Salem Trials - 17 May 1692

Salem Trials - 17 May 1692

Statement of Susannah Sheldon v. Bridget Bishop, Mary English, Phillip English, Giles Corey, and Martha Corey

The complaint of Susanna Shelden
against phillip english for the
sd Susanah Shelden being at meeting
on the sabboth day being the 24 of
aprill shee beeing aflicted in a very
sad manner she saw phillip english
step over his pew and pinshed her
and a womand which Came from
boston wich saith her name is good nd
when shee were coming home against
william shaws house their met her
phillip english and abblack man
with a hy crouned hatt on his head
and a book in hish hand houlding
the book to her and phillip english
told her that black man were her god
and if shee would thuch touch that
boock hee would not pinsh her
no more nor no bodie els should
on the next day phillip enlgish
came again and pinshed her and told
her that is shee would not toutch
the book hee would kill her - -

on the second day at night apered to her two women and a man and brought their books and
bid her touct them she told them shee would not she did not know wher they
lived on of them told her they lived at the village and held the book to her again and bid
her touch it shee told her shee did not know their names on of them told her shee was old
good man bucklyes wife and the other woman was her daughter mary and bid her touch the
book she told no shee had not told her hou long shee had beene a witch then she told her
shee had been a witch ten years and then shee opened her brest and the black man gau her
two litl things like yong cats and she pit them to her brest and suckled them they had no
hair on them and had ears like a man then they ofered her their books and she refused
then then they pinsh her and the man struck her on the head and went away.

on the third day their apeared a woman without the dore sat lafeing at her and came into
the house and hop_ed upandoun and profered her the book and told her if shee would touch it
shee would not pinch her shee told her s wud not she did not kno her s
liueed s told her she lieved at boston shee held her book to he her again shee told her shee
did not know her name shee told her her name was good wife whits

the same day came goody buckly _ and her daughter and brought books i with
them and told her if shee would touch their books they would not pinsh her but shee refused
then they pinshed her and went away.