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MURFORD, Elizabeth

MURFORD, Elizabeth

Female 1620 - 1692  (72 years)

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  • Name MURFORD, Elizabeth  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 1620  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Birth 1620  Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Differentiator Salem witch trials cast of characters 
    Witch Trials Connection 1692  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Salem witch trials cast of characters 
    Death 1692  Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    MURFORD, William,   b. 1604, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Father) 
    Person ID I2245  My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father MURFORD, William,   b. 1604, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BROWN, William,   b. 24 Dec 1622, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1706, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jun 1645  Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    Children 
    +1. BROWN, Mary,   b. 17 Jun 1647, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1696, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ HOYT, Thomas  m. 17 Dec 1667
     2. BROWN, William,   b. 24 Feb 1649, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1669, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. BROWN, Sarah,   b. 12 Apr 1658, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1730, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. BROWN, Elizabeth,   b. 6 Aug 1656, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1679, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. BROWN, Ephraim,   b. 24 Jun 1650, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1693, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. BROWN, Martha,   b. 5 Jun 1654, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1674, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. BROWN, Elizabeth,   b. 1644, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1727, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. BROWN, Martha,   b. 5 Jul 1654, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1717, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Photos
    U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    Family ID F685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1620 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1620 - Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jun 1645 - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWitch Trials Connection - Salem witch trials cast of characters - 1692 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1692 - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    witchcraft trials

    Histories
    The Genetics of Mental Illness    		The Genetics of Mental Illness
    Witch Trials    		Witch Trials
    Elizabeth (Murford) Brown's testomony at the Salem Witch Trials    		Elizabeth (Murford) Brown's testomony at the Salem Witch Trials
    Witch Trials    		Witch Trials
    Info    		Info

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  • Notes 
    • William and Elizabeth lived in Salisbury, MA, where he was a proprietor in 1639. They were members of the Salisbury church, but, apparently Elizabeth Brown was "cancelled" from the church list of 1687. This may have had something to do with her being "bewitched" by Susanna Martin, as explained in the following deposition made by William Brown at the Salem witchtrials of 1692:
      "The Deposion of william Browne of salsbury aged: 70 years or ther about who testifying sayth. That about on or to and thirty years ago Elizabeth his wif being a very rasional woman & sober & on that feard God as was well know to all that knew her & as prudently Carfull in her famly which woman going upon a time from her owne house towords the mille in salsbury did ther meett with susana martin the then wif of Georg martin of Amsbury Just as thay came to gather s'd susana martin vanisht a way out of her sight w'ch put the s'd Elizabeth into a great fright after which time the said martin did many tims afterward appere to her at her house and did much troubl her in any of her occasions and this continued till about feb: following: and then when shee did com it was as birds peking her Legs or priking her with the mosion of thayr wings and then it woold rise up into her stumak with priking payn as nayls & pinns of w'ch shee did bitterly complain and cry out Lik a woman in travil and after that it woold rise up to her throt in a bunch Lik a pulletts egg: and then she woold turn back her head & say: wich ye shant chok me In the time of this extremity the church appointed a day of [humilling] to seek God on her behalf & therupon her trouble seased and shee saw goodwif martin no more: for a considerible time for w'ch the church in stead of the day of humiliasion gave thanks for her deliveranc & she came to meetting & went about her busnes as before this continued till Aprill following: at w'ch time somense wear sent to the s'd Elizabeth brown & Good wif Osgood by the Court to give thayr evidences concerning the s'd martin and thay did before the Gran Jury gave a full accompt"After w'ch time the s'd Elizabeth told this deponent that as shee was milking of her cow the s'd susana martin came behind her and told her that shee woold make hir the miserablest creatur for defaming her name at the Court & wep greevously as shee told it to this deponent."Aboute 2 month after this deponent came hom from hampton & his s'd wif woold not owne him but s'd thay wear devorst and Asked him whether he did not mett with on mr Bent of Abey in England by whom he was divorst And from that time to this very day have ben under a strang kind of distemper & frensy uncapibl of any rasional action though strong and healthy of body he farther testifyeth that when she came into that condition this deponent porcured Docter fuller & Crosby to com to her for her releas but thay did both say that her distemper was supernatural & no siknes of body but that some evil person had bewiched her Sworne the eleventh day of May Anno Dom: 1692
      before me *Robt Pike Asst"W'm Browne made Oath that the above is a true relajon according to his wifes Complaint in the day of it concerning the truth of w't is sworne by william Browne concerning his wif with respect to her being a Rasional woman before shee was so handled and of her now present condision & her so long continuance all that then knew her and now know her can testafy to the truth of it for shee yet remaines a miserabl creetr of w'ch myself is on as wittnes my hand: 16: 3: 1692

  • Sources 
    1. [S59] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700      		 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700


    2. [S1737] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    3. [S1706] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).

    4. [S1317] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1622; Birth city: Salisbury; Birth state: MA.

    5. [S1281] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988      		 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988



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