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Deposition of Samuel and Mary Abbey against Sarah Good in the Salem Witch Trials
28 June 1692 , Salem, Massacheuttes
Deposition of Samuel and Mary Abbey against Sarah Good in the Salem Witch Trials
Dat: 28 Jun 1692 -- I have warned the parsens.above.named accorden totener of this summonce by me.
*John putnam. Const of salem
(O. R.) Subpena versus. Sa: Good .
(Essex county Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 5 )
(Samuel Abbey and Mary Abbey v. Sarah Good )
Samuel Abbey of Salem Villiage Aged 45. Years or thereabouts and Mary Abbey his wife aged 38 years or thereabouts, Deposeth and Saith:
That about this Time three Years past W'm: Good and his wife Sarah Good being destitute of an house to dwell in these Deponents out of Charity, they being Poor. lett them live in theirs some time, untill that the said Sarah Good was #[of] so Turbulant a Spirritt, [Spirritt,] Spitefull and so Mallitiously bent, that these Deponents could notsuffer her to Live in their howse any Longer; and was forced for Quiettness sake to turne she the said Sarah , with her husband, out of their howse, ever since, which is about two years 1/2 agone; the said Sarah Good , hath carried it very Spitefully & Mallitiously, towardsthem, the winter following after the said Sarah was gone from ourhouse, we began to Loose Cattle, and Lost severall after an unusallManner, in drupeing Condition and yett they would Eate: and your Deponents have Lost after that manner 17 head of Cattle with in two years, besides Sheep, and Hoggs: and both doe beleive they Dyed by witchcraft, the said William good on the last of may, was twelve months, went home to his wife the s'd Sarah Good , and told her, whata sad-Accident had fallen out, she asked what, he answered that his neighbour Abbey had lost two Cowes, both dyeing within halfe an hourof one another; the s'd Sarah good said she did not care if he the said Abbey had Lost all the Cattle he had, as the said Jno. Good toldus. Just that very Day, that said Sarah good was taken up, we yorDeponents had a Cow that could not rise alone, but since presentlyafter she was taken up, the said Cow was well and could rise so well,as if she had ailed nothing: she the said Sarah Good : ever sincethese Deponants turned her out of their howse she hath behaveed herselfe very crossely & Mallitiously, to them & their Children callingtheir Children vile Names and hath-threetened them often
Jurat in Curia.
(Reverse) Sam.Abbey & wife
Sworne
Sarah Good
(Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 8 )
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Deposition of Samuel Abbey against Mary Easty in the Salem WitchTrials
20 May 1692 , Salem, Massacheuttes
Deposition of Samuel Abbey against Mary Easty in the Salem Witch Trials
(Samuel Abby v. Mary Easty, John Willard,
and Mary Witheridge)
The Deposistion of Samuell Abby aged about 45 years who
testifieth and saith that on the 20th of may 1692 I went to the house. of constable Jno. putnam:about 9 a clock in the moring and when I came there: Mircy lewes lay on the bed in a sad condition and continewing speachless for about an hour: the man not being at whom: the woman desired me to goe to Tho: putnams to bring Ann putnam to se if she could se who it was that hurt mircy lewes: accordingly I went: and found Abigail williams along with ann putnam:
and brought them both to se mircy lewes: and as they ware a goeing along the way both of them said that they saw the Apperishtion of Goody Estick and said it was the same woman that was sent whom
the other day: and said also that they saw the Apperishtion of the other woman that appered with goody estick the other day.and both of them allso said that the Apperishtion of goody Estick tould them that now she was afflecting of mircy lewes: and when they came to Mircy lewes both of them said that they saw the Apperishtion of goody Estick and Jno. willard and mary witheridge afflecting the body of mircy lewes: and I continewing along with mircy who con-
tinewed in a sad condition the greatest part of the day being in such tortors as no toungue can express: but not able to spake: but at last said Deare lord Receive my soule and againe said Lord let them not kill me quitt, but att last she came to hir self for a little whille and was very sensable and [and] then she said that goody estick said
she would kill hir before midnight because she did not cleare hir so as the Rest did. then againe presently she fell very bad and cried out pray for the salvation of my soule for they will kil me Jurat in Curia Sep'r. 9th. 92
( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 124 )
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Probate of Samuel Abby
March 1697 , Windham County, Connecticut
(Note: Ref Ancestry.com for probate)
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1646 - 1697 (50 years)
