Rebecca Eames examination and certificate of confession, 1692

Title

Rebecca Eames examination and certificate of confession, 1692

Creator

["Eames, Rebecca, 1641-1721"]

Names

["Higginson, John"]

Geographic Coverage

["Salem Village (Mass.)"]

Subjects

["Trials (Witchcraft)--Massachusetts--Salem"]

Genre/Form

["Records and briefs"]

Resource Details

Title

Rebecca Eames examination and certificate of confession, 1692

Date

1692

Extent

4 images

Collection

["Salem Witchcraft Trials records, 1692-1693, undated."]

Reference Number

MSS 401

Creator

["Eames, Rebecca, 1641-1721"]

Names

["Higginson, John"]

Geographic Coverage

["Salem Village (Mass.)"]

Subjects

["Trials (Witchcraft)--Massachusetts--Salem"]

Genre/Form

["Records and briefs"]

Description

51-year-old Rebecca Eames was accused of practicing witchcraft on Timothy Swan, a claim corroborated by members of the Putman family and related individuals. She was arrested directly after the public execution of George Burroughs, Martha Allen Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., John Proctor, and John Willard on August 19, 1692, having been accused of inflicting pain on a fellow spectator. Her son and grandson were later also accused. Eames was tried and convicted on September 17th along with nine others, all of whom were condemned to death. Four of the nine were hanged on September 22, but Eames was spared when the court dissolved in October. She remained in prison until early December, when she petitioned to be exonerated, claiming that she had plead guilty on the advice of fellow inmates Abigail Hobbs and Mary Lacey.

Please visit our webpage on the Salem Witchcraft Trials which includes links to additional source materials and helpful resources.

Language

["English"]

Source

["Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum"]

Rights Statement

In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted

External Reference

View associated catalog record

Series

["New England's Hidden Histories"]

Sponsor

["Council on Library and Information Resources"]

Type

["Text"]

Origination

["Reformatted digital"]

File Format

["image/jpeg"]

Contributor

["Digital Ark (digitization vendor)"]

Date of Reformatting

11 February 2017

Reformatting Type

["Access"]

Camera Model

["Sony ILCE-7RM2"]

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