Mary Allen Toothaker
relationship: 1st cousin 10x removed
Mary was accused and arrested for witchcraft in the summer of 1692 and soon after her husband who was also in prison for witchcraft died. She and 2 of her daughters awaited trial. Her trial was eventually held in early 1693. Upon release from prison, she returned home to find it had been burned. Interestingly, she confessed to witchcraft as a means of keeping herself and family safe from attack by Indians. In the summer of 1695, her homestead was attacked, she was killed while daughter Margaret was kidnapped.
Here is the indictment and transcription:
Province of the Massacusetts Bay in New England ss ]
At A Superio’r Court of Judicature held in Charlston for the County of Midlesex the 31: Jan’ry 1692/3 Annoq’e RR & Reginae Gulielmiae & Mariae Angliae &c Quarto
The Juro’s for our Sover lord & lady the King & Queen present that Mary Toothaker of Billrica in the County of Midllsex Widow On or about [] at & In the Towne of Belerica in the County of Midlesex aforsaid Wickedly felloniously And mallitiously A Covenant with the Devill did make & for Confirmacon of the Said Covenant made A marke upon A peece of Birch Ryne which the Devill brought to hir, & promised to Serve the Devill, & to praise him with hir whole heart by which Diabolicall Covenant with the Devill made in maner & forme aforsaid the Said Mary Toothaker is become A detestable Witch Against the peace of o’r Sov’r lord & lady the King & Queen their Crowne & dignity & the laws in that Case made & provided
Billa Vera
birth: abt 1650 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Andrew Allen (?-1690) and Faith Ingalls (1622-?)
marriage: 9 Jun 1665 in Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Roger Toothaker (1634-1692)
children who survived infancy:
Nathaniel (1666-1683)
Martha (1668-1725) married Joseph Emerson
Allin (1670-?)
Roger (1672-1745) married Sarah Rogers
Sarah (?) married Jonathan Whittaker
Mary (1675-1676)
Mary (1676-?)
Andrew (1679-?)
Margaret (1683-1695?) presumed death, captured by Indian
death: 5 Aug 1695 in Billerica, Massachusetts
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Ray Benjamin. Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. Mary Toothaker. University of Virginia. 2018. Retrieved on 22 Jul 2018 from http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n128
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