Mercy Lewis 2, no. 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?] With those words, under the tearful gaze of an ambivalent crowd the George Burroughs was hanged. Ann Puttnam declared har above written evidence to He had to borrow money for his wife's funeral. Dr. Andrew Baker, who performed Mr. Floyd's autopsy, said police officers'. On April 8, 1712, Burroughss children filed another petition stating that they had only received four pounds each which we think but a poor recompense, and asked that whatever additional amount that the court would award them be delivered to their brother George Burroughs. 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. Each of these accused was given a moment to say their last words. The death of George Floyd, which triggered widespread protests across the US, has been declared a homicide in an official post-mortem examination. The legislature also gave compensation to the heirs of 23 of those convicted, in the amount of 600. his T marke. Jurat in Curia, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. One of the most common complaints these witnesses testified to was rumors of Burroughss super human strength. He was the only minister to have experienced this fate in American history. Ed. 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. [6], Burroughs was arrested on charges of witchcraft on May 4, 1692,[7] based on the accusation of some personal enemies from his former congregation who had sued him for debt. Mercy Lewis's uncle, Thomas Skilling, died from an injury brought on by the Indian attack. 28. The unhappy animosities arising from this source entirely demoralized the Society, and, besides making it otherwise very uncomfortable to a minister, led to a neglect and derangement of all financial affairs. After most humble and hearty thanks presented to your Honors for the great care and pains you have already taken for us, for which we are never able to make you recompense (and we believe you do not expect it of us; therefore a full reward will be given you of the Lord God of Israel, whose cause and interest you have espoused, and we trust this shall add to your crown of glory in the day of the Lord Jesus); and we, beholding continually the tremendous works of divine providence -- not only every day but every hour -- thought it our duty to inform your Honors of what we conceive you have not heard, which are high and dreadful: of a wheel within a wheel, at which our ears do tingle. He denyed that his family was affrighted by a [1] Another source gives his birth date and place as Virginia, 1652. 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. 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. 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 . 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. Putnam testified again later on that the spirits of Burroughss wives also came to her on May 5 and told her that Burroughs had murdered them, his first wife said he had stabbed her at the parsonage in Salem Village and the second wife said he killed her in the vessell as she was coming to see her friends because they would have one another.. This was an excellent article! She had not seen him personally before as she [3] As an American Congregational pastor, he graduated from Harvard College in 1670 with distinguished honors, where he was also considered an outstanding athlete. I am a descendant of George Burroughs from his daughter Rebecca Fowle. In 1711,thelegislatureof the Province of Massachusetts Bayrestored all rights to those who had been accused in the 1692 witch trials. Burroughs graduated from Harvard University in 1670 and, in 1673, married his first wife Hannah Fisher. Rebecca Beatrice Brooks is the author and publisher of the History of Massachusetts Blog. Mary Lacy, senr. He left in 1683, moving back to Falmouth. [Edward Putnam]?tag/putnam_edward.html) 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. Richd.Hanniwell & John Greinslett were then present & some others yt are dead. 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. It appears from court records that Burroughss children soon began fighting over the money. Yours in all humility to serve inWinter Harbor at night } the Lord,the 13 of August, 1676.} BRIAN PENDLETON.. Nevertheless, Burroughss trial reached its end shortly after and he was promptly found guilty and sentenced to hang later that month. Burroughs was carried in a cart with the others, through the streets of Salem to execution. Printed for Nath. ), the Deposition of John putnam & Rebecah his wife testifieth and saith that in the yeare :80: Mr Burros lived in our house nine month, there being a great differanc betwixt Sd Barros & his wife, the differanc was so great that they did Desier us the deponants to com into their room to hear their difference, the contrivercy that was betwixt them was that the afor s'd Burros did rquier his wife to give him a written covenant under her hand and Seall that shee would never reveall his secrits, our anser was that they had once made a covenant before god and men which covenant we did conseive did bind each other to keep their lawfull secrits, and further saith that all the time that s'd Burros did live att our house he was a very sharp man to his wife, notwithstanding to our observation shee was a very good and dutifully wife to him It may explain why a minister such as himself would have been accused of the crime of witchcraft in the first place, according to Baker: George Burroughs was a Harvard-trained minister and a spiritual and community leader, so on the surface he appears to be an unlikely person to be accused. John lane This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 21:13. Death . In addition to details about the death, they can contain birth information, family origins, cause of death, and more. ), Mary Webber wid aged aboute 53 years Testifieth and sayth that she liveing at Casco Bay aboute six or seaven years agoe, when George Burroughs was Minester at s'd place, and liveing anner -- Neighbour to s'd Burroughs , was well acquainted with his wife w'ch was dauter to mr John Ruck of Salem she hath heard her tell much of her husband unkindness to her and that she dare not wright to her father to acquaint [him] how it was with her, and soe desired mee to wright to her father that he would be pleased to send for her and told mee she had beene much affrighted, and that something in the night made anoise in the chamber where she lay as if one Went aboute the Chamber, and she calling up the negro. George Burroughs was the only minister executed as part of the Salem Witch Trials onAugust 19, 1692. 4. and know nothing of it myself otherwise except by common report of others also concerning such things.. When it was finally over and Burroughs still remained in their custody, the lawmen took it as a sign that the Devil had unsuccessfully tried to free Burroughs. We were told that he also was hung because someone wanted his property. 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.. When the parsonage was finally completed, the Burroughs family moved in and took on a young servant, Mercy Lewis, a fellow survivor of the Wabanaki raid of 1676. The accuser said the black man stood and dictated to him. 2, no. Wheldon, Capt Wormwood testifyed about the Gun & Oxford University Press, 2014.Goss, K. David. In 2017, the Proctors Ledge Memorial was built in Salem, Mass and a marker was established for George Burroughs. He took a job as minister of the Salem Village Church in 1680 and his contract was renewed the next year. Born in Glace Bay he was the son of Blanche and the late Patrick Burrows. Herrick Dep't Sheriff, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem, Witchcraft, vol. Walt Disney. Burroughs moved to Falmouth (now Portland, Maine), in which he lived until it was destroyed by the Wabanaki Confederacy in 1690. ), The deposistion of Ann putnam who testifieth and saith that on the 5'th of may 1692 at evening I saw the apperishtion of Mr George Burroughs who greviously tortored me and urged me to writ in his book which I refused then he tould me that his Two first wives would appeare to me presently and tell me a grat many lyes but I should not beleve them:then immediatly appeared to me the forme of Two women in winding sheats and napkins about their heads: att which I was gratly affrighted: and they turned their faces towards Mr. Burroughs and looked very red and angury and tould him that he had been a cruell man to them.and that their blood did crie for vengance against him: and also tould him that they should be cloathed with white Robes in heaven, when he should be cast into hell: and immediatly he vanished away: and as soon as he was gon the Two women turned their faces towards me and looked as pail as a white wall: and tould me that they ware mr Burroughs Two first wives and that he had murthered them: and one tould me that she was his first wife and he stabed hir under the left Arme and put a peace of sealing wax on the wound and she pulled aside the winding sheat and shewed me the place and also tould me that she was in the house Mr parish now lives w'n it was don, and the other tould me that Mr Burrough and that wife which he hath now kiled hir in the vessell as she was coming to se hir friends because they would have one another: and they both charged me that I should tell these things to the Magestraits before Mr Burroughs face and if he did not own them they did not know but that they should appere their: thes morning also Mis Lawson and hir daughter Ann appeared to me whom I knew: and tould me that Mr Burroughs murthered them: this morning also appeared to me another woman in a winding sheat and tould me that she was goodman fullers first wife and Mr Burroughs kiled hir because there was sum differance between hir husband and him: also on the 9'th may dureing the time of his ex- amination he did most greviously torment and afflect Mary Walcott mercy lewes Eliz Hubburd and Abigail williams by pinching prick'g and choaking them 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 Ezekiel Chever ), 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 peter prescott As one of the succession of three ministers who left the Village . II, p. 42. Mary Wolcott I had not time to copy the letter, persons being to go post to Major Walden; but I hope he hath before this sent the original to you. Hubbard, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. Salem.Aug't 5'th 1692. 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. ), Essex ss The Jurors for our Sovereigne Lord and Lady the King and Queen pr'sents That George Burroughs late of Falmouth w'thin the province of the Mattathusets Bay in New England Clerke -- The Ninth Day of May -- in the fourth Year of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord and Lady William and Mary by the Grace of God of Eng- land Scottland France and Ireland King and Queen Defenders of the faith &c Diver other Days and times as well before as after, certaine Detestable Arts called wicthcraft & Sorceries -- wickedly and feloniously hath used Practiced & Exercised at and within the Township of Salem in the County of Essex & aforesaid, in Upon & ag't one Elizabeth Hubbard of Salem in the County of Essex Singlewoman -- by which said wicked Arts the said Elizabeth Hubbard the Ninth Day of May -- in the fourth Year aboves'd and Divers other Days and Times as well before as after.was.and is Tortured afflicted Pined Consumed wasted and Tormented.also for Sundrey other Acts of witchcrafts by Said George Burroughs .Committed and done ag't the Peace of our Sovereigne Lord & Lady the King & Queen their Crowne and dignity and ag't the forme of the Statute in that case made & Provided: Lewis, Jone Johnson. This category includes civil, church, cemetery, obituary, and other death-related collections. 013: Bridget Bishop Executed, June 10, 1692, SWP No. He was the only minister to have experienced this fate in American history. George Burroughs and the Salem Witch Trials." 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. Thus in haste I commit you to Providence of our Lord God and desire Your prayers also for us. Lewis, Jone Johnson. Witnesses I am also a descendent of George Burroughs. "Rev. Sus: sheldon testifyed that Burroughs two wives He served as minister of Salem Village from 1680 until he left in 1683. Sewall , Cle Hist. Summary George Burroughs was born on January 13, 1917. August 1974 . While most ministers were public figures, open and engaged with their community, Burroughs was an intensely private individual and a man of mystery. He was about 42 years of age. 10 men 6 women and 16 children. Witnesses Due to the significance of Burroughss trial, a large crowd gathered at the courthouse to witness the event. *Jonathan Corwin { Assis'ts, M[emoran]d[um]. Society ), Wm & Mary by the Grace of God of England Scotland france & Ireland King & queen defend'rs of the faith &ca --, Wee Comand you to Warn & give Notice unto John Pierce and John lane. Wee Comand you all Excuses set apart to be and personaly appear at the present Court of Oyer & Terminer held at Salem there to Testify the truth to the best of your knowledge on certain Indictm'ts Exhibited against mr George Burrough : hereof fail not dated in Nothing therefore was done at the village, but the steps to arrest him originated at Boston. My husband descends from George Burroughs through the Virginia line of John Burroughs. Since the Salem Village parsonage was in disrepair at the time of Burroughs arrival, the Burroughs family stayed with John Putnam, Sr, and his wife Rebecca. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 2 vv., v. 1 pp. 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. Jno. Although Cotton's words describe, and to some degree justify the trials . putnam aged 40: years and Edward putnam agged 38 years who testifieth and saith. Mary Wolcott Burroughs, ( Witchcraft Papers 7b, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. 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, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem - Witchcraft, vol. Compiled by L.A.Burroughs, p.4. *Step. (Reverse) G. Burroughs . 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. 31, 2021, thoughtco.com/george-burroughs-3529133. 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. One eye witness to the execution, Robert Calef, described the event in his book More Wonders of the Invisible World: Mr. 136: Sarah Wilds Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. 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 askd w[hat] he thought of these things. 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.. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Burroughs. Though there was a widely held belief that a true witch could not recite the Lord's Prayer, Burroughs did so, astounding the crowd. Salem Witchcraft. Burroughs and other survivors, including a young Mercy Lewis and her family, fled to an island in the Casco Bay where they foraged for food until they were rescued, according to a letter from Major Brian Pendleton to the Governor of Massachusetts: Honored Governor together with the Counsell,I am sorry my pen must be the messenger of so great a tragedy. 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. 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. Burroughss trial was held on August 5, 1692. An arrest warrant was issued for Burroughs that day in Portsmouth, NH and was ordered to be carried out by Major Elisha Hutchinson and Field Marshal Jonathan Partridge. evidence: is the truth. *Thomas putnam Because the executions took place during a heat wave, the bodies had to be buried immediately in a shallow grave at the execution site to prevent them from rotting. The resettlement of Falmouth was under way, and Burroughs was preparing to resume his old post there.. In 1711, his family would be given 50 pounds and his name would be cleared of all charges. He then moved toWells, Maine, believing it would be safer fromIndianattacks. George Burroughs. 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. in his Shape appeared to her, & urged [her to set] Jurat in Curia, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. Sam: Sewall Esqrs and know nothing of it myselfe otherwise Except by common report of others also concerning such things <- Return to List of People Involved in the Salem Witch Trials, Categories Colonial America, Salem Witch Trials. 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. His first wife was Hannah Fisher; they had nine children. Thomas putnam, Ann putnam ownid this har testimomy to be the truth uppon har oath.before the Juriars of Inquest this: 3. dy of agust 92, (Reverse) Ann putnam Cont Mary Warren, ( Essex Institute Collection, no. (2021, July 31). *Joseph Neale ). 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. Susan: Sheldon {& 2 Children did accuse him, The Bewitched were so tortured that Authority 167: Petitions from Relatives of Prisoners and Others (October 1692 - January 1693), SWP No. Sworne the first of June 1692 George Burroughs #[case] No (1) George Burroughs, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. Despite being far away from the witch hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts, Burroughs name was brought up as a witch and a warrant was put out for his arrest. Brown {strength & the Gun. Click on the names below to see their relationship charts. I did afterwards forbeare #[The same Evening after these words being alone in one Roome of my house and noe candle or light being in the s'd Roome] the same afternoone I haveing Occation to be at the s'd Beadles house and [being] in the Chamber where mr George Burroughs Keept I observed that s'd Burroughs did steadfastly fix [his] eys upon mee, the same Evening being in my own house, in a Roome without any Light I did see very strange things appeare in the Chimney. Great job on your website. 114: Wilmott Reed Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. George Burroughs may have been born in Suffolk, England, although some sources claim he was born in Scituate sometime in 1650. Eliz. all of the Bewitched) were greivously tortured. Tho Som of us Can Remember of Considerable in the House, besides his Liberary which she Sold and Recd the money for; then Lett it out att Intrest and was afterward Recd by another Husband; and not one farthing bestowed upon any Child but her Own: This being matter of fact we Humbly Leave it with your Honours to Consider wheather of what The Honourable Generall Court allowd &c she have not allredy Recd To much And the Children To Little. the Book. The abovesd was in private none of of a Sab: when that sacrament happened to be Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. 2, no. 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..
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