1623-24— The Fishing settlement was established.
1692— The Daughter and the Niece of reverend Samuel Parris become ill.
~~ William Griggs (Doctor) thought the illness was witchcraft. Which led to the hanging of nineteen men and women accused of witchcraft.
~~ People in Salem had a strong thought that the devil often possessed them.
~~ They filled prison full of people (about 150 people)
Who were also, accused of witchcraft.
June 1692 – meeting about who or what will be done or Hung
~~ After, they made more executions, they apologized to the innocent families that had been hurt in the process.
From June to September in 1692, nineteen people were accused of witchcraft. They were then taken to Gallows Hill, a slope in Salem village. They were to be hung. One man was even crushed by boulders. He would not submit to the trials. There were 1000’s of people who were accused of witchcraft, they were put in jail, only to die from a Hysteria case that had passed after they were punished. …show more content…
She often ran about, and was also, found under furniture, hunched over in pain, and complained of a fever. Some say, it was a combination of stress, guilt, asthma, boredom, child abuse, and epilepsy and delusional psychosis. It later, was found as “Convulsive Erogotism.” Erogot- is a fungus that spreads on bread and wheat’s. There is no absolute way to know if she did actually suffer from convulsive