Death Warrant for my 10th Great Grandmother Susannah North Martin, tried and convicted at the Salem Witch Trials She was Hanged July 19, 1692

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astronautmyproblem on July 27th, 2019 at 19:33 UTC »

Wow. That’s wildly effed up.

Can’t help but think she must have been one interesting woman to have made so many people so butthurt that they accused her of witchcraft constantly

What a terrible time. Thanks for sharing.

VeryStableGenius on July 27th, 2019 at 20:37 UTC »

To be fair, the evidence against her was pretty solid:

Susannah Martin was twice forced to submit to physical examination for evidence of a "witch's tit or physical protuberance which might give milk to a familiar." No such deformity was found in Susannah Martin but it was noted that "in the morning her nipples were found to be full as if the milk would come", but by late afternoon "her breasts were slack, as if milk had already been given to someone or something." This was an indication that she had been visited by a witch's familiar, and was clear evidence of guilt.[5]

sammithesheepishlion on July 27th, 2019 at 23:14 UTC »

Oh, hello cousin! I haven’t personally followed the paper trail back that far, but if familysearch is correct, she’s my 10th GGM also!