Richd.Hanniwell & John Greinslett were then present & some others yt are dead. Startled, Ruck stated that even the Devil himself didnt know what she said, to which Burroughs replied My God makes known your thoughts unto me.. Stoughton I suppose a dozen of them. The afflicted girls, Ann Putnam, Jr., Sarah Bibber, Mercy Lewis, Elizabeth Hubbard, Abigail Hobbs, Mary Warren, Susannah Sheldon, testified against Burroughs as well and accused him of murdering members of his family and other people in the community. This stirred the crowd and it is suggested that some of the spectators may have tried to stop the execution. On August 5, George Burroughs was indicted by a grand jury; then a trial jury found him and five others guilty of witchcraft. Eliz. 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. Ann Putman, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. George Burroughs and the Salem Witch Trials." 2, no. Updated: November 13, 2011 . Demonstrators hold signs honouring George Floyd and other victims of racism as they gather during a protest outside Hennepin County Government Center on March 28 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At his entry into the Room, many (if not Cotton Mather witnessed the event as well. Mercy Lewis later moved to Salem Village from Maine, joining many other refugees, and became a servant with the Putnams of Salem Village. He served as minister of Salem Village from 1680 until he left in 1683. . Upon returning home, he did not change out of his wet clothes and went straight to dinner. Each of these accused was given a moment to say their last words. as I was agoeing to Salem village I saw the apperishtion of a little man like a minister with a black coat on and he pinched me by the arme and bid me goe along with him but I tould him I would not but when I cam to the village I saw theire Mr. George Burroughs which I never saw before and then I knew that it was his apperishtion which I had seen in the morning and he tortured me several times while he was in examination also dureing the time of his examination I saw Mr. George Burroughs or his Apparanec most greviously torment and afflect Mary Walcott mercy Luis Elizabeth Hubbert Ann putnam and abigaill williams by pinching twisting & almost choaking them to death also severall times sence mr george Burroughs or his Apperance has most greviously tormented me with variety of tortors and 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 wicthcraft, Sarah Viber declared to the Jury of inquest:that the above written evidence is the truth:Aug'st 3: 1692 the which she owned on her oath Nathaniel Ingersoll and five others paid a 15 pound bond to keep Burroughs out of prison and also collected depositions in his favor. peter prescott Geo Burroughs This memorial website was created in memory of George Burroughs, 38, born on January 17, 1915 and passed away on April 0, 1953. This being about.4.a clock in the after noon, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem - Witchcraft Vol. July 1954 . This was near enough the border with French Canada that the threat of French and Indian war parties was real. When they finally arrived in Salem, Burroughs was brought to the jail in Salem town. and seemed to have a Motion upward upon Which I called the Mayd, and she looking up into the Chimney saw the same, and my wife looking up could not see any thing, soe I did and doe #[very Certainly] [Concider] it was some diabolicall apperition, Mr. Elizer. He was raised in the town of Roxbury (a century later would be the town William Dawes rode through to warn the colonists of the British) by his mother and would be educated at Harvard College where he graduated in 1670 with honors. The accusers said the black man [Devil] stood and dictated to him. George Burroughs was a minister who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Taylor Trade Publishing, 2002.Torrey, Clarence Almon. Burroughss trial was held on August 5, 1692. appeared in their winding sheets, & said that One theory is that she saw her parents killed. Death . Despite this, he was executed on the same day like many others. Printed for Nath. Former Site of the Salem CourthouseAddress: Washington Street (about 100 feet south of Lynde Street), opposite the Masonic Temple, Salem, Mass. 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. William & Mary by the Grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King & Queen defend'rs of the faith &ca The judges also asked Burroughs when he last took communion, which he couldnt remember, and asked how many of his children were baptized, which he answered only the eldest was, and asked if it was true that he refused to let his second wife, Sarah Ruck Hathorne, write to her father without letting him see the letter first, which he denied. Yet other sources identify his father as Nathaniel Burroughs, a merchant in Maryland and Massachusetts and state that his grandfather was a prominent minister in England. 140163, 296-304, 319, 480, 482, 514. His first wife was Hannah Fisher; they had nine children. To make matters worse for Burroughs his wife died suddenly and he was unable to pay for her funeral. 1, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA.. ), The Examination of Geo: Burroughs 9.May.1692 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. was Baptised. Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. Burroughs moved to Falmouth, in which he lived until it was destroyed by theWabanaki Confederacyin 1690. [9] She is a former faculty member of the Humanist Institute. Burroughs eldest son, Charles Burroughs, filed a claim stating that his fathers estate was seized after his conviction, leaving the family with very little money, and asked for 50 pounds in damages: To the Honoured Comitte apoined by the Gennarll Court to Inquire into the Names of Such as may be Meet for takeing of the atta[nbar ]der for the Makeing Some Restitucon & these Humbly & Sorroufully Shew that our Dear & Honourd father Mr George Burrough was aprehened in apriel 1692 at wells & Imprisoned Severall Months in Bostone & Salem Goales and at last Condemened & Executed for whichcraft which we have all the reason in the world to bleve he was innocent of by his carefull Chatecizing his Chilldren & upholding religion in his family and by his Solom & Savory written Instructions from prison we were Left a parsell of small Chilldren of us helpless & a mother in Law with one Small Child of her owne to take care of whereby she was not so Capable to take care of us by all which our fathers small Estate was most of it Lost & Expended and we Scattered we cannot tell Certanly what the lose may be but the Least we can Judge by best information was fifty poundes besides the damage that hath acrued to us many wayes thereby is Some hundreds of pounds wee Earnestly pray that the attainder may be taken of & if you please the fifty pounds may be restored.. Jno. Despite not living in Salem for many years prior to the Salem Witch Trials, Burroughs was found guilty of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. John lane Edward putnam The claim: The cause of George Floyd's death was a drug overdose. 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 013: Bridget Bishop Executed, June 10, 1692, SWP No. Hillar, at the Princess-Arms, in Leaden-Hall-Street, over against St. Mary-Ax, and Joseph Collier, at the Golden Bible, on London Bridge. In 2019, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia ranked as the 7th leading cause of death. Mary Walcott {testimony going to be read Sus: sheldon testifyed that Burroughs two wives Elizabeth Hubbard My mother was Norma Burroughs. Thomas Ruck of his sudden coming in after them & that he could tell his thoughts. Thirty-five citizens of Salem Village signed a petition to the court, but it did not move the court. The six, including Burroughs, were sentenced to death. [en] Vital records: George Burroughs at +Archives . [citation needed] 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 (such feats of strength being presumed impossible without diabolical assistance[8]). 2, no. ), You are Required in their Maj'sts names to aprehend the body of mr George Buroughs at present preacher at Wells in the provence of Maine, & Convay him with all Speed to Salem before the Magestrates there, to be Examened, he being Suspected for a Confederacy with the devil in opressing of Sundry about Salem as they relate. some thing Jumped down from between the Chimney & the side of the house and Run down the stairs and s'd Burroughs followed it down, and the negro then s'd it was something like a white calfe: another tyme lyeing with her husband some thing came into the house and stood by her bed side and breathed on her, and she being much affrighted at it, would have awakened her husband but could not for a con- siderable tyme, but as soone as he did awake it went away., but this I heard her say. Aug'st 3: 1692, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. According to historian Sidney Perley, an old family story from the Buffum family states that from his house on nearby Boston street, Joshua Buffam could see Burroughss exposed hand and foot sticking out of the crevice, so just after night fall he went to cover them so they were no longer visible. Thanks for writing it. Salem August 2'd 1692. George Burroughs was the only Puritan minister indicted and executed in Salem in 1692. In 1690, Burroughs moved to Wells, Maine where he continued to preach. Mary Wolcott I told him itt did not belong to mee, and I was not willing to medle or make with itt, then s'd King sayd are you not a Christian if you are a Christian goe [&] see him and discourse with him, but I told him I did beleive it did not belong to such as I was to discourse him he being a Learned man. His failure to baptize his children or to attend communion and the secrecy he seemed to keep did not look well on him. 6th great-grandson John Ritter. He owned that none of his children, but the Eldest knew, Abig: Hobbs Ordered them to be taken away Some of them, Sarah Bibber testified that he had hurt her tho It appears from court records that Burroughss children soon began fighting over the money. ThoughtCo, Jul. Aug. 3, 1692. ), Elizer Keysar aged aboute fourty five yeares Sayth that on Thursday last past being the fift day of this Instant moneth of May I was at the house of Thomas [Beadles] in salem, and Capt Daniell King being there also, at the same tyme, and in the Same Roome. 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. Compiled by L.A.Burroughs, p.4. Witnesses marshall of the Provence of newhansher and maine, (Reverse) Warrant agt Burroughs the Marchalls Returne, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. We Subscribe Our Selves your Honours Humble Sertts.. 164: Preparation for the Court of Oyer and Terminer (May - August 1692), SWP No. ). On December 12, Washington was out on horseback supervising farm activities and it began to snow. Death of his wife & Lawson's Childe, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 037: Giles Corey Pressed to Death, September 16, 1692, SWP No. 7a, Mass. The villagers disliked his attitude and thought he was unqualified for the role. When Burroughs was cut down from the gallows, his body was dragged to a rocky crevice bordering the execution site, his clothing was stripped off and he was dressed in a pair of trousers of one executed and was placed in the grave with Willard and Carrier. lookt upon her & she fell into a According to a recent handwriting analysis by Professor Peter Grund, from the University of Kansas, the afflicted girls testimonies were all written by Thomas Putnam. He died in August 1974 at 57 years old. George Burroughs. Salem Witch Trials MemorialAddress: Liberty Street, Salem Mass, Proctors Ledge MemorialAddress: 7 Pope St, Salem, Mass, Site of the Salem Witch Trials ExecutionsAddress: Proctors Ledge, wooded area between Proctor Street and Pope Street, Salem, Mass. then we come into the house of left Ingersoll and I went into the great Roome and abigle come in and said ther he stands I said wher wher and presently draed my rapyer but he emmedetly was gon as she said then said she ther is a gray catt then i said wher abouts doth she stand ther s'd she ther than I struck # [with] with my rapyer then she fell in afitt and when it was over she said you kild hur and immedetly Sary good come and carrid hur away this was about 12 a clock at both, yet did not partake of either. As had happened with his predecessor, the first minister to serve Salem Villages separately from Salem Town, the church would not ordain him and he left in a bitter salary fight, at one point being arrested for debt, though members of the congregation paid his bail. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/george-burroughs-3529133. He left in 1683, moving back to Falmouth. According to Mathers account of the trial, in September, two witnesses came forward and offered testimony against Burroughs. Letter from Fancis Littlefield and others to Governor and Councils. of Inquest Aug'st 3 1692 upon the oath she has taken 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. *mary webber, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. Burroughss secrecy and his other odd traits later became a theme during his trial and were discussed in great detail in the testimony of his accusers and former associates. his approbation of her letter to her Father: Elizabeth Hubbard Burroughs was described in a reading by Frances Hill: "George Burroughs was confident, strong-willed, and decisive, a man of action as well as a preacher, unusually athletic and clever enough to do well in Harvard. then s'd King sayd I beleive he is a Child of god, a Choice Child of god, and that God would Clear up his Inocency; soe I told him my Opinion or feare was, that he was, the Cheife of all the persons accused for witchcraft or the Ring Leader of them -- all, and told him also that I beleived if he was such an one his Master meening the divell had told him before now, what I said of him, And s'd King seemeing to mee to be in a passion. The cause of George Washington's death was a throat infection. 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,. attest *Step. Rebecca is a freelance journalist and history lover who got her start in journalism working for small-town newspapers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire after she graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England. Burroughs was carried in a cart with the others, through the streets of Salem to execution. George Burroughs (c. 1650 August 19, 1692) was an American religious leader who was the only minister executed for witchcraft during the course of the Salem witch trials. 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. When they ran into Burroughs again, he chided his wife for what she had said privately to her brother. Derek Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for 9 minutes and . 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. Short of stature, muscular, dark-complexioned, he was highly attractive to women, as is shown by his winning the hand of a rich widow as his second wife when he was a mere village minister. {have them write. 22. Witnesses. 7th great-grandson . Rebecca Beatrice Brooks is the author and publisher of the History of Massachusetts Blog. Humbly craving continually your prayers and help in this distressed case, so praying almighty God continually to prepare you, that you may be a terror to evil-doers and a praise to them that do well, we remain yours to serve in what we are able. I Recd an order from the Gov'r & Council to aprehend mr George Buroughs at present preacher at Wells, to be Sent to Salem their to be Examened, being Suspected to have Confedracy with the devil in opressing Sundry persons about yo'r Towne of Salem, accordingly I have sent him by John Partredg Marshal of this provence, Except he meet with any other Authority that will commit him to Some other officer to be Convayed as above, he pleading it will be to his damage to go So far, I am 2, no. The six, including Burroughs, were sentenced to death. George Burroughs and the Salem Witch Trials. The idea that the Devil may have infiltrated the church terrified the people of Salem and made Burroughss trial one of the most significant trials in the witch hysteria. George Burroughs #[case] No (1) George Burroughs, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. The next day, Margaret Jacobs recanted her testimony against both Burroughs and her grandfather, George Jacobs, Sr. As with the others executed, he was cast into a common, unmarked grave. 095: Sarah Osborne Died in Prison, May 10, 1692, SWP No. In September, 1681, Mr. Burroughs wife died, and he had to run in debt for her funeral expenses. -- He then moved to Wells, Maine, believing it would be safer from Indian attacks. Burroughs .) It is important to note how Burroughs was described as some of these attributes would be stated against him by his accusers: George Burroughs was confident, strong-willed, and decisive, a man of action as well as a preacher, unusually athletic and clever enough to do well in Harvard. the Bewitched being present. It he should become apprised of what was going on, his escape into remoter and inaccessible settlements would have baffled the whole scheme. Capt Wm Wormall Sworne to the above & that he Saw him Raise it from the ground, himselfe Martha Ingalls Allen was born between 1643 and 1650 to Andrew Allen (or Allin) (1623-1690), one of the original 23 settlers of Andover, and Faith Ingalls (1623-1690) in Andover. Burroughs was minister of Salem Village for three years a decade prior. 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. Simon Willard ownd: to the Jury of Inquest, that the above written evidence is the truth, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem - Witchcraft, vol. 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. Wheldon, Capt Wormwood testifyed about the Gun & ), 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 ), Wee whoes names are under written having r'ceived an order from the sreife for to search the bodyes of George Burroughs and George Jacobs . Women are disproportionately affected. George Burroughs was hangedthe same day as were John Proctor, George Jacobs, Sr., John Willard and Martha Carrier. Susan: Sheldon {& 2 Children did accuse him, The Bewitched were so tortured that Authority [12], Execution of Reverend George Burroughs, 1901 drawing, Genealogy of the Burroughs Family, 1894. In 1711, the Massachusetts legislature passed a law to clear the names of the convicted witches and offered restitution to the survivors and their families if they came forward. Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama 35901 . Elis: Hubbard {& they all fell into fits George Burrows. He remained there for the next two years until he was unexpectedly drawn into the witch hysteria of 1692. Born in England about 1611, Giles Corey was one of the six men to be executed during the Salem witch trials of 1692. For a puritan minister, the fact that he couldnt remember the last time he took communion and that only some of his children were baptized did not reflect well on him. ). 022: George Burroughs Executed, August 19, 1692, SWP No. In 1711,thelegislatureof the Province of Massachusetts Bayrestored all rights to those who had been accused in the 1692 witch trials. 33. Like most widowers with young children, he remarried shortly after, to a woman named Sarah Ruck Hathorne. The Lewis family then moved to Salem, and when Falmouth seemed safe, moved back. 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. He denyed that his family was affrighted by a At his execution, he quoted the Lords Prayer which a witch should not have been able to do. George Burroughs, signed by Peter's brothers John and Nathaniel, were sent to the Governor and Council to improve the conditions of Wells, Maine. George Burroughs and the Salem Witch Trials." 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. (2021, July 31). 097: Alice Parker Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. Hannah died in childbirth in 1681, leaving George Burroughs with a newborn and two other children. As soon as he was turned off [hanged], Mr. Cotton Mather, being mounted upon a horse, addressed himself to the people, partly to declare that he [Mr. Burroughs] was no ordained Minister, partly to possess the people of his guilt, saying that the devil often had been transformed into the Angel of Light. 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. Memorial plaque located on Masonic Temple. 34 ), Benjemin huchension s'd that one the 21'st aprell 92 abegeral wiluams s'd that there.was a lettell black menester that Lived at Casko bay he told me so and s'd that he had kild 3 wifes two for himself and one for mr Losen and that he had made nine Weches in this plase and s'd that he Could hold out the hevest gun that Is in Casko bay w'th one hand w'c no man Can Case hold out w't both. 171: Officials' Expense Accounts for 1692 (Submitted 1692 - 1694), SWP No. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. 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. 078: George Jacobs, Sr. her, that he had made her set her hand to George Burroughs was born 26 October 1579 in Wickhambrook, Saint Edmundsbury, Suffolk, England to Thomas Burroughs (1531-1597) and Bridget Elizabeth Heigham (1530-1597) and died 1 February 1653 Pettaugh, Suffolk, England of unspecified causes.