They were, however, held in jail pending payment of their jail fees.Įarly 1693 – Tituba is released from jail and sold to a new master. Late January/early February, 1692 – Sarah Cole (of Lynn), Lydia Dustin and Sarah Dustin, Mary Taylor and Mary Toothaker were tried and found not guilty by the Superior Court. Janu– A court ordered a new committee be selected to govern Salem Village church, on the grounds that the previous committee had neglected to fully raise the minister’s salary in 1691-1692. Hawkes paid her jail fees and she was released. Janu– Candy the slave of Margaret Hawkes is cleared by proclamation. Janu– Elizabeth Hubbard testified for the last time in the witchcraft trials. Stoughton responded by resigning as a judge. Governor Phipps denied enforcement of the order and pardoned all of those named.
Judge Stoughton orders execution of all suspected witches who were exempted by their pregnancy. Janu– Margaret Hawkes and her slave, Mary Black, were among those found not guilty. Reverend George Burroughs executed for witchcraft
A similar missive signed by 41 men and 12 women of Andover was sent to the Salem court. Janu– The Reverend Francis Dane wrote to fellow ministers that, knowing the people of Andover where he served as senior minister, “I believe many innocent persons have been accused and imprisoned.”” He denounced the use of spectral evidence. Forty-nine of the accused were released in January because the cases against them relied on spectral evidence. January, 1693 – The Superior Court tried Sarah Buckley, Margaret Jacobs, Rebecca Jacobs and Job Tookey, who had been indicted in September, and found them not guilty of the charges. Sixteen more were tried, with 13 found not guilty and three convicted and condemned to hang including Elizabeth Johnson Jr., Sarah Wardwell and Mary Post. Rumors circulated that Increase Mather ‘s wife was about to be denounced as a witch. Increase Mather, his father, published Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits, denouncing the use of spectral evidence in trials. Back to: The Salem, Massachusetts Witchcraft Hysteriaġ693 – Cotton Mather published his study of satanic possession, Wonders of the Invisible World.
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