Neal,
Thanks, that makes sense.
On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Neal Carrier <ncarrier(a)dreamscape.com>wrote:
Alice,
>From what I've seen in old records and comments on the internet I really
doubt that Martha was buried in Marlborough.
It appears that Richard went to Conn. first in the late 1600's or early
1700's. Thomas and some of the children stayed in the Andover area until
around 1710 when he received a few shillings for her hanging.
The Salem witchcraft papers, Additional Documents Electronic Text Center,
University of Virginia library
(Account of Thomas Carrier -- Case of Martha Carrier) To: To the Honorable
Committe Sitting at Salem this 13 day of Sept. 1710 These are to Inform
your Honours that my wife Martha Carrier was condemned upon an Accusation
of witchcraft, and Suffered Death at Salem in the year 1692. I payd to the
Sherriff upon his Demand fifty Shillings. I payd the prison keeper upon his
demand for prison fees, for my wife and four children four pounds Sixteen
Shillings.
He was granted 50 shillings and the prison fee to the keeper for his wife
and children.4 pounds 16 shillings.
Travel from Andover to Colchester in that time was pretty rough and I
can't imagine lugging Martha's body that far 10 to 20 years after the
hanging. Burials in the 1600's didn't have the meaning that they do now.
Most people were dumped in a hole naked as clothing was too expensive to
waste. Reading wills from those times they listed every piece of clothing
in the estate and who got it.
I suspect that old Thomas was kind of po'd at Martha because she wouldn't
shut up and just admit to being a witch so she could get off like the kids
did and he probably left her in the ravine for the critters to gnaw on.
Neal Carrier
On Nov 13, 2011, at 9:50 AM, Alice Markham-Cantor wrote:
> I heard one account that Martha may be buried in the Carrier family
> graveyard in Marlborough, Connecticut, where Thomas and the children
lived
> after the Trials. People digging in the early twentieth century found
two
> extra, unidentified bodies in the graveyard, and it's possible that one
of
> them is Martha.
>
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