689, George Burroughs and his family survived another raid, but Mercy Lewis' parents were killed and she began to work as a servant for George Burroughs's family. Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. It appears from court records that Burroughss children soon began fighting over the money. he owned he was at meeting one Sab: at Boston Thirty-five citizens of Salem Village signed a petition to the court, but it did not move the court. Perhaps Cotton's most self-damning act within the public eye was his publication of the volume The Wonders of the Invisible World, in October, 1692, after the final executions. Elisha Hutchinson, a magistrate there, issued the proper order, addressed to John Partridge in Portsmouth, Field-marshal of the provinces of New Hampshire and Maine, dated April 30, 1692, to arrest George Burroughs, preacher at Wells; he being suspected of a confederacy with the devilWhen we consider the distance and the circumstances of travel at that time, it is evident that the officers charged with the service acted with the greatest promptitude, celerity, and energy. George Burroughs and the Salem Witch Trials." Witnesses Hillar, at the Princess-Arms, in Leaden-Hall-Street, over against St. Mary-Ax, and Joseph Collier, at the Golden Bible, on London Bridge. Though there was a widely held belief that a true witch could not recite the Lord's Prayer, Burroughs did so, astounding the crowd. Simon Willard ownd: to the Jury of Inquest, that the above written evidence is the truth, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem - Witchcraft, vol. [11] The gun said to have been used at his trial was for a time located at Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine, having been taken there in 1808 for display in the Academy museum, but is believed to have since been destroyed in the Academy fire of 1850. 171: Officials' Expense Accounts for 1692 (Submitted 1692 - 1694), SWP No. Upon returning home, he did not change out of his wet clothes and went straight to dinner. John Pierce and I having Receved perticuler Order from the Govern'r & Council of their Maj'sts Colony of the Masathusets, for the Same, you may not faile herein, Dated in portsmouth in the provenc of Hamshire. Cotton Mather witnessed the event as well. Thomas Ruck, Burroughs former brother-in-law, testified to this as well when he told a story about when he went strawberry picking with his sister, Sarah Ruck Hathorne, and Burroughs. Many of the things you point out verify what was passed down in family history. She had not seen him personally before as she (2021, July 31). In 1711, the Massachusetts legislature passed a law to clear the names of the convicted witches and offered restitution to the survivors and their families if they came forward. George Burroughs moved to Maine, to serve the church in Wells. The afflicted girls, Ann Putnam, Jr., Sarah Bibber, Mercy Lewis, Elizabeth Hubbard, Abigail Hobbs, Mary Warren, Susannah Sheldon, testified against Burroughs as well and accused him of murdering members of his family and other people in the community. Born in England about 1611, Giles Corey was one of the six men to be executed during the Salem witch trials of 1692. His great grandma was Nora Burroughs (Armistead) from New Point, Mathews, Virginia. His trial was the largest due to him being a member of the clergy. Visit this site's About page to find out more about Rebecca. One of the witnesses was Thomas Greenlit, who recounted a story about witnessing Burroughs place his finger in the muzzle of a heavy gun and then lifted it up and also placed two fingers in the bung of a full barrel of molasses, lifted it up and carried it around: That about the breaking Out of this last Indian Warr being at the house of Capt Scottows at black point he Saw Mr George Bur- roughs lift and hold Out a gunn of Six foot barrell or thereabouts putting the forefinger of his right hand into the Muzle of sd gunn and So held it Out at Armes End Only with that finger and further this deponent Testifieth that at the Same time he Saw the Said Burroughs take up a full barrell of Malasses wth but two fingers of one of his hands in the bung & Carry it from the Stage head to the Door at the End of the Stage Without letting it downe & that Liut Richard Hunniwell & John Greinslitt & Some other persons that are Since dead Were then present.. It is not known why exactly Burroughs was accused but it may have been due to left over resentment from his time as the minister in Salem Village as well as his legal troubles with the Putnam family. Ordered them to be taken away Some of them, Sarah Bibber testified that he had hurt her tho 92. 2. Martha Ingalls Allen was born between 1643 and 1650 to Andrew Allen (or Allin) (1623-1690), one of the original 23 settlers of Andover, and Faith Ingalls (1623-1690) in Andover. Putnam also said the spirits of Reverend Deodat Lawsons wife and her child and the spirit of Goodman Fullers wife came to her that day as well and said Burroughs had murdered them. At his entry into the Room, many (if not I will not writ in your book tho you doe kil me He along with George Jacobs, John Proctor, John Willard, and Martha Carrier were brought to the execution site. [3] As an American Congregational pastor, he graduated from Harvard College in 1670 with distinguished honors, where he was also considered an outstanding athlete. As soon as he was turned off, Mr. Cotton Mather, being mounted upon a horse, addressed himself to the people, partly to declare that he [Burroughs] was no ordained minister, and partly to possess the people of his guilt, saying that the devil has often been transformed into an angel of the light; and this somewhat appeased the people, and the executions went on.. Because most of Burroughs estate went solely to his surviving widow and her children, the children from Burroughs previous marriages, Rebecca Fowle, Jeremiah Burroughs, Charles Burroughs, and Hannah Fox, filed a petition with the court asking for a portion of the restitution: Gentlemen We The Subscribers and Children of Mr Georg Burrough Late of wells, who suffered at Salem in the Trouble There Humbly offer for your Honours Consideration A few Lines Relateing our Case and Circumstances upon account of our mother-in-laws conduct and carriage towards us, after Our Father was Apprehended and Taken Away Our Mother in Law Laide hands upon all she Could secure (the Children were Generally unable to shift for Themselvs) and what she Could Lay hands on was her Own without Any Person but her own Daughtr to share with her, whom she Says Was to bring up but may it Please your Honour to Consider there was Seaven Children more besides That that were to bring up the Eldest of which was but Sixteen years old att That Time; but insteed of shareing in what our father Left and she had Securd were Turnd to shift for Our Selves without Any Thing for So much as A Remembrance of Our father. hands this Is about a ll a clock and I ask her Where about this lettel man stood s'd she Just where the Cart wheell went along I had a 3 graned irne fork in my hnad and I thru it wher she said he stud and she presently feell in a letel feet and when it twas over Said She you have toren his coot for I hard it tare wher abouts said I one won side said she to come to her the negro not Comeing sayd that she could not Come some thing stopt her, then her husband being called he came up. Abigail Williams: The Mysterious Afflicted Girl. 038: Martha Corey Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. Burroughs borrowed the money for Hannahs funeral from John Putnam. 164: Preparation for the Court of Oyer and Terminer (May - August 1692), SWP No. The Lewis family then moved to Salem, and when Falmouth seemed safe, moved back. He protested his innocence. On August 2, the Court of Oyer and Terminer heard the case against Burroughs, as well as cases against John and Elizabeth Proctor, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs, Sr. and John Willard. Summary George Burroughs was born on January 13, 1917. This stirred the crowd and it is suggested that some of the spectators may have tried to stop the execution. Summary . to death, but hee would choake me that my vittals should doe me but litl good then he told mee his name was borros which had preached at the vliage the last night hee Came to mee and asked mee whether i would goe to the village to morrow to witnes against him i asked him if hee was exsamened then hee told hee was then i told him i would goe then hee told mee hee would kil mee beefoar morning then hee apeared to mee at the hous of nathanniel ingolson and told mee hee had been the death of three children at the eastward and had kiled two of his wifes the first hee smouthered and the second he choaked and killed tow of his own children, (Reverse) Susannah Shelden against G. Burroughs, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. #[Robert Morrell] By Before the Honoured John Hallum Not surprisingly, he remarried soon. Thomas Putnam, The abovs'd Complaint was Exhibited before us this 30'th aprill 1692, (Essex Institute Collection, no. and know nothing of it myself otherwise except by common report of others also concerning such things.. 6th great-grandson John Ritter. By the next morning, Washington had a sore throat. that they & Every of them be & personaly app'r forthwith at the pr'sent Court of Oyer & Termin'r holden at Salem to Testify the truth to the best of thier knowledge on certain Indicm'ts Exhibited against mr George Burrough hereof Make return fail Not dated in Salem Aug't 4'th 1692 in the fourth yeare of Our Reign It is with broken Hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved son, husband and father on February 10, 2018 with his loving family by his side. The resettlement of Falmouth was under way, and Burroughs was preparing to resume his old post there.. Hist. 2, no. 15. He denied this but did confirm that it had toads, which many people believed at the time served as witches familiars. George Burroughs George Burroughs (1917 . Sewall Clr, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. Jurat in Curia, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. On August 11, 1676, one-year-old Mercy Lewis and her parents barely escaped an attack by the nearby Wabanaki Indians that resulted in the death of her grandparents, cousins and many other members of the community. Const'b in [in] Salem. His treatment of his first two wives was one subject of the interrogation; another was his supposed unnatural strength. Burroughs was moved to Boston jail. George Burroughs was the only minister executed as part of the Salem Witch Trials onAugust 19, 1692. Its not clear why Greenlit or the other witness felt compelled to testify against Burroughs long after he had already been tried and executed but it suggests that the community may have begun to doubt Burroughss guilt, particularly after the events of his execution, and Greenlit may have been pressured to testify to provide further proof of this alleged guilt. Capt Wm Wormall Sworne to the above & that he Saw him Raise it from the ground, himselfe that we haveing ben conversant with severall of the afflected persons as maryWolcott mercy lewes Eliz: Hubburt and we have seen them most dreadfully tomented and we have seen dreadfull marks in their fleesh which they said Mr. Burroughs did make by hurting them: but on 9th may 1692 : the day of the Examination of Mr. George Burroughs the aforesaid parsons were most dreadfully tormented during the time of his Examination as if they would have been torn all to peaces or all their bones putt out of joynt and with such tortors as no tounge can express also severall times sence we have seen the afforesaid afflected parsons most dreadfully tormented and greviously complaining of Mr. Burroughs for hurting them and we beleve that Mr. George Burroughs the prisoner at the bar has severall times afflected and tormented the afforesaid persons by acts of witchcraft.. yo'r humble Servant, (Reverse) To Jno Hauthorn Salem Sep'r 15'th 1692 Thomas Greinslitt appeared before their Maj'ties Justices of Oyer & Terminer in Open Court & Made Oath that the above mentioned perticulars & Every part of them were True His failure to baptize his children or to attend communion and the secrecy he seemed to keep did not look well on him. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Burroughs. 3. William Phips (1692-1693), SWP No. ). On the 11th of this instant we heard of many killed of our neighbors in falmouth or Casco-Bay: and on the 12th instant Mr. Joslin sent me a brief letter written from under the hands of Mr. Burras [sic] the minister. At the time of Burroughs arrival, Salem was in a constant state of conflict and many of its residents were feuding. While most ministers were public figures, open and engaged with their community, Burroughs was an intensely private individual and a man of mystery. 092: Susannah Martin Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. Jurat in Curia, The Deposition of Simon Willard [aged about 42] years saith I being at Saco in the year [1689] some: in Capt Ed Sarjants garison was speaking of mr George Borroughs his great strength saying he Could take:a barrill of mallasses out of a Cannoe or boat alone: and that he Could. & Burroughs, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem - Witchcraft, vol. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the funeral home. We will remember him forever. enter into a covenant. The 30 people who testified against Burroughs at his trial were: Sarah BibberEzekiel CheeverRichard CarrierThomas EvansThomas GreenlitHannah HarrisElizabeth HubbardBenjamin HutchinsonAbigail HobbsElizar KeyserMary LaceyMary Lacey JrMercy LewisAnn Putnam, JrRebecca PutnamEdward PutnamThomas PutnamPeter PrescottRobert MorrellThomas RuckSusannah SheldonMartha TylerMary WarrenElizabeth WardwellMary WalcottSamuel WebberMary WebberSarah WilsonSimon WillardWilliam Wormall. evidence: is the truth. He answered that it was an amazing & humbling ), The Testimone of Mary Warren aged twenty yeares or thereaboutes Testifeyeth and saith that Sometime in July last mr Burrougs pinched mee very much and choaked me almost to death: and I saw and hard him sound a Trumpett and Immediatly I saw severall com to him as namely Capt Allding Mis Cary and goody pudeater and severall others and they urged me to goe along with them to their sacremental meeting and mr Burroughs brought to me bread to eat and wine to drink which I Refuseing he did most greviously torment me urging me vehemently to writ in his book: also I have seen mr George Burroughs or his Apperance most greviously tormenting mary walcott and Ann putnam and I verily beleve in my heart that Mr. George Burroughs is a dreadfull wizzard and that he has severall times tormented me and the affore said persons by his acts of wicthcraft, Mary Warrin declared: upon: her oath; to the Jury of Inquest that the above written Rebecca Burrows, who came from Virginia that she might enjoy God in his ordinance in N.E., & who joined the church in Roxbury 19, July 1657.. ), Elizer Keysar aged aboute fourty five yeares Sayth that on Thursday last past being the fift day of this Instant moneth of May I was at the house of Thomas [Beadles] in salem, and Capt Daniell King being there also, at the same tyme, and in the Same Roome. He answered it was so long since he could not tell: yet [citation needed] At his trial, which took place in May, he was found guilty based on evidence that included his extraordinary feats of strength, such as lifting a musket by inserting his finger into the barrel (such feats of strength being presumed impossible without diabolical assistance[8]). Lewis, Jone Johnson. all of the Bewitched) were greivously tortured. Burroughss secrecy and his other odd traits later became a theme during his trial and were discussed in great detail in the testimony of his accusers and former associates. Sam: Sewall Esqrs As had happened with his predecessor, the first minister to serve Salem Villages separately from Salem Town, the church would not ordain him and he left in a bitter salary fight, at one point being arrested for debt, though members of the congregation paid his bail. 2, no. Sus: [one line too faint] A Facebook post said, "Toxicology report was made public by the MN prosecution revealing the cause of George Floyd's death was a fentanyl overdose." That's not what the county medical examiner . His first wife was Hannah Fisher; they had nine children. According to the book The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege, a terrible thunder storm struck while the lawmen and Burroughs were on the road to Salem and the thunder, wind and falling trees frightened both the horses and the men. She is the first causality of the Salem witch trials. "[citation needed], Letters dated to 1691 from the Littlefields, founder of Wells, Maine, and in-laws to Peter Cloyce, and Rev. John lane George Floyd's heart disease and use of fentanyl were contributing factors to his death, but they were not the direct cause, the medical examiner who performed his autopsy testified on Friday in . George Burroughs (c. 1650 August 19, 1692) was an American religious leader who was the only minister executed for witchcraft during the course of the Salem witch trials. Mary Lacy, senr. dreadfull tell me your name that I may know who you are: then againe he tortored me & urged me to writ in his book: which I Refused: and then presently he tould me that his name was George Burroughs and that he had had three wives: and that he had bewitched the Two first of them to death: and that he kiled Mist. Trachea, bronchus and lung cancers deaths have risen from 1.2 million to 1.8 million and are now ranked 6th among leading causes of death. He denyed that his family was affrighted by a and seemed to have a Motion upward upon Which I called the Mayd, and she looking up into the Chimney saw the same, and my wife looking up could not see any thing, soe I did and doe #[very Certainly] [Concider] it was some diabolicall apperition, Mr. Elizer. ), The Deposition of Mary Walcott agged about 17 years who testi- fieth and saith that on the later end of April 1692: mr. George Burroughs or his Apperance came to me whom I formerly well knew: and he did Immediatly most greviously torment me by biting pinching and almost choacking me urging me to writ in his book: which I refusing he did -- againe most greviously torment me and tould me if I would but touch his book I should be well but I tould him I would not for all the world and then he threated to kil me and said I should never witnes against him: but he continewed tortering and tempting me tell the 8 may: and then he tould me he would have kiled his first wife and child: when his wife was in travil but he had not the power: but he keept hir in the kithin tell he gave hir hir deaths wound.but he charged me in the name of his God I should not tell of it:but Immediatly there appeared to me mr.Burroughs two first wives in their winding sheets whom I formerly well knew and tould me that mr. Burroughs had murthered them and that their blood did crie for vengance againt him: also on the 9'th may being the day of his ex- amination he did most greviously torment me dureing the time of his examination for if he did but look on me he would strick me down or allmost Choake me: also dureing his examination I saw mr. George Burroughs or his Apperane most greviously torment mercy lewes Eliz Hubb [e] rt Abigail william and Ann putnam and I beleve in my heart that mr. George Burroughs is a dreadful wizzard and That he had often afflected and tormented me and the afore mentioned parsons by his acts of wicthcraft, Mary Walcot declared this writing to be a true evidence: to the Jury 2, no. Burroughs eldest son, Charles Burroughs, filed a claim stating that his fathers estate was seized after his conviction, leaving the family with very little money, and asked for 50 pounds in damages: To the Honoured Comitte apoined by the Gennarll Court to Inquire into the Names of Such as may be Meet for takeing of the atta[nbar ]der for the Makeing Some Restitucon & these Humbly & Sorroufully Shew that our Dear & Honourd father Mr George Burrough was aprehened in apriel 1692 at wells & Imprisoned Severall Months in Bostone & Salem Goales and at last Condemened & Executed for whichcraft which we have all the reason in the world to bleve he was innocent of by his carefull Chatecizing his Chilldren & upholding religion in his family and by his Solom & Savory written Instructions from prison we were Left a parsell of small Chilldren of us helpless & a mother in Law with one Small Child of her owne to take care of whereby she was not so Capable to take care of us by all which our fathers small Estate was most of it Lost & Expended and we Scattered we cannot tell Certanly what the lose may be but the Least we can Judge by best information was fifty poundes besides the damage that hath acrued to us many wayes thereby is Some hundreds of pounds wee Earnestly pray that the attainder may be taken of & if you please the fifty pounds may be restored..
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