George Burroughs

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George Burroughs was a English minister who was executed during the Salem Witch Trials. - AsNotedIn

Mr Burroughs was carried in a Cart with others, through the streets of Salem, to Execution. When he was upon the Ladder, he made a speech for the clearing of his Innocency, with such Solemn and Serious Expressions as were to the Admiration of all present; his Prayer (which he concluded by repeating the Lord's Prayer) was so well worded, and uttered with such composedness as such fervency of spirit, as was very Affecting, and drew Tears from many, so that if seemed to some that the spectators would hinder the execution. The accusers said the black Man [Devil] stood and dictated to him. As soon as he was turned off [hung], Mr Cotton Mather, being mounted upon a Horse, addressed himself to the People, partly to declare that he [Mr Burroughs] was no ordained Minister, partly to possess the People of his guilt, saying that the devil often had been transformed into the Angel of Light. And this did somewhat appease the People, and the Executions went on; when he [Mr Burroughs] was cut down, he was dragged by a Halter to a Hole, or Grave, between the Rocks, about two feet deep; his Shirt and Breeches being pulled off, and an old pair of Trousers of one Executed put on his lower parts: he was so put in, together with Willard and Carrier, that one of his Hands, and his Chin, and a Foot of one of them, was left uncovered.
Robert Calef, More Wonders of The Invisible World (1700)


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1650/00/00 Rebecca Stiles, wife of Nathaniel Burrough, gives birth to a son, George. Born
1670/08/09 George Burroughs graduates from Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Education Old Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA
1674/04/12 George Burroughs is admitted to full communion at Roxbury church and his daughter, Rebecca, is baptized. Faith
1692/08/19 Convicted of witchcraft, Rev George Burroughs is hanged on Proctor's Ledge in Salem, Massachusetts. Site is near 7 Pope Street, Salem. Died Proctor's Ledge, Salem Salem, MA Salem Witch Trials
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