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- [S10439] Find a Grave Monument (Witchcraft), SOLART Sarah Good 1653-1692.
Salem Witch Trial Defendant. Born Sarah Solart, daughter of Elizabeth and John Solart, a successful innkeeper in Wenham, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her father died, leaving his estate to his wife and 7 children. Her mother remarried Ezekiell Woodworth who took over the inn and never did, according to court/historical records, settle with the family, which left some of them destitute. She married Daniel Poole, a former indentured servant, who died in debt in 1686. A second marriage to William Good, a weaver, was burdened with her first husband's debts. They were forced to sell their property to settle the debts, leaving them homeless and destitute. They were forced to beg for food and work among her neighbors. Sarah sometimes spoke against those who did not help, making her a figure of dislike. On February 29, 1692, she was named a witch, and a warrant was issued for her arrest. She appeared at a hearing on March 1, and was examined by John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin. She maintained her innocence and was the first to testify in the Salem Witchcraft trials. After numerous accusations, Sarah Good and another defendant, Tituba, were ordered sent to the Boston jail on March 24,however, they were sent to Ipswich jail instead. Her daughter, Dorcas (Dorothy), who was about 4 or 5 years old, was then arrested as well. Good was examined again in court on March 29, and maintained her innocence. In jail, she gave birth to another daughter, Mercy, but the baby did not survive. On June 29, she and four other defendants were pronounced guilty of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. Under the noose, she was urged to confess by the local Reverend, she was reported as responding: "I am no more a witch than you are a wizard, and, if you take away my life, God will give you blood to drink." On July 19, 1692, the five women were hanged at Gallows Hill. The victims were then disposed of in an unmarked, common grave, now lost. According to historical records, those not taken to be buried by their families were rolled into the "crevice" next to Proctor's Ledge, where they had been hung, and earth was put on top of them. The "Crevice" is still there to the side of the present day ledge and memorial. Compensation was paid to William Good in 1710 for the death of his wife (although he had testified against her), which he signed over to Benjamin Putnam, his infant daughter, Mercy Good, (who died in jail) and to the condition of Dorothy Good, who was never able to function, understand, or toilet herself through her life. In 1957, the state of Massachusetts formally apologized for the witch trials.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6567/sarah-good
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Burial-GOOD Sarah
Sarah Solart Good "Hanged" for witchcraft - Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem MA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6567/sarah-good |
- [S2571] Wikipedia: Sarah Good, (Name: Wikipedia;), Sarah Good (21 Jul 1653 – 29 July 1692) was one of the first three women to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials, which occurred in 1692 in colonial Massachusetts.
Sarah Good was born in 1653, the daughter of a well-to-do tavern owner in Wenham, Massachusetts named John Solart. In 1669, when she was 16 years old, her father committed suicide. His 70-acre estate was valued around 500 pounds and he didn't leave a will. At the time of his death, the Solarts were one of many families involved in land disputes around Salem. The estate was divided mostly between his widow and two sons, with only a small allotment to be shared among seven daughters, however, even this was denied to the girls by their mother's new husband. Sarah was left with no dowry and no prospects beyond marriage to an indentured servant named Daniel Poole who left her heavily in debt when he died soon after.[1]
The small portion of land that Sarah had received from her father's estate was lost in a suit filed by Poole's creditors. She and her new husband sold the remainder leaving them impoverished and homeless, and were forced to beg from the households of Salem. It was rumored that she walked off "muttering" after Samuel Parris gave her charity, and she developed a reputation for being unpleasant whether she received charity or not. When Samuel and Mary Abbey gave her lodgings for a time they said she was "so turbulent a spirit, spiteful and so maliciously bent" that they put her out. Her husband told the examiners that she was "an enemy to all good". When accused of never attending church she said it was because she hadn't any proper attire for the services.
On March 25, 1692 [O.S. March 15, 1691],[Note 1] Good was tried for witchcraft. She was accused of rejecting the puritanical expectations of self-control and discipline when she chose to torment and "scorn [children] instead of leading them towards the path of salvation".[5] When she was brought in, the accusers immediately began to rock back and forth and moan, seemingly in response to Good's presence. Later in the trial, one of the accusers fell into a fit. When it had stopped, she claimed Good had attacked her with a knife; she even produced a portion of it, stating the weapon had been broken during the alleged assault. However, upon hearing this statement, a young townsman stood and told the court the piece had broken off his own knife the day before, and that the girl had witnessed it. He then revealed the other half, proving his story. After hearing this, Judge William Stoughton[6] simply scolded the girl for exaggerating what he believed to be the truth.[7][8]
Although both Good and Sarah Osborne denied the allegations against them, Tituba admitted to being the "Devil's servant". She stated that a tall man dressed all in black came to them, demanding they sign their names in a great book. Although initially refusing, Tituba said, she eventually wrote her name, after Good and Osborne forced her to. There were six other names in the book as well but were not visible to her. She also said that Good had ordered her cat to attack Elizabeth Hubbard, causing the scratches and bite marks on the girl's body. She spoke of seeing Good with black and yellow birds surrounding her, and that Good had also sent these animals to harm the girls. When the girls began to have another fit, Tituba claimed she could see a yellow bird in Good's right hand. The young accusers agreed.
When Good was allowed the chance to defend herself in front of the twelve jurors in the Salem Village meeting house, she argued her innocence, proclaiming Tituba and Osborne as the real witches. In the end, however, Good was convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death. On July 29 [O.S. July 19], 1692,[Note 1] Sarah Good was hanged along with four other women convicted of witchcraft.[9] While the other four quietly awaited execution, Good firmly proclaimed her innocence. The Rev. Nicholas Noyes was persistent, but unsuccessful, in his attempts to force Good to confess. When she was found guilty by the judges, including Noyes, according to legend she yelled to him: "I'm no more a witch than you are a wizard, and if you take away my life God will give you blood to drink", although this sentence does not appear in any of contemporary reports of the execution.[10] There is also a legend that, twenty-five years later, Noyes died from choking on his own blood.[11]
Good was pregnant at the time of her arrest and gave birth to an infant in her cell in the jail in Ipswich. The infant died before her mother was hanged.
In 1710, William Good successfully sued the Great and General Court for health and mental damages done to Sarah and Dorcas, ultimately receiving thirty pounds sterling, one of the largest sums granted to the families of the witchcraft victims
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Good
- [S10434] Find a Grave Memorial, Salem Witchcraft Trials Memorial.
Memorial site located adjacent to, but outside Burying Point Cemetery. This commemoration dedicated to the victims of the Salem Witch Trials was erected in 1992.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2648383/salem-witch-trials-memorial
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Memorial-Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trial Memorial -- Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ~ Memorial site located adjacent to, but outside Burying Point Cemetery. This commemoration dedicated to the victims of the Salem Witch Trials was erected in 1992 + https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2648383/salem-witch-trials-memorial |
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Historical Marker-Salem Witch Trials
Memorial site located adjacent to, but outside Burying Point Cemetery. This commemoration dedicated to the victims of the Salem Witch Trials was erected in 1992. |
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Birth date: 1622 Birth place: Marriage date: 1672 Marriage place: MA
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