Susanna (North) Martin
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Susannah (North) Martin (abt. 1621 - 1692)

Susannah (Susanna) Martin formerly North
Born about in Olney, Buckinghamshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 11 Aug 1646 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at about age 70 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Susannah North was baptized on 30 Sep1621 in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, the daughter of Richard North and Johane Bartram.[1].

Along with her father, by 1641, she was an immigrant from Olney, Buckinghamshire, England to Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay.[2]

She married George Martin on August 11, 1646, as his 2nd wife, in Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay.[1] [3][4][5]

Susanna (North) Martin was executed for witchcraft in Salem

Hanged as a witch, she died on 19 Jul 1692 at Proctor's Ledge, Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts Bay.[1][6]

Children of George Martin and Susannah North (Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay)

  1. Richard Martin, b, 29 Jun 1647; m. Mary Hoyt, aft. 15 Mar 1670; d. abt. 11 Mar 1729, Amesbury
  2. George Martin b. 21 Oct 1648; d. bef. 19 Jan 1684
  3. John Martin, b. 26 Jan 1651; m. Mary Weed, 1675; d. 6 Oct 1693, Amesbury
  4. Hester Martyn, b. 7 Apr 1653; m. John Jameson, 15 Mar 1669, Amesbury; d. 1695, Amesbury
  5. Jane Martin, b. 2 Nov 1656; m. Samuel Hadley, 11 Aug 1676, Amesbury; d. aft. 24 Feb 1704, Amesbury
  6. Abigail Martin, b. 10 Sep 1659, m. James Hadlock, 3 Dec 1679, Salem; d. 2 Jul 1716, Amesbury
  7. William Martin, b. 11 Dec 1662; m. Mary Stone, 1697, Amesbury
  8. Samuel Martyn, b. 29 Sep 1667; d. bef. 1684 in Amesbury

Her Prior Reputation

Although George and Susannah were frequently involved with the Essex County Court as early as 1647, these more significant cases likely relate to later witchcraft persecution:

  1. 1669, William Sargent, Jr. accused Susannah of witchcraft. In response, George Martin sued him for slander, adding two counts for saying, (1) Susannah killed her newborn infant, and (2) Martin’s son was a bastard and the other an imp.[7] While a later court dismissed the witchcraft charge, it found Sargent guilty of unproven accusations of " fornication and infanticide.” The court awarded George and Susannah "a white wampam peague or the eighth part of a penny damage.”[8]
  2. Later in 1669, Susannah lost on a charge by Christopher Bartlett that she called him a liar and a thief.[9]
  3. More seriously and still in1669, their son Richard was sentenced to be whipped “for abusing his father,” involving an axe.[10]
  4. In 1671, George, Susannah, and her sister. Mary Jones, engaged in lengthy litigation over the estate of their father, Richard North, and, by 1674, their inheritance was lost when the court found against them.[11]

Her Remarkable Neatness, "She scorned to have a drabbled tail."

“A short and active woman, wearing a hood and scarf, plump and well developed in her figure, of remarkable personal neatness,” Upham further describes her as speaking “her mind freely” with “strength of expression” and “more wit than her neighbors.”[12] The Reverend Dr. Cotton Mather, however, cursed her as “one of the most impudent, scurrilous, wicked creatures of this world.”[13]

The Indictment

On April 30, 1692, Jonathan Walcot and Thomas Putnam made a complaint of witchcraft against George Burroughs and four others, including Susannah Martin, for afflicting Mary Walcot, Marcy Lewis, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Elizabeth Hubert and Susanah Sheldon. John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin issued a warrant for Susannah's arrest.

Orlando Bagly, Constable of Amesbury, arrested her 30 Apr 1692 and returned the warrant executed 2 May 1692.[14] He transported her to Salem where judges, Hathorne and Corwin, examined her the same day. As she entered the court, Mercy Lewes and Ann Putnam fell into fits. Susannah showed her contempt by laughIng loudly. When asked why she laughed, she answered, "Well I may at such folly."

She was subjected to further examination by the obviously biased judges. John Indian and Sarah Bibber had now joined the "afflicted" group to provide further fits and visions of her spectre, sitting upon a courthouse beam or accompanied by a "black man" whispering in her ear.

Susannah denied the "afflicted" were bewitched, labeled them liars, and reaffirmed her own innocence and commitment to the "word of God."

Samuel Parris, Nathaniel Ingersoll, and Thomas Putnam further deposed and witnessed against Susannah, and at the end of the day, the judges sent her to Boston Prison.[15]

Boston Gaol

“In that cold, dark, and damp place, the stench of unwashed bodies, chamber pots, rotting food, vomit, and dead vermin would have made conditions almost unimaginable. Inmates were infested with fleas as well as lice that often carried deadly ‘jail fever’ or typhus. As if this was not bad enough, prisoners were manacled and chained, and had to reimburse the jailer for their room and board.”[16]

More Indignities

Along with others accused, she was stripped naked and her body searched for the incriminating “witch’s teat.” This court-appointed deputation found her body free of “abnormal excrescences,” but observed her breasts "In the morning search appeared to us very full, the nipples fresh and starting, now at this searching all lank and pendant," implying she had fed her “familiar”[17] between searches.

Her Trial

On June 26, 1692 her trial began. "Even though she proclaimed her innocence, the jury had plenty of evidence. At least nine of her neighbors had made the trip to Salem to relate the damage she had done them over the years, from drowning their oxen to flinging cats through second-story windows to gnaw at their throats."[18] Even her personal neatness was taken as a proof of devotion to the devil.

Her neighbors, ten in all, testified to her many deeds of witchcraft:[15]

  1. John Allen, flew over a bridge, enchanted and drowned his oxen.
  2. John Atkinson, bewitched a cow so it broke its ropes and ran away
  3. Bernard Peach, (1) entered his bedroom and lay upon him two hours so he couldn’t move until he bit her fingers, disappeared leaving drops of blood, but no footsteps in the the snow, (2) he struck her spectre with a stick and made her disappear, later rumored she had a broken head
  4. Robert Downer, a cat came in his window, and clawed his throat in his bed, only prayer made it fly out the window
  5. John Kimball, (1) caused his cow to die, (2) caused a puppy to attack him and disappear into the ground, another larger puppy attacked which nearly killed him before he prayed and it vanished
  6. William Brown, bewitched his wife and made her insane
  7. Sarah Atkinson, walked from Amesbury to Newbury in bad weather and entered her house completely neat and dry.
  8. John Pressey, (1) became bewildered in a field at night, saw a light, struck at it 40 times with a stick, and nearly fell into a pit, then saw Susannah Martin nearby, (2) she said he would never have more than two cows, and for twenty years he never had more than two
  9. Jarvis Ring, troubled him in his bed at night and bit his finger
  10. Joseph Ring, carried by daemons to witches meeting for two years

These testimonies are recounted in depth on pages 138 to 148 of "The Wonders of the Invisible World" by the father and son, Rev. Dr. Increase Mather, President of Harvard College, and Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, Pastor of Boston North Church.[19]

Execution

"The court met again on Wednesday, the 29th of June; and, after trial, sentenced to death Sarah Good, Sarah Wildes, Elizabeth How, Susannah Martin, and Rebecca Nurse, who were on executed on the 19th of July."[20][21]

Where was she buried?

Tradition and speculation offers at least two alternatives. First, the victims were buried on the site of execution. In 1700, Joseph Calef recounted a gruesome eye-witness account of the burial of George Burroughs and other victims, “...when he was cut down, he was dragged by the Halter to a Hole, or Grave, between the Rocks, about two Foot deep...together with Willard and Carryer, one of his Hands and his Chin, and a Foot of one of them left uncovered.”[22] This burial, however, seems discounted by recent research, which shows the shallow soil lacking indications of human remains.[23] The second popular alternative is that the families removed the bodies at night and buried them in secret locations. While, there appears to be no credible documentary evidence of either possibility, surreptitious removal of the bodies by family seems more likely.

Memorial by John Greenleaf Whittier, a Descendant

Let Goody Martin rest in peace, I never knew her harm a fly,
And witch or not — God knows — not I.
I know who swore her life away;
And as God lives, I'd not condemn
An Indian dog on word of them.[24]

Susannah Martin House Marker, Amesbury, Massachusetts

"Here stood the house of Susannah Martin. An honest, hardworking, Christian woman. Accused as a witch, tried and executed at Salem, July 19, 1692. A martyr of superstition."[25]

Massachusetts Remediation

  1. 17 October 1710, Convictions Reversed, The General Court of Massachusetts Bay, An act, the several convictions, judgments, and attainders be, and hereby are, reversed, and declared to be null and void.[26]
  2. 17 Dec 1711, Compensation to Survivors, Governor Dudley, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, approved compensation to such persons as are living, and to those that legally represent them that are dead [For Susannah Martin, no compensation because survivors did not petition][26]
  3. 28 Aug 1957, No Disgrace to Descendants, General Court of Massachusetts, ...such proceedings, were and are shocking, and the result of a wave of popular hysterical fear of the Devil in the community, and further declares that, as all the laws under which said proceedings...have been long since abandoned and superseded by our more civilized laws, no disgrace or cause for distress attaches to the said descendants or any of them by reason of said proceedings.[27]
  4. 31 Oct 2001, Additional Victims Included, Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives in General Court, AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692, chapter 145 is hereby further amended by adding Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Margaret Scott and Wilmot Redd.[28]

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  22. “More Wonders of the Invisible World: or, The Wonders of the Invisible World, Display'd in Five Parts. Part I. An Account of the Sufferings of Margaret Rule, Written by the Reverend Mr. C.M. P. II. Several Letters to the Author, &c. And His Reply Relating to Witchcraft. P. III. The Differences between the Inhabitants of Salem Village, and Mr. Parris Their Minister, in New-England. P. IV. Letters of a Gentleman Uninterested, Endeavouring to Prove the Received Opinions about Witchcraft to Be Orthodox. With Short Essays to Their Answers. P. V. A Short Historical Accout [!] of Matters of Fact in That Affair. To Which Is Added, a Postscript Relating to a Book Entitled, The Life of Sir William Phips : Calef, Robert, 1648-1719 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. London, Printed for Nath. Hillar... and Joseph Collyer..., January 1, 1970. https://archive.org/details/morewondersofinv1700cale/page/104/mode/1up.
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  28. “Chapter 122.” Session Law - Acts of 2001 Chapter 122. Accessed February 29, 2020. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter122.

See also:

  • Wikipedia: Susannah Martin
  • Wikidata: Item Q7648730, en:Wikipedia help.gif
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #8292, Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
  • Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive. Accessed February 29, 2020. http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/home.html.
  • Entries from Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt Linked to Digital Facsimile Images. Accessed February 29, 2020. http://www.17thc.us/primarysources/records.php.
  • Godbeer, R. (1992). The devil's dominion: Magic and religion in early New England. Cambridge [England: Cambridge University Press].
  • Greene, David L. "Salem Witches III: Susanna Martin," The American Genealogist, v. 58, 1982, no. 4, pages 193-204.
  • The English Origins Of Richard North And His Daughter, Susanna (North) Martin, Executed For Witchcraft In 1692, The American Genealogist, 68:65-70 [1993]
  • Greene, David L. "George Martin Of Ipswich," The American Genealogist, 56:155-159 [1980]
  • Karlsen, C. F. (1987). The devil in the shape of a woman: Witchcraft in colonial New England. New York: Norton.
  • Robinson, E. A. (1991). The devil discovered: Salem witchcraft 1692. New York: Hippocrene Books.
  • Merrill, J. (1880). History of Amesbury: Including the first seventeen years of Salisbury, to the separation in 1654, and Merrimac, from its incorporation in 1876. Haverhill [Mass.: F.P. Stiles.
  • Pulsifer, S. F. N. (1967). Witch's breed: The Peirce-Nichols family of Salem. Cambridge, Mass: Dresser, Chapman & Grimes.
  • Susannah Martin, Accused Witch from Salisbury," History of Massachusetts
  • “Massachusetts Clears 5 From Salem Witch Trials.” The New York Times. The New York Times, November 2, 2001. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/02/us/massachusetts-clears-5-from-salem-witch-trials.html.
  • Salem Witchcraft : Frederick Ungar Publishing, New York 1v.1 p. 427, v.2 pp. 145, 268
  • Pendery, Joyce S., Descendants of George and Margery Wathen of Salem, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 342-3.
  • "She had been successfully defended against earlier accusations of witchcraft in 1660 and 1669 by her husband, but his death [in 1686] made her vulnerable to renewed accusations in 1692. John Greenleaf Whittier wrote a poem, "The Witch's Daughter," about Goody Martin, her [step-]daughter Hannah, and her son-in-law Ezekiel Worthen."
  • The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier (Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895) Page 62-7.
  • The Poem "The Witch's Daughter" was originally published in The National Era in 1857.




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Hello, I am also a descendant, from John. William was born and died on the same day, 11 Oct 1662. This is from actual town records, and both the birth and death says son of George and Susannah, so no mistake.
Where do you see that death, Georgia? In the transcribed Old Norfolk County records, (Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 4:108-9) where Salisbury Births were recorded, there are two entries for a birth for William Martyn, son of "Georg and Susana Martyn" on 11 Dec 1662 and again a few lines later on 11 Dec 1663, leading me to believe his birth was incorrectly duplicated the second time. The first recording in 1662 (11 : 10m : 1662) is what has been shown in the published Salisbury VRs, p. 152.

[Edited to add]: I now see the death also in the VRs p. 585, but there's also no mention of the 1663 birth recording. It may be wise to try to find the original court records to see how they were done.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
And I see this issue has been raised before. See G2G here.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
North-3776 and North-25 appear to represent the same person because: Same dates, same husband
posted by Hayward Houghton II
North-3765 and North-25 appear to represent the same person because: Both profiles were created to represent Susanna, the wife of George Martin of Salisbury, Massachusetts.
posted by Ellen Smith
hello

I am not sure if the same person, You do not list Hannah Martin, born 1644 as a daughter of George Marin and Susanna North b. 1625. George is the son of Christopher Martin arrival 1620, married to Marie Prower 1607,b. 1585 in England, also married to Phoebe Matson, 1599 in Essex England, b. 1571 in England. Looks like she died and h remarried.

posted by Jeanne Kallerup
Jeanne, George Martin had a daughter Hannah, but by his first wife, also named Hannah. Her birth record states, "Martyn, Hanah, d. Georg and Hannah, 1: 12m: 1643." Also note that George's marriage to Susannah was in 1646, and the daughter Hannah was born in March 1643/4.

For further discussion on George's parents, please see his profile, where his parents are shown to be unproven according to Anderson's Great Migration Directory. If more recent proof has been located, we'll need that proof to make changes to his parents.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
This update revises the version with excessive copy and pastes.

I look forward to the improvements of the collaborative process.

posted by Clyde Perkins
Thank you x8 (one thanks for each generation of my line), Clyde. Really nice work.
posted by Christopher Childs
I am a descendant. through the Martin Family through Barnard Family through Plummer Family through Bennett to Bundy Family. Can anyone direct me to the memorial plaque that stand on the site where here house was long ago? I am a few States away but would like to visit and show respect. Her persecution and tragedy brings tears.
posted by Randal Bundy
There is some information here: https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/susannah-martin-house-marker/

and if that's not sufficient, I'm sure the Salem Witch museum (email: [email address removed] would be able to provide further directions.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Randal -- I am also a descendant, used to live in eastern Massachusetts, and have a long relationship with Salem, Danvers, and nearby towns like Amesbury, which is where Susannah and George Martin lived. Here is a description of the location of the memorial:

"The Susannah Martin House marker is located at the end of Martin Road, which intersects with Route 110 approximately one-half mile west of the intersection of Routes 110 and 150."

(from https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/susannah-martin-house-marker/)

Rte. 150 can be accessed from Interstate 495. Head north on Rte. 150 for about a quarter mile, then go left on Rte. 110 -- Haverhill Rd. (there is a little cutoff to make the turn easier, since 110 is at a very sharp angle to 150). N. Martin Rd. will be on your left after roughly 1/3-1/2 mile.

Susannah sits high in my personal pantheon of ancestors because she had the remarkable guts to tell her accusers, and the dimwit Salem judges, just where they could go. If you'd like to exchange further thoughts about her or about the trials or about Salem, drop me a private message.

posted by Christopher Childs
I'm also a descendant of Susannah--she's my 11th great grandmother. I live about an hour and a half from her homestead marker in Amesbury, and have visited a few times. The directions Christopher has provided are spot-on. I just wanted to add that once you get to the cul-de-sac of No. Martin Street where the marker sits, it's likely that a friendly neighbor will come out to greet you. He's affectionately known as the "Keeper of the Stone" and will offer you photocopied materials about Susannah.
posted by Jen Adams
It's come to the attention of the PGM project that about 85% of this narrative is a copy/paste from at least one other web site. This is *highly* discouraged at WikiTree; see: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Copying_Text and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Copying_from_Wikipedia

The PGM project has a volunteer who is willing to rewrite the narrative into original text, with appropriate inline citations; this profile however has a lot of profile managers (although none responded to my suggestion 6+ months ago for inline citations). Any objections?

posted by Jillaine Smith
Jillaine, if said volunteer needs any assistance please let me know. Susannah and George are among my 8ths, and I think you have heard me hold forth before on my longstanding relationship with Salem.
posted by Christopher Childs
She's also one of mine, and if there is a volunteer to re-work her, they should be encouraged to do so!
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
This great profile could benefit from some inline citations
posted by Jillaine Smith
Interesting. They are my ninth great grandparents and I'm also related to Rev Nicholas Noyes, his 9th great grand niece.
posted by Carolyn O'Connor
Can the kitschy witch on a broomstick motif be removed from this profile. Not the least of reasons that she wasn't a witch because witches don't exist. I know the city of Salem has embraced this garbage for tourism, but can't we hold ourselves to a higher standard?
posted by Bret Cantwell
George and Susannah are my ninth great-grandparents.
posted by MaryJo Blanchard
North-1924 and North-25 appear to represent the same person because: The new profile was created to represent Susannah North Martin who was hanged for witchcraft. North-25 is the existing profile for her.
posted by Ellen Smith
North-1480 and North-25 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse, however son is questionable.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
This is excellent!
posted by Cathleen Bachman
George and Susannah are my 8 great grandparents. I would love to know every one of you who can trace their lines bask to this long gone couple. My trail starts with their son George and continues to my grandsons. I'm looking for George and Susannah's parentage in England. I have a great number of leads but cannot positively confirm them. Would love some help.
posted by [Living Martin]

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posted by Matt Pryber
North Martin-1 and North-25 appear to represent the same person because: last name at birth should be North, same marriage and family
posted by Robin Lee