The Salem witchcraft papers, Volume 1 : verbatim transcipts of the legal documents of the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692 / edited and with an introduction and index by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum / revised, corrected, and augmented by Benjamin C. (Warrant for Arrest of Ann Sears , Bethiah Carter, Sr. , and Bethiah Carter, Jr. ) Whereas Complaint hath benne this day Exhibited (before us) by Thomas putnam and John putnam Jun'r both of Salem Village Yeoman on behalfe of theire Majesties Against Ann Seeres the wife of John Seeres of Woburne and Bethiah Carter of s'd Towne of Woburne widdow and Bethya Carter the daugter of s'd Carter widdow , for high Suspition of Sundry acts of Witchcraft donne by them upon the Bodys of Ann putnam Marcy Lewis Mary Walcot &c of Salem Village whereby much hurt and wrong is donne unto them therefore Craves [Justice].
These are therefore in theire Majest's Names to require you, to apprehand and forthwith bring the persons of the abovenamed before us at Salem Village at the house of Lt Nathaniell Ingersalls in order to theire Examination Relateing to the abovesaid premises and hereof you are not to faile Dated Salem May 8'th 1692 To the Constable of Woburne [pbar ] us *John Hathorne ] Assis'ts *Jonathan. 1692_Salem_Massachusetts_map_BPL_12894.png (918×747)
The Persecuted Proctor Family of Peabody in the Salem Witch Trials - Page 3. The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. Salem Witch Trials: Tituba. Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature An Undergraduate Course, University of Virginia Spring Semester 2001 In late February of 1692, Reverend Samuel Parris called in a doctor to examine his nine-year-old daughter, Betty, and eleven-year-old niece, Abigail Williams-both of whom were suffering from spontaneous fits. The children were soon diagnosed as victims of witchcraft, setting off an outbreak of panic and hysteria, which would sweep throughout Salem Village and its neighboring towns that year. Historians have long pointed the collective finger of blame at the Parris's slave, Tituba, one of the three women first accused of witchcraft, and the only member of this unfortunate trio to survive the year. However, the mantle of guilt so eagerly thrust upon Tituba may not be rightfully hers (and at the very least, not hers alone).
Later investigations have only raised more questions about the very little verifiable information available on her. The Salem witchcraft papers, Volume 1 : verbatim transcipts of the legal documents of the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692 / edited and with an introduction and index by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum / revised, corrected, and augmented by Benjamin C. ( See also Giles Corey -- Warrant .) (Examination of Mary Warren, April 19, 1692) The Examination of Mary Warren At a Court held at Salem Village by John Hauthorne ] Esq'rs Jonath: Corwin ] Esq'rs As soon as she was coming towards the Bar the afflicted fell into fits. Mary Warren, You stand here charged with sundry acts of Witchcraft, what do you say for your selfe, are you guilty, or not? I am inocent. Hath she hurt you (speaking to the sufferers) some were Dumb. Betty Hubbard testifyed ag'st her, & then said Hubbard fell into a violent fit.
You were a little while ago an Afflicted person, now you are an Afflicter: How comes this to pass? I looke up to God, & take it to be a great Mercy of God. What do you take it to be a great mercy to afflict others? Betty Hubbard testifyed that a little after this Mary was well, she the said Mary, said that the afflicted persons did but dissemble. Mary Warren continued a good space in a fit, that she did neither see, nor hear, nor speak. No. Have you not touch it? The Crucible.
The Crucible is a 1953 play by U.S. playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the U.S. government blacklisted accused communists.[1] Miller himself was questioned by the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 and convicted of "contempt of Congress" for refusing to identify others present at meetings he had attended.[2] The play was first performed at the Martin Beck Theater on Broadway on January 22, 1953, starring E.G.
Marshall, Beatrice Straight and Madeleine Sherwood. Act One[edit] The Reverend Parris, watching over his sick daughter Betty, is wondering what is wrong with her. John Proctor comes to see what is wrong with Betty. Parris and the Putnams return, and soon, the Reverend Hale arrives at the Parris home. Act Two[edit] Act Three[edit] Act Four[edit] Tituba. Salem Witch Trials (1692) The goal of this project is to discover our ancestors involved in the notorious Salem Witch Trials, validate their family trees and our own connections to them, and create nigh-quality, genealogically-valid mini biographies for their Profiles. The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings before local magistrates followed by county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the Massachusetts counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex, between February 1692 and May 1693. Despite being generally known as the Salem witch trials, the preliminary hearings in 1692 were conducted in a variety of towns across the province: Danvers, Salem Village, Ipswich, Andover, and Salem Town.
The best-known trials were conducted by the Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 in Salem Town. Over 150 people were arrested and imprisoned, with even more accused but not formally pursued by the authorities. Causes Many Theories Stress: Stress was certainly present in 1692 Salem. Afflicted by Witchcraft. The Witch House. A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials. Salem Maritime National Historic Site - Salem Maritime National Historic Site. Official Salem MA Guide - Restaurants, Attractions, Hotels, Shopping, Tours. The Seventeenth Century During the winter of 1623-1624, a fishing settlement was established on Cape Ann by England's Dorchester Company. After three years of struggle on rocky, stormy Cape Ann, a group of the settlers, led by Roger Conant, set out to establish a more permanent settlement. They found sheltered, fertile land at the mouth of the Naumkeag River.
The new settlement, called Naumkeag, or "Fishing Place" by the Native Americans, thrived on farming and fishing. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 In January of 1692, the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village became ill. To understand the events of the Salem witch trials, it is necessary to examine the times in which accusations of witchcraft occurred. In June of 1692, the special Court of Oyer (to hear) and Terminer (to decide) sat in Salem to hear the cases of witchcraft. As years passed, apologies were offered and restitution was made to the victims' families. Learn more: Maritime Salem Learn more: Salem Massachusetts - Salem Tales - Pioneer Village. Salem 1630 America's first living history museum is not Colonial Williamsburg or Plymouth Plantation but Salem's own Pioneer Village. Photos by Jim McAllister (All rights reserved) In 1930, the city of Salem set out to re-create Salem as it would have appeared at the time of John Winthrop's arrival in 1630.
The project was part of Salem's contribution to the Massachusetts Tercentenary celebration in 1930. Overseeing the recreation was George Francis Dow. The spot chosen for the 3 acre village was a harbor front site in Forest River Park. Five thousand plants, trees and shrubs representing species known to have grown in the Salem area in 1630 added an air of authenticity. Pioneer Village opened in June 1930 and remained a popular tourist destination well into the 1950's.
In the ensuing few years Goss, LaChapelle, and other museum professionals and volunteers worked to restore Pioneer Village to its former glory. The village was open on a full time basis by the 1988 tourist season. Danvers, Massachusetts : a resume of her past h... The Creepiest Town in America: Danvers, MA | My American Odyssey.
Prior to the 1850′s in New England, insane people, like this woman, were auctioned off to the highest bidder to do with as they pleased. Sometime around 10:30am on the morning of Saturday, November 12th, 2011, a 24-year-old Danvers, Massachusetts man knocked on his neighbor’s door. When the neighbor opened the door, the man took the cat he was carrying under his arm and tossed it into the neighbor’s house. Startled, the neighbor asked him why he was doing that. The man replied, ““Because of the aliens, they’re in the woods killing people. We need to save the cats.” The neighbors knew Stephen Ansastasi.
Indeed he was. 60-year-old John Ansastasi had been bludgeoned repeatedly with a hammer and stabbed twice in the neck. Yet three months later, Stephen Ansastasi continued to maintain his innocence, insisting that aliens had done it. This macabre turn of events was nothing new for Danvers. Confined in Cages. Danvers State Mental Hospital opened in 1878. An Ice Pick in the Eye Welcome to Hell. Chronicles of Danvers (old Salem village) Massa... Danvers Genealogy (in Essex County, Massachusetts)