ancestors accused of witchcraft

So who was the most Witch Unfriendly Monarch?

Oh and can someone point me at those Ostragoths?

Almost ready with the Ostrogoths... probably in a day or two, I'll be ready for the big announcement.

Okay, the big announcement on the Ostrogoths is at:

http://www.geni.com/discussions/85061

My husband's line includes Mary Parsons of Massachusetts.

My 9th great grandmother was hung as a witch
Here is her profile
Alice Lake

and my connection:

Arthur H Sanford - my father
John Bradford Sanford - his father
Henry Llewelyn Sanford - his father
Bradford Pierce Sanford - his father
Asa Sanford - his father
William Sanford - his father
William Sanford - his father
Elizabeth Sanford -his mother HUNG AS A WITCH

Please let me know how to join the project.

I have another
Mary Parker, Salem Witch Trials

Mary Parker is my second cousin 10 times removed.
(10th great grandfathers, great niece)

Arthur H Sanford -my father
John Bradford Sanford - his father
Rhoda Sanford (Ives) - his mother
John Ives - her father
Hannah Ives (Richmond) - his mother
Abiathar Richmond, of Pittsfield - her father
Hannah Richmond - his mother
John Richmond, IV - her father
John Richmond, III - his father
John Richmond, Jr. - his father
Col. John Richmond, Sr. - his father
Henry Richmond-Webb - his father
Mary Evered (Richmond) - his sister
Hannah Ayer - her daughter
Mary Parker -her daughter

Mary Ayer, daughter to John and Hannah, married Nathanial Parker. Mary (Ayer) Parker was accused of witchcraft in 1692. Mary Parker refused to confess during the witchcraft trials saying, "I know nothing of it, there is another woman of the same name in Andover." She was refering to her sister-in-law, Mary Parker, the aged and senile widow of Joseph Parker" [ref Woodward, Records of Salem Witchcraft, 2:163-154]
On September 17, 1692 Margaret Scott, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker, Abigail Faulkner, Rebecca Eames, Mary Lacy, Ann Foster, and Abigail Hobbs were tried and condemned.
On September 22, 1692 Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker were hanged.

Also my 9th great uncle
Capt. John Alden

Lots of witches in my family. I look forward to the project.

john alden jr rodger toothaker.. john proctor bridget bishop sunnsah north martin.. i've got too many allready lol

Samuel Wardwell hung in 1692, at the Salem witch trials. His wife was accused, but later set free. His Son Eliakim married Ruth Bragdon.

My 9th Great Grandmother was Mary Parker (Ayer). I am a decendant of Capt. Walter Neal, Mary Parker's second husband.

@Elizabeth Blanchard
Elizabeth Blanchard (1610/20 - 1696?)
Accused Witch. "Goody" Garlick, wife of Joshua Garlick of Easthampton, Long Island was accused of being a witch and tried for the crime a generation before the famous Salem Witch Trials. The year was 1657/8 and Elizabeth was then a woman in her 50's. She and her husband had come to America with Lyon Gardner whose first place of settlement still bears his name Gardner's Island. They then were settlers of Easthampton along with he, and his family, and many other settlers. It was Lyon Gardner's own daughter, Elizabeth Gardner Howell, who on her deathbed made the final accusation against "Goody" Garlick. It was the hysteria, and local hearsay evidence, that surrounded her subsequent death which made the early townspeople believe Elizabeth Garlick to in fact be a witch. Some historians have said that Joshua and Elizabeth Blanchard Garlick were Huguenots, thus French speaking immigrants among mostly English settlers. Also, she had a vast knowledge of the use of herbs for medicine, making her a strong, older woman from a differing culture. The local magistrates held three weeks of hearings during which time they took thirteen depositions. They then sent "Goody" Garlick and the collected evidence to Hartford, Connecticut, under whose jurisdiction Easthampton then fell, for trial before Governor John Winthrop on her accused offenses. She was not convicted of the crime for lack of sufficient evidence to prove her guilt, but she was also not acquitted. Her husband had to post a bond to ensure his wife's good behavior. She was sent back to Easthampton and all townspeople were instructed to make amends and live together peacefully. The actual date of Elizabeth's death has not been found in the local records but she and her husband continued to live in Easthampton for the remainder of their lives. This was the local burial ground where other settlers of their same era lie buried, hence it is believed that they lie buried here.

Name of Accused: Elizabeth Garlick Year: 1658 Town: Easthampton Colony: Connecticut Outcome: Acquitted

@Elizabeth Blanchard
Accused and later acquitted.
My 7th Great Grandmother.

Elizabeth Garlick
in the New England, Salem Witches and Others Tried for Witchcraft, 1647-1697
Name of Accused: Elizabeth Garlick
Year: 1658
Town: Easthampton
Colony: Connecticut
Outcome: Acquitted

yes I'm the descendant of Esther Elwell, I knew I was a blood line witch. I am a witch but really no one else in the family is, I picked it up at a young age. Now have done my ancestry as far as I can go.

I'm also the descendant of Major General Humphrey Atherton on my mom's side and Captain Augustine Bearss on my dad's side.