", Hannah Wathen (born Martin), Richard James Martin, Samuel Martin, George Martin, John Martin, Christopher Martin, Esther Martin, Richard North, Johane Joan North (born Bartram). Accessed February 29, 2020. Susanna pled not guilty at her trial, but was convicted and hanged at Gallows Hill on 19 July 1692, with four others tried at the same time. She's also one of mine, and if there is a volunteer to re-work her, they should be encouraged to do so! There is historical evidence that the body of at least one of these women, Rebecca Nurse, was secretly removed and given a Christian burial; "this was the hour and the power of darkness when a son could not say where he had buried his mother.". Genealogy chart showing how Chester Arthur (21st U.S. President) is the 5th Great-grandson to Susannah (North) Martin (Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692) via their common ancestor of Susannah (North) Martin. Some Descendants of "Salem Witch" Susannah Martin 1. SUSANNA NORTH MARTIN Birth: c. Sep. 30, 1621 Olney, Buckinghamshire, England Death: Jul. I do not desire to spend my judgm't upon it. She was first accused of witchcraft in 1669, but her husband mounted a strong defense by fighting a protracted legal battle with the accuser. He's affectionately known as the "Keeper of the Stone" and will offer you photocopied materials about Susannah. About Me. Married Joan BARTRAM. She married George Martin on 11 August 1646 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. : Magistrate: "Who do you think is their master? 1692 & in the fourth year of Our Reign. Did I Mention Movie Sing-Along. John pressy aforsayd made oathe to the truth of what is written in these too sides of the paper the eleventh day of may Anno: Dom: 1692. before me *Robt Pike Asist, Jurat in Curia ( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. Lyric Video: Audrey's Christmas Rewind. This is from actual town records, and both the birth and death says son of George and Susannah, so no mistake. Descendants of Susannah Martin's, Ethel Mae Hilton and grandchildren Douglas and Madrey Margaret Hilton were the only members of their family interested in the history of their accused witch ancestor. Wife of George Martin, Sr. This time when she was accused, she was found guilty, and was hanged on 19 July 1692 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Atkinson. He that appears in Samuel's shape can appearin anyone's shape. Her further testimony shows that she realized the seriousness of her situation and she adamantly maintained her innocence. Susannah denied the "afflicted" were bewitched, labeled them liars, and reaffirmed her own innocence and commitment to the "word of God. Mary Wallcott Sworne in Court June 2d. I do not think you have such affections for them, whom just now you insinuated had the Devill for their Master. https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/torreys-new-england-mar http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT= http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/expedition-week/artic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU8DMgUeQWg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmBT049__tQ, http://www.17thc.us/primarysources/records.php, https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025963772#page/n5/mode/2up, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Martin, Susannah Martin, Accused Witch from Salisbury, Birth of Susannah (North) Martin, Salem Witch Trials, Baptism of Susannah (North) Martin, Salem Witch Trials, "Susannah North", "Salem Witch Trial", "Accused Witch", "Susanna North", Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, George Martin, married 11 March 1646 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, William Brown testified that his wife Elizabeth had been driven insane by Susanna some thirty years earlier. It centers on the adventures of the children of several classic Disney villains, but perhaps most prominently Mal, the daughter of Sleeping Beauty baddie Maleficent.. John Kimball, a former neighbor, dredged up an old story dating back to her first trial, 23 years earlier. Image via Sundance. ", Memorial by John Greenleaf Whittier, a Descendant, Susannah Martin House Marker, Amesbury, Massachusetts, Flyer for a book about the Witchcraft Trials, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/12963/70/0, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1567/rd/21167/23/426828965, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsa00sali/page/415/mode/1up/search/Martyn, https://archive.org/details/salemwitchcraftw02upha_0/page/268/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/recordsfilesofqu04esse/page/129/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/recordsfilesofqu04esse/page/184/mode/1up/search/Martyn, https://archive.org/details/recordsfilesofqu04esse/page/186/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/recordsfilesofqu05esse/page/297/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/salemwitchcraftw02upha_0/page/145/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/wondersinvisibl04mathgoog/page/n175/mode/1up/search/Martin, http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/archives/ecca/large/ecca1171r.jpg, http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/archives/ecca/large/ecca1171v.jpg, The Salem Witchcraft Papers (SWP No. MUSIC. Do you beleive these afflicted persons do not say true? Others by fits were hindered from speaking. The Martin family moved to Salisbury, Massachusetts around 1639. Family lore has this family originating in Alsace-Lorraine but records indicate they came from Bavaria. While she was still young her mother died and she cameto America with her father, stepmother, and at least one sister. Can anyone direct me to the memorial plaque that stand on the site where here house was long ago? The marker lies nearby. 1 Page 69 ). : Magistrate: "Is this folly to see these so hurt?" No, sweet heart, said the examinat, And then Mercy Lewes , & all, or many of the rest, were afflicted, John Indian fell into a violent fit, & said it was that woman, she bites, she bites, and then she was biting her lips. Is this folly? If she had, indeed, been consciously fostering suspicion against her, it was something she must have soon come to regret. [ 1] h Green Martin, (2J), Richard Martin, Samuel Martin, George Martin, John Martin, Christopher Martin, Esther Martin, Jane Martin, Abigail Circa 1620 - Olney, Buckinghamshire , England, July 19 1692 - Salem Village [present Danvers], Essex County, Massachusetts, Mary Wensley, Sarah Oldham, Hepzibah North, Sarah Oldham, Hepzibah North, Richard Martin, Samuel Martin, George Martin, Jr., John Martin, Esther Jameson, Jane Hadley, Abigail Hadlock, William Martin, Martyn, George Martin, John Martin, Esther Martin, Jane Hadley (born Martin), # Abigail Hadlock (born Martin), William Martin, Samuel Martin, Sep 30 1621 - Olney, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire, England, July 19 1692 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Between 1620 and 1622 - Olney, Buckinghamshire , England, Mary Wensley, Sarah Oldham, Hepzibah North. I am a few States away but would like to visit and show respect. . In 1711, the General Court granted compensation to many of the victimsor their heirs, but Susannah's children made no application to the authorities and they received nothing. She passed away on 1692 in Hung Witch. Dr. Cotton Mather, Pastor of Boston North Church. : Martin: "They may lie, for aught I know." : Martin: "How do I know?" 1912. Ancestral pedigree chart of Susannah (North) Martin. artin, George Martin, John Martin, Of Amesbury, Christopher Martin, Jane Martin, Jane Martin, Abigail Martin, William Martin, William Mar Sep 30 1621 - Olney, Northamptonshire, England, Mary North, Martyn North, Hester North, Sarah North, John North, John North, Hepzibah North. 3m. I know who swore her life away; and as God lives, I'd not condemn an Indian dog on word of them." At least nine of her neighbors had made the trip to Salem to relate the damage she had done them over the years, from drowning their oxen to flinging cats through second-story windows to gnaw at their throats. In 1700, Joseph Calef recounted a gruesome eye-witness account of the burial of George Burroughs and other victims, when he was cut down, he was dragged by the Halter to a Hole, or Grave, between the Rocks, about two Foot deeptogether with Willard and Carryer, one of his Hands and his Chin, and a Foot of one of them left uncovered.[22] This burial, however, seems discounted by recent research, which shows the shallow soil lacking indications of human remains. Find out more at the Global Family Reunion project. I dare not tell a lye if it would save my life. He is also the ex-boyfriend of Princess Audrey. If I were such. 1894", In the 19th century, poet John Greenleaf Whittier composed "The Witch's Daughter" about Martin. She was a Accused witch. I dare not tell a lye if it would save my life. My trail starts with their son George and continues to my grandsons. 1 Page 64 ), That som years after that the s.d John pressy had givn his evidenc against the s'd susana martin shee the s'd martin came and took these deponents to do about it and reviled them with many foule words saying wee had took a fals oathe and sayd that we shoold never prosper [and that we shoold never prosper] for our so doing: [pbar ]ticulerly that we should never have but too cows: & that if we wear never so likly to have more yet we shoold never obtaine it, We do farther testify that from that time to this day we have never exeeded that nomber but somthing or other has prevented it tho never so likly (to obtaine it) tho thay had used all ordinary means for obtaining it by hiring cows of others that were not thayr owne this for twenty yeares space, John pressy made oathe to the truth of all that is above writtn at my house in salsbury the eleventh day of may Ano: Dom 1692 before me. I cannot tell: He that appeared in sams shape a glorifyed saint can appear in any ones shape. All charts include source citations for ancestors in the charts. 150 can be accessed from Interstate 495. I have spoken nothing else. Oftentimes the family trees listed as still in progress have derived from research into famous people who have a kinship to this person. The latest installment of the series is called Descendants 3.As promised by early teasers, the August 2019 entry will introduce . will be on your left after roughly 1/3-1/2 mile. [14] He transported her to Salem where judges, Hathorne and Corwin, examined her the same day. Her neighbors, ten in all, testified to her many deeds of witchcraft:[15], These testimonies are recounted in depth on pages 138 to 148 of "The Wonders of the Invisible World" by the father and son, Rev. A martyr of superstition.". Susanna was examined twice during the same day; at neither examination was any abnormality discovered, but at the first her breasts appeared to be full and at the second slack. What did you do? Jonathan. asked the Magistrate. An honest, hardworking Christian woman accused of being a witch and executed at Salem, July 19, 1692. : Martin: "I dare not tell a lie if it would save my life." 1669, William Sargent, Jr. accused Susannah of witchcraft. Wiggins and was wringing its neck inCapt. Entries from Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt Linked to Digital Facsimile Images. Susannah (North) Martin was born in England about 1621, the daughter of Richard and Joan (Bartram) North. Some cryed out there was the black man with her, & Goody Bibber who had not accused her before confirmed it: Abig: William upon trial could not come near her -- Nor Goody Bibber. What is the reason these cannot come near you? The directions Christopher has provided are spot-on. 58; Essex Ant. Descendants is an American media franchise centered on a series of Disney Channel musical fantasy films directed by Kenny Ortega and created by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott.. and ag't the forme of the Statute in that case made and Provided. Susannah married George Martin, Sr. on August 11, 1646 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. ": Martin: "I cannot help it. She died in 1644 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. 1 Page 62 ). Clarke said soe it was: & then passing from hir we found our horses & brought them to a small Causwaye but Could not git them over but there being a small Knowle of land here: our horsses ran round about it the greatist parte of that daye we oftn bringing them up to the Causwaye but then they turned to that knowle & Ra[nbar ] about it the same waye but at length there Came a young man with a yoak of oxen to goe over the Causwaye who with some difficaultie got them over for altho the Causwaye was very good yet one of the oxen hung back as though he were frighted but at length were forct over & then we got over our horses. ": Martin: "I can't tell, it may be the Devil bears me more malice thanany other. Can the kitschy witch on a broomstick motif be removed from this profile. within a few days after this I this deponent coming from his Intended hous in the woods to Edmond Eliats house whear I dwelt about the [the] sun sett or presently after & ther did arise a litle blak cloud in the: n: w and a few Drops of Raine and the wind blew prity hard in going between the house of John wood & the meetting house the s'd deponent came by several stumps of trees by the way side he by Impuls he can give no reson of that made him tambl over the stumps on after another though tho he had his ax upon his shoulder w'ch put him in dang'r & made him resolved to avoyd the next but coold not And when he came alitl below the meetting house ther did appear alitle thing lik apupy of a darkish coler it shott betweene my Legs forward & bakward as on that wear [don raking] the hay and this deponent being free from all fear used all posibl indevers to cut it with his ax but coold not hurt it and as he was this Labering with his ax the pupy gave a litl Jump from him & seemed to go into the ground. The marker lies nearby. In 1711, the General Court granted compensation to many of the victims or their heirs, but Susanna's children made no application to the authorities and they received nothing. Nor Mary Walcot. This was the result of hard . In Descendants 3, he decided to become Audrey's sidekick, however Audrey locks him in a closet at her cottage. Amen, Amen. [1] [3][4][5], Hanged as a witch, she died on 19 Jul 1692 at Proctor's Ledge, Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts Bay.[1][6]. 4:29};https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/torreys-new-england-mar and they had eight children: Reverend Cotton Mather said about Susannah:: "This woman was one of the most impudent, scurrilous, wicked creatures of this world; and she did now throughout her whole trial discover herself to be such a one. In 1647 or 48 she was fined 20 shillings for an unnamed offense and in 1667 her husband George objected to her seat placement in the meeting house. In 1654, the area separated from Salisbury and became Amesbury, Massachusetts. In the 19th century, poet John Greenleaf Whittier composed "The Witch's Daughter" about Martin. Later, they came to live in the new town of Amesbury, Mass. Perhaps he felt it was below her station. Inmates were infested with fleas as well as lice that often carried deadly jail fever or typhus. 1 Page 69 ), Elizabeth Clark ownid this har testimo to be the truth: on the oath which she had taken be fore: the Jury for Inquest: this 29. of June 1692, ( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 1:22, 4:12; Essex Hist. : Magistrate: "Are you not willing to tell the truth? Susannah Martin of Amesbury was a widow standing by herself but quite capable of doing so. : Several others cried out upon her, and the Magistrate again addressed her, saying, "What do you say to this?" The court sided against Susannah and George. Have not you compassion on these afflicted --, They cryed out there was the black man along with her, & Goody Bibber confirmed it, Abig: Williams went towards her, but could not come near her. . ""No, not a bit for that." through the Martin Family through Barnard Family through Plummer Family through Bennett to Bundy Family. I'm looking for George and Susannah's parentage in England. You have been a long time coming to the Court to day, you can come fast enough in the night.said Mercy Lewes. Along with others accused, she was stripped naked and her body searched for the incriminating witchs teat. This court-appointed deputation found her body free of abnormal excrescences, but observed her breasts "In the morning search appeared to us very full, the nipples fresh and starting, now at this searching all lank and pendant," implying she had fed her familiar[17] between searches. As if this was not bad enough, prisoners were manacled and chained, and had to reimburse the jailer for their room and board.[16]. On Halloween in 2001, Susannah Martin and four other women from the Salem witch trials were officially exonerated by the State Of Massachusetts. 1 Page 63 ), W'ch pceiving he set out agine & steered by the moone w'ch shone brite and was a gaine Lost and came bake againe to the same place. The Jurors for our Sovereigne Lord & Lady the King and Queen: prsents That Susanah Martin of Amsbury in the County of Essex widdow the Second day of may in the forth Year of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord & Lady william and Mary by the Grace of God of England Scottland France & Ireland King and Queen Defenders of the faith &c: and divers other Dayes & times as well before as after. Samuel, born 29 7m [September] 1667. : Martin: "No, I do not think they are." What have you done towards the hurt of these? Massachusetts Clears 5 From Salem Witch Trials. The New York Times. Such examinations were intended to discover whether the accused had any physical abnormalities, especially anything that could be used to suckle a familiar or even the devil himself. 1663. nathaniel to make theire. : Magistrate: "How comes your appearance to hurt these?" Susannah North Martin died on Proctor's Ledge because the court thought it found a witch's tit on her body. Children were: Hannah MARTIN. On June 26, 1692 her trial began. Mary Jones, engaged in lengthy litigation over the estate of their father, Richard North, and, by 1674, their inheritance was lost when the court found against them. She refused to express anythoughts on what may have ailed the girls but bluntly stated that shedidn't think they were bewitched. My 9th great grandmother, Susannah North Martin, and two great aunts, Rebecca Towne Nurse and Mary Towne Estey, were hanged as witches in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. apperance at the Court of oyer and terminer holden at Salem 28:: of this instant.June: ensigne Joseph Knight . : "I have no hand in witchcraft", replied Susannah. The boulder which marked their homestead has been moved to make room for a highway, and it can be found on the map where the highway crosses Martin Road. She married George Martin on 11 August 1646 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Martin, ( Essex County Archives, Salem Vol. Susannah North was baptized in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England on September 30, 1621. First, the victims were buried on the site of execution. I live about an hour and a half from her homestead marker in Amesbury, and have visited a few times. Kimball, (Child) Kimball, Henry Kimball, Hester North, Abigail Ursula Severance (born Kimball), Ursula Kimball, Unknown Mary, Hepzibah Ga July 19 1692 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Richard Cusack North, Joan North (born Bartram), John North, Martin North, Mary North, Hester North. For more extensive family lists and references, see My Lineage from the Roots Up, Vol. Yet when she was asked what she had to say for herself, her chief plea was that she had led a most virtuous and holy life." : Martin: "No, never in my life." 1. : Mercy Lewes cried out, "She hath hurt me a great many times, and plucks me down". Susannah (North) Martin . Her persecution and tragedy brings tears. In alitl farther going ther did appear a blak pupy somw't biger then the first but as blak as a cole to his apprehension which came against him w'th such violenc as its quik mosions did exceed his motions of his ax do w't he coold & it flew at his belly & away & then at his throt & over his shoulder on way & go off & up att it againe another way and with such quiknes speed & violenc did it asalt him as if it woold tear out his throt or his belly agood while he was without fear but at last I felt my hart to sayle & sink under it that I thought my lif was going out & I recovered my self & gave a start up & ran to the fenc & caling upon god & Naming the name Jesus Christ & then it in visibly away my meaning as it ceased about but this deponent mad it not known to any body for fritting his wif, The next morning Edmond Eliat (as he told abrod and in his owne house) sayd that he going toward the hous of said martin to Look his oxen went in to Light his pipe & the s'd martins wif Asked him whear kembal was (s'd Eliat s'd abed with [with] his wif for ought he knew) (sayd shee) they say he was frited Last night) with w't sayd Eliat she sayd with pupyes Eliat replyed that he heard nothing of it and Asked whear shee heard it and shee sayd about the Towne w'ch story s'd Eliat having told it was all the Towne over when this deponent came home at night for he had been all day alone in the woods at work at his frames, John kembale made oath to the truth of all that is written on both sides of this paper may the 16th 1692, before me *Robt Pike .0000000.0 .
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