of the afflicted, wo stood behind him. His failure to baptize his children or to attend communion and the secrecy he seemed to keep did not look well on him. The sholdiers *Stephen Sewall , Cler. Elizabeth Hubbard Tom West sworne His second wife was Sarah Ruck Hathorne, and they had four children. that they & Every of them be & personaly app'r forthwith at the pr'sent Court of Oyer & Termin'r holden at Salem to Testify the truth to the best of thier knowledge on certain Indicm'ts Exhibited against mr George Burrough hereof Make return fail Not dated in Salem Aug't 4'th 1692 in the fourth yeare of Our Reign My husband descends from George Burroughs through the Virginia line of John Burroughs. With those words, under the tearful gaze of an ambivalent crowd the George Burroughs was hanged. 21. The manner of death was deemed to be homicide. John Putnam and his wife Rebecca testified that when Burroughs stayed at their house, he was often harsh towards his first wife, Hannah, and Burroughs once told them that he required Hannah to sign a written agreement that she would never reveal his secrets. 1689: Benjamin Holton dies in Salem Village, and the doctor attending cannot identify a cause of death. Summary George Burroughs was born on January 13, 1917. Over the course of the following decade, the residents of Salem had come to the realization that the witch trials had been a mistake and that innocent people may have been executed. Sheldon said Burroughss spirit came to her and confessed that he had killed three children in Eastward, or Maine, and also killed his first two wives, smothering the first and choking the second, and killed two of his own children. Simon Willard ownd: to the Jury of Inquest, that the above written evidence is the truth, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem - Witchcraft, vol. Richd.Hanniwell & John Greinslett were then present & some others yt are dead. ), 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. Ann Putnam About the Gun he said he took it before the Each of these accused was given a moment to say their last words. 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. *Stephen Sewall Cler 7a, Mass. The Salem Witch Trials Victims: Who Were They? George Burroughs would use one or more of these texts in his trial in 1692, attempting to refute the charges against him. Aprel.30'th 1692 When it was Burroughs turn, he climbed the ladder and made an eloquent speech declaring his innocence and then recited the Lords prayer flawlessly, despite the common belief that witches couldnt recite the prayer without making a mistake. More Wonders of the Invisible World. I s'd deponant saw Mr Borroughs: put his hand on the gun: to show us: how he held it and where he held his hand:and saying there he held his hand when he held s'd gun out: but:I saw him not hold it out then: George Burroughs George Burroughs (1917 . s'd Capt Daniell King Asked mee Whether I would not goe up, and see mr Burrows and discourse with him. 024: Martha Carrier Executed, August 19, 1692, SWP No. Burroughs denied these accusations, but they were common accusations against him. Being ask'd w[hether] he partook of the Lords supper, he being (as 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.. Taylor Trade Publishing, 2002.Torrey, Clarence Almon. Click on the names below to see their relationship charts. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/george-burroughs-3529133. 140163, 296-304, 319, 480, 482, 514. Vol. ), 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 . George Robert Burrows, Circa 1867 - 1947 His great grandma was Nora Burroughs (Armistead) from New Point, Mathews, Virginia. Peabody Essex Museum, Phillips Library, Salem, MA.). He was the only minister to have experienced this fate in American history. of Inquest Aug'st 3 1692 upon the oath she has taken ), 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. Edward putnam According to Mathers account of the trial, in September, two witnesses came forward and offered testimony against Burroughs. 072: Elizabeth How Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. Death records are primary resources for details about the death, since they were typically created relatively near the time of the death. 2, no. In 2017, the Proctors Ledge Memorial was built in Salem, Mass and a marker was established for George Burroughs. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Burroughs. man killed them [words rubbed out] The same day after lecttor in the said: Ingersolls chamber abigaill williams mary walcot said that goody hobs of topfell bitt mary walcot by the foot then both falling into a fit as soone as it was over the said william hobs and his wife goe both of them a long the table; the said hucheson tooke his rapier stabed goody hobs one the side as abigaill williams & mary walcot saide: the said abigaill & mar said the roome was full of them then the said hucheson & Ely putnam stabed with their raperres at a ventor then said mary & abigell you have killed a greet black woman of Stonintown. Witnesses. ), Samuel Webber aged about 36 years Testifieth and sayth that aboute seaven or eight Yeares agoe I Lived at Casco Bay and George Burroughs was then Minester there, and haveing heard much of the great strength of him s'd Burroughs ; he Coming to our house wee ware in discourse about the same and he then told mee that he had put his fingers into the Bung of a Barrell of Malasses and lifted it up, and carryed it Round him and sett it downe againe. (2021, July 31). He was accused of such acts as lifting weights beyond what would be humanly possible to lift. Abig: Hobbs in prison affirmed that Geo: Burroughs Burroughs had moved to Wells, Maine, and had been married another two times before the time of the trials. 037: Giles Corey Pressed to Death, September 16, 1692, SWP No. 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 9th may 1692 : the day of the Examination of Mr. George Burroughs the aforesaid parsons were most dreadfully tormented during the time of his Examination as if they would have been torn all 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 at the bar has severall times afflected and tormented the afforesaid persons by acts of witchcraft.. Jurat in Curia, wee whose names are under writen being present with Ann putnam att the time above mentioned hard hir declare what is above writen what she said she saw and hard from the Apperishtion of Mr. George Burroughs : and allso beheld hir tortors:and perceived her hellish temtations by hir loud out cries I will not I will not writ tho you torment al days of my life:and being conversant with hir ever sence have seen hir tortored and complaining that Mr. Burroughs hirt hir.and tempts hir to writ in his Book We will remember him forever. Thomas Putnam, The abovs'd Complaint was Exhibited before us this 30'th aprill 1692, (Essex Institute Collection, no. 24 ). 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 2, no. On May 9, Burroughs was brought to the Salem Village meetinghouse where he was examined by John Hathorne, William Stoughton and Jonathan Corwin, while Reverend Samuel Parris took notes. 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. Women are disproportionately affected. The Baxter Manuscripts, Volume 5 ed by James Phinney Baxter. 25 ), Elizabeth hubord aged about 17 yers saith that the last second day at night: There apeared a little black beard man to me in blackish aparill I asked him his name. John Pierce and George Burrough's children were among those. John Hathorne served on the church committee to find Burroughs' replacement. [12], Execution of Reverend George Burroughs, 1901 drawing, Genealogy of the Burroughs Family, 1894. From June through September of 1692, nineteen men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill, a barren slope near Salem Village, for hanging. Mary Wolcott Mercy Lewis later moved to Salem Village from Maine, joining many other refugees, and became a servant with the Putnams of Salem Village. [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]). Witnesses Nothing therefore was done at the village, but the steps to arrest him originated at Boston. 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. This was an excellent article! There Being Complaint this day made (Before us) by Capt Jonathan Walcot and Serj't Thomas putnam of Salem Village, in behalfe of theire Majesties, for themselfes, and also for Severall of theire Neighbours Against George Burroughs Minester in Wells in the province of Maine Lydia Dasting in Reading Widow Susanah Martin of Amesbury Widow Dorcas Hoar of Beverly Widdow, and Sarah Murrell of Beverly And phillip English of Salem Merchant for high Suspition of Sundry acts of Witchcraft done or Committed by them Upon the Bodys of Mary Walcot . 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. on The Witchcraft Trial of Reverend George Burroughs, The Witchcraft Trial of Reverend George Burroughs, View all posts by Rebecca Beatrice Brooks. . Hubbard One theory is that she saw her parents killed. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Lorraine (Turnbull); his daughter, Nancy; special sons . Printed for Nath. Being askd w[hat] he thought of these things. part of the day, & the other at Charlstown part 167: Petitions from Relatives of Prisoners and Others (October 1692 - January 1693), SWP No. Burroughs borrowed the money for Hannahs funeral from John Putnam. 171: Officials' Expense Accounts for 1692 (Submitted 1692 - 1694), SWP No. On August 5, George Burroughs was indicted by a grand jury; then a trial jury found him and five others guilty of witchcraft. The next day, Margaret Jacobs was examined, and she implicated George Burroughs. Thanks for writing it. Vol. Salem August 2'd 1692. This category includes civil, church, cemetery, obituary, and other death-related collections. Exclude: Great Migration Magna Carta Royalty. I suppose a dozen of them. Eliz. [1] Another source gives his birth date and place as Virginia, 1652. Jonath: Corwin. 136: Sarah Wilds Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. 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. George Burroughs was the only minister that was executed during the Salem Witch Trials. Copyright 2023 The History Junkie | Bamboo on Trellis Framework by Mediavine. He was hanged on 19 August 1692 at Gallows Hill, Salem, Essex . Her fathers name was George Wunder Burroughs and he was a senior official in his Masonic Lodge in Long Beach, Calif. Hi Rebecca! William Phips (1692-1693), SWP No. 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. In 2003, George required an ablation procedure due to an arrhythmia. her, that he had made her set her hand to ). Thomas Putnam, ( Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft, Boston, 1867, II, 139-140. 6, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. 17, James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Mercy Lewis At the time of Burroughs arrival, Salem was in a constant state of conflict and many of its residents were feuding. George Floyd's heart disease and use of fentanyl were contributing factors to his death, but they were not the direct cause, the medical examiner who performed his autopsy testified on Friday in . Elizabeth Hubbard Burroughss trial was held on August 5, 1692. we whose names are under written being present with ann putnam at the times above mentioned: saw hir tortured and hard hir refuse to writ in the book also hard hir declare what is above writen: what she said she saw and hard from the Apperishtion of Mr. George Burroghs and from thos which acc[used him] for murthering of them 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. Many of the things you point out verify what was passed down in family history. or Jona Curwin Esq s, ( Witchcraft Papers, 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.. 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. While most ministers were public figures, open and engaged with their community, Burroughs was an intensely private individual and a man of mystery. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936, vol. Jurat in Curia His trial was the largest due to him being a member of the clergy. ), Memorand'm in mr George Burroughs Tryall besides the written Evidences that was Sworne sev'll who gave theirs by word of mouth & Major Browne holding Out a heavy Gun w'th One hand. the Book. she should not write to her Father Ruck without He denyed that about the Mallossoes *Joseph Neale Great job on your website. Greenwood Press, 2008.Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University. However, the relationship with Salem would be tumultuous due to the town often not paying his wages. that at the time of the taking of this deposicon Goody Nurse appeared in the roome & afflicted the Depon't Mary & Deliverance Hobbs as they attested & alsoe almost Choaked abigaile Hobbs as alsoe testified, & Mr English then run a pin into Maryes hand as she attested, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. It has taken 10 weeks for George Michael's cause of death to emerge George Michael died as a result of heart and liver disease, a coroner has confirmed. George Carlin experienced several heart problems, having three heart attacks over three decades - one in 1978, 1982, and 1991. & others unknowne came to this depon't & Mr Burroughs had a trumpett & sounded it, & they would have had this depon't to have gone up with them to a feast at Mr parris- ses & Goody Nurse & Goody procter told her this depon't they were Deacons & would have had her eat some of their sweet bread & wine & she asking them what wine that was one of them said it was blood & better then our wine but this depon't refused to eat or drink with them & they then dreadfully afflicted her at that tyme. ), Province of the Mattathusets Bay in New EnglandThe deposition of Thomas Greinslitt aged about forty years Testfieth. Updated: November 13, 2011 . On Monday afternoon, an independent autopsy ordered by George's family found . In January of 1712, the court ordered that 6 of the 50 pounds was to be divided in equal shares among all of Burroughs children: Charles Burroughs, Jeremiah Burroughs, Rebecca Fowle, Hannah Fox, Elizabeth Thomas, and Mary Burroughs. He answered it was so long since he could not tell: yet 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. Burroughs graduated from Harvard University in 1670 and, in 1673, married his first wife Hannah Fisher. *mary webber, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. ), 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