Primary Source on the Examination, Indictments, Accusers of Any Accused Person The best source is the Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project “ SWP No. 024: Martha Carrier Executed, August 19, 1692 .” SWP No. 094: SWP No. 024: Martha Carrier Executed, August 19, 1692 – New Salem – Pelican, University of Virginia, …
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Andover
Why were the greatest number of witchcraft accusations made in Andover? The witch trials began in Salem and soon spread to other settlements, but the greatest number of accusations by far occurred in Andover. There are many theories about this and most focus on the North Andover parish’s assistant minister, Reverend Thomas Barnard. Barnard was …
Hero of Andover’s Witch Trials
Rev. Francis John Dane Ingalls Family Connection: Close family relationship: Elizabeth Ingalls (Henry, Sr.’s sister) Biographical Sketch of Rev. Francis Dane and His Contribution to Halting the Trials “Decidedly against the concept of witchcraft, the Reverend himself was accused of being a witch during the Salem Village hysteria of 1692; but, was never charged. He was baptized in …
Martha Allen Carrier
Category: Accused, Brought to Trial, Convicted, Executed Ingalls Family Connection: Close family relationship: Faith Ingalls (Henry, Sr.’s sister) Biographical Sketch of Martha Ingalls Allen Carrier from a Descendants’ Point of View “August 5, 1692 five residents of Andover, Massachusetts were led to the gallows and, in front of a large crowd of witnesses, hung atop Gallows …
The Towne Sisters: Rebecca Nurse, Mary Esty, Sarah Cloyce
Category: Accused, Brought to Trial, Convicted, Executed : Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Town Esty Category: Accused, Indicted, Charges Dismissed : Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyce Ingalls Family Connection: Very extended relationship through marriage: Elizabeth Ingalls (Henry, Sr.’s sister) Biographical Sketch of Rebecca Towne Nurse “Rebecca Nurse (February 21, 1621–July 19, 1692) was a victim of the …
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Mary Ayer Parker
Category: Accused, Indicted, Brought to Trial, Executed Ingalls Family Connection: Extended relationship through marriage: Mary Osgood Biographical Sketch of Mary Ayer Parker “The Untold Story of Mary Ayer Parker: Gossip and Confusion in 1692” Written by Jacqueline Kelly, copyright, 2005 In September1692, Mary Ayer Parker of Andover came to trial in Salem Massachusetts, suspected of …
Elizabeth Jackson Howe
Category: Accused, Brought to Trial, Convicted, Executed Ingalls Family Connection: Extended relationship through marriage: Elizabeth Ingalls (Henry, Sr.’s sister) Biographical Sketches of Elizabeth Jackson ” Elizabeth Jackson Howe (1635?-1692) – Born to William and Deborah Jackson in England in about 1635, she was little more than a year old when her parents immigrated to the United …
Essex County 1692: A Perfect Storm
from A Modest Enquiry Into the Nature of Witchcraft “Such was the darkness of that day, the tortures and lamentations of the afflicted, and the power of former presidents, that we walked in the clouds, and could not see our way. And we have most cause to be humbled for error on that hand, which …
Henry Ingalls, Sr.: English Yeoman
A Bit of Skirbeck History Back in the day, the church was the center of any English village. The Church of Saint Nicholas was no exception. Here is a summary of the church’s history, taken from Diocese of Lincoln, Skirbeck St. Nicholas: The hamlet of Scirebec is listed in the Domesday Book of 1085 and …
Mary Osgood: Typical Puritan
Many people with sketchy knowledge of the Puritans who arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Great Migration assume that most Puritan families were English commoners of limited means seeking religious freedom, land, and a better life. The truth is that, with the exception of servants, the Puritans were well educated, accomplished people of …
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