Indictment accusing Marcy Disborough (Mercy Disbrow) |
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A coppye./ mercy Disborough wife of Thomas Disbrough of compo in fayrefeild thou are here Indicted by the name of/ mercy disborough that not haveing the fear of God before thine eyes thou hast had familiarity with satan the/ grand enemie of God & men & thes by his instigetion & help thou hast in a preternatutal way afflicted &/ don Harm to the bodyes & Estates of sundry of their Ma[jesties] subjects or to some of them contrary to the/ peace of our soveraigne lord the king and queen their crowne & dignity & that on the 28th of Aprill/ of their Ma[jesties] reigne & at sundry other times for which by the lawe of God of this colony thou/ deservest to dye fayrefeild 15 septr 1692 John Allyn secrcty/
Object Description
| Title | Case of Mercy Disbrough (Mercy Disbrow) |
| Contributors | Squire, Samuel; Wakeman, John; Barlow, John; Couch, Simon; Grumman, Esther |
| Date - Created | 1691-1692 Sept. 19 |
| Description | Case of witchcraft against Mercy Disbrough of Compo in Fairfield, with testimony by John Wakeman, John Barlow and others. |
| Subject | Trials (Witchcraft); Trials -- Connecticut -- History -- 17th century; Disbrow, Mercy Holbridge, ca. 1637-ca. 1714; Staples, Mary; Compo (Conn.); Fairfield (Conn.); Westport (Conn.) |
| Geographic Coverage | Fairfield; Westport |
| Source | Connecticut State Library, State Archives, RG 000, Classified Archives, Samuel Wyllys papers, call no. 974.6 fW97 |
| Physical size | 5 manuscript documents, silked, size varies; Bound with collection, 39.4 x 27.9 cm. |
| Relation - Is Part Of | Samuel Wyllys papers. Document No. 37-41 |
| Type | image |
| Format - Digital | jpeg |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Digital image Connecticut State Library. All rights reserved. Images may be used for personal research or non-profit educational uses without prior permission. For permission to publish or exhibit, see Reproduction and Publication of State Library Collections, http://www.cslib.org/repropub.htm |
| File name | sa_b2980580_no037_042 |
