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From: "John F. Chandler" <>
Subject: Re: Witch Trials
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:33 EDT
In-Reply-To: julie.cabo@gte.net message of Mon, 31 May 1999 16:59:49 -0400


Julie wrote:
> Does anyone know of a place on the internet with information on "Witch
> Trials" in Sutton and Salem area of Mass. I have an ancestor Mary
> Woodrow Sibley who may have been accused of being a witch and put on
> trail.

Please note that Sutton and Salem are in quite different parts of
Massachusetts. There were, in fact, Sibleys living in Sutton from its
early days, but Sutton was not settled until after the witch craze was
over. At any rate, according to Savage, there was a Samuel Sibley in
Salem whose wife Mary was accused of witchcraft during the Salem frenzy
of 1692. However, Savage doesn't give Mary's maiden name. Felt's
Annals of Salem (vol 2, p 476) apparently includes a reference to the
trial.

John Chandler

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