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Descendants of Susannah Martin’s, Ethel Mae Hilton and grandchildren Douglas and Madrey Margaret Hilton were some members of their family interested in the history of their accused witch ancestor. [10] The folk band Touchstone recorded the song "Susanna Martin" for their 1982 album, The New Land on the Green Linnet label. [11]
Susannah Sheldon, age 18 and living in Salem; Mercy Short, age 17 and living in Boston; Martha Sprague, age 16 and living in Andover; Timothy Swan, age 29 and living in Andover. He died on February 2, 1693. Mary Thorne, age about 14 and living in Ipswich; Mary Walcott, age 17 and living in Salem Village/Danvers; Mary Warren – age about 20 and ...
June 29: Susannah Martin and Rebecca Nurse are tried and found guilty. June 30: Elizabeth Howe is tried and found guilty. July 2: Sarah Wildes is tried and found guilty. July 19: Sarah Good, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Howe, and Sarah Wildes are executed by hanging at Gallows Hill in Salem. August 3: Martha Carrier is tried and ...
Susannah Martin: Massachusetts 1692 Margaret Mattson Pennsylvania 1683 William Meaker Connecticut 1657 Sarah Merrick Massachusetts 1651 Katherine Messenger Connecticut 1678 Goodwife Miller Connecticut 1692 Joan Mitchell Maryland 1660 Phyllis Money Virginia 1694 Sarah Morey: Massachusetts 1692 Eleanor Morris Virginia 1695 Elizabeth Morse ...
Along with Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, and Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Wildes was tried on 30 June 1692. The prosecution relied heavily on spectral evidence . Mary Gould Reddington had died by the time of the trial, but her brother John and Rev. John Hale related her claims of witchcraft against herself and Sarah's own stepsons.
Elizabeth Howe, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Sarah Wildes and Susanna Martin were hanged on July 19, 1692, and buried in a crevice on Gallows hill. [8] Giles Corey (image) Nineteen people were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, and one man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death because he refused to attest to the indictment against him.
In that role, he was directed to take depositions of both the accused and the accuser, for the immediate region around Salisbury, during the witchcraft crisis of 1692. In May, he took notes regarding the stories and accusations against Susannah Martin of neighbouring Amesbury. More depositions against her followed in June.
1692 deposition of Sarah Bibber (Viber) against Susannah Martin. Sarah Bibber (or Vibber or Vibert; born c. 1656 – year of death unknown) was involved in the infamous Salem witch trials in 1692, both as an accuser of witchcraft, as well as being accused of being a witch herself.