Fiske, John, 1842-1901 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 46
idence Mary Easty and John Willard were sentto the gallows. With such ghost stories did Mary Wal-cott and Elizabeth Hubbard convict Rebecca Nurse of threehideous murders, naming persons who had died within a fewyears. When the astounded old lady called upon God towitness her innocence, the girls… … THE NOURSE HOUSE, SALEM An ancestor of mine (my great-grandfathers great-great-grandfather), Dr. John Fisk, one of the most eminent physi-cians in the colony, then lived in Wenham, within four milesof Mr. Parriss meeting-house. The family tradition has itthat he was sceptical about witchcraft. His…
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