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Andover Witchcraft Genealogy - Volume 1 in the "Salem Witchcraft" series (Paperback)
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Andover Witchcraft Genealogy - Volume 1 in the "Salem Witchcraft" series (Paperback)
Series: Salem Witchcraft, 1
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Loot Price R272
Discovery Miles 2 720
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Millions of Americans have ancestors who were involved, in one way
or another, in the Salem Witchcraft epidemic of 1692. There are
even more people all over the world who have a natural curiosity
and a general interest in specific aspects of the witchcraft
affair. Genealogy can provide a doorway to the past, as it provides
a means of looking into family connections and community
relationships. It helps to break down figurative stone walls and
clear up misty areas to get to hard facts. Knowledge of the
specific features of the events that motivated the people in the
witchcraft aberration can be a source of inspiration in the
understanding of otherwise inexplicable events. The location of the
witchcraft outbreak in February 1692 was Salem Village. Today it is
known as the town of Danvers, a name chosen to cover up the past.
This book is concerned with the phase of the Salem witch-hunt that
spilled over into the neighboring town of Andover. This old town of
Andover embraces the modern towns of North Andover and Andover. In
a letter of October 8, 1692, THOMAS BRATTLE wrote, "This consulting
of these afflicted children, about their sickness, was the unhappy
beginning of the unhappy troubles at poor Andover. Poor Andover
does now rue the day that ever the said afflicted went among them;
they lament their folly, and are an object of great pity and
commiseration." This book is based upon the common threads of
birth, marriage, and death that all people share and understand
when looking towards the past. In 1692, the condemned witches were
put to death on Gallows Hill in Salem. It is a rocky hill on the
outskirts of Salem Town. Scattered with the few oaks and locust
trees that are able to take root in its shallow soil, the hill
overlooks the Atlantic Ocean beyond. As if it were too great, too
mighty for common benefits, the ocean has no compassion, no law, no
memory, no faith. Its eternal nature is hidden in mystery.
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