III. William-
Ref:
Bradbury Memorial- William Berry Lapham, Brown, Thurston & Company, Portland, 1890- p. 29
The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634- Walter Charles Metcalfe, Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1878- p. 28
5I. MATTHEW (ROBERT 1, WILLIAM 2, ROBERT 3, WILLIAM 4)
b. 1512 Littlebury, Essex
m. MARGARET ROUSE, b. Cambridge
d. 19 June 1587
St. Margaret's Church- Wicken Bonhunt
"Although Wicken Hall is set well back from the pub and church, under the feudal system of medieval England it would have been the centre of village life and the residence of the lord of Wicken manor. From at least the middle of the 14th century to the middle of the 18th century, the estate belonged almost exclusively to firstly the Barlee (or Barley) family and then the Bradbury family. The only person outside these two families to own the estate in this period was Robert Chatterton who purchased the estate from William Barley in 1557. He subsequently sold it, in 1580, to Matthew Bradbury (a nephew of Thomas Bradbury - the Sheriff of London in 1498 and the Lord Mayor of London in 1509). The present Wicken Hall dates from the 16th century. It has been much altered since and, at one time, was encircled by a moat. Until comparatively recently, Wicken Hall was a farmhouse but is now purely residential. William Bradbury inherited Wicken Hall from his father, Matthew Bradbury, in 1587 and held the estate for 35 years before, on his death in 1622, it passed to his first son Matthew. In about 1602, William Bradbury built Brick House for his second son Wyman or Wymond. This impressive building stands about one quarter of a mile to the west of the church and bears the arms of the Bradbury family over the front door. Up until the early part of the 18th century Wicken Hall and Brick House were owned by the two branches of the Bradbury family before coming into the common ownership of Joseph Sharpe who married into the Bradbury family. It is interesting to discover that William Bradbury�s two sons, Matthew and Wymond, married daughters of William Whitgift of Clavering, Matthew marrying Janne and Wymond marrying Elizabeth. Thomas, the second son of Wymond and Elizabeth Bradbury, emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1634 and his descendants now regularly visit the village to rediscover their roots. In St. Margaret�s church there are memorials to three children of Anne and Francis Bradbury (a grandson of the Matthew Bradbury who was Wymond�s brother). In fact Anne and Francis had seven children in all and must have expected that one of them would eventually inherit Wicken Hall from them. However not one of the children survived their parents. " (1)
On 29 Apr. 1553 Matthew Bradburie of Wicken Bonhunt, gent. sold to John Lyne, burgess of Cambridge an inn called the "Griffin", a new building called Crane House and 3 acres of land in St. Clement, Cambridge for �140(5)
From the Sessions Rolls for Michaelmas 1569: "Recognizance: Edward Fenton of Ugley, clerk, Robert Abraham and John Clerk of the same, yeomen, for the said Edward to appear. Handed over further. Taken before Matthew Bradburie and Kenelm Throkmorton, esquires. "Me[morandum] to cal for Broade the boutcher of Hemiam to gyve evidens.
Scope and Content Edward Fenton of Ugley, clerk, Robert Abraham and John Clerk of the same, yeomen, for the said Edward to appear."(4)
From the Sessions Rolls for Easter 1573: "Recognizance: William Broke [Brooke] of Thaxted, husbandman, John Broke, yeoman, and Richard Broke, woollendraper, both of the same, for the said William to keep the peace towards Thomas Perry. The said William did not appear, therfore his default is recorded by the court. Taken before Matthew Bradburie, esquire."(3)
From the Sessions Rolls for Essex for Easter 1575 come the following: "Recognizance: John Wylkinson of Stansted, clerk, and Robert Batsford of Takely, Shoemaker, for John Rennolds of the same, shoemaker, licensed to keep a common alehouse at the same. Taken before Sir Thomas Barrington, knight, and Matthew Bradburie, esquire."(2)
From the Calendar of Essex Assizes held at Chelmsford 10 Mar. 1578: "Recognizances of Francis Creede and John Mynnes daggermaker, both of Thaxted, obefore Mathew BRADBURIE esq., for the appearance of the said Frs".(6)
St. Margaret's Church- Wicken Bonhunt
Issue-
8V. THOMAS- bpt. 28 Feb. 1610/1 Wicken Bonant,m. May 1636 Salisbury, MA, MARY PERKINS, d. 16 Mar. 1694/5 Newbury, MA
Ref:
Bradbury Memorial- William Berry Lapham, Brown, Thurston & Company, Portland, 1890- pp. 32, 34
The Ancestry of Thomas Bradbury (1611-1695) and His Wife Mary (Perkins) Bradbury (1615-1700) of Salisbury, Massachusetts- John Brooks Threlfall, J.B. Threlfall, 1988, Madison, WI- pp. 5, 10, 14
The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634- Walter Charles Metcalfe, Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1878- p. 28
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700- Frederick Lewis Weis, 7th ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1992.), pp. 210-42, 246-40, 246A-41
A Probable Royal Descent for Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts- Marshall K. Kirk, NEHGR, Vol. 161, No. 1 (Jan 2007) - p. 36
Ancestor Table for Thomas Bradbury of Agamenticus and Salisbury- Robert Charles Anderson & John Brooks Threlfall, TAG, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan 1979)- p. 2
8V. THOMAS (ROBERT 1, WILLIAM 2, ROBERT 3, WILLIAM 4, MATTHEW 5, WILLIAM 6, WYMOND 1)
bpt. 28 Feb. 1610/11 Wicken Bonant, Essex
m. May1636 Salisbury, MA, MARY PERKINS (bpt. 3 Sept. 1615 Hilmorton, Warwickshire, d. 20 Dec. 1700 Salisbury, Mass.)
d. 16 Mar. 1694/5 Newbury,MA
Capt. Thomas was sent over by his great uncle, Sir Fernando Gorges as his agent. He was in London 1 May 1634 and here by 5 May 1636 when he was steward of Sir Fernando's Manor of Point Christian in York.(17)
"5 May 1636- Thomas Bradbury, Gentleman, now agent of Sr. Ferdinando Gorges, Knight, in these parts of New England doe... sell... unto Edward Johnson, Gentleman, for the proper use of John Treworgy of Dartmouth, merchante & his heirs... 500 Accors of Land bordering upon the North East side of Pascataquacke River... conditioned to pay annually one hundred of merchantable cod dried and well conditioned."(19) As Gorges' agent Thomas made some of the earliest deeds in Maine.
He deposed that he was living in York when two of Willam Hooke's sons were born (1637 and 1638). He was "starved for spiritual food" at York 13 Sept. 1637 and so moved to Salisbury by 1640. If Thomas and his family indeed lived in the Manor House until his removal to Salisbury, they did not take particular care of it as upon Thomas Gorges arrival in 1640 he found it "in a state of great dilapidation and its furnishings missing- nothing of his household stiff remaining but an old pot, pair of tongs and a couple of cob-irons". And then this story: "Not long ago (1906) while tearing down a chimney in one of the old houses of York, and embedded in the back curve of one of the flues, the workmen found an old pewter teapot. The bottom of this old utensil showed signs of having been recoppered, and it bore the marks of considerable use,the lid having been frequently mended. On the inner side of the lid were the figures '1644' and also the letters "Fer Gor', and from these it was easy to conjecture its former ownership. To my mind there is no doubt that this is the identical teapot which Thomas Gorges found here when he came to assume the administration of affairs".(1)
Thomas took the freeman's oath at Salisbury in May 1640 and received land in the first division in 1640 and 1641. He was one of the most prominent citizens of Salisbury: town clerk; schoolmaster; Constable; Justice of the Peace; representative to the General Court for seven years between 1651 and 1666; county recorder; Ensign in 1648; and associate Judge. In 1651 and 1652 he was commissioned to lay out the bounds of Hampton and he served on a similar committee to lay out the land grant to Emanuel Downing. In May 1654 he was appointed a member of a special court to examine petitioners who asked the General Court to restore Lt. Pike who had been removed from office for some alleged conduct.
In October, the same year, and again in 1656, 1658 and 1659 he was appointed on various committees to settle differences concerning lands, to fix boundaries and to locate grants. In May 1657, the law providing for commissioners for ending small causes having been repealed Mr. Bradbury was commissioned to bind over offenders in criminal cases. That same year he was of a commitee to inquire if ministers' widows and orphan children were properly provided for. May 1660 he was chosen to settle some difficulties at Portsmouth, requiring the intervention of the General Court. In 1666 he was of a committee to examine and report to the Legislature on the state of the defenses in and about Boston, constructed by Major General John Leverett. In April 1668 he was appointed one of the Commissioners of Customs for Norfolk County. In 1675, '76, '77 and '79 he appears as one of the associate judges for Norfolk.
Although Mr. Bradbury's term as clerk properly expired with the separation of New Hampshire from Massachusetts Bay in Feb. 1680 he still acted as recorder or clerk up to July 8 1681, and he appears to have kept the records even before his appointment. These he may have completed from the memoranda of his predecessor.
In addition to the duties already enumerated he's found acting as captain of a military company at Salisbury, and in 1686 on the committee with Appleton and Gerrish "to take account of births and deaths." To crown all, he was, of course, licensed as an innkeeper or retailer. He was an easy, legible and industrious penman, and evidently a man of sound judgment and more than ordinary ability. He was sometimes called "Judge" in Salisbury.(18)
Mary was tried for witchcraft in 1692 and was ably defended by Maj. Robert Pike (whose daughter was married to the Bradbury's son), convicted but not executed. By some accounts she was allowed to escape, others claim that she bribed her jailer. The papers pertaining to the case show the high esteem in which she was held.
On July 26, 1692 Mary Bradbury was brought before the court of Essex in Massachusetts Bay in New England. "In the yeare aforesaid and divers other dayes and times as well before a safter Certaine Detestable arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries Wickedly Matllitiously and felloniously hath used practiced and Exercised At and in the Township of Andivor in the County of Essex aforesaid in upon & against one Timothy Swann of Andivor In the County aforesaid Husbandman -- by which said Wicked Acts fthe said Timothy Swann upon the 26th day of July Aforesaid and divers other days & times both before and after was and is Tortured Afflicted Consumed Pined Wasted and Tormented, and also for Sundry other Acts of Witchcraft by the said Mary Bardbury Comitted and done before and since that time against the peace of our Sov'r Lord & Lady the King and Queen theire Crowne and dignity And the forme Of the Statute In that case made and Provided."
Wittness Mary Walcott
Ann: Puttnam
(Reverse) Indictm't vs Bradbury for Bewitching Swan bila vera(2)
On July 2nd Mary Bradbury was charged with "certaine detestable arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries Wickedly Mallitiously and felloniously hath used practised and Exercised at and in the Towne of Salem...the said Sarah Vibber the second day of July aforesaid & divers other days and times both before and after was and is Tortured Afflicted Consumed Pined Wasted & Tormented & also for sundry other acts of Witchcraft by the said Mary Bradbury Comitted Acted and done before and since that time against the peace of our Sov'r Lord...."
Witness Mary Walcott
Eliz. Hobard
Eliz. Booth
Mercy Lewis
(Reverse) Indictmt. Bradbury -- Vibber bil a vera(3)
"The Answer of Mary Bradbury in the charge of Witchcraft or familliarity with the Divell I doe plead not guilty."
"I am wholly inocent of any such wickedness through the goodness of god that have kept mee hitherto. I am the servant of Jesus Christ & Have given my self up to himas my only lord & saviour: and to the dilligent attendance upon him in all his holy ordinances, in utter contempt & defiance of the divell, and all his works as horid & detestible;; and accordingly have endevo'red to frame my life; & conversation according to the rules of his holy word, & in that faith & practise resolve by the help and assistance of god to contineu to my lifes end:"
"For the truth of what I say as to matter of practiss I humbly refer my self, to my brethren & neighbors that know mee and unto the searcher of all hearts for the truth & uprightness of my heart therein: (human frailties, & unavoydable infirmities excepted) of which I bitterly complayne every day:"
Mary Bradbury(4)
On May 26th 1692 those who made complaint against Mary Bradbury, Sarah Rice, Wilmott Reed, and Elizabeth Fosdick were: Mary Walcott, Ann Putnam, Marcy Lewis. "The same witch tells them that see afflicts mr Tufts Negro"
attest Geo Herrick Marshall"(5)
July 28, 1692
"Concerning my beloved wife Mary Bradbury this is that I have to say: wee have been maried fifty five yeare: and shee hath bin a loveing & faithful wife to mee, unto this day shee hath been wonderfull laborious dilligent & industryous in her place and imployment, about the bringing up o'r family (w'ch have bin eleven children of o'r owne, & fower grand-children; shee was both prudent, & provident: of a cheerful Spiritt liberall Charitable: Shee being now very aged & weake, & greived under her affliction may not bee able to speake much for herselfe, not being so free of Speach as some others may bee: I hope her life and conversation hat been such amongst her neighbours, as gives a better & more reall Testimoney of her, then can bee exprest by words.
own'd by mee Tho: Bradbury
(Reverse) Capt Bradberys testamony of his wif"(6)
"Wm & Mary by the Grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King & Queen defend'rs of the faith & c.a"
{LS} "To Thomas Ring of Amesbury or Salsbury Timothy Swann of Andover Richard Carr & James Carr of Salsbury.
Greeting Wee Comand you all Excuses Set apart to be and personaly appear at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer holden at Salem On Tuesday Next at Twelve of the Clock or as soon after as possible There to Testify the truth on Severall Indictments to be Exhibited against Mrs. Mary Bradbury & other prisoners to be Tried for the horrible crime of Witchcraft, hereon Make return fail not dated in Salem Sep'r 5'th 1692 & in the fourth year of Our Reign"
To the Sheriff of Essex or
Constables of Andover Haverill
Salsbury Amesbery, Bradford or Newbury.
Stephen Sewall Cler
(Reverse) Zerub. Endecot
Sam. Endecot
James Carr
Rich'd Carr
Timo: Swan
Jos: Ringg"(7)
"July 22'd 1692
Concerning m's Bradburies life & conversation
A petition was signed concerning the character and disposition of Mary Bradbury by 118 people: "Wee the Subscribers doe testifie; that it was such as became the gospel shee was a lover of the ministrie in all appearance & a dilligent attender upon gods holy ordinances, being of a curteous, & peaceable dispostion & cariag: neither did any of us (some of whom have lived in the town w'th her above fifty yeare) ever heare or know that shee ever had any difference or falling oute w'th any of her neighbors man woman or childe-but was allways, readie & willing to doe for them w't laye in her power night & day, though w'th hazard of her health: or other danger: more might be spoken in her comendacon but this for the pr'sent"(8)
"James Allen, Robert Pike, and John Pike for Mary Bradbury
"Being desired to give my testimony concerning the life & conversation of mrs. Bradbury of Salisbury amonst us: w'ch is as followeth. viz. I having lived nine years at Salisbury in the work of the ministry--& now four years in the office a Pastour; to my best notice & observation of mrs Bradbury she hath lived according to the rules of the gospell, amongst us, was a constant attender upon the ministry of the word; & all the ordinances of the gospell; full of works of charity & mercy to the sick & poor. Neither have I seen or heard any thing of her unbecoming the profession of the gospell:--
James Allin
"mr James Allin made oathe to the truth of w't is above written Septem'r the 7'th: 1692: before me Rob't Pike Asst
I do also aferm to the truth of w't is above testifyed upon upward of fifty years experience and shall so testify if opertunity do present w'ch I shall indever
Robt: Pike
Having lived many years in Salbury & been much Conversant there, according to my best notice & observation of Mrs. Bradbury. must needs affirm to what is above written & add my oath to it if Called thereto
John Pike"(9)
Ann Putnam, Jr. v. Mary Bradbury (Ann Putnam, Jr, who was the daughter to Ann Putnam & Thomas Putnam)
"The deposition of Ann Putnam who tesifieth and saith that I being at Andevour on the 26 day of July 1692 I saw there Mis Mary Bradbery the wife of Capt Tho: Bradbery of Salisbury or hi apperance most grevious afflecting and tormenting of Timothy Swan of Andevor allmost Redy to kill him also sevrall times before and sence that time I have seen mist. Bradbery or hir Apperance most greviously afflecting Timothy Swan and I beleve that Mis Bradbery is a most dreadfull wicth for sence she has been in prison she or her Apperance has com to me and most greviously afflected me ann putnam ownid before the grand Inquest this har evidens to be the truth one the oath that she hath taken: this: 8 day of September 1692
(Reverse) Anna putnam"(10)
(Samuel Endicott v. Mary Bradbury)
"Sam'll Endecott aged thrity one years or thereabout Testifies Thatt about eleven years since being bound upon a vioage to sea w'th Capt Sam'll Smith Late of Boston Diceas'd, just before we sayl'd mrs Bradbery of Salisbury the prisoner now att the barr came to Boston w'th some firkins of butter of w'ch Capt Smith bought two, one of them proved halfe way butter and after wee had been att sea three weekes our men were nott able to eat itt, itt stanck soe and runn wi'th magotts, w'ch made the men very much distrub'd about itt and would often say thatt they heard mrs Bradbury was a witch and thatt they verily beleived she was soe or else she would nott have served the Capt soe as to sell him such butter. And further this deponent Testifieth that in four dayes after they sett sayle they mett w'th such a violent storm that we lost our main mast and rigin & Lost fifeteen horses and thatt about a fortnight after we sett our jury mast and thatt very night there came up a Shipp by our side and Carried away two of the mizon shrouds and one of the Leaches of the mainsaile: And this deponent further sayth thatt after they arived att Barbados and went to Saltitudos & had Laden their vessell the next morning she sprange a leake in the hold w'ch wasted sevrall tunns of salt in soe much thatt we were forct to unlade our vessell again wholy to stopp our leake there was then four foot of water in the hold after we had taken in our lading again we had a good passage home butt when we came near the Land the Capt sent this deponent forward to looke out for land in a bright moone shining night and as he was sitting upon the windless he heard a Rumbling noise under him w'th thatt he the s'd deponent Testifieth Thatt he looked one side of the windless and saw the leggs of some pson being no wayes frighted & Thatt presently he was shook and looked over his shoulder, & saw he appearance of a woman from her middle upwards, haveing a white Capp and white neckcloth on her, w'ch then affrighted him very much, and as he was turning of the windless he saw the aforsaid two leggs.
Jurat in Curia Sep'r 9th 1692
(Reverse) Sam. Endecott"(11)
(Mary Warren v. Mary Bradbury)
"The Deposition of mary warren who testifieth and saith that I have been along time afflected by a woman which tould me hir name was Mis Bradbery and that she came from Salisbury but on the 2'th day of July 1692: being the day of the examination of mis mary Bradbery I then saw that she was the very same woman which tould me hir name was mis Bradbery and she did most greviously Afflect and torment me dureing the time of hir examination for if she did but strick look upon me she would strick me down or allmost Choak me also on the day of her examination I saw mis Bradbery or hir Appearance most greviously afflect and torment mary wallcott Xarah vibber Eliz Hubbard and Ann putnam and I beleve in my heart that mis Bradbery is a witch & that she has very often afflected and tormented me and several others by hir acts of wicthcraft.
Mary warrin ownid this har testimony one the oath which she hath taken before the grand Inquest this 9th of September 92
(Reverse) Mary Warren Depoition"(12)
(Richard Carr and Zerubable Endicott v. Mary Bradbury)
"The deposition of Richard: Carr who testifieth and saith that about 13 years ago presently after sume Diferance that happened to be between my Hon'rd father mr Geoge Carr: and Mis Bradbery the prisoner at the barr upon a Sabboth at noon as we ware riding hom by the house of Capt Tho: Bradbery I saw mis Bradbery goe into hir gate turne the corner of and Immediately there derted out of hir gate a blue boar and darted at my fathers horses ledgs which made him stumble but I saw it no more and my father said boys what doe you se: we both answed a blue bore:
Zorobabell Endicott testifieth and saith that I lived att mr George Carr: now deceased att the time above mentioned and was present with mr George Carr and mr Richard Carr and I also saw a blue bore dart out of mr Bradberys gate to Mr Gorge Carrs horses ledges which mad him stumble after a strange manr and I also saw the blue bore dart from mr carrs horses ledgs in att mis Bradberys window: and mr carr immediately said boys what did you see and we both said a blue bore then said he from whence came it and we said out of mr Bradberys gate. then said he I am glad you see itt as well as well as I. Jurat in Curia Sep'r 9'th 92
& they both further say on their Oathes that mr Carr discoursed w'th them as they went home about what had happened and they all concluded that it was mrs Bradbury that so app'rd as a blue boar.
(Reverse) Richard Carr Zorobable Endecott"(13)
(James Carr v. Mary Bradbury)
"The Deposition of James carr. who testifieth and saith that about 20 years agoe one day as I was accidently att the house of mr wheleright and his daughter the widdow maverick then lived there: and she then did most curtuously invite me to com oftener to the house and wondered I was grown such a stranger and with in a few days affter one evening I went thether againe: and when I came thether againe: william Bradbery was there who was then a suter to the said widdow but I did not know it tell affterwards; after I came in the widdow did so crosely treat the s'd william Bradbery that he went away semeing to be angury: presently after this I was taken affter a strange maner as if (every) liveing creature did run about every part of my body redy to tare me to peaces and so I continued for about 3 quarters of a year by times & I applyed myself to doctor crosbe who gave me a grate deal of visek but could make non work tho he steept tobacco in (bofit) drink he could make non to work where upon he tould me that he beleved I was behaged: and I tould him I had thought so a good while: and he asked me by hom I tould him I did not care for spaking for one was counted an honest woman. but he uging I tould him and he said he did beleve that mis Bradbery was a grat deall worse then goody mertin: then presently affter this one night I being a bed and brod awake there came sumthing to me which I thought was a catt and went to strick it ofe the bed and was (seud) fast that I could not stir hedd nor foot but by and by coming to my strength I hard sumting a coming to me againe and I prepared myself to strick it: and it coming upon the bed I did strick at it and I beleve I hit it: and affter that visek would work on me and I beleve in my hart that mis Bradbery the prison'r att the bar has often afflected me by acts of wicthcraft.
Jurat in Curia Septm 9: 92
(Reverse) James Carr Depoition" (14)
"The deposistion of mary walcott who testifieth and saith that I being at Andevor on the later end of July 1692: and on the 26 day of the same month I saw there Mis mary Bradbery the wife of Capt Tho: Bradbery of salisbury or hir Apperance most greviously affleting and tormenting of Timothy Swan of Andevor allmost Redy to kill him: also before and sence that time I have seen mis Bradbery or hir Apperance most greviously affleting and tormenting Timothy Swan and I doe beleve in my heart that Mist. Bradbery is a most dreadffull wicth sence she has been in prison she or hir Apperance has come to me and most greviously tormented me
Mary Walcot: affirmed: the truth of the above written evidence before the Jury of Inquest upon oath Sept'r 9: 1692
(Reverse) Mary Walcot"(15)
(William Carr for Mary Bradbury)
"The testimony of william Carr Aged 41 or ther abouts is That my brother John Carr when he was yong was a man of as good capasity as most men of his age but faling in Love with Jane Tru (now wif of Capt John march) and my father being pswaded by some of the family (w'ch I shall not name) not to Let him mary so yong: my father woold not give him a porsion w'r upon the mach broke of w'ch my brother layd so much to hart that he grew melencoly & by degrees much crazed not being the man that he was before to his dying day
I do farther testify that my s'd brother was sick about a fortnight or three weeks & then dyed & I was present with him w'n he dyed & I do aferm that he dyed peacibly and quietly never manifesting the Lest troubl in the world about any body nor did not say anything mrs. Bradbury nor any body else doing him hurt & yet I was with him till the breath & Lif was out of his body
Jurat in Curia
(Reverse) William Cars Testamony"(16)
(Elizabeth Hubbard v. Mary Bradbury)
"The deposition of Eliz: Hubberd who testifieth and saith that I have along torn ben afflected by a woman which tould me hir name was Mist. Bradbery of salisbury but on the : 2 day of July 1692 being the day of the Examination of Mist. Mary Bradbery I then saw that it was the very same woman that tould me hir name was Mist' Bradbery: and she did most greviously torment me dureing the time of hir Examination for if she did but look upon me she would strick me down or allmost choake me also on the day of hir Examination I saw Mist. Bradbery or hir Apperance most greviously afflect & torment mary wolcott Sarah Vibber and Ann Putnam and I beleve in my hart that Mist. Bradbery is a wicth and that she has very often afflected and tormented me and the afformentioned persons by hir acts of wicthcraf for sense she has ben in prison she or hir Apperance has com to me and most greviously tormented me which if she were not a wicth she cold not doe.
Elizabeth Huberd on hear owned this har testimony to be the truth before the grand Inquest this 9 day of September 92"
"The deposition of Ann putnam who testifieth and saith that ever sence the begining of May 1692 I have ben afflected by a woman which tould me hir name was Mis Bradbery and that she came from Salisbury, but on the 2'th day of July 1692 being the day of the Examination of Mis Mary Bradbery I then saw that she was the very same woman that tould me hir name was Mis Bradbery and she most greviously afflect and torment me dureing the time of hir Examination for if she did but look upon me she would strick me down or almost choak me also on the day of hir Examination I saw mis. Bradbery most greviously afflet and torment mary walcott. Sarah Vibber and Eliz. Hubburd and I beleve in my hart that Mis Bradbery is a wicth & that she has often affected me and severall others by hir acts of wicthcraft: also there Appered to me my uncle Jno Carr in a winding sheet: whom I very well knew in his life time: and he tould me that mis Bradbery had murthered him and that his blood did Crie for venjance against her: also mis Bradbery or his Apperance tould me that it was she that made my fathers sheep to run a {torn} they were all lost: and that she had killed my fathers {torn} and also kiled that horse he took such delight in An: Putnam affirmed to the Jury of inquest: to the truth of the above written evidence on oath Sept'r 9:1692"
{Torn} "Deposistion of Sarah Vibber who testifieth and saith {torn} have along time ben afflected by a woman whch tould me hir name was Mis Bradbery and that she came from Salisbury but on the 2 day of July 1692 being the day of the Examin of Mis Mary Bradbery I wa most greviously tormented by hir dureing the time of hir Examination: tho for a good while she would not let me se hir parsonally but at last I saw hir and then I saw that it was the very same woman that tould me hir name was Mis Bradbery and she has most greviously affected me sence that time allso I have seen Mis Bradbury is a {Torn} tnam and I beleve in my heart that mis Bradbery is {Torn} nd that she has often affected and tormented me and the {Torn} med persons by hir acts of wicthcraft
{Torn} bber ownd to Jury of Inquest that the above written evidence is the truth upon her oath
{Torn} 1692"
{Torn} "posistion of mary walcott who testifieth and saith that I {Torn} een along time afflected with a woman which tould me hir {Torn} was Mis: Bradbery: and that hir husband was Capt of Salisbury
{Torn} the 2 day of July 1692: being the day of the Examination
{Torn} Bradbury of Salisbury I then saw that she was the very
{Torn} woman that tould me hir name was Mist. Bradbery and then
{Torn} most greviously afflect and torment me dureing the time
{Torn} xamination for if she did but look upon me she would strick
{Torn} wn or allmost choak me: also on the day of hir Examination
{Torn} mist mary Bradbery or hir Apperance most griviously afflect
{Torn} torment #[mercy lewes] Eliz. Hubberd mary warren [Sarah bibber ]
{Torn} Ann putnam and I verily beleve that mistris mary Bradbery is a
{Torn} most dread wicth and that she hath very often afflected me and the
{Torn} e named parsons by acts of wicthcraf for sence she has been in --
{Torn} son she or hir apperanc has come to me and has most greviously tormented
{Torn} me: also their appeared to me a yong man in a winding sheet
{Torn} tould me his name was Jno Carr and that Mis Bradbery had murth
{Torn} that his blood did cry for venjance against hir
{Torn} Walcot affirmd: to the truth of the above written evidence before
{Torn} the Jury of Inquest: upon her oath
{Torn} 1692"
On 17 Dec. 1711 the governor and council authorized payment of �578.12s to the claimants representing twenty-three persons condemned at Salem, and the heirs of Mary Bradbury received �20. A petition to reverse the attainder of twenty-two of the
thirty-one citizens convicted and condemned as a result of the trials was passed by the Massachusetts General Court in 1711, and in 1957 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts reversed the stigma placed on all those not covered by earlier orders.
The Will of Thomas Bradbury 14 Feb. 1694, proved March 26 1695
"In the name of God, amen. The fourteenth day of February, in the year of Lord one thousand six hundred and ninety-four. I Thomas Bradbury of the town of Salisbury in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, aged, weak in body, but of a good and perfect memory, thanks be to God Almighty for the same, do make, ordain, constitute and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following: revoking and annulling by these presents, all and every testament or testaments, will or wills heretofore by me made and declared either by word or by writing, and this to be taken only for my last will and testament an none other : And being penitent for my sins, I give and commit my soul unto Almighty God my Saviour and my redeemer in whom by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust and believe it assuredly to be saved; and my body to be buried in such place where it shall please my executors to appoint: And for the settling of my temporal estate, such goods, chattels and debts as it hath pleased God far above my deserts to bestow upon me, I do order, give and dispose the same in manner and form following, that is to say:
first, I will that all those debts and duties that I owe in right and conscience to any manner of person or persons in favor, shall be well and truly contented and paid or ordained to be paid within convenient time after my decease. So by my executor or executrixes hereafter named,
Item. I give and bequeath unto my grandchildren, Thomas Bradbury and Jacob Bradbury, all my housing and lands which I now situate, lying and being within the bounds of Salisbury aforenamed and which arable lands and meadow marsh, pasture and swamp lands, or of what sort soever they be, with all rights privileges and commonages thereunto belonging or any ways appertaining; unto them my said grandchildren and their heirs of their body lawfully begotten; the given and bequeathed and demised to be equally divided between my said grandchildren Thomas Jacob, and not to be disposed by selling, letting or any other ways improved, but each to other, and my said grandchildren shall pay unto their Aunt True fourteen pounds, each of them in good pay within one year after they come to the age of one and twenty years. As also my said grandchildren shall acquit and discharge their brother, William Bradbury from all orders of court concerning the division of their father's estate; also my will is that my said grandchildren Thomas and Jacob shall pay unto their grandmother, twenty bushels of corn yearly, such as she shall have need of during her natural life and to find her sufficient wood, winter and summer cut and fit; as also winter and summer meat for two cows, all during her natural life or widowhood: and my will is that my wife what part of my house she thinks meet to require unto the half of it, shall have during her widowhood or natural life, unto her own particular use if she thinks good to require the same.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my grandchildren Thomas Bradbury all my implements of husbandry and also my young colt.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Stanyon twenty shillings she having had her portion upon marriage.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane True ten pounds to be made in good pay within one year after my decease.
Item. I give to my grandchild Elizabeth Buss five pounds in good pay.
also my will is that five pounds be delivered to the selectman in good pay, then in being of said town of Salisbury by them to be disposed to such of the poor as they judge to have most need of it.
And lastly I do ordain and appoint my dearly and well beloved wife, Mary Bradbury and my dearly and well beloved daughter Judith Moody my executors or executrixes to this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above named.
Thomas Bradbury
Signed sealed and declared to be the last will and testament of Mr. Thomas Bradbury in ye presence of William Buswell, Isaac Buswell, William Buswell, jr."
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