Six Women of Salem (70 page)

Mary Bradbury’s escape: Doc,
886
.

Chapter 16: October 1692

Philip and Mary English in New York: Haefeli, “Dutch New York,”
306
; Bentley,
Diary
,
2
:
25
.

Dogs and Bradstreets: Calef,
More Wonders,
372
–
373
.

Threatened lawsuit: Ibid.

Cary and Obinson accusation: Brattle, “Letter,”
179
–
180
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
306
.

Increase Mather: Brattle, ibid.; Cambridge Association, “Records,”
268
; I. Mather,
Cases
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
308
–
309
.

Sarah Cole hearing: Doc,
683
; Hale,
Modest Enquiry,
132
–
133
.

Andover children released on bail: Docs,
690
(Lacy),
691
(Sawdy),
688
(Faulkner),
689
(Johnson and Carrier); Roach, “Biographical Notes,”
949
(Lacy),
957
(Sawdy),
940
(Faulkner),
948
(Johnson),
933
(Carrier).

Edward and Sarah Bishop escape: Calef,
More Wonders,
370
; Doc,
692
.

Thomas Brattle: Brattle, “Letter,”
165
–
190
.

Samuel Willard: Haefeli, “Dutch New York,”
303
; Calef,
More Wonders,
360
.

Cotton Mather: C. Mather,
Wonders
,
212
–
213
(Stoughton); Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
317
.

Capt. Nathaniel Cary: Haefeli, “Dutch New York,”
307
.

October
12
Andover petition: Doc,
694
.

October
18
Andover petition: Ibid.,
696
.

Increase Mather and Thomas Brattle visit prisoners: Docs,
690
,
699
,
719
; I. Mather,
Cases
,
70
. The copy of the notes for this visit is dated October
19
,
1692
. However, Rebecca Eames stated on December
5
that although Mary Lacey and Abigail Hobbs had accused her of witchcraft, they disowned the charge “when mr Matther and mr Brattle were here.” Mary Lacey Jr. was released on bail October
6
. Although the vehemence of the accusations that Eames describes sounds more like the daughter, only Mary Lacey Sr. seems to have been in Salem jail by October
19
. Increase Mather had visited earlier in the summer, when the prisoners he spoke with still held to their confessions, according to his
Cases of Conscience
.

Rebecca Eames: Doc,
712
(see above).

Act against fortune-telling and juggling: Ibid.,
700
.

Proposed fast: Ibid.,
701
; Sewall,
Diary
,
1
:
299
, October
26
,
1692
.

Samuel Parris’s sermon: Parris,
Sermon Notebook
,
211
.

Putnam child born: Parris, “Records,”
15
.

October
28
,
1692
(William Stoughton): Sewall,
Diary
,
1
:
299
–
300
, October
28
and
29
,
1692
; Tully,
Almanac,
“October Hath
31
Dayes,” xiv.

October
29
,
1692
: Massachusetts Archives, “General Court Records,”
245
–
246
; Sewall,
Diary
,
1
:
299
–
300
, October
29
,
1692
. Phips’s answer here is given as a direct statement.

Capital crimes: Doc,
721
;
Acts and Resolves
,
55
–
56
.

Putnam and Tarbell baptisms: “Baptisms at the Church in Salem Village,”
236
.

Bishop confiscations: Calef,
More Wonders,
370
.

Chapter 17: November to December 1692

Afflicted go to Gloucester: Calef,
More Wonders,
373
; Docs,
704
,
706
–
707
.

Mary Herrick and Mary Esty’s ghost: Calef,
More Wonders,
369
–
370
(and note
1
).

Abigail Faulkner petition: Doc,
711
.

Andover men’s petition: Ibid.,
714
.

Ipswich jail petition: Ibid.,
702
(and note). This could have been submitted as early as October but no later than December
16
.

Dorothy Good’s release: Ibid.,
719
,
907
.

Witchcraft law: Ibid.,
721
; “Helen Duncan.”

Superior Court schedule: Doc,
693
.

Order for blankets: Massachusetts Archives,
40
:
626
.

January trial date set: Doc,
724
.

Public Fast order: Ibid.,
727
,
701
.

Superior Court appointed: Ibid.,
729
.

Prisoners transferred: Ibid.,
743
.

John Alden in Boston: Ibid.,
744
,
975
–
976
; Sewall,
Diary
,
1
:
301
, December
22
,
1692
; Haefeli, “Dutch New York,”
308
.

Chapter 18: January to May 1693

Parris’s sermon: Parris,
Sermon Notebook
,
217
–
218
; Matthew
25
:
40
,
41
(Weigle,
Octapla
).

Essex County jurors: Docs
738
–
740
,
254
,
736
,
449
.

Superior Court in Salem, January
3
,
1693
: Doc,
747
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
360
.

January
4
,
1693
trials: Docs,
752
,
754
–
756
.

January
5
,
1693
: Ibid.,
760
–
761
.

January
6
,
1693
: Ibid.,
767
,
763
–
764
,
776
.

January
10
,
1693
: Ibid.,
779
–
781
.

January
11
,
1693
: Ibid.,
786
.

Mercy Lewis and specters: Ibid.,
792
.

January
12
,
1693
:

Philip and Mary English’s trials: Ibid.,
449
,
789
–
792
.

Mary Post’s trial: Ibid.,
798
.

January
13
,
1693
:

Sarah Cloyce’s trial: Ibid.,
596
(and note),
602
,
809
–
811
; Rosenthal,
Records
,
40
.

Mary Lacey Jr.: Docs,
822
,
918
.

Hangings scheduled: Ibid.,
836
; Calef,
More Wonders,
832
(the warrant’s whereabouts is presently unknown); Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
371
.

Elizabeth Procter gives birth: Perley,
The History of Salem
2
:
22
–
23
. Perley is the only reference for this date and, unfortunately, cites no source.

January weather: Sewall,
Diary,
1
:
304
–
305
, January
22
and
29
,
1693
.

Execution delay: Calef,
More Wonders,
382
–
383
; Doc,
836
.

Nurse, Tarbell, and Wilkins vs. Parris and church committee: Salem Church records for February
7
–
16
,
1693
, in Boyer and Nissenbaum,
Salem-Village Witchcraft
,
279
–
283
.

Fates of afflicted: Hale,
Modest Enquiry,
132
–
135
; Andover, “Vital Records,”
2
:
232
,
2
:
555
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
363
,
658
n
8
; Pierce,
Foster Genealogy,
130
–
131
.

Rates committee: Boyer and Nissenbaum,
Salem Village Records
, January
15
,
1692
/
3
meeting (so printed, but probably should be
17
, as
15
was a Sabbath); Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
293
.

Philip English and Phips: Doc,
840
.

English daughters: Ibid.,
975
–
976
.

English’s losses: Ibid.,
902
–
903
.

Edward Bishop remarries: D. Greene, “Bridget Bishop,”
137
.