Salem witch trials parris

Soon, she was contorting her body into odd postures, consistently spouting foolish and ridiculous speeches, and generally having fits. The Reverend Parris consulted other ministers, who would not explain her actions. But, when he brought in the local doctor, William Griggs, he suggested that her malady must be the result of witchcraft. But, the frenzy just spread. Since the sufferers of witchcraft were believed to be the victims of a crime, the community set out to find the perpetrators.

When the trials began, the Reverend Samuel Parris would submit complaints, serve as a witness, testify against many of those who were accused, and sometimes, would serve as the record keeper of the events. Though the hysteria had finally ended, Salem Village was still divided and many were even more dissatisfied with the Reverend Parris.

However, in , two years after the end of the trials, Parris still garnered a majority of town support. But, over time, the families of those who had been accused, and especially of those who had been executed, would push him out. Some villagers brought charges against him for his part in the trials, leading him to apologize for his error.

Despite the intense dislike of many Salem villagers, Parris stayed on until , when he accepted another preaching position in Stow, Massachusetts. He would later live in Watertown and Concord, where he worked as a trader and a licensed retailer. Somewhere along the line, he would marry for a second time to Dorothy Noyes and the couple would have four children.

He began preaching in Dunstable in , which he continued until From there, he moved to Sudbury, where he worked as a farmer and at times, as a school teacher. He died in Sudbury on February 27, Parris was replaced by the Reverend Joseph Green in , a man who genuinely wanted to heal Salem and started the village on the long and uncertain road to recovery.

Yea the scripture is full of such instances. Church History abounds also with evidences of this truth. Thou Child of the Devil, thou enemy of all Righteousness. Now the seed of the Devil will do the works of the Devil.

Satan sais one. This War shall be as long as they can. Sometimes the Devil looseth his Volunteers in War. The Lawful Captive, the Captives of the Mighty, are sometimes delivered. We have an instance in bloody Saul.

Last: After this life the Saints shall no more be troubled with War from Devils and their Instruments. Nor is it so strange. Houses in the North, are found so many of this Damned brood. Also the same Mr. Why they are Devils, or Devils instruments.

Here are no Newters. Every one is on one side or the other. It calls us all especially those that would be accounted Followers of the Lamb to mourn that the Devil has had so many assistants from amongst us, especially that he should find, or make such in our Churches. U See here wo they are that war against Christ 3. U It calls us all to mourn that the Devil has had so many Assistants from amongst us 4. To Proceed. Consider so to do, is to fight for the Devil. Tis to fight for an Enemy. Tis to fight for him, who will pay you no other wages, than of being your Eternal Torturer.

Consider it is to take the weakest side. The Lamb shall most certainly overcome. Consider this will aggravate thy sin above the sin of Devils. To fight against the Lamb, is to fight against thy Saviour: which the Damned Devils never had an offer of. He took not on him the Nature of Angels. Last: It is the way to utter ruine. I say it is the way, the high-way to utter ruine. As sleet and snow heaped higher outside their door, Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail began to twitch and twist their bodies into strange shapes, speaking in words that made no sense.

The pair had been bewitched. At the time, Salem Village was a small New England town populated mostly by Puritans, or religious individuals with a belief in the devil. The Puritan way of life was strict, and even small differences in behavior made people suspicious. When asked who had done this to them, Betty and Abigail blamed three townswomen, including Tituba, a Native American slave who worked in the Parris household. Tituba was known to have played fortune-telling games , which were strictly forbidden by the Puritans.

The three women were thrown in jail to await trial for practicing witchcraft. During the trial, Tituba confessed to having seen the devil and also stated that there was a coven, or group, of witches in the Salem Village area. Good and Osbourne insisted they were innocent. The punishment was hanging.