This is the last of my "witch lists" of ancestors and relatives who had some connection to the witch trials: I made the lists with the help of In The Shadow of Salem: he Andover Witch Hunt of 1692 by Richard Hite and by using Custom Tags I created on my Ancestry.com tree using the MyTreeTags app:
CONSTABLE
Joseph Herrick-8x great grandfather
JUROR
Henry Herrick-9x great grandfather
VICTIMS (supposedly killed by witchcraft)
Ralph Farnum Sr-9x great grandfather
Elizabeth Phelps-8x great grandaunt
A few thoughts:
The lists are a work in progress. As I add more siblings and extend consanguineous lines I suspect I will find more relatives involved with the witch trials.
As it is, I am struck by how many of my ancestors were involved. I knew about a few of them already, especially Rebecca (Blake) Ames/Eames and Mary (Towne) Easty/Esty who were my direct ancestors. But there were other things that came as a surprise, such as the death of Ralph Farnum Sr. supposedly being a result of witchcraft. I also was unaware of my connection to Martha (Allen)Carrier.
As I find other connections, I will be blogging about them here.
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