".I desire to lie in the dust, and earnestly beg forgiveness of God, and from all those unto whom I have given just cause of sorrow and offence, whose relations were taken away or accused." "You tax me for a wizard, you may as well tax me for a buzzard. "You're a liar! I'm no more a witch than you are a wizard! If you take my life away, God will give you blood to drink!" "…it is a shamefull thing that you should mind these folks that are out of their wits." from a letter by Cotton Mather to John Cotton, August 5, 1692 Immediately upon this, our God miraculously sent in five Andover witches, who made a most ample, surprising, amazing confession of all their villainies, and declared the five newly executed to have been of their company." Five witches were lately executed, impudently demanding of God a miraculous vindication of their innocency. From the Examination of Mary Black, April 22, 1692 from a letter by Thomas Putnam to John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin, April 21, 1692 "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." Samuel Parris, sermon notes dated September 11, 1692
Parris had brought with him from Barbados- Tituba and John Indian, described as "Indians." An enslaved African boy had died a few years before.“Yea, & in our Land (in this, & some neighboring Places) how many, what Multitudes, of Witches & Wizards has the Devil instigated with utmost violence to attempt the overthrow of Religion?” Parris, probably a household servant, and two enslaved people Rev. Also part of the household was 12-year-old Abigail Williams, who was described as a kinswoman and was sometimes called a niece of Rev. Her older brother Thomas was born in 1681 and her younger sister Susannah was born in 1687.
She was born when the family lived in Boston. The younger Elizabeth was often called Betty to distinguish her from her mother. Samuel Parris and his wife Elizabeth Eldridge Parris, who was often ill. Children: Thomas, Elizabeth, Catherine, SusannaĮlizabeth Parris, nine years old at the beginning of 1692, was the daughter of Rev.Died: March 21, 1760 in Concord, Massachusetts.Parents: Samuel Parris, Elizabeth Parris.Known For: One of the early accusers in the 1692 Salem witch trials.
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