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By his Excellency The GovernoE
Whereas ye Generall Assembly in thier last Session accepted ye
report of thier comitte appointed to consider of ye Damages
Sustained by Sundry persons prosecuted for Witchcraft in ye
year 1692 vizt
| £ s d | |
|---|---|
| To Elizabeth How | 12–0–0 |
| George Jacobs | 79–0–0 |
| Mary Eastey | 20–0–0 |
| Mary Parker | 08–0–0 |
| George Burroughs | 50–0–0 |
| Giles corey & wife | 21–0–0 |
| Rebeccah Nurs<e> | 25–0–0 |
| John Willard | 20–0–0 |
| Sarah Good | 30–0–0 |
| Martha Carrier | 7–6–0 |
| Samuel Wardwell {& wife} | 36–15–0 |
| 309–01–00 | |
| John Procter {& wife} | 150–0–0 |
| Sarah Wild | 014–0–0 |
| Mary Bradbury | 20–0–0 |
| Abigail Faulkner | 20–0–0 |
| Abigail Hobbs | 10–0–0 |
| Anne Foster | 6–10–0 |
| Rebeccah {Eames} | 10–0–0 |
| Dorc<e>s Hoar | 21–17–0 |
| Mary Post | 8–14–0 |
| Mary Lacey | 8–10–0 |
| 269–11–0 | |
| 309–1–0 | |
| 578–12–0 |
The whole amounting vnto Five hundred Seventy Eight
poundes and Twelue Shillings.
I doe by & with the advice and consent of Her Majties Council
hereby order you to pay ye aboue Sum of fiue hundred Seuenty
Eight poundes & Twelue Shillings to Stephen Sewall Esqr who
together with ye Gentlemen of ye Comitte that Estimated and
Reported ye Said Damages are desired & directed to distribute
ye Same in proportion as above to Such of ye Said persons
as are Liuing & to those that legally represent them that
are dead according as ye law directs & for which this Shall be your
Warrant/
To Mr Treasurer Taylor
By order of ye GovernoE & Council
Isa Addington Secrty
Given under my hand at
Boston the 17. Day of December
1711. J. Dudley
[Reverse]
Copy of ye allowance
| Margaret Towne 1/3 | 6–12–8 |
|---|---|
| margaret Willard | 3–4–6 |
| Hanah Willard. | 3–4–6 |
| 13–1–8 | |
| 6–9–0 | |
| 19–10–8 |
Allowance to
persons who were
prosecuted for
witchcraft 1692
Order for payment of damages by Governor Joseph Dudley, December 17, 1711, Phillips Library, on deposit from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, DEP 01, box 12, folder 32