Six Women of Salem (67 page)

Prisoners transferred to Boston: Doc,
186
.

Elizabeth Booth vs. Mary Warren: Ibid.,
167
.

Specters vs. Mary Warren: Ibid.,
255
.

May
20
, Mercy Lewis’s afflictions, Mary Esty re-arrested and so forth: Ibid.,
204
–
205
,
187
,
601
,
191
–
192
,
197
.

Sarah Procter and Sarah Bassett accused: Ibid.,
195
.

Mary Esty’s second hearing: Ibid.,
601
.

Hearings of Benjamin Procter, Sarah Pease, and Mary DeRich: Ibid.,
198
–
201
.

Elizabeth Cary: Ibid.,
203
.

Prisoners transferred to Boston: Ibid.,
212
.

Mary Warren vs. Mary Ireson and Mary Toothaker: Ibid.,
305
.

Fast Day scheduled: Ibid.,
219
; Massachusetts Archives, “Council Records,”
170
; Love,
The Fast,
481
,
260
.

May
26
spectral attacks: Docs,
219
,
229
.

William Procter and others accused: Ibid.,
221
.

Court of Oyer and Terminer established: Ibid.,
220
.

Mrs. Cary: Ibid.,
224
,
203
.

List of suspects and victims: Ibid.,
221
–
222
.

Elizabeth Fosdick and Elizabeth Paine, second complaint: Ibid.,
221
,
229
.

Spectral activities: Ibid.,
230
(Bridget Bishop),
202
(Philip English).

Philip English arrested: Ibid.,
117
,
976
.

Office of sheriff: Massachusetts Archives, “Council Records,”
173
–
177
.

Oyer and Terminer order: Doc,
232
.

May
31
, afflicted witnesses: Ibid.,
233
,
241
–
242
.

Bartholomew Gedney: Ibid.,
234
. Alden’s statement has Gedney present, although only Hathorne and Corwin signed the warrants.

Thomas Newton: Ibid.,
253
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
144
.

Mrs. Ann Putnam present: Doc,
30
.

John Alden hearing: Ibid.,
233
–
234
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
10
,
51
,
97
,
149
.

Elizabeth How hearing: Docs
241
,
243
(Bridget Oliver).

Martha Carrier hearing: Ibid.,
235
.

Wilmot Read hearing: Ibid.,
247
,
251
.

Alden again: Ibid.,
234
.

Philip English hearing: Ibid.,
117
.

William Procter: Ibid.,
226
,
222
,
581
–
582
,
433
.

Arthur Abbott: Ibid.,
222
.

Ann Putnam deposes vs. Rebecca Nurse: Ibid.,
30
.

Petition for Rebecca Nurse: Ibid.,
254
,
151
–
152
(Daniel Andrews).

Elizabeth Emerson and Grace: SCJ,
1
:
52
; Ulrich,
Goodwives,
196
–
201
.

Sarah Good and servant girl: C. Mather, “A Brand Pluck’d Out,”
259
–
260
.

Chapter 9: June 1 to 9, 1692

Transfer of prisoners: Docs,
253
(Tituba),
512
,
841
(Procters).

Esty-Bishop statement: Ibid.,
262
.

Mary English statement: Ibid.,
263
.

Boston jail: Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
213
.

Philip English’s hiding place: Doc,
876
.

Nurse specter vs. Ann Putnam June
1
: Ibid.,
267
.

Mary Warren and others questioned June
2
: Ibid.,
255
.

Witnesses vs. Rebecca Nurse and John Willard: Ibid.,
259
–
260
.

Ghosts attack Ann Putnam June
2
: Ibid.,
269
.

Magistrates question Abigail and Deliverance Hobbs and Mary Warren: Ibid.,
255
.

Ann Putnam and ghosts: Ibid.,
269
.

Women suspects examined for witch-marks: Ibid.,
271
(and notes),
340
.

Men suspects examined for witch-marks: Ibid.,
272
.

Bridget Bishop before grand jury: Ibid.,
264
; C. Mather,
Wonders
,
299
; Perley, “Salem, No.
14
,”
20
–
37
, and “Salem, No.
1
,”
172
–
173
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
229
; Trask, “Legal,”
50
–
51
.

Bridget Bishop’s indictments: Docs,
273
–
276
.

Testimony not used against Bridget Bishop: Ibid.,
76
(Hubbard),
164
,
283
(Sheldon),
258
(Mary Warren).

Bridget Bishop before trial jury: C. Mather,
Wonders
,
223
–
229
.

Thomas Brattle’s letter: Brattle, “Letter,”
174
–
175
.

Acceptable evidence: C. Mather,
Wonders
,
216
n
1
,
304
n
5
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials,
xxii.

Evidence vs. Bridget Bishop:

Hobbs: C. Mather,
Wonders
,
224
; Docs,
95
,
116
.

Afflicted in court: C. Mather,
Wonders,
223
–
224
.

Cook: Doc,
277
; C. Mather,
Wonders,
224
.

Gray: Doc,
230
(and note), C. Mather,
Wonders,
224
; Calef,
More Wonders,
356
.

J and R Bly: Doc,
281
, C. Mather,
Wonders,
225
.

Coman: Doc,
282
, C. Mather,
Wonders,
225
.

Shattucks: Doc,
279
, C. Mather,
Wonders,
225
–
226
.

Maule: Hale,
Modest Enquiry,
156
.

Louder: Doc,
278
, C. Mather,
Wonders,
226
–
227
.

Stacy: Doc,
231
, C. Mather,
Wonders,
227
–
228
.

J and W Bly: Doc,
280
, C. Mather,
Wonders,
228
.

Stoughton and Brattle on afflictions: Brattle, “Letter,”
187
–
188
.

Ann Putnam depositions: Docs,
269
,
267
.

Second witch-mark search: Ibid.,
271
.

Evidence vs. Rebecca Nurse: Ibid.,
291
(Ann Putnam Jr.),
290
(Elizabeth Hubbard),
292
(Mary Walcott), Sheldon/Chibbun (
289
),
30
(Ann Putnam Sr.),
244
(Abigail Williams).

Evidence in favor of Rebecca Nurse: Ibid.,
293
(Clement Coldum),
294
(Goodwives Preston and Tarbell),
31
(Porter, Cloyce, Andrews),
254
(petition).

Indictments vs. Rebecca Nurse: Ibid.,
285
–
288
.

John Willard before the grand jury: Ibid.,
176
(coroner’s jury’s report),
301
(Parris, Ingersoll, Thomas Putnam).

Indictments vs. John Willard: Ibid.,
296
–
298
(Sheldon),
299
–
300
(and note).

Sarah Churchill and Margaret Jacobs do not testify: Ibid.,
295
.

Margaret Jacobs’ recantation: Ibid.,
512
,
753
; Calef,
More Wonders,
364
–
365
; D. Greene, “George Jacobs,”
67
–
69
.

Job Tookey hearing: Docs,
306
–
307
(Louder).

Mary Ireson accused: Ibid.,
303
,
305
.

Mary Ireson hearing: Ibid.,
304
,
310
.

Ann Dolliver hearing: Ibid.,
308
–
309
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
164
.

Tookey’s second examination: Doc,
312
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
268
.

Elizabeth Booth Jr.: D. Greene, “Bray Wilkins,”
105
–
106
.

Death Warrant: Doc,
313
.

Hanging site: Roach,
Gallows and Graves,
7
–
9
.

Chapter 10: June 10 to 30, 1692

Execution of Bridget Bishop: Doc,
313
,
408
.

Thomas Maule and Reverend Hale: Ibid.,
313
; Hale,
Modest Enquiry,
156
; Matthew
12
:
31
,
32
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
167
–
168
; Tully,
Almanac,
“June Hath
30
Dayes,” xiv. Regarding unforgivable sin (Geneva Bible translation in Weigle,
New Testament Octapla
): “Wherefore I say unto you, everie sinne and blasphmie (against) the holie Gost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever shal speake a worde against the Sonne of man, it shalbe forgiven him: but whosoever shal speake against the holie Gost, it shal not be forgiven him, neteher in this world nor in the worlde to come.”