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Charges of Catherine Branch against Elizabeth Clawson (Elizabeth Clauson), Mercy Disbrough (Mercy Disbrow) and Goody Miller
Charges of Catherine Branch against Elizabeth Clawson (Elizabeth Clauson), Mercy Disbrough (Mercy Disbrow) and Goody Miller. Testimony of Jonathan Bell on examination of Catherine Branch
The 25th Agust 1692 Catern Branch was this morning Examaned/
by me: she saith she was in bed asleep and goody miller came/
to her and took her by the head & draw it back bowing to her/
back and said to her that Goody Clason would cum by & by she/
said that she then was relased and had her understanding in/
Respect of what was dun & said to her:/
her master sergent wescot gave me this following account at the/
same time that he was in bed asleep and heard his maid scream out/
violently which waked him, and he got up and found her head drawn/
backward to her back and her body bowed upward a foot from the bed/
& her breath stopt and so lay a considerable time & then from that posture/
fell flat again down upon the bed and fetcht her breath hard & short/
as for her lif and so continued to his observation without any sence/
sum time groaning seeming to be in a continual fit several/
hours also he heard her say in the night these words, how can you/
tell [doe] she tell you so: This account she gave to me/
Jonat Bell Comissiner/