The First English Actresses: Women and Drama, 1660-1700

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In 1992, the Salem Witch Trials Memorial was built in Salem, Mass and a marker was established for Elizabeth Howe. Some sources state the family arrived in 1638 aboard the ship John of London but the family is not on the ship’s passenger list. Sir Henry has been an inspirational Lord-Lieutenant, upholding the dignity of the Crown, as Her Majesty’s representative. He has immersed himself indefatigably in every facet of community life, giving selflessly of his time, and providing support and encouragement to all he met. We owe him a great debt.

Elizabeth Howe, 43, has been missing since Christmas Eve but her car was spotted in the Glencoe area on New Year’s Day, where she may have been travelling with her new boyfriend.John Indian cryed out O she bites, & fell into a grevious fit, & so carried to her in his fir & was well upon her grasping him. May 10: Susannah Post, Eunice Frye, Mary Bridges Jr., Mary Barker, and William Barker Jr. are tried and found not guilty. Sarah Cole (of Salem), Dorothy Faulkner, Abigail Faulkner Jr., Martha Tyler, Johannah Tyler, Sarah Wilson Sr., and Sarah Wilson Jr. are cleared by proclamation. A grand jury fails to indict Tituba. McQueen is really leaning into the very stereotypical imagery that you might associate with witches, and we’ve reproduced that,” said Danziger Halperin. “He’s pulling all of these symbols of the occult into his fashion show.” Beginning in February 1692 and lasting for well over a year until May 1693, the witch trials engulfed more than 200 residents of the Salem community and resulted in 19 executions. The trials were not technically completed until July of this year, when Elizabeth Johnson Jr became the last of the accused to be formally cleared of all charges of witchcraft. These events have been a mainstay of American culture, being retold by writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Miller and Sarah Ruhl, used as a rhetorical shorthand for incidents of mass hysteria, and claimed by feminist activists for their clear examples of patriarchal and misogynist thinking. They even received the greatest of pop cultural tributes, being parodied by The Simpsons in Treehouse of Horror VIII from the long-running show’s ninth season. After Howe was denied admittance to the church based on his testimony, Perley then claimed that his cow suddenly went mad and ran into a pond and drowned itself and he believed Howe had bewitched it.

Perley also told the story about when Howe tried to join the Ipswich church. He said when the church officials asked him to provide testimony either for or against Howe, he responded by telling them the story about his daughter. I am hoping to write Sarah’s history in her true light to extinguish the wrong done her and her co-defendants, and this small piece will enable me to gain a clearer picture of hw she was caught up in the furor orchestrated in part by one Cotton Mather and his ilk. This event only strengthened the rumors that Howe was a witch and soon strange stories about Howe bewitching horses and farm animals began to circulate. Elizabeth Howe’s Arrest and Trial:September 17: Abigail Faulker Sr. is tried and found guilty. Margaret Scott, Wilmot Redd, Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker, and Abigail Faulkner are sentenced to hang. Abigail Faulkner is given a temporary stay of execution because she is pregnant. Rebecca Earnes, Mary Lacy Sr., Ann Foster and Abigail Hobbs plead guilty to the charges and await sentencing. Charles Wentworth Upham, Salem Witchcraft: with an account of Salem village and a history of opinions on witchcraft and kindred spirits, (USA: originally published Boston 1867, republished Dover, 2000.