Anno Regis et Reginae Willm et
Mariae nunc Angliae: &c Quarto
Essex ss
The JuroE for our Sovereigne Lord and Lady the
King & Queen pEsents That Elizabeth How
Wife of James How. of Ipswich
the 29th day of May in the forth Year of
the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord and Lady ye
William and Mary by the Grace of God of God
of England Scottland ffrance and Ireland King
and Queen DefendE of the ffaith &c and diverss
other Dayes and times as well before as after
certaine Detestable Arts called witchcraft &
Sorceries wickedly & ffelloniously hath vsed
Practised and Exercised at and within the Towne
ship of Salem in the County of Essex aforesaid
in upon and against one: Marcy Lewis
of Salem Villiage Single woman
by which said wicked Arts [ “r” written over “c”] the said Marcy
Lewis the 29th day of May
in the forth Year abouesd and Divers other
Dayes & times as well before as after was and is
Tortured. Afflicted: Pined Consumed wasted & Tormented
and also for sundrey other Acts of witchcraft
by the said Elizabeth How Committed & done
before and since that Time. agt the Peace of our
Sovereigne Lord and Lady the King & Queen, and
agt the forme of the Statute in that case made
and Provided
Witnesses.
Mercy Lewis. Jurat
Mary Wolcott Jurat
Abigall Williams.
Ann Putman Jurat
Samll Pearly & wife Jurat
Isack Cumins JunE
Samll Pearly & wife Ruth. Jurat
Joseph Andrews & wife Sarah Jurat
Jno Sherrin Jurat
Jos. Safford Jurat
ffrancis Leane Jurat
Abraham ffosters wife Lydia J[Lost] [=jurat]
Indictment No. 2 of Elizabeth How, for afflicting Mercy Lewis, June 29, 1692, Phillips Library, gift of Harriet Putnam Fowler, 1901, MSS 401, box 1, folder 27