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Birth: BARKER, Mary, d. John and Mary, Sept. 3, 1679.[1]
Marriage: BARKER, Mary, and William Barker, Apr. 20, 1704. [2] Mary and William were first cousins, i.e., their fathers were brothers.
Death: BARKER, Mary, wid. Feb. 10, 1752.[3]
At age 14, Mary was accused of being a witch in Andover, Massachusetts.
Examination of Mary Barker 1st Paper 29 August 1692 Before Maj'r Gidney Mr. Hauthorn and Mr. Corwin
The Examination and Confession of Mary Barker of Andover.[4]
After severall questions propounded and negative answ'rs Returned she at last acknowledged that Goody Johnson made her a witch, And sometime last summer she made a red mark in the devils book with the fore finger of her Left hand, And the Devil would have her hurt Martha Sprague, Rose Foster and Abigail martin which she did upon Saturday and Sabath Day last, she said she was not above a quarter of an hour in coming down from Andover to Salem: to afflict, she sayes she afflicted the above three persons by squeezing her hands. She confesses she was at the witch meeting at Salem Village with her unkle, there was a great many there, and of her company there was only her unkle, Wm. Barker and Mary Marston. Martha Sprague said that Mary Barkers apparition told that she was Baptisied at five myle pond. said Mary Barker said there was such aload & weight at her stom- ach that hindered her from speaking. And is afrayd she has given up herself soul and body to the Devil. she sayes she promised to serve worship and believe in him and he promesed to perdone her sins, but finds he has [dowtbed] her, and that she was Lost of God and all good people, That Goody Johnson and Goody falkner appeared at the same tyme and threatened to teare her in peeces if she did not doo what she then did. she further Sayth that she has seen no appearance since but a fly which did speake to her, and bid her afflict these poor creatures. which she did by pinching with, and Clincheing of her hands for which she is sorry And further the Devil
Massachusetts Remediation
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