1692 – Susannah Roots and the Salem Witch Trials Josiah Root was born in 1612. His wife Susannah and he lived in Beverly MA on the outskirts of Salem MA. Josiah died in 1683. After his death his widow Susannah was caught up in the Salem Witch trials of 1692. Cotton Mather wrote a defense of the Salem Witch Hunt of 1692 called Wonders of the … Continue reading The New England Witch Trials – part 3
1684 – The Suspicious Death of Philip Smith Cotton Mather’s seventh example of witchcraft in New England in his book Magnalia Christi Americana details the death of my ancestor Philip Smith of Hadley Massachusetts in 1684. Philip arrived in the New World as a one year old having been born in England around 1633 to Samuel and Elizabeth Smith, early settlers of Wethersfield CT, and of Hadley MA. Philip … Continue reading The New England Witch Trials – part 2
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same. Really? This section of the blog is Part One of a Three Part episode that will talk about family members in early New England that were affected by the miscarriage of justice known as the New England Witch Hunts. Two of those family members figure prominently in witchcraft examples detailed in a book written by … Continue reading The New England Witch Trials
The Boating Genealogists 