2. • At the time of her questioning, Easty was 58 years old.
• Her examination went like of most in Salem: the girls had fits, and were speechless
at times, and the magistrate expostulated with her for not pleading guilty.
• While the exam was going on Easty clasped her hands together then the hands of
Mary Lewis, an afflicted one’s clenched and wasn’t released until Easty released her
hands.
• Then she inclined her head, then the afflicted girls cried out to have her straighten
her neck, because as long as her head was inclined their necks were broken so they
claimed.
• She went to prison after the examination
• After spending two months in prison, was discharged on the 18th of May.
• She and her family believed she would now be safe from further accusations.
• They were wrong, the release seems to have been very distasteful to the afflicted
girls, they became determined to not let the matter rest, and redoubled their energies
to get her back into prison.
• On the 20th, Mary Lewis spent the entire day experiencing fits of unprecedented
severity, during which time she said she was being strangled, and claimed "they will
kill Easty out right.“
Mary Easty
3. • Giles Corey, a prosperous farmer and blatant church member of
Salem community, was accused by Ann Putnam, Jr., Mercy
Lewis, and Abigail Williams of witchcraft.
• Most of the allegations came on Corey because his family was a
rival of Putnam.
Giles Corey
4. Sarah was one of the first people accused of witchcraft at the beginning of
the year 1692, when Betty Parris and Abigail Williams became ill with an
unknown sickness.
Both girls claimed that Sarah Osborne, along with the servant Tituba and
Sarah Good, had been afflicting them.
She was considered a social outcast,.
She had not attended church in almost three years due to an illness, and
legal issues with the Putnam family.
Her arrest warrant was to be written March 1, 1692. She was to be placed
in the Boston jails for the duration of her examinations and trials.
Sarah Osborne
