He said (some of you may observe, that) when 163: Two Letters of Gov. take it in his hands or arms out of the Cannoo or boat and carry it and set it on the shore: and mr Borroughs being: there sayd that he had carryed one barrill of molasses.or sider: out of a cannoo that had like to have done him a displeasure: s'd mr Borroughs intimated: as if he did not want strength to do it but the disadvantage of the shore was such: that his foot slipping in the sand: he had like to have strained his legg 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. 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 063: Sarah Good Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. 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. Stories circulated about him, including many that described his tremendous strength so great that some believed it could not be earthly. 5, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. Sam: Sewall Esqrs His trial was the largest due to him being a member of the clergy. He denyed that he made his wife swear, that Wm. To make matters worse for Burroughs his wife died suddenly and he was unable to pay for her funeral. He was unable to repay the debt, and resigned from his post, leaving Salem in 1683.[5]. Despite this, he was executed on the same day like many others. Burroughss trial was held on August 5, 1692. 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 . in his Shape appeared to her, & urged [her to set] Peter's second wife, Sarah Cloyce, sister of Rebecca Nurse and Mary Easty (or Eastey), relocated to Salem End, now West Framingham. Your research is so interesting and I appreciate all your hard work. Edward putnam My mother was Norma Burroughs. His second wife was Sarah Ruck Hathorne, and they had four children. 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.. And her daughter Mary affirmed that Mr. George Burroughs was at the witch meetings and witch sacraments, and that she knows Mr. Burroughs to be of the company of witches. He then moved to Wells, Maine, believing it would be safer from Indian attacks. 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. 173: Reversal of Attainder and Restitution (1710 - 1750). Burroughs moved to Falmouth (now Portland, Maine), in which he lived until it was destroyed by the Wabanaki Confederacy in 1690. George Burroughs was arrested in Wells, Maine on May 4 and the lawmen headed back to Salem Village with their prisoner. putnam aged 40: years and Edward putnam agged 38 years who testifieth and saith. 2, Charles William Sever, 1881.Hoyt, David Webster. On August 5, George Burroughs was indicted by a grand jury; then a trial jury found him and five others guilty of witchcraft. 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. Couple of interesting notes. 2, No. 136: Sarah Wilds Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. Witnesses. Being askd w[hat] he thought of these things. 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. 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?] 097: Alice Parker Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. 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. . His failure to baptise his children or to attend communion was also used as evidence of his guilt. He left in 1683, moving back to Falmouth. 29. If anyone is interested in any of these historical groups you can contact me. ), The depotion of Hannah Harres Aiged twenty seven yeares or thareabouts Testifieth and saith that she Lived at the hous of Georg Burros at falmouth & the above said hannah harres many times hath taken notic that when she hath had anny Discorse with the above said burross wife when the above said burros was from hom that apone has Returne he hath often scolded wife and told her that he knew what they said when he was abroad and further saith that upone a time when his wife had Laine In Not above one weak that he fell out with his wife and kept her by Discorce at the Dore till she fell sicke In the place and grew wors at night so that the above said hannah harres was afraid she would dye and thay called In thare Naibours and the a bove said burroses Daughter told One of the women that was thare the cause of her mothers Ellness and the a bove said burros chid his Daughter for telling and the a bove said burros Came to the a bove said hannah harres and told her If that his wif Did otherwise than well she should not tell of It & the abovsaid hannah harres told him that she would not be confined to anny such thing In April 1682, merely a year and a half after coming to Salem, one of Burroughss parishioners wrote to him complaining that brother is against brother and neighbors against neighbors, all quarreling and smiting one another. By the spring of the following year the village committee stopped paying Burroughs so he left town. The resettlement of Falmouth was under way, and Burroughs was preparing to resume his old post there.. 171: Officials' Expense Accounts for 1692 (Submitted 1692 - 1694), SWP No. Elis: Hubbard {& they all fell into fits 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. 30 ), The Complaint of Susannah Shelden against mr burroos which brought a book to mee and told mee if i would not set my hand too if hee would tear mee to peesses i told him i would not then hee told mee hee would starve me to death then the next morning he told mee hee could not starve mee. 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. her, that he had made her set her hand to George Burrough (1579-1653), rector of . 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 Jurat in Curia, The Deposition of Simon Willard [aged about 42] years saith I being at Saco in the year [1689] some: in Capt Ed Sarjants garison was speaking of mr George Borroughs his great strength saying he Could take:a barrill of mallasses out of a Cannoe or boat alone: and that he Could. George Burroughs, a Puritan minister who served in Salem, Massachusetts from 1680-83, was also one of the survivors of the attack by the Native Americans. #(Robert Morrell ) The death of George Floyd, which triggered widespread protests across the US, has been declared a homicide in an official post-mortem examination. Being ask'd w[hether] he partook of the Lords supper, he being (as 129: Roger Toothaker Died in Prison, June 16, 1692, SWP No. 2, no. Profile of Elizabeth How, Persecuted Salem Witch, Tituba and The Salem Witch Trials of 1692, Biography of Elizabeth Parris, Accuser in the Salem Witch Trials, Sarah Cloyce: Accused in the Salem Witch Trials, John Alden Jr. and the Salem Witch Trials, History of Witches Signing the Devil's Book, M.Div., Meadville/Lombard Theological School. This category includes civil, church, cemetery, obituary, and other death-related collections. Thomas Evans that he Carried Out Barrels Molossus & Meats &c out of a Canoo whilst his mate.went to the fort for hands to help out with them, Sarah Wilson Confess't that the night before mr Burroughs was Executed that there was a great Meeting of the witches Nigh Sarj't Chandlers that mr Burr. Hubbard, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. "[citation needed], Letters dated to 1691 from the Littlefields, founder of Wells, Maine, and in-laws to Peter Cloyce, and Rev. 094: Rebecca Nurse Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. Ezekiel Chever On August 19, 1692, George Burroughs plunged to his death and was buried in a shallow grave. She had not seen him personally before as she 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. evidence: is the truth. 113: Ann Pudeator Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. 170: Superior Court of Judicature: Witchcraft Trials (January - May 1693), SWP No. [2] He was raised by his mother in the town of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Lewis, Jone Johnson. New details are being revealed in regards to the death of George Floyd. 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. Salem Witchcraft. Death . Thomas Putnam, The abovs'd Complaint was Exhibited before us this 30'th aprill 1692, (Essex Institute Collection, no. (Reverse) G. Burroughs . 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. Sam Morgan sworne 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. Although the jury had found no witches' marks on his body, he was nonetheless convicted of witchcraft and a conspiracy with the devil . Mercy Lewis later moved to Salem Village from Maine, joining many other refugees, and became a servant with the Putnams of Salem Village. Death . marce luis uppon har oath did owne this har testimony to be the truth be fore the Juriors for In quest:agust:3: 92. we whose names are under writen being present hard mircy lewes declare what is above writen what she said she saw and hard from the Apperishtion of Mr George Burroughs and also beheld hir tortors which we cannot express for sume times we ware redy to fear that every joynt of hir body was redy to be displaced: also we perceived hir hellish temtations by hir loud out cries mr.Burroughs . 8, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. ), 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 (Reverse) Jury men Return about Jacobs One of the witnesses was Thomas Greenlit, who recounted a story about witnessing Burroughs place his finger in the muzzle of a heavy gun and then lifted it up and also placed two fingers in the bung of a full barrel of molasses, lifted it up and carried it around: That about the breaking Out of this last Indian Warr being at the house of Capt Scottows at black point he Saw Mr George Bur- roughs lift and hold Out a gunn of Six foot barrell or thereabouts putting the forefinger of his right hand into the Muzle of sd gunn and So held it Out at Armes End Only with that finger and further this deponent Testifieth that at the Same time he Saw the Said Burroughs take up a full barrell of Malasses wth but two fingers of one of his hands in the bung & Carry it from the Stage head to the Door at the End of the Stage Without letting it downe & that Liut Richard Hunniwell & John Greinslitt & Some other persons that are Since dead Were then present.. George Burroughs was the only Puritan minister indicted and executed in Salem in 1692. John Brown test testifyed about a b[arre]ll [of] Cyder made Oath to the latter part.of this paper dreadfull & tedious fit, 3. Keyzer: declared: to the Jury of Inquest that the evidence: in this paper is the truth upon oath: Aug'st 3 1692 Mercy Lewis. Jone Johnson Lewis is a women's history writer who has been involved with the women's movement since the late 1960s. On December 12, Washington was out on horseback supervising farm activities and it began to snow. Susan: Sheldon {& 2 Children did accuse him, The Bewitched were so tortured that Authority And this did somewhat appease the people, and the executions went on; when he [Mr. Burroughs] was cut down, he was dragged by a Halter to a hole, or grave, between the rocks, about two feet deep; his shirt and breeches being pulled off, and an old pair of trousers of one executed put on his lower parts: he was so put in, together with Willard and Carrier, that one of his hands, and his chin, and a foot of one of them, was left uncovered. 045: Mary Esty Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. Stoughton didnt usually sit in on the examinations but did so in the case due to the fact that Burroughs was a minister, which added more gravity to the situation. 2, no. George Burrows in BillionGraves George Burrows was born circa 1843. George Carlin experienced several heart problems, having three heart attacks over three decades - one in 1978, 1982, and 1991. He is remembered especially for reciting the Lord's Prayer during his execution, something it was believed a witch could never do. Elizer Keiser, Capt. The claim: The cause of George Floyd's death was a drug overdose. and an Indian that comes with her for the flore is all covered with blod.then the said mary and abigaill looked out of dores & said they saw a greet company of them one a hill & there was three of them lay dead the black woman & the indian & one more that they knew not ( Wm Wormall v. Geo. Herrick Dep't Sheriff, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem, Witchcraft, 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 . Sus: [one line too faint] Not surprisingly, he remarried soon. Salem Sep'r 15'th 1692 Thomas Greinslitt appeared before their Maj'ties Justices of Oyer & Terminer in Open Court & Made Oath that the above mentioned perticulars & Every part of them were True Burroughs was moved to Boston jail. Jurat in Curia, ( Withcraft Papers, 11a, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA., Boston, MA., Boston. We will remember him forever. Will Gill sworne Wee comand you all Excuses set apart to be & personaly app'r at the Next Court of Oyer & Terminer held at Salem on the first Tuesday in August Next There to Testify the Truth on certain Indictments to be Exhibited against George Burroughs & not depart the Court without lycense or leave of s'd Court hereof fail not On penalty of One hundred pounds money to be levied on your Goods Chattels &ca Dated in Salem July 26'th 1692. Visit this site's About page to find out more about Rebecca. 2, no. -- He then moved toWells, Maine, believing it would be safer fromIndianattacks. attest *Step. *Simon Willard Jurat in Curia, Simon willard owned:to the Jury of inquest:that the From the beginning, Burroughs was met with conflict. 24 ). Wheldon, Capt Wormwood testifyed about the Gun & Death of his wife & Lawson's Childe, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. Trachea, bronchus and lung cancers deaths have risen from 1.2 million to 1.8 million and are now ranked 6th among leading causes of death. George H Burroughs of Flint, Genesee County, Michigan was born on February 28, 1914. What happened to Burroughss body after that day is unknown. 28. Yet he owned there were Toads. 119: Margaret Scott Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. 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. 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. He answered that it was an amazing & humbling and know nothing of it myselfe otherwise Except by common report of others also concerning such things Contra Geo Reverend George Burroughs (c1650 - 1692) - Executed for witchcraft in the infamous Salem witch trials, George Burroughs was born about 1650 in Suffolk County, England, the son of Nathaniel Burroughs (1618 - 1682) and Rebecca Style (1622 - 1684). 2, no. man killed them [words rubbed out] The tradition is, that they found Mr. Burroughs in his humble home, partaking of his frugal meal; that he was snatched from the table without a moments opportunity to provide for his family, or prepare himself for the journey, and hurried on his way roughly, and without the least explanation of what it all meant.. the Bewitched being present. lookt upon her & she fell into a He owned that none of his children, but the Eldest 107: John Proctor Executed, August 19, 1692, SWP No. Coincidentally, Thomas Putnam also testified during the trial and used similar language to what was written in the girls testimony: The deposistion of Tho. his approbation of her letter to her Father: My husband descends from George Burroughs through the Virginia line of John Burroughs. Burroughs remained in Salem Village for two years but when the parishioners stopped paying his salary all together, he decided to leave, according to Emerson W. Baker in his book A Storm of Witchcraft: Burroughss tenure was shorter and more turbulent than Bayleys. Eliz. Three years later, on June 22, 2008, George once again experienced heart failure and passed away at . Although the jury had found no witches' marks on his body, he was nonetheless convicted of witchcraft and a conspiracy with the devil. "Rev. 6, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. {have them write. About the Gun he said he took it before the He borrowed money from John Putnam for the funeral and was unable to repay the debt. Its not clear from the records if the children were awarded any additional money. she should not write to her Father Ruck without ). With those words, under the tearful gaze of an ambivalent crowd the George Burroughs was hanged. The Lord in mercy fit us for death and direct the hearts and hands to act and doe what is most needful in such a time of distress as this. Burroughs was minister of Salem Village for three years a decade prior. 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 Although they still believed in witches and believed witches may have invaded Salem, they had doubts that so many people could have been guilty of the crime. marshall of the Provence of newhansher and maine, (Reverse) Warrant agt Burroughs the Marchalls Returne, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. . Richard Carrier affirmed to the jury that he saw Mr. George Burroughs at the witch meeting at the village and saw him adminster the sacrament. 15. Another witness, Hannah Harris, testified that Burroughs had a strange ability to somehow know what his wife had said in private conversations when he was away and once scolded her for what she had said to Harris when he had been away from home. John Bare Jurat. 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. In 1674, Burroughs moved to Falmouth, Maine where he served as the pastor at the Falmouth Congregational Church. George Burroughs was the only minister that was executed during the Salem Witch Trials. 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. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Burroughs&oldid=1141394101. 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. Because the grave was so shallow, Burroughs chin and one of his feet were left uncovered. May 10- Sarah Osborne dies in prison in Boston. Rev. Mary Walcott {testimony going to be read His first wife was Hannah Fisher; they had nine children. 17, James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Learn how your comment data is processed. It is with broken Hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved son, husband and father on February 10, 2018 with his loving family by his side.