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About Mary Lacy, Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, when a woman named Elizabeth Ballard came down with a fever that baffled doctors, witchcraft was suspected, and a search for the responsible witch began. Two afflicted girls from Salem village, Ann Putnam and Mary Walcott, were taken to Andover to seek out the witch, and fell into fits at the sight of Mary Lacey, Sr.'s mother, Ann Foster. Ann, 72, a widow of seven years, was arrested and taken to Salem prison.
A careful reading of the trial transcripts reveals that Ann Foster resisted confessing to the 'crimes' she was accused of, despite being "put to the question" (i.e. tortured) multiple times over a period of days. However, her resolve broke when her daughter Mary Lacey, Sr., similarly accused of witchcraft, accused her own mother of the crime in order to save herself and her child, Mary Lacey, Jr.. The transcripts reveal the anguish of a mother attempting to shield her child and grandchild by taking the burden of guilt upon herself.
Convicted, Ann Foster died in the Salem jail after 21 weeks on December 3, 1692, before the trials were discredited and ended.
- ID: I38409
- Name: Mary FOSTER
- Sex: F
- Birth: 1652
- Death: 1707
Marriage 1 Lawrence LACY b: ABT 1654
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1. Has Children Mary LACY b: 25 MAY 1674
2. Has Children Sarah LACY b: 1 OCT 1686 in Andover, Massachusetts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_for_witchcraft
https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/mary-lawrence-lacy-home-site... has her also with a son, Ephraim, birth not recorded. This is likely the Ephraim who married Ann Hardy in Bradford on July 25, 1710.
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Mary Lacy, Salem Witch Trials's Timeline
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July 9, 1652
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Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
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| 1674 |
May 25, 1674
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Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1677 |
August 6, 1677
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Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
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| 1683 |
May 8, 1683
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Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
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| 1686 |
October 1, 1686
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Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
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| 1707 |
June 18, 1707
Age 54
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Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
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December 11, 1906
Age 54
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December 11, 1906
Age 54
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January 10, 1908
Age 54
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