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Samuel Wardwell[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]

Male 1643 - 1692  (49 years)


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  • Name Samuel Wardwell 
    Birth 16 May 1643  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19] 
    Gender Male 
    Accused 1692  [12] 
    being a witch
    Arrested 15 Aug 1692  [12] 
    witchcraft
    Parties Involved:
    Sarah Hawkes Jr., child
    Sarah Hooper, wife
    Mary Wardwell, child
    • He was indicted on two counts, first with bewitching a sixteen year old Martha Sprague, and second having made a covenant with the devil some twenty years previously.

      Many years a fortuneteller, his hobby seemed to be to pick out suitable lovers for the lovesick in town. Laws of England and some of the colonies prescribed punishment for those who assumed to read the future. The chief complaint against Wardwell was that his predictions too often came true, this proved he was a wizard. After a few days in jail he confessed that he was a wizard and could charm even cattle and pigs so they would follow him anywhere. A few days later he denied his confession and was promptly brought to trial. His wife and daughter testified against him and told of his strange antics.
    Event 1 Sep 1692  [12] 
    confessed

    • His Confession:

      "I used, when any creature came into my field to bid the devil take it, and when I was a young man I could make all my cattle come round about and follow me. Once I saw some cats together with the appearance of a man who called himself 'The Prince of Air', and he promised me I should be a captain if I would honor him, which I promised to do. The reason I was discontented was because I was in love with a maid named Barker who slighted my love".

      The first appearance of the cat was behind Captain Bradstreet's house. The next week a black cat was behind Capt. Bradstreet's house, about a week after that a black man appeared in the daytime at the same place and time and called himself Prince and Lord and told him that said Wardwell he must worship and beleive him, and promised him as above, with this addition that he should never want for anything but that the black man had never performed anything and further that when he would go to prayer in his family the devil would begin to be angry. He said also that at that time when the devil appeared and told him he was Prince of the Air, that then he signed his book by making a mark like a square with a black pen and that the devil brought him the pen and the ink. He saith further he honor the devil until he should arrive at the age of 56 years and that he is now about the age 46 years and at the that time the devil promised on his part, as is above expressed he said it was about a fortnight ago since he began to afflict, and confess that Mary Lilly and Hannah Tayler of Ridding were of his company, further he saith that Martha Sprague was the first he afflicted, that the devil did it by pinching his coattails and buttons when he was discontented and gave the devil a commission to do. He says he was baptised by the black man at ShawShin river alone and was dipped all over and beleives he renounced his former baptism.

      John HigginsonEsq.
    Sentence 17 Sep 1692  [12, 20] 
    death by hanging


    • The deposition of Ephraim Tosser of Andover aged about 54 testifieth and sayeth he heard Samuel Wardwell the prisoner now at the bar tell my wife that she should have five girls before she would have a son; which thing came to pass, and I heard him tell Dority Eames her fortune and I have heard said Dority say after that he believed Wardwell was a witch or else he could never tell what he did and I took notes that said Wardwell would look into their hand and then would cast his eyes down upon the ground always before he told anything, this I have both heard and seen several times.
    Death 22 Sep 1692  Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23] 
    Location:
    Gallows Hill
    • He made a farewell speech from the gallows and while doing so the executioner smoked a pipe in his face. Wardwell coughed and the crowd cried "the devil chokes him".
    Event 13 Sep 1710  [2, 11] 
    petioned the court
    Sarah Hooper
    Samuel Wardwell Jr. 

    • To the Honourable Committee Sitting in Salem Sept 13. 1710. An Account of what was seiz'd and taken away by the Sheriffe or his Deputy and assistants out of the Estate of Samuel Wardwell late of Andover Deceased who suffered the paines of Death under condemnation on the Sorrowfull tryalls for witchcraft in the year 1692.


      viz Seis'd and taken away

      5 Cowes at 2 P 10-00-00
      1 Heifer & a yearling 2-5-00
      1 Horse 3-0-00
      9 Hogs 7-0-0
      8 Loads of Hay 4-0-0
      A set of Carpenters Tools 1-10-0
      6 Acres of corn upon the ground. 9-00-00
      36.15.00
    • Role: Parent
    Occupation carpenter and farmer  [2, 12]
    Burial Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Cemetery:
    Burying Point Cemetery
    Person ID I3333  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2019 

    Father Sgt. Thomas Wardwell   d. 10 Dec 1646, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth Woodroffe   d. 22 Feb 1697, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1631  [4, 7, 10, 17, 19, 24] 
    Family ID F513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 ________ ________   d. 1671  [12] 
    Marriage Abt 1665  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Wardwell,   b. Abt 1671
    Family ID F13049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Sarah Hooper,   b. 7 Dec 1650, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1711, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [16, 23, 25, 26] 
    Marriage 9 Jan 1672/3  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 23, 27, 28] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Wardwell,   b. 3 Oct 1673, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1754, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Elizabeth Wardwell,   b. 3 Sep 1675, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1675, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Samuel Wardwell, Jr.,   b. 24 Feb 1676/7, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1756, Somers, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. William Wardwell,   b. 9 Nov 1679, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1751, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +5. Eliakim Wardwell,   b. 17 Aug 1687, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 16 Oct 1753, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 66 years)
     6. Elizabeth Wardwell,   b. Abt 1689, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1712 (Age ~ 24 years)
    +7. Rebecca Wardwell,   b. 10 Sep 1691, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1736/7, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 May 1643 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Jan 1672/3 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Location:
    Gallows Hill - 22 Sep 1692 - Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Burying Point Cemetery - - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
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    2.  2.  [S34] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 4, 107, 00420.

    3.  3.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 86, 00219.

    4.  4.  [S147] Connecticut Genealogies, 00113.

    5.  5.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 222, 00539.

    6.  6.  [S156] Genealogical Register of New England, 305, 00223.

    7.  7.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 9:166, 00390.

    8.  8.  [S262] Vital Records of Andover, MA, Vol. 2, 339, 00565.

    9.  9.  [S509] Hooper Genealogy, 4, 00285.

    10.  10.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 779, 00395.

    11.  11.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 719, 00218.

    12.  12.  [S1196] Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive, people?group.num=all&mbio.num=mb26, 01041.

    13.  13.  [S1240] The Witches, xii, 01085.

    14.  14.  [S1241] Wardwell, 7, 01086.

    15.  15.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 8303, 00974.

    16.  16.  [S576] TGMSP, Adam Hawkes, 00516.

    17.  17.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Wardwell, 00516.

    18.  18.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 416, 00193.

    19.  19.  [S30] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 479, 00540.

    20.  20.  [S34] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 4, 108, 00420.

    21.  21.  [S54] Annals of Witchcraft in New England, 199, 00045.

    22.  22.  [S867] TAG, 57:34, 00863.

    23.  23.  [S1241] Wardwell, 8, 01086.

    24.  24.  [S148] Records of a Loyalist Family, 5, 00449.

    25.  25.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 355, 00395.

    26.  26.  [S1242] Historical Sketches of Andover, 219, 01087.

    27.  27.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 3:66, 00390.

    28.  28.  [S168] Hamlin Family, 151, 00249.