The Witchcraft Delusion In Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by John M. Taylor - HTML preview

CHAPTER IX

Elizabeth Clawson--The indictment--Witnesses--"Kateran" Branch--Garney--

Kecham--Abigail and Nathaniel Cross--Bates--Sargent Wescot and Abigail--

Finch--Bishop--Holly--Penoir--Slawson--Kateran's Antics--Acquittal.

Hugh Crotia--The court--Grand jury--Indictment--Testimony--Confession--

Acquittal--Gaol delivery--Elizabeth Garlick--A sick woman's fancies--"A black thing at the bed's featte"--Burning herbs--The sick child--The ox'

broken leg--The dead ram and sow--The Tale burning CHAPTER X

Goodwife Knapp--Her character--A notable case--Imprisonment--Harsh treatment--The inquisitors--Their urgency--Knapp's appeal--The postmortem desecration--Prominent people involved--Davenport and Ludlow--Staplies vs.

Ludlow--The court--Confidential gossip--Cause of the suit--Testimony--

Davenport--Sherwood--Tomson--Gould--Ward--Pel --Brewster--Lockwood--Hul --

Brundish--Whitlock--Barlow--Lyon--Mistress Staplies--Her doings aforetime--

Tashs' night ride--"A light woman"--Her character--Reparation suit--Her later indictment--Power of the delusion--Pertinent inquiry CHAPTER XI

Present opinions--J. Hammond Trumbul --Annie Eliot Trumbull--Review--Authenticity--Record evidence--Controversialists--Actual cases--Suspicions--Accusations--Acquittals--Flights--Executions--First complete rol --Changes in belief--Contrast--Edwards--Carter--"The Rogerenes"--Conclusion--Hathorne--Mather THE WITCHCRAFT DELUSION

IN COLONIAL CONNECTICUT