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Martha Carrier (née Allen; about 1650 – 19 August 1692) was a Puritan accused and convicted of being a witch during the 1692 Salem witch trials. [1] Early life
In August, grand juries indicted George Burroughs, Mary Eastey, Martha Corey and George Jacobs Sr. Trial juries convicted Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., George Burroughs, John Willard, Elizabeth Proctor, and John Proctor. Elizabeth Proctor was given a temporary stay of execution because she was pregnant.
March 12: Ann Putnam Jr. accuses Martha Corey of witchcraft. March 19: Abigail Williams accuses Rebecca Nurse as a witch. March 21: Magistrates Hathorne and Corwin examine Martha Corey. [4] March 23: Salem Marshal Deputy Samuel Brabrook arrests four-year-old Dorothy Good. March 24: Corwin and Hathorne examine Rebecca Nurse [5] and Dorothy Good. [6]
Accused further of witchcraft practices, sentenced to death by burning, but died on the day of her execution. [21] Anne Løset: d. 1679 Denmark-Norway: Burned to death. Peronne Goguillon: d. 1679 France: Burned to death; one of the last women to be executed for witchcraft in France. Catherine Deshayes: c. 1640–1680 France
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One of the trials included was Martha Carrier's, who was "[t]he person of whom the confessions of the witches, and of her own children among the rest, agreed that the devil had promised her she should be Queen of the Hebrews." [2]: 313 Mather presented testimonies against Martha Carrier, all of which presumed her to be guilty.
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Sarah Carrier (1701–1717) Mehitable Carrier (1698–1750) Martha Carrier (1702–1769) After Elizabeth's death, Carrier went on to marry Thankful Brown on July 29, 1707, in Colchester and had four children with her: [3] Hannah Carrier (1709–1741) Thankful Carrier (1708–1704) Remembrance Carrier (born 1703) Amos Carrier (1704–1730)