Mary (Bassett) Derrick, Salem Witch Trials

Imprisoned for Witchcraft on 23 May 1692 in Salem Massachusetts. The Governor of the Colony had appointed a Commission of Judges to hold a court trail. Fourteen women and five men were hanged on Gallow's Hill near Salem. In 1693, twenty-one persons were tried, and eighteen were acquitted and three condemned. The Governor ordered one hundred fifty persons liberated and the Witchcraft trials ended.

Mary was imprisoned for 6 months

Mary Bassett was mentioned in the will of her father as Mary Ruck or Rich.

Source: 'Lilly Families in America', Charles Lilly, 1976, p 5. 'Salem Possessed', Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum, 1974, p 182, 184. 'The Devil Discovered', Enders A. Robinson, 1991, p 280, 290.

1692 NEng/MA Salem (V)* 1 DeRich, Mary f (Aka Rich, Mary de) Examined. Sister of Elizabeth Proctor and daughter of the Lynn Quaker, William Bassett Sr. (Sources: Boyer and Nissenbaum. The Salem Witchcraft papers. 1977; Heyrman, Christine. Commerce and Culture, The Maritime Communities of