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. According to historian Sidney Perley, an old family story from the Buffum family states that from his house on nearby Boston street, Joshua Buffam could see Burroughss exposed hand and foot sticking out of the crevice, so just after night fall he went to cover them so they were no longer visible. This death is later brought out as evidence against Rebecca Nurse in 1692. take it in his hands or arms out of the Cannoo or boat and carry it and set it on the shore: and mr Borroughs being: there sayd that he had carryed one barrill of molasses.or sider: out of a cannoo that had like to have done him a displeasure: s'd mr Borroughs intimated: as if he did not want strength to do it but the disadvantage of the shore was such: that his foot slipping in the sand: he had like to have strained his legg The police caused George Floyd's death, but drugs and heart disease played a role, the medical examiner says. In the book, Mather said he preferred not to discuss the case at all but was required to include it by the government of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Burroughs was arrested on charges ofwitchcraft on April 30, 1692, based on the accusation of some personal enemies from his former congregation who had sued him for debt. & Burroughs, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem - Witchcraft, vol. At the time of Burroughs arrival, Salem was in a constant state of conflict and many of its residents were feuding. To Capt William Worwood Greeting. TV and Movie Actor. In addition to details about the death, they can contain birth information, family origins, cause of death, and more. He then moved to Wells, Maine, believing it would be safer from Indian attacks. in his Shape appeared to her, & urged [her to set] 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. (Reverse) The [examination] 2, Charles William Sever, 1881.Hoyt, David Webster. wards in his own person he acknowledged to (2021, July 31). part of the day, & the other at Charlstown part Mercy Lewis From June through September of 1692, nineteen men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill, a barren slope near Salem Village, for hanging. Sewall Clr, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. The next day, Margaret Jacobs was examined, and she implicated George Burroughs. In fact, Mather was so disgusted by Burroughs he refused to call him by his full name: Glad should I have been, if I had never known the name of this man; or never had this occasion to mention so much as the first letters of his name. he said) in full communion at Roxbury. Short of stature, muscular, dark-complexioned, he was highly attractive to women, as is shown by his winning the hand of a rich widow as his second wife when he was a mere village minister. This was near enough the border with French Canada that the threat of French and Indian war parties was real. his T marke. 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 this deponent saith yt he saw Mr George Burrowswho was lately Executed at Salem lift a gunn of six ffoott Barrell or thereabouts putting the his forefinger of his right hand into the muzell of sd gunn and that he held it out att arms and only wth thatt finger, and further this deponent testifieth thatt about at the same time he saw the said Burrows Take up a full barrll of e molasses wth butt two of his fingers of one of his hands in the bung, and carry itt from ye stage head to the door att the end of the stage wth out letting itt downe & that Liut. Elis: Hubbard {& they all fell into fits Exclude: Great Migration Magna Carta Royalty. Death records are primary resources for details about the death, since they were typically created relatively near the time of the death. In 1711,thelegislatureof the Province of Massachusetts Bayrestored all rights to those who had been accused in the 1692 witch trials. #(Robert Morrell ) The grave site of George Burroughs. 9, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. [2] He was raised by his mother in the town of Roxbury, Massachusetts. we whose names are under written being present with ann putnam at the times above mentioned: saw hir tortured and hard hir refuse to writ in the book also hard hir declare what is above writen: what she said she saw and hard from the Apperishtion of Mr. George Burroghs and from thos which acc[used him] for murthering of them ), Province of the Mattathusets Bay in New EnglandThe deposition of Thomas Greinslitt aged about forty years Testfieth. Sus: sheldon testifyed that Burroughs two wives Thanks for writing it. Short of stature, muscular, dark-complexioned, he was highly attractive to women, as is shown by his winning the hand of a rich widow as his second wife when he was a mere village minister. The Salem Witch Trials Victims: Who Were They? 022: George Burroughs Executed, August 19, 1692, SWP No. He was unable to repay the debt, and resigned from his post, leaving Salem in 1683.[5]. Some thing jumped down from between the chimney & the side of the house and run down the stairs and said Burroughs followed it down, and the negro then said it was something like a white calf: another time lying with her husband some thing came into the house and stood by her bed side and breathed on her, and she being much afrighted at it, would have awakened her husband but could not for a considerable time, but as soon as he did awake it went away, but this I heard her say. Jurat in Curia Startled, Ruck stated that even the Devil himself didnt know what she said, to which Burroughs replied My God makes known your thoughts unto me.. This caused many in the audience to second guess his guilt. Walt Disney. If anyone is interested in any of these historical groups you can contact me. As soon as he was turned off [hanged], Mr. Cotton Mather, being mounted upon a horse, addressed himself to the people, partly to declare that he [Mr. Burroughs] was no ordained Minister, partly to possess the people of his guilt, saying that the devil often had been transformed into the Angel of Light. Tom West sworne his approbation of her letter to her Father: He was bid to look upon sus: sheldon. 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.. appeared in their winding sheets, & said that Burroughs moved to Falmouth (now Portland, Maine), in which he lived until it was destroyed by the Wabanaki Confederacy in 1690. 045: Mary Esty Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. George Burroughs, a Puritan minister who served in Salem, Massachusetts from 1680-83, was also one of the survivors of the attack by the Native Americans. Upham, Charles (1980). Contra Geo The next day, Margaret Jacobs recanted her testimony against both Burroughs and her grandfather, George Jacobs, Sr. As with the others executed, he was cast into a common, unmarked grave. 094: Rebecca Nurse Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. Below is the original account as first compiled and published in 1700 by Robert Calef in More Wonders of The Invisible World, and later reprinted or relied upon by others including Charles Wentworth Upham and George Lincoln Burr: Mr. Burroughs was carried in a cart with others, through the streets of Salem, to execution. 2, no. He denied this but did confirm that it had toads, which many people believed at the time served as witches familiars. "Rev. One theory is that she saw her parents killed. Robert Calef later said that he had been buried so poorly that his chin and hand protruded from the ground. He was accused of such acts as lifting weights beyond what would be humanly possible to lift. July 1954 . The legislature also gave compensation to the heirs of 23 of those convicted, in the amount of 600. 17, James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Rebecca Beatrice Brooks is the author and publisher of the History of Massachusetts Blog. Thomas Putnam, The abovs'd Complaint was Exhibited before us this 30'th aprill 1692, (Essex Institute Collection, no. I am a descendant of George Burroughs from his daughter Rebecca Fowle. of the afflicted, wo stood behind him. Death: August 19, 1692 (37-46) . At his execution, he quoted the Lords Prayer which a witch should not have been able to do. Sheldon said Burroughss spirit came to her and confessed that he had killed three children in Eastward, or Maine, and also killed his first two wives, smothering the first and choking the second, and killed two of his own children. 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. Due to the significance of Burroughss trial, a large crowd gathered at the courthouse to witness the event. 098: Mary Parker Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Burroughs. was Baptised. Family history states that we are related to John Burroughs from northern VA. His beloved wife of nearly 60 years, Joyce (nee Magnan), was at his side, as were his adored children and grandchildren: Heather (Rich) Davies son James (Rachael); Jennifer (Peter Balka) and sons . Deliberance Hobbs {testimony read George Burroughs. He had to borrow money for his wife's funeral. ), 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 Richard Carrier affirmed to the jury that he saw Mr. George Burroughs at the witch meeting at the village and saw him adminster the sacrament. Abigail Williams: The Mysterious Afflicted Girl. Though there was a widely held belief that a true witch could not recite the Lord's Prayer, Burroughs did so, astounding the crowd. They begin [to] name my name they cannot My husband descends from George Burroughs through the Virginia line of John Burroughs. There was no parsonage yet, so George and Hannah Burroughs moved into the home of John Putnam and his wife Rebecca. 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. Being ask'd w[hether] he partook of the Lords supper, he being (as Witnesses. Burroughs borrowed the money for Hannahs funeral from John Putnam. Ed. Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company. Reverend George Burroughs (c1650 - 1692) - Executed for witchcraft in the infamous Salem witch trials, George Burroughs was born about 1650 in Suffolk County, England, the son of Nathaniel Burroughs (1618 - 1682) and Rebecca Style (1622 - 1684). Mercy Lewis, who lost relatives in one of the attacks on Falmouth, fled to Casco Bay, with a group that included Burroughs and her parents. I s'd deponant saw Mr Borroughs: put his hand on the gun: to show us: how he held it and where he held his hand:and saying there he held his hand when he held s'd gun out: but:I saw him not hold it out then: Death of his wife & Lawson's Childe, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. The Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide. Learn how your comment data is processed. of Inquest Aug'st 3 1692 upon the oath she has taken He denyed that about the Mallossoes George Burroughs George Burroughs (1917 . New details are being revealed in regards to the death of George Floyd. Aug. 3, 1692. I am also a descendent of George Burroughs. 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.. After graduation, he became the minister of Salem Village in 1680. 2, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. 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.. The cause of George Washington's death was a throat infection. Memorial Site* Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Elizer Keiser, Capt. 2 no. He served as a minister in Portland, Maine, for two years, surviving King Philip's War and joining other refugees in moving farther south for safety. *Simon Willard Jurat in Curia It is important to note how Burroughs was described as some of these attributes would be stated against him by his accusers: George Burroughs was confident, strong-willed, and decisive, a man of action as well as a preacher, unusually athletic and clever enough to do well in Harvard. 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 9'th may 1692 : the day of the Examination of Mr. George Burroughs the afforesaid parsons were most dreadfully tormented dureing the time of his Examination as if they would have been torne al 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 att the bar has severall times af- flected and tormented the afforesaid persons by acts of wicthcraft Couple of interesting notes. George Burroughs was a minister who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. While standing on a ladder before the crowd, waiting to be hanged, he successfully recited the Lord's Prayer, something that was generally considered by the Court of Oyer and Terminer to be impossible for a witch to do. John lane Her fathers name was George Wunder Burroughs and he was a senior official in his Masonic Lodge in Long Beach, Calif. Hi Rebecca! George Burroughs was arrested in Wells, Maine on May 4 and the lawmen headed back to Salem Village with their prisoner. He was raised in the town of Roxbury (a century later would be the town William Dawes rode through to warn the colonists of the British) by his mother and would be educated at Harvard College where he graduated in 1670 with honors. This G. B. was indicted for witch-craft, and in the prosecution of the charge against him he was accused by five or six of the bewitched, as the author of their miseries; he was accused by eight of the confessing witches, as being an head actor at some of their hellish randevouzes, and one who had the promise of being a king in Satans kingdom, now going to be erected. May 10- Sarah Osborne dies in prison in Boston. Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692. Stoughton didnt usually sit in on the examinations but did so in the case due to the fact that Burroughs was a minister, which added more gravity to the situation. Vol. Rev. Abig: Hobbs in prison affirmed that Geo: Burroughs El. When Burroughs was cut down from the gallows, his body was dragged to a rocky crevice bordering the execution site, his clothing was stripped off and he was dressed in a pair of trousers of one executed and was placed in the grave with Willard and Carrier. Hist. Witnesses In 2019, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia ranked as the 7th leading cause of death. George Burroughs would use one or more of these texts in his trial in 1692, attempting to refute the charges against him. Salem August 2'd 1692 Last edited on 24 February 2023, at 21:13, Learn how and when to remove this template message, introducing citations to additional sources, "Warrant for apprehension of George Burroughs, and Officer's Return", "Reverend George Burroughs: Ringleader of the Salem Witches? mr Jno Ruck mrs Eliz: Ruck mr Thomas Ruck & Samuel Ruck *Elisha Hutchinson Maj'r, By Virtue of this warrant I Apprehended s'd George Burroughs and have Brought him to Salem and Delievered him to the Authority there this fourth day of May 1692 ), Samuel Webber aged about 36 years Testifieth and sayth that aboute seaven or eight Yeares agoe I Lived at Casco Bay and George Burroughs was then Minester there, and haveing heard much of the great strength of him s'd Burroughs ; he Coming to our house wee ware in discourse about the same and he then told mee that he had put his fingers into the Bung of a Barrell of Malasses and lifted it up, and carryed it Round him and sett it downe againe. Three years later, on June 22, 2008, George once again experienced heart failure and passed away at . About the Gun he said he took it before the 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. Mary Lacy, senr. *Thomas putnam But the government requiring some account of his trial to be inserted in this book, it becomes me with all obedience to submit unto the order. On August 19, Burroughs was taken to Gallows Hill to be executed. 2, no. Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. 113: Ann Pudeator Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Thirty-five citizens of Salem Village signed a petition to the court, but it did not move the court. ), The deposistion of Tho. 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. Upon realizing this, the people of Salem stopped paying his wages to get him to resign. We were told that he also was hung because someone wanted his property. ). Although Cotton's words describe, and to some degree justify the trials . ThoughtCo. That about the breaking Out of this last Indian Warr being at the house of Capt Scottow's at black point he Saw Mr George Burroughs lift and hold Out a gunn of Six foot barrell or thereabouts putting the forefinger of his right hand into the Muzle of s'd 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 w'th 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. Ann Putnam, (Reverse) billa vera knew, Abig: Hobbs Burroughs was born in Suffolk, England in 1652 and migrated to the settlement of Roxbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his mother when he was a child, although some sources say he first lived in Virginia before moving to Roxbury. At his entry into the Room, many (if not ( Wm Wormall v. Geo. Capt Wm Wormall Sworne to the above & that he Saw him Raise it from the ground, himselfe dreadfull & tedious fit, 3. Nathaniel Ingersoll and five others paid a 15 pound bond to keep Burroughs out of prison and also collected depositions in his favor. For a puritan minister, the fact that he couldnt remember the last time he took communion and that only some of his children were baptized did not reflect well on him. During the meeting, John Putnam suddenly had Burroughs arrested for failure to repay his debt to him for Hannah Burroughss funeral expenses. Yet he owned there were Toads. then we come into the house of left Ingersoll and I went into the great Roome and abigle come in and said ther he stands I said wher wher and presently draed my rapyer but he emmedetly was gon as she said then said she ther is a gray catt then i said wher abouts doth she stand ther s'd she ther than I struck # [with] with my rapyer then she fell in afitt and when it was over she said you kild hur and immedetly Sary good come and carrid hur away this was about 12 a clock Rebecca is a freelance journalist and history lover who got her start in journalism working for small-town newspapers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire after she graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. He was also accused of killing his other wives and treating them harshly. August 5'th The persons above Named where all every of them sumoned to appeare as above Abigaile Hobbs then confessed before John Hathorn & Jonathan cor- win Esq'rs That at the generall meeting of the Witches in the feild near Mr Parrisse's house she saw Mr George Burroughs , Sarah Good Sarah Osborne Bridgett Bishop a[lbar ]s. Olliver & Giles Cory , two or three nights agone, Mr Burrough came & sat at the window & told her he would terribly afflict her for saying so much ag't him & then pinched her, deliverance Hobbs then saw s'd Burroughs & he would have tempted her to sett her hand to the book & almost shooke her to pieces because she would not doe it, Mary Warren Testifyeth that when she was in prison in Salem about a fortnight agone Mr George Burroughs , Goody Nurse Goody procter , Goody parker, Goody pudeator , Abigail Soames , Goodman procter , Goody Darling [Dowing?] The villagers disliked his attitude and thought he was unqualified for the role. 24 ). ), The deposistion of Sarah viber who testifieth and saith that on the 9'th day of may 1692 . Lewis testified that on several nights in May, Burroughs appeared to her and tortured her and on the second night tried to persuade her to join him as a witch: the next night he tould me I should not see his Two wifes if he could help it because I should not witnes agast him this 9th may mr Burroughs caried me up to an exceeding high mountain and shewed me all the kingdoms of the earth and tould me that he would give them all to me if I would writ in his book and if I would not he would thro me down and brake my neck: but I tould him they ware non of his to give and I would not writ if he throde me down on 100 pichforks..
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