Elizabeth Hubbard (abt. 1675)

Born about 1675 in Massachusetts

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Biography

Elizabeth Hubbard was a witchcraft accuser in the Salem Witch Trials

Elizabeth Hubbard was accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials

Elizabeth "Betty" Hubbard [Elizabeth Hobert] was the grand niece of Rachel Hubbard Griggs, the granddaughter of one of her much older brothers Richard or Benjamin. ^[1]

Elizabeth was a 17 year old orphan by 1692, living with Dr. William Griggs and his wife Rachel. Dr. Griggs had been the one who initially diagnosed Betty Parris and Abigail Williams as being afflicted. Subsequently Elizabeth Hubbard also began to have fits and trances and went on to testify against 29 people during the trials, 17 of whom were arrested, 13 of whom were hanged and 2 died in jail. ^[2][3]

It is not certain what happened to Elizabeth after the trials. Mary Beth Norton has identified an Elizabeth Hibbert who married John Bennett (or Benet) in Gloucester in 1711 ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ In the Devil's Snare, the Witchcraft Crisis of 1692, Mary Beth Norton, page 335
2. ↑ Witches of Massachusetts, Legends of American website
3. ↑ “Salem Witchcraft : with an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects : Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875, Author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, January 1, 1970. https://archive.org/details/salemwitchcraftw02upha_0/page/4. pps. 4,191.
4. ↑ In the Devil's Snare, the Witchcraft Crisis of 1692, Mary Beth Norton, page 310

See also:

• Wikipedia
• The Salem Witchcraft Papers (SWP No. 073) Elizabeth Hubbard