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Thomas Rayment was a yeoman from Salem Village. Susannah Sheldon was one of the afflicted girls of Salem Village. Sheldon was 18 years old at the time of the Salem Witch Trials. Martha Sprague was one of the afflicted girls of Andover. She was the year-old stepcousin of Rose Foster and the stepdaughter of Moses Tyler. In November of , Stevens invited the afflicted girls of Salem Village to come to Gloucester and investigate why Mary was ill.
According to the court records, William Stevens also served as a juror during Rebecca Jacobs trial in January of John and Robert Swan were the brothers of Timothy Swan and filed a complaint against Mary Clarke of Haverhill in August of for afflicting their brother.
Moses Tyler was the year-old stepfather of Martha Sprague and lived in Andover. Mary Warren was one of the afflicted girls of Salem Village. Mary Walcott was one of the afflicted girls of Salem Village. Walcott was the year-old daughter of Captain John Walcott. Captain John Walcott was a captain in the local militia and the father of Mary Walcott. Abigail Williams was one of the afflicted girls of Salem Village.
Simon Willard was a year-old former resident of Concord who later moved to Ipswich and then to Salem where he served as the deacon of the First Church or Salem and also as marshal of Essex county in In September of , Simon Willard filed complaints against the following people for afflicting the girls of Salem Village: Joseph Emmons.
Joseph Whipple was from Salem Village. Sources: Foulds, Diane E. Globe Pequot Press, Schiff, Stacy. Little Brown Company, Abbot, Abiel A. History of Andover: From Its Settlement to Flagg and Gould, Although Benjamin made a number of contributions to his community, he is also known as being the accuser of Martha Carrier for witchcraft. To be fair, he was not the only accuser of Martha Carrier, but his accusation illustrates some of the superstition that was endemic with the Puritans. Of course, there was a property dispute that may also have been a factor in the accusations of witchery.
Martha Carrier and her husband Thomas owned a property adjacent to Benjamin Abbott. There was dispute about the property line and in the course of an argument between Martha and Benjamin she cursed him for seven years.
Some time following this, Benjamin developed a series of maladies including a swollen foot and a pustule on his side. Martha was arrested and jailed, the first accused witch from Andover. Abbot went on to describe ailments that afflicted him after this altercation: a swollen foot and sores in his side and groin. Prescott was not able to help him. It was only after the arrest of Carrier that Benjamin began to heal. George Abbot died in Eight years later his widow Hannah married her stepbrother, Reverend Francis Dane, as his third wife.
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