Mary Bassett

Notes:

Imprisoned for Witchcraft on 23 May 1692 in Salem Massachusetts. The Governor
of the Colony had appointed a Commission of Judges to hold a court trail.
Fourteen women and five men were hanged on Gallow's Hill near Salem. In 1693,
twent-one peresons were tried, and eighteen were acquitted and three condemned.
The Governor ordered one hundred fifty persons liberated and the Witchcraft
trials ended.

Mary Bassett was mentioned in the will of her fater as Mary Ruck or Rich.
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Reference:
"Lilly Families in America", Charles Lilly, 1976, p 5.
"Salem Possessed", Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum, 1974, p 182, 184.
"The Devil Discovered", Enders A. Robinson, 1991, p 280, 290.

Mary — Michael DeRich. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In 1635, William Bassett and his step-father, Hugh Burt, settled in Lynn,
Massachusetts.
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Reference:
"Lilly Families in America", Charles Lilly, 1976, p 5.

William — Sarah Burt. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Marriage to William Basset not confirmed.
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Reference:
"Lilly Families in America", Charles Lilly, 1976, p 5.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Lilly Families in America", Charles Lilly, 1976, p 5.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Lilly Families in America", Charles Lilly, 1976, p 5.

Hugh — Ann Holland. Ann died 1673. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ann Burt, a midwife, had acquired a local reputation for ministereing to the
sick, she had been presented on charges of witchcraft in 1669. "Widow Burt
practiced healing. Like certain other women who had this skill, she was
vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft from disappointed patients or
suspicious neighbors."
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Reference:
"The Devil Discovered", Enders A. Robinson, 1991, p 282.