| Massachusetts (Essex County), Danvers — Samuel Parris Archaeological Site |
| | Samuel Parris
Archaeological Site
1681-1784 — Map (db m48719) HM |
| Massachusetts (Essex County), Danvers — Salem Village Parsonage — 1681 |
| | In 1681 the Salem village inhabitants built a home for their minister at this site. Ministers residing here were George Burroughs (1681-83), Accused in 1692 of being a witch and hanged; Deodat Lawson (1684-88), Author of the first volume about Salem village witchcraft; Samuel Parris (1689-96), Minister during the witchcraft hysteria; Joseph Green (1698-1715), noted diarist and area peacemaker, Peter Clark (1717-68), famed theological author, and Benjamin Wadsworth (1772-1826), who tore down . . . — Map (db m48720) HM |
| Massachusetts (Essex County), Danvers — The 1681 Salem Village Parsonage |
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In February, 1681, the Salem village inhabitants voted, "We will build a house for the Ministry and provid convenient Land for that end. The Dementions of the House are as followeth: 42 foot long; twenty foot Broad; thirteen foot stude: Fouer chimleis no gable ends."
The house faced south and included a half-cellar on its west side which was composed of dry laid fieldstones, and which was entered by means of a . . . — Map (db m48721) HM |
| Massachusetts (Essex County), Danvers — The 1734 Addition |
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In 1717 Rev. Peter Clark became minister at Salem Village. The 1681 parsonage was in poor condition, so that by the early 1730's Clark asked the inhabitants to come to a decision either to build a new house or renovate the old one. In January, 1734 the inhabitants voted to remove the leanto and to build an addition on the back west side of the parsonage.
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This new addition was two and one-half stories high, included a side door . . . — Map (db m48722) HM |
| Massachusetts (Essex County), Danvers — The Church in Salem Village — 1630 – 1930 |
| | To this church, rent by the witchcraft frenzy, came in 1697 the Reverend Joseph Green, aged twenty-two. He induced the mischief makers to confess, reconciled the factions, established the first public school, and became noted for his skill at hunting game and his generous hospitality. — Map (db m48723) HM |
| Massachusetts (Essex County), Danvers — Rebecca Nurse Homestead — 1678 |
| | In 1636 Francis Weston was granted this land upon which he laid out a farm. This property was purchased by Governor John Endicott in 1648, and in 1678 Francis and Rebecca Nurse moved here and built a house. In March, 1692, 71-year-old Rebecca was accused by children of Salem Village of practicing witchcraft. Nurse, upon hearing of the accusation, exclaimed, “I am innocent as the child unborn, but surely what sin hath God found out in me unrepented of that He should lay such an affliction . . . — Map (db m48724) HM |
| Massachusetts (Essex County), Danvers — Salem Village Witchcraft Victims’ Memorial |
| | In memory of those innocents who died during the Salem Village Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692 Back Monument: “I am an innocent person. I never had to do with witchcraft since I was born. I am a Gosple woman.” Martha Cory “The Lord above knows my innocencye . . . as att the great day will be known to men and Angells. I Petition to your honours not for my own life for I know I must die and my appointed time is sett but the Lord he knows it is that if it be possible no more . . . — Map (db m48725) HM |
| Massachusetts (Essex County), Danvers — Salem Village Meeting House — 1672 |
| | Directly across from this site was located the original Salem Village Meeting House where civil and military meetings were held, and ministers including George Burroughs, Deodat Lawson, and Samuel Parris preached. The infamous 1692 witchcraft hysteria began in this neighborhood. On March 1 accused witches Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, and Tituba were interrogated in the Meeting House amidst the horrific fits of the “afflicted ones.” Thereafter numerous others were examined including . . . — Map (db m48726) HM |
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