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

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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 - -

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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

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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.