He was about 42 years of age. Death . Sus: [one line too faint] The tradition is, that they found Mr. Burroughs in his humble home, partaking of his frugal meal; that he was snatched from the table without a moments opportunity to provide for his family, or prepare himself for the journey, and hurried on his way roughly, and without the least explanation of what it all meant.. The manner of death was deemed to be homicide. August 5'th The persons above Named where all every of them sumoned to appeare as above 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 Vol. Ann Puttnam declared har above written evidence to Women are disproportionately affected. May 18, 2005 . <- Return to List of People Involved in the Salem Witch Trials, Categories Colonial America, Salem Witch Trials. Updated: November 13, 2011 . 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. 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 The six, including Burroughs, were sentenced to death. *Geo. The abovesd was in private none of I am also a descendent of George Burroughs. 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. 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. 10, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA., Boston, MA..), The: Deposition of Simon Willard aged:about forty two years sayth: I being att the house of Mr Robt Lawrance: at falmoth in Casco Bay: in Septemb'r 1689 s'd Mr Lawrance was commending Mr George Borroughs his strength: saying that we none of us could doe what he could doe: for s'd he Mr Borroughs can hold out this gun with one hand Mr. Borroughs being there: sayd I held my hand here behind the lock: and took it up: and held it out. To the Constable of Manchester August 4'th I have Sumoned the above named that thay and Each of them att time and place above written by me *John Ley, (Reverse) A Summons for The girls testifying against him said that his first two wives and the wife and child of his successor at Salem Churchvisited as specters and accused Burroughs of killing them. be the truth:before the Jury of Inquest: Aug'st 3: 92: upon her oath Contra Geo 063: Sarah Good Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. 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. His secretive nature didnt help either and made it seem like he was hiding something. While most ministers were public figures, open and engaged with their community, Burroughs was an intensely private individual and a man of mystery. also: s'd that: Mr Borroughs: told her that: he made lights: in Mr Keyzers: Chimny, Jurat in Curia by Mr Keysor](/tag/keyser_elizer.html) Sworne also by Eliz: Wardwell as to the last night, ( Manuscripts and Archives Division, Salem Selections, New York Public Library, New York, NY. ), 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 Death . attest *Step. George Burroughs died at age 91 years old on May 18, 2005. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 2 vv., v. 1 pp. It was an odd trait indeed for a man in a profession that required many quiet hours dedicated to studying that Bible, preparing and giving sermons, and tending to the spiritual needs of his flock.. Essex ss The Jurors for our Sovereigne Lord and Lady the King and Queen pr'sents That George Burroughs late of falmouth in the province of the Massachusets Bay in New England -- Clarke -- The ninth Day of May in the forth Year of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord and Lady William and Mary by the Grace of God of England Scottland France and According to the book Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, it is not known exactly who Burroughs father was: He was thought by Farmer at one time to be the son of John Burroughs, of Salem; but at another, of Jeremiah Burroughs of Scituate. 2, no. *John Partridge feild At his entry into the Room, many (if not [4] He became the minister of Salem Village (now Danvers) in 1680 (where he would eventually be convicted of witchcraft and hanged). The doctor, who is in his early 30s, earned his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 2016 and had received his physician and surgeon license just 18 days before May 25,. Aprel.30'th 1692 4. He gives an acct of 32 killed and carried away by the Indians: himself escaped to an Island, but I hope Black point men have fetched him of by this time. peter prescott His failure to baptize his children or to attend communion and the secrecy he seemed to keep did not look well on him. w'ch seemed to mee to be something like Jelly that used to be in the water and quaver with a strainge Motion, and then quickly diappeared soone after which I did see a light up in the chimney aboute the bigness of my hand some thing above the bar w'ch quivered & shaked. 32 ), The Deposition of Ann putnam: who testifieth and saith that on 20'th of April 1692 :at evening she saw the Apperishtion of a Minister at which she was greviously affrighted and cried out oh dreadfull: dreadfull here is a minister com:what are Ministers wicthes to: whence com you and What is your name for I will complaine of:you tho you be A minister: if you be a wizzard; and Immediatly I was tortored by him being Racked and all most choaked by him: and he tempted me to write in his book which I Refused with loud out cries and said I would not writ in his book tho he tore me al to peaces but tould him that it was a dreadfull thing: that he which was a Minister that should teach children to feare God should com to perswad poor creatures to give their souls to the divill: oh. Evidently, he left bad feelings in his wake, and was now forcibly returned to Salem to face witchcraft charges. he being then in one of the Chambers in s'd House. If anyone is interested in any of these historical groups you can contact me. On December 17, 1711, the Burroughs family was awarded 50 in restitution. 038: Martha Corey Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. She was the youngest of six siblings, and had three sisters, Mary (1644-1695), Sarah (1646-1716), and Hannah (1652-1698), and two brothers, Andrew (1657 . The similarity of Thomas Putnams testimony with the afflicted girls testimonies and the shared language and phrasing in several of the girls testimony suggests that the girls might not have said those specific things and Putnam may have added these words to the documents himself to strengthen the case against Burroughs. He was accused by nine persons for extraordinary lifting, and such feats of strength as could not be done without a diabolical assistance. The next day, Margaret Jacobs was examined, and she implicated George Burroughs. 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. 2 Page 26. TV and Movie Actor. Sewall Clr, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. 136: Sarah Wilds Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. Sources:Upham, Charles W. Salem Witchcraft: With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Spirits. 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. Flint, Genesee County, Michigan 48507 . 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. man killed them [words rubbed out] Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama 35901 . In April 1682, merely a year and a half after coming to Salem, one of Burroughss parishioners wrote to him complaining that brother is against brother and neighbors against neighbors, all quarreling and smiting one another. By the spring of the following year the village committee stopped paying Burroughs so he left town. Click on the names below to see their relationship charts. As Baker suggests, although the issue was quickly settled, the arrest may have left a bad impression on the Salem villagers and may have set Burroughs up for further trouble in the community. George Burroughs and the Salem Witch Trials. ( Wm Wormall v. Geo. He continued to serve as the pastor until the town was attacked and destroyed during a Wabanaki raid on August 11, 1676. During the trip, Burroughs wandered off and Ruck and his sister began talking as they walked home. On December 12, Washington was out on horseback supervising farm activities and it began to snow. mr Jno Ruck mrs Eliz: Ruck mr Thomas Ruck & Samuel Ruck Sworne the first of June 1692 he said) in full communion at Roxbury. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 21:13. Wickedly and felloniously, hath used -- Practised and Exercised at and within the Towneship of Salem in the County of Essex afores'd in, upon.and ag't one Mercy Lewis of Salem Villiage in the County of Essex in New England -- by which wicked Arts the said Mercy Lewis -- the Ninth Day of May -- in the fourth Year afores'd and Divers other Dayes and times as well before as after was and is Tortured afflicted Pine Consumed Wasted and Tormented: ag't the Peace of our Sovereigne Lord and Lady the King.and Queen, and ag't the forme of the Statute in that case made and Provided/. Mercy Lewis later moved to Salem Village from Maine, joining many other refugees, and became a servant with the Putnams of Salem Village. Jurat in Curia, ( Withcraft Papers, 11a, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA., Boston, MA., Boston. Providence, but he understood nothing of it 171: Officials' Expense Accounts for 1692 (Submitted 1692 - 1694), SWP No. Thirty-five citizens of Salem Village signed a petition to the court, but it did not move the court. made Oath to the latter part.of this paper Stoughton Rev. 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. John Proctor, George Burroughs, George Jacobs Sr., John Willard, and Samuel Wardwell were all hanged after being convicted of witchcraft, while Giles Corey was pressed to death with stones for refusing to "put himself on the . Burroughs (Reverse), ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. putnam aged 40: years and Edward putnam agged 38 years who testifieth and saith. 129: Roger Toothaker Died in Prison, June 16, 1692, SWP No. 6th great-grandson John Ritter. Mary Walcott This was near enough the border with French Canada that the threat of French and Indian war parties was real. The pop star was suffering from. Jno. 137: John Willard Executed August 19, 1692, SWP No. Death 19 Aug 1692 (aged 41-42) Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. George Burroughs. 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. Being ask'd w[hether] he partook of the Lords supper, he being (as Online Pennsylvania Death Certificates and Death Records Indexes. Yet, upon closer inspection, there were a multitude of factors that brought him under suspicion, and many of these surrounded his spirituality and commitment to Puritanism. Plot #54299260. Hannah Fox my 8th great grandmother. According to Mathers account of the trial, in September, two witnesses came forward and offered testimony against Burroughs. Thomas Hutchinson,The History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts-Bay (1767.) [Edward Putnam]?tag/putnam_edward.html) . He looked back & knockt down all (or more) I suppose a dozen of them. Ann Putman, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. 167: Petitions from Relatives of Prisoners and Others (October 1692 - January 1693), SWP No. Several witnesses testified that they often heard Burroughs bragging about an incident where he lifted a heavy gun with one finger and other incidents where he claimed to have carried heavy barrels of cider by himself, although he always declined to recreate these events. 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. Sewall , Cle Her fathers name was George Wunder Burroughs and he was a senior official in his Masonic Lodge in Long Beach, Calif. Hi Rebecca! 33. 5. 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. At some point during this time period, Burroughss second wife, Sarah, died and Burroughs remarried again. of the afflicted, wo stood behind him. As one of the succession of three ministers who left the Village . Sam Morgan sworne Zeb Hill Jurat Hubbard Because the grave was so shallow, Burroughs chin and one of his feet were left uncovered. Tennessee: City Death Records, 1872-1923 for Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga(at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by city; includes digitized images of the death certificates or registers Tennessee Death Indexes, 1908-1912 and 1914-1933from the Tennessee State Library and Archives He was also suspected of killing his wives by witchcraft, and although clearly witchcraft was not involved, there is some historical evidence that he had treated them poorly.[10]. Ann Putnam, (Reverse) billa vera George Burroughs was one of the first ministers to step into the Salem Village Church. Rev. 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. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/george-burroughs-3529133. Nothing therefore was done at the village, but the steps to arrest him originated at Boston. 10 men 6 women and 16 children. He denyed that about the Mallossoes Last Known Residence . and know nothing of it myself otherwise except by common report of others also concerning such things.. William Phips (1692-1693), SWP No. Burrows, Dr. George McLaughlin (May 7, 1928) - It is with heavy hearts we announce the death of Doc George who passed peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family, on Saturday, 23 May, 2015. 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 . ), 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. she should not write to her Father Ruck without Following weeks of testimony in a closely watched case, a 12-member jury found former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin . Rates were not collected, and his salary was in arrears.. 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. He was buried in Inglewood Cemetery, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand. Like most widowers with young children, he remarried shortly after, to a woman named Sarah Ruck Hathorne. 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. 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. George Robert Burrows, Circa 1867 - 1947 on The Witchcraft Trial of Reverend George Burroughs, The Witchcraft Trial of Reverend George Burroughs, View all posts by Rebecca Beatrice Brooks. John lane On August 19, 1692, George Burroughs plunged to his death and was buried in a shallow grave. He was hanged on 19 August 1692 at Gallows Hill, Salem, Essex .
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