Her cradle and spinning wheel. I desire to lead my life according to theword of God." What was that the black man whisperd to you? Directed by Margaret Brown, the film premiered in the U.S. [8] References[ change | change source] "Susannah Martin: Accused Witch from Salisbury". Inmates were infested with fleas as well as lice that often carried deadly jail fever or typhus. David L. Greene, Ph.D. "Salem Witches III: Susanna Martin," The American Genealogist, Vol 58, #4; October 1982. Descendants - Mal and Ben: Finally Ever After. How comes your appearance just now to hurt these. Her parents were Richard North, of Salisbury and Joan North. 2, pg 1004, MARTYN, George & 2/wf Susanna NORTH; 11 Aug 1646; Salisbury {Harmon Anc. (Reverse) The Examination of Susannah Martin, ( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. Mary Walcot said this woman hath hurt her a great many times, Susannah Sheldon also accused her of hurting her. George is the son of Christopher Martin arrival 1620, married to Marie Prower 1607,b. 1 Page 69 ). Sister of John North; Martyn North; Hester North; Sarah Oldham; Hepzibah North and 4 others; Mary Wensley; Anne North; George North and Samuel North less ), Where by great hurt and dammage hath benne donne to the bodys of Said persons according to Compl't of Capt Jonathan Walcot & Serg't Thomas putnam in behalfe of their Majests this day Exhibited before us for themselfes and also for Severall of theire Neighbours and here of You are not to faile at your perills. : Magistrate: "What have you done towards the hurt of these?" The PGM project has a volunteer who is willing to rewrite the narrative into original text, with appropriate inline citations; this profile however has a lot of profile managers (although none responded to my suggestion 6+ months ago for inline citations). N > North | M > Martin > Susannah (North) Martin, Categories: Nominated Profiles | Amesbury, Massachusetts | Salem Witch Trials | Accused Witches of New England | Executed | Death by Hanging | United States, Death by Hanging | Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Massachusetts | Puritan Great Migration | Notables, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. The mental anguish and suffering of the two and a half months while she lay in Salem jail is beyond our power of description. Children were: Hannah MARTIN. Evil Like Me Movie Sing-Along. ut the life, and ultimately death, of Susannah North Martin and the kidnapping, immigration, and injustice served to William Durkee elsewhere under the Gen Tales banner. Greene, David L. "Salem Witches III: Susanna Martin,", Greene, David L. "George Martin Of Ipswich,", Pulsifer, S. F. N. (1967). I'm looking for George and Susannah's parentage in England. Dated Salem Aprile 30th 1692, (Reverse) according this warrant I have apprehended susanna Martin widdow of Amsbery and have brought or caused hir to be brought to the place appointed for his examination, [pbar ] me *Orlando Bagly: Constable of Amsbery, ( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. a person I would tell you the truth. Accessed February 29, 2020. 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.. Ancestror of Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States. Memorial ID Orlando Bagly, Constable of Amesbury, arrested her 30 Apr 1692 and returned the warrant executed 2 May 1692. Actually, Ezekiel Worthen married Hannah Martin in 1661, thirty-one years before Susannahs trial and execution. I know who swore her life away; and as God lives, I'd not condemn an Indian dog on word of them.". Susan: Martin ( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. During the first 23 years of her marriage, Susannah's name appears twice in public records. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Copying_Text, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Copying_from_Wikipedia, Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Massachusetts. 11 Dec. 1662 William, prob. Susanna was not among those whose attainder was lifted. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to be whipped ten stripes at Hampton Meeting House on 14 October 1669. The marker lies nearby. Rte. I do not think you have such affections for them, whom just now you insinuated had the Devill for their Master. In 1669 Susannah was required to post 100 bond to appear in court ona charge of witchcraft, a capital offense. Perhaps he felt it was below her station. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nwa/martinitems.html. Would love some help. Dr. Cotton Mather, Pastor of Boston North Church. asked the Magistrate. While, there appears to be no credible documentary evidence of either possibility, surreptitious removal of the bodies by family seems more likely. : Mercy Lewes cried out, "She hath hurt me a great many times, and plucks me down". It may be wise to try to find the original court records to see how they were done. Sarah Attkinson "testifieth thatt Some time in the Spring of the year about Eighteen years Since Susanna Martin came unto our house att Newbury from Amsbury in an Extraordinary dirty Season, w'n She came into our house I asked whether she came from Amsbury a fot She Sayd She did I asked how She could come in this time a foott and bid my children make way for her to come to the fire to dry her selfe She replyed She was as dry as I was and turn'd her Coats on Side, and I could nott pceive thatt the Soule of her Shows were wett I was startled att itt that she should come soe dry and told her thatt I should have been wett up to my knees if I Should have come So farr on foott she replyed thatt She scorn'd to have a drabled tayle.". http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Martin, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nwa/sm.html, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~susannahmartin/. : Magistrate: "Well tell us your thoughts about them": Martin: "My thoughts are my own when they are in; but when they are out they are another's." Sorrow and some anger arose in my mind during my first visit to hanging hill in Salem. She was born to Richard North and Joan Bartram North and baptized in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England on September 30, 1621. "What! (there is a little cutoff to make the turn easier, since 110 is at a very sharp angle to 150). The marshall said she pincht her hands & Eliz: Hubbard was immediately afflicted. I cannot tell: He that appeared in sams::shape can appear in any ones shape. More Salem Witch Trials Descendants. I am a few States away but would like to visit and show respect. Image:North-25.gif|250px She married George Martin, a blacksmith, on August 11, 1646 at Salisbury, MassachusettsSource: #S0017 Vol. This page has been accessed 25,992 times. Mercy Lewes pointed at her and fell into a fit and Ann Putman threw her glove at her. 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." Referring to Martin's refusal to lie to save her life, Whittier wrote, "she whose speech was always truth's pure gold/Heard, not unpleased, its simple legends told." 19, 1692 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Victim of the Salem Witch Trials. Later in 1669, Susannah lost on a charge by Christopher Bartlett that she called him a liar and a thief. I do not desire to spend my judgment upon it, My thoughts are mine own when they are in, but when they are out they are an others. 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. Downer &c ver. : "I have no hand in witchcraft", replied Susannah. This great profile could benefit from some inline citations. 1 Page 73 ), Jurat in Curia John Atkinson ( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. I cannot tell. 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Anthony immigrated to America in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet. 092) Susannah Martin, https://archive.org/details/wondersinvisibl04mathgoog/page/n165/mode/1up/search/Martin, https://archive.org/details/salemwitchcraftw02upha_0/page/268, https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025963772#page/n254/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/morewondersofinv1700cale/page/104/mode/1up, http://w3.salemstate.edu/~ebaker/Gallows_Hill, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.182965/page/n83/mode/1up, https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/susannah-martin-house-marker/, https://www.mass.gov/doc/resolves-of-1957-chapter-145/download, https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter122, http://www.17thc.us/primarysources/records.php, Susannah Martin, Accused Witch from Salisbury, https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/02/us/massachusetts-clears-5-from-salem-witch-trials.html, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register. : Magistrate: "May not you lie?" John Kimball, a former neighbor, dredged up an old story dating back to her first trial, 23 years earlier. and Lady William & Mary King & Queen of England there Crowne and Dignity. Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to Participant's documentary film Descendant. The franchise takes place in a world that serves as a continuation of the Disney animated classic films.Starring Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson and Booboo Stewart, each film chronicles the lives of the . By the time of the infamous 1692 witchcraft trials in Salem, George Martin had died and Susannah was impoverished. Part of her examination must be given to know her keen wit and readiness for repartee. Susannah was not among those whose attainder was lifted. Susanna was baptized in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England September 30, 1621. Mary Wallcott Sworne in Court June 2d. 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. 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. 110 -- Haverhill Rd. In 1857, the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who was a direct descendant of Susannah Martin, honored Susannah in a poem titled The Witch's Daughter: "Let Goody Martin rest in peace, I never knew her harm a fly, And witch or not - God knows - not I? Any objections? ": Martin: "I cannot help it. The latest installment of the series is called Descendants 3.As promised by early teasers, the August 2019 entry will introduce . U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Find A Grave 1,60525::0, Category:Nominated Profiles Category: Salem_Witch_Trials Category:Accused_Witches_of_New_England, destination-flag = Flags_of_Colonial_America.gif. Includes citations for all sources. : Then Martin laughed again. She survived and won her release. Her hostess expressing surprise at finding such a clean guest, she replied that she scorned to have a draggled tail. 1 Page 62 ). Eliz: Hubbard was afflicted & then the Marshal w'o was by her said she pincht her hand. It's Goin' Down Movie Sing-Along. On April 30, 1692, Jonathan Walcot and Thomas Putnam made a complaint of witchcraft against George Burroughs and four others, including Susannah Martin, for afflicting Mary Walcot, Marcy Lewis, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Elizabeth Hubert and Susanah Sheldon. A false tongue will never make a guilty person. [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]. On Halloween in 2001, Susannah Martin and four other women from the Salem witch trials were officially exonerated by the State Of Massachusetts. "Let them think w't they will.". A Martyr of Superstition. : As the witnesses went into fits when the accused appeared, the Magistrate asked: "Hath this woman hurt you?" Abig: Williams said it is Goody Martin, she hath hurt me often Others by fits were hindered from speaking. : Magistrate: "Who do you think is their master? William was born and died on the same day, 11 Oct 1662. Discover Even More In 1669, Susannah was formally accused of witchcraft by William Sargent Jr., whom George Martin sucessfully countersued for slander against Susannah. I do not know but they can if they will or else if you please. The North-Martin line is part of My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. She married George Martin, a blacksmith, August 11, 1646 at Salisbury, MA and had eight children. Children were: Richard MARTIN, George MARTIN, John MARTIN, Esther MARTIN, Jane MARTIN, Abigail MARTIN, William MARTIN, Samuel MARTIN. 92. 1894". In 1671, George, Susannah, and her sister. Susannah's descendants also include Burl Ives and Mickey Rourke Lucille Ball's ancestor Rachel Vinson spent months in the Ipswich jail, cold, sick and weak, after her arrest for witchcraft. 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. Susannah Martin underwent the indignity of a physical examination on June 2 1692. Her further testimony shows that she realized the seriousness of her situation and she adamantly maintained her innocence. 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. Pg. She was the daughter of Richard and Joan [or Johane] (Bartram) North. : Magistrate: "Do you think they are bewitched?" George MARTIN and Hannah (MARTIN) were married in 1642 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mother of Richard Martin; Samuel Martin, died young; George Martin Jr.; John Martin, of Amesbury; Esther Jameson and 3 others; Jane Hadley; Abigail Hadlock and William Martin less Did not you give your consent? George and Susannah are my ninth great-grandparents. Susannah pleaded not guilty, but in the end she was found guilty and condemned to death. Corwin ] Assists ( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. John Pressy testified that about twenty-four years previously, he had followed a light "about the bignes of a half bushell" and gave it "at Lest forty blows." 1 Page 62 ), Robt Pike ast. will be on your left after roughly 1/3-1/2 mile. Salem Witchcraft: Frederick Ungar Publishing, New York 1v.1 p. 427, v.2 pp. After w'ch time the s'd Elizabeth told this deponent that as shee was milking of her cow the s'd susana martin came behind her and told her that shee woold make hir the miserablest creatur for defa[m]ing her name at the Court & wep greevously as shee told it to this deponent. 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. You said their Master -- Who do you think is their Master? 1625. The hurt of these persons. GEDCOM Source. 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.". . Dr. Increase Mather, President of Harvard College, and Rev. ( Essex County Archives, Vol. This post is the basic lineage information for where these lines cross. [10] The folk band Touchstone recorded the song "Susanna Martin" for their 1982 album, The New Land on the Green Linnet label. his wife. Susanna North Martin, after the death of her husband, George Martin, was arrested for witchcraft, April 30, 1692, tried at Salem, June 29, and executed July 19, 1692.". and his Son. William was acquitted of witchcraft slander, although "the Court did not agree." Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692. Susannah 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 secondslack. [Edited to add]: I now see the death also in the VRs p. 585, but there's also no mention of the 1663 birth recording. 1 Page 71 ), Jurat in Curia (On reverse side of paper) The Depotion of Sam: Parris &c ag'st. On June 26, 1692 her trial began. "Let Goody Martin rest in peace, I never knew her harm a fly, And witch or not - God knows - not I? Mary Pressy testifieth to all the above Except Susanna her threatning of the not raising above two Cowes. Susannah North was born in 1621 in England to Richard North and Joan (Bartram) North. On August 11, 1646 at Salisbury, Susannah married the widower George Martin, a blacksmith with whom she had eight children, including daughter Jane, the great-great-great-great grandmother of Chester A. Arthur.The farthest descendant recorded is Juliet Vaughn (11th generation) In . George was one of the largest landowners in Amesbury. Click on the names below to see their relationship charts. Although George and Susannah were frequently involved with the Essex County Court as early as 1647, these more significant cases likely relate to later witchcraft persecution: A short and active woman, wearing a hood and scarf, plump and well developed in her figure, of remarkable personal neatness, Upham further describes her as speaking her mind freely with strength of expression and more wit than her neighbors.[12] The Reverend Dr. Cotton Mather, however, cursed her as one of the most impudent, scurrilous, wicked creatures of this world.[13]. I have a great number of leads but cannot positively confirm them. And then sett out the 3d time in Lik manner and was be wildered and came back but not so far as before: but knew whear he was and so sett himself in his way as before: and in Less then half a mile going he saw a Light stand on his Left hand about too rod out of the way: it semd to be about the bignes of a half bushell but this deponent Kept on his way & Left it: and in a matter of seven or eight rod going it appeared againe at the Lik distance from him as before: & so it did againe the 3d time: but the deponet past on his way: and in Less then twenty rod going the same or such another Light Lay in his way: and he having a stik in his hand did with the end of it indevered to stir it out of the plac and to give it som smale blows with it: and the Light seemd to brust up & wave from side to side as a turky cock when he sprads his tayle but went not out of the plac which [pbar ]ceiving this deponent Layd it on with his stik with all his might he thinks he gave her at Lest forty blows: and so was going away and Leave it: but as he was going his heals wear struk up & he Layd on his bak on the ground & was sliding into a deep plac (as to him seemd) but taking hold of som brush or bushes & so recoverd himself: & having Lost his coat which he had upon his Arme went bak to the Light saw his coate & took it up & went home without any more disturbanc ther: he farther say that he do not know any such pitt to be in the place that he was sliding into he also sayth that when he did strik at the Light he did certainly feel a substanc w'th his stik, he farther sayth that after his striking it & his recovering himself and going on his way as afores'd when he had gon about: 5: or:6: rod he saw Susana martine then wif of Georg martin of Amsbury standing on his Left hand as the Lights had don ther shee stood & Lookt upon him & turned her face after him as went along but sayd nothing nor did nothing to this deponent but that he went home as afors'd only he againe over went his owne house but knowing the ground he was upon returned and found his owne house but being then seazed with fear coold not speake till his wif spake to him at the dore & was in such condision that his family was afrayd of him which story being caryd to the Towne the next day: it was upon enquirey understood (that the s'd good wif martin was in such a miseribl case and in such payn that thay swabbed her body (as was reported) This deponant farther sayth that these things being noysed abroad maj'r Pike sent for this deponent and had an accompt of the case: but seemd to be troubled that this deponent had not told him of it in season that shee might have ben vewed to have seen w't her ayle was. Documentary Competition at . Accessed February 29, 2020. 0 .. . George died in 1686, leaving Susannah an impoverished widow, widely disliked and with a history of flouting authority. 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. Leave a message for others who see this profile. nor Goody Bibber tho she had not accused her before: also Mary Walcot could not come near her. Salem Susanna(h) Martin (ne North) (baptized September 30, 1621 died July 19, 1692) was twice accused of witchcraft during her life and was found guilty of witchcraft and executed during the Salem witch trials. Not until 2001 was Susannah exonerated, along with four other convicted witches, by the signing of a bill by Acting Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift on 31 Oct 2001. 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. George also sued Thomas Sargent "for saying that his son George Marttin was a bastard and that Richard Marttin was Goodwife Marttin's imp," (a witch's familiar.) 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. Susannah (North) Martin . Music Video: Stronger. Image via Sundance. Born Susannah North in England in 1621, she moved with her family to Salisbury, MA when she was 18. : Magistrate: "What ails these people? She was the daughter of Richard and Joan (Bartram) North. Nov 23, 2022 Updated Nov 23, 2022 Wrongly convicted witch Susannah Martin's marker at her property line at the dead end of North Martin Road in Amesbury. Where do you see that death, Georgia? Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive. ": Magistrate: "Do you believe these afflicted persons cannot say true?" : Martin: "No, I do not think they are." I dare not tell a lye if it would save my life. Wiggins' stable, when a man entered, and she took him by the collar and told him she would be the death of him if he told"; he sued William Sargent "for saying his wife was a witch and he would call her a witch." Not the least of reasons that she wasn't a witch because witches don't exist. ": Martin: "If they be dealing in the black art, you may know as well as I." It can also be found and may be easier to read at this link: http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/BoySal2R?div_id=n92, The Salem witchcraft papers, Volume 2 : verbatim transcipts of the legal documents of the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692 / edited and with an introduction and index by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum / revised, corrected, and augmented by Benjamin C. Ray and Tara S. Wood, Susannah Martin Executed July 19, 1692 (See also: George Burroughs -- Complaint; Bridget Bishop -- Physical Examination; Sarah Good -- Death Warrant. The directions Christopher has provided are spot-on. John Indian said he hath not seen her Mercy Lewes pointed to her & fell into a little fit. the said second day of may in the forth year aforesaid and at Divers other dayes and times as well before as after was and is Tortured: Afflicted Pined wasted and Torminted as also for Sundrey other acts of witchcraft by said Suzanah Martin Committed and done before and since that time ag't the Peace of our Sovereigne Lord.