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What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials - Brian A. Pavlac Witches And The Witch Trials.
George Jacobs, Sr. They were never convicted, so other than gossip, were never harmed from the accusations.
I have now discovered that John Alden, Jr. John Alden, Jr. However, George Jacobs, Sr. Here is his story:. It is not known when he first came to Massachusetts, but he was farming near Salem by the s. He bought a house and ten acres of land in November near Salem Village which is now Danvers, Massachusetts.
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He was married twice. Nothing is known about his first wife except that the couple had three children — George Jr, Ann, and Mary, all of whom were born in Salem. He married his second wife Mary Fecher on 12 January in Salem. In fact, He was taken to court and fined in for striking another man while in an angry rage. George Jr. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February and May More than two hundred people were accused.
A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials
Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging fourteen women and five men. Another man was pressed to death for refusing to plead, and at least five people died Andd in jail. It was the deadliest and most famous witch hunt in the history of colonial America.
In Februarya group of young Salem Village girls began to exhibit strange fits — the girls screamed, threw things about the room, uttered strange sounds, crawled under furniture and contorted themselves into peculiar positions. Doctors could find no medical or physical cause for the symptoms.
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Soon people were being accused and arrested for allegedly afflicting these children using witchcraft. George Sr. She panicked and pointed the finger at George, Sr. Salem constable Joseph Neale made the arrests that same day. Rebecca Jacobs was soon jailed, but George, Jr. George was questioned on the day of his arrest as well as the following day.
He emerges as an interesting person from the records of his examinations.]
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