: None but Goody Wilds, who tore me almost to pieces.įortunately for Lewis, the examination continued without any further mention of her and she was never accused.Īccording to court records, Lewis accused a total of nine people of witchcraft and officially testified in 16 cases during the course of the Salem Witch Trials (she was also indirectly involved in other cases, such as the trials of Rebecca Nurse and Mary Easty): : What is that? Did either of them hurt you? : Goody Wilds and the shape of Mercy Lewis. : Last Lords day in this meeting house & out of the door, I saw a great many birds cats & dogs, & heard a voice say come away. “: It is said you were afflicted, how came that about? Shortly after, Lewis almost suffered the same fate during Deliverance Hobbs examination on April 22, when Hobbs claimed the spirits of Sarah Wilds and Mercy Lewis tormented her: Mercy Lewis and the other afflicted girls also turned on one of their own, Mary Warren, on April 18th after she hinted that the girls may have been lying about their afflictions.ĭuring Elizabeth Proctor’s trial, the girls accused Warren of helping Proctor’s spirit torment them and Warren soon found herself in jail. Proctor wasn’t arrested until the first week of April after Elizabeth Hubbard accused her as well. She didn’t officially accuse anyone of witchcraft until she named Elizabeth Proctor on March 26.

Lewis didn’t immediately join the afflicted girls in naming witches. A few days later, Putnam and her cousin, Abigail Williams, began naming women they believed were bewitching them.

When Putnam began behaving strangely in the winter of 1692, suffering fits and seizures, Lewis quickly followed suit.īy the end of February, a local doctor determined the girls were bewitched. It was in Thomas Putnam’s home that the nineteen-year-old Lewis befriended Ann Putnam, Jr. She later moved to Salem village, where her married sister lived, and became a servant for Thomas Putnam, who is considered to be one of the ringleaders of the Salem Witch Trials accusers. In the summer or fall of 1689, the Wabanaki attacked again, this time killing both of Mercy Lewis’ parents.Īfter their deaths, Lewis was briefly sent to work as a servant in Reverend George Burroughs home.

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