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Local Hauntings AMITYVILLE HORROR: Well of course you all know this story, Back in 1974 a man by the name of Ronald Defeo Jr, also known as "Butch" went insane and murdered his whole family by shoting them with a 12-gauge shot gun while they where sleeping. When the police found the bodys they were all laying on the stomachs with they head resting on there hands. Only a short time after the murders a family by the name of "Lutz" moved in, to only move out of the house 28 days later. The Lutz family was haunted by the past. The sounds of gun shots would echo in the night, cold spots, bleeding walls, moving objects, and ghostly figures in the windows. The Lutz left the house leaving all belongings behind. Still to this day, the ghost of a little girl in seen looking out of the back window, flashes the look like the flash of a shot gun being shot still light up the dark house, and top demonologist have reported that the house is evil, making people sick when entering .KINGS PARK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER: King Park..This center was home to over 9,000 patients in over 160 buildings, now the only thing left in this building is he haunting past of fallen patients. People who have entered the building have been pushed only to turn around and be he only one there, loud banging sounds of been heard, and cold spot have been felt. People who would visit before the building was shut down would complain of dizziness and the feel of complete terror. There also have been reports of being watched, and misty figure have been seen roaming the hallways. People who live near this old building have reported to hear moaning, crying and screams in the middle of the night COUNTRY HOUSE RESTAURANT: Stony Brook... A investigator contacted a spirt of a woman who was murdered by a man during the Revolutionary War. People claim to see this woman standing near the staircase and walking around the kitchen. A worker in the kitchen says that a towel floated in mid air as if someone was carrying it, and a glass of wine was thrown in a news reporters face right off of a waiters tray as he walked by MOUNT MISERY /SWEET HOLLOW ROAD: Huntington..... 3 kids hung themselves on the bridge here, and on certain nights you can still see the kids hanging there, a demonic dog with red glowing eyes, people in the neighborhood believe if you see this dog you are going to die, in the 1960's the Mothman was sighted here, a phantom cop that pulls you over and everything seems okay until he turns around and the back of his head is missing, locals believe he pulls people over because he is still looking for his killer. Along the road once a woman got her car stuck in the mud and while trying to get in out, she said her car began shaking and someone was hitting her car but no one was around. An investigator once picked up an EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) that said "Don't Go" while he was stand in the area WICKHAM FARMHOUSE: In 1998 a couple were alseep in there bed when they were awoken by a man standing at the end of there bed holding an axe, then the man was gone. This house is haunted by farm worker who in 1854 went insane and hacked his boss and his bosses family to death with the axe he is seen holding. In the room where the man appeared in now off limits, but the sounds of the murderer walking down the halls is still heard today PIZZA HUT: Centereach....A man haunts the mens room, it is said that there was a bar on the land before pizza hut, and the man the haunts the bathroom was killed. Witnesses say that pots fall of the walls, and strange noises have been reported RAYNHAM HALL: Oyster Bay.....A man killed for being a spy during the Revolutionary war haunts this home alonge with other ghosts. There is a bedroom in this house that is always cold, even on the hottest days. An investigator was searching the house and heard someone shout out NO! and he was the only one in the house. A ghost has been seen walking the house, but only the upper half of him appears. Workers have reported to see shadows moving when no one was there. The smell if Cinnamon Apple has been reported in the kitchen, workers say is if you smell this the ghost of the woman in the kitchen welcomes you...... MORGAN HALL: Now owned by the Catholic Church, this place is said to be haunted by the former owner JP Morgan a banker. None of the paranormal activity started until the church took over the home. Nuns have complained of hearing heavy footsteps coming from the attic at strange time in the night, these steps are also heard in the hallways. Windows in the house open and close by themselves, nuns have aslo reported the spirt of a girl, wearing a long black dress, researchs says the girl the nun's say was daughter or JP Morgan.... LAUREL LAKE: There use to be a campground here, and there are stories of a angry man that haunts the old campground. Sounds of heavy footsteps and growling have been heard here. And a group of boys reported that they were chased out of the woods by a fat, tall man who was growling, and muttering. Whether this was a ghost or the local nut case is unknown, however the wood are now off limits.... NORMANDY INN: The in is haunted by a young female who was strangled in one of the rooms. Bare footsteps appear in the carpets. misty figures in the kitchen and unknown bone found in the basement. Guest have said the spirit knocks on the doors in the middle of the night.... WINFIELD HALL: This is haunted by a man who dies in the house because of his fear of dentist, is fear caused him to delay treatment of his infected teeth, the infection eventually overwhelmed him and he died. Legend say that the man was a worlock ( a male witch) he kept a black mirror in his room. It is said that you can hear creepy organ music, and white fuzzy mists have been seen floating room to room. People say that this place in also haunted by the mans daughter who killed herself..... DEVILS GATE/SATANS TRAILS: Mount Siani.. Cult meet in this old abandoned house, it is said that a little girl is seen walking room to room, weird animal bones have been found, cult items and cryptic writing on the walls has also been found. Sounds of moaning, screams, and strange people have been encountered here... HANGING TREE: Located in a patch of woods along side Grove Avenue. Legends say a woman back in the 1600's was accused of witchcraft during the trials in the Hamptons, and was found guilty. They hng her from this tree. People say you can still see her hanging from the tree, and she wonders the woods looking for her killers.... MARYS GRAVE: There are so many stories about this, and so many places it supposedly happend I am going to list the top 8 legend. 1) Mary went insane and hacked her parents to death and her ghost roams the woods looking for virgins to kill. 2)Marys boyfriend caught her cheating went crazy and hung her from a tree. 3) Mary boyfriend returned after fighting in the war, and felt she was cheating on him, thus driving her mad, she killed him and then killed herself. 4) Mary was a nurse who cared for small children, when the kids started to die from unknown diseases the parents blamed Mary of witch craft and killed her. 5) Two teenage boys killed Mary, after they were found guilty they died, now Mary come back on the anniversary of her death to claim 2 male lives. 6) In 1952 Mary was accused of fooling around with someones husband, ahe hung herself and then was buried under the tree. 7) A couple was sleeping on a bench, when the girl woke up a cop told her not to open her eyes when she did she say the remains of her lover splattered all over her, the bench and the tree. 8) In the 1800's Mary was married with many children, when she could not handle the kids anymore she killed them, when her husband found out her teamed up with towns people and killed Mary... HERRMAN HOUSE: Seaford...A ghost in this house throws things such has hair tonic, bleach and even holy water. A porcelain statuette was thrown almost 10 feet across the room. .. FIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE: Fire Island.. The caretaker of this lighthouse hanged himself long before it was rebuilt. Doors shut, which require two people to close due to weight and doors open, which require three individuals. People have even reported strange laughing and knocking when no one is there. The top windows are also known to rise by themselves, which normally require a tool to reach. People experience chills throughout the lighthouse and human skulls seem to turn up on the beach with various other bones. .... REID ICE CREAM FACTORY: Blue Point.. The factory is haunted by a young woman who was raped and killed on the property. It is said that you can see her walking around the factory, and she even has crossed the street in front of cars. People have heard crying and screams around the factory. There is also a child who haunts the ground, giggling, pitter patter of little feet, and humming sounds. No one knows how the childs spirt got there.... SWEZEY AVERY HOUSE: Brookhaven.... This is a home owned by Brookhaven Town to care for seniors. Ghostly footsteps, fast dark shadows, lights turning on by themselves, have all been reported here. Cops was called for a burglary alarm here, when they got there all the motions ahve been tripped but the panel said they were all set. when they went in to secure the house they shut all the lights down, when they left a cop noticed as he was driving away that the bedroom light was back on, so he rushed back into the home to find nothing so they checked the basement, why they where down there a loud noise came from upstairs so they rushed back up to the first floor to find nothing. They shut all of the lights off and left, and once again the bedroom light was back on..... LADY OF THE LAKE: Lake Ronkonkoma.. Legend says the lake is haunted by an Indian Princess you killed herself after a white man killed her lover, she rowed to the middle of the lake tied bricks to her feet, and before she jumped she swore that she would come back every year and claim someone who looked like her killer. Every year since at least one male dies in this lake.... SOUTH HAVEN UFO: Reports of a UFO landing here have claimed, many people saw it but the army claims it was a test mission gone wrong..... D.S SHANAHANS: Kings Park... This bar is said to be haunted by a young woman, a worker once witnessed this woman wondering the hallways and then dissapear in front of him. There is a weird legend linked to this place as well, there is a tree in the back of the property and the way the trunk and th branches are it forms the shape of a woman, people say she is the woman that wonders the hallways..... CENTRAL ISLIP PSYCHIATRIC CENTER: Weird noises coming from the Main hospital where patients were kept. Visions of men working at the abandoned Power plant then just vanishing into thin air. In the engineering building sounds of people screaming and moaning, blood/ IV bags laying around a big room. A woman folding laundry at a lonely laundry table in the Laundry building then sees people and vanishes..... COMMACK MULTIPLEX CINEMAS: Commack.. Sitting in the employee lounge doorknobs turn on their own and lockers open and shut when nobody is near and no windows are even located. As well, brand new glass counters at the concession stand have scratches on them when nothing has touched it and no customers are in the theater.... BEGJAINE HOUSE: Hauppauge... The Begjaines (long dead) Have haunted this old house for over 215 years. It all started in 1778 when Mr. Begjaine was killed at fort Ticonderoga. Mrs. Begjaine moved her three kids to a mansion in Hauppauge. Shortly after the move a man with an English accent came to the front door saying he wanted to sell some hats. When Mrs. Begjaine let him in he pulled out a gun and killed the whole family. To this day the cops are still investigating the crime. Neighbors complain of strange noises and gunshots coming from the old abandoned house at night. Most of the cops go in but few have lived to come out.... HAUPPAUGE MIDDLE SCHOOL: The old Hauppage is one of the most weirdest schools on Long Island. There is said to be a ghost for revenge in room A-22. There is a ghost that picks up pens & then throws them at people.... HAUPPAUGE HIGH SCHOOL: When You Go To The Down Stairs Bathroom You hear freaky music and then when You come out you will see a still unidentified man in a long black cloak..... HOYTS MANSION: New Hyde Park...A mansion that is haunted by the family members whom all killed themselves. The family was very strange, all under ground entrances to their house. Their home is in the middle of the woods in between two of the popular mansions, The Mills Mansion, and the Vanderbilt Mansion.... ROOSEVELT MANSION: New Hyde Park...Walking into the dining room and Mrs. Roosevelts bedroom there is a very cold feeling and a feeling of sadness by those who are sensitive... ICELAND SKATING RINK:New Hyde Park...Iceland ice skating rink - doors sometimes opening or closing by themselves, reported sighting of a man in a baseball cap in the scoreboard operations room, hockey pucks mysteriously appear in the center of the ice surface late at night.... MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Long Beach..in the playground the "rings" they move while no one is on them and theyre too heavy to be moved by the wind. It is said that a kid in 3rd grade died because he fell off and broke his head. Also in the cafeteria the trays move without anyone touching them. The benches move with a full load of kids. They say that a girl fell from the stairs and a boy was killed there by getting into a fight and the other kid had a weapon. These were from the years 1973-1984..... CENTEREACH HIGH SCHOOL TRACK: Back in 1997, there was an off-duty FDNY firefighter running track on a highschool track near his house. There were some kids who had a gun and they wanted to see what it felt like to shoot someone, so they waited in the woods until the fireman came around the northeast corner of the track, then they shot him. Both boys were arrested and convicted for killing the firefighter. Not long after, people reported seeing a glowing figure running along the track. Others have seen the body of a man laying on the track then dissappearing, all in the same spot he was shot, the northeast corner of lane 5. Most people won't go over to the northeast bleachers because they have the feeling of being watched. When visiting football teams come to visit, they and their fans refuse to sit in the visitors bleachers, as those lie on the northeastern part of the field. That part has now become mostly abandoned... NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL: It is known throughout the school that back in the 70's a soon to be senior shot himself because he wasn't able to graduate on time. Now when students take regents you can hear strange footsteps around the room... HAYES HILL HOUSE: Northport..In this house the daughter who was in high school drowned in the pool then as the father was taking the pool down he had a heart attack the mother, couldnt take the loss so she hung herself in the kitchen then the son left the house abandon, inside the house is still set and appears as if it is lived in. when a car is parked in the driveway the lights in the front of the house come on and if anything is taken from the house the car will not start.. N.Y.I.T: Old Westbury...Many of the old buildings on campus are said to be haunted. Cleaning crews refuse to work in the art center after a ghostly woman was reported sighted there.... ST STEPHENS CHURCH:Port Washington..Every night girl with blonde hair and blue eyes haunts the basement. In bathroom lights go on and off. you hear footsteps occasionally in the hallway.... KOHLS: Shirley...In the break room at night the lockers and doors open and close by themselves and motion detector lights go on when no one is there. This is haunted because when there was a Sear's built there a man died up there from carrying something and falling. Up in the storage room toys go on by themselves... FIELD AT END OF BOW: Smithtown..It has been said that a small boy playing hockey on the frozen pond fell through the ice and was never seen again. many people say they have seen a lone hockey player shooting pucks whenever the pond freezes over but when they call out to him he suddenly melts into the ice... MILL HOUSE: Stony Brook.. An abandoned house where a woman in white can be seen pacing the top floor of the house with a candle.... EXTREME WESTERN AREA: Valley Stream... In the area of Valley Stream which is adjacent to Hook Creek Boulevard in Queens one can often feel the sensation that he or she is being watched by someone when there actually is nobody there. Along the Long Island Rail Road tracks there is a long trail upon which I often got strange feelings of being observed. The area was occupied by Rockaway Indians long ago. The railroad has been there since the 1860's and many people had been killed by trains before the tracks were elevated in the 1940's.... VALLEY STREAM STATE PARK: Valley Stream...A Young Woman seen sitting in woods then disappearing within a few seconds without a trace... BADGER LANE: West Babylon... This is a narrow road (surrounded by trees) with a only a few abandoned houses on the road. At night, you can see a ghost in the houses wandering around. - June 2005 Update Badger Lane in West Babylon is now a new housing development. The old homes are gone.... SOUTH BAY ELEMENTRY SCHOOL: West Babylon... Many sightings of a little boy wandering in the recreation area at night is seen, hes usually seen walking around the area where the old fire house burnt down around the late 1800's.also, numerous times, an old man that looks poor is seen wandering..... STREETS AROUND EAGLE AVENUE AND THE TRAIN TRACKS: West Hempstead..There have been multiple sightings by locals. Most are at the train station. a floating blue/white light which looks like an old man. Is seen "walking" slowly across the tracks. when he is across he turns back looks and dissipates. Others have seen the old man walking in front of there houses in every case the man looks at the onlooker then dissipates. The neighborhood dogs wont even go out side at times and in some rare cases when people noticed that there dogs wouldnt even come into different rooms in there houses they have reported seeing the man in there house. But that is rare and only two people have seen this. Some people dont see the man but here a voice whisper "come here."... WEST ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL: West Islip...In the gym at night you can hear childrens voices. They are laughing and playing with each other. Also, a boy is said to haunt the school who was killed there. He now roams the hallways.NOTE THE GHOST PICTURES ABOVE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LONG ISLAND HAUNTINGS......THANK YOUTHESE PICTURES BELONG TO THE LEGEND SECTION OF OUR PAGE.

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LegendsMARY HATCHET...... This is one of the strangest legends on Long Island. A young girl or young woman killed her entire family with a hatchet. Because of the incredible evil concerning the act, legend says the house actually sunk gradually into the ground and now only the chimney remains above ground.Stories..... There seem to be 2 locations for this urban legend. One is actually near Mount Misery and the other is in Cedarhurst. The story line is basic and there are very little details. She kills her family with a hatchet, then she takes her own life, and she supposedly still haunts the house as it sinks into the ground.As far as the Mount Misery version, a group of friends did receive an encounter. In looking for the house, they got directions from some locals and drove through the area. At one point they took their van down what looked like an overgrown path. The van became stuck and they claimed that hands apparently rocking the van side to side rather violently. It took some time to get out and to this day they have no idea what they experienced in the woods but they certainly felt the danger. They believe this was right near the Mary Hatchet house. People are unsure if that was a phenomenon from the Hatchet house or just one of those weird things that happen to people in the Mount Misery area......Even though the LADY OF THE LAKE is in our haunted area, she still also remains a legend..... This is one of the longer standing legends of Long Island. There are variations but the most common storyline involves an Indian princess. There were two tribes across the river from each other and the princess had set up a secret courtship with one of the warriors on the other side. They were to meet in the center of the lake and elope one night. She rowed out that night but no one came to meet her. Heartbroken she left herself adrift and died on the lake. Every year since then she is said to take the life of one boy on the lake.Stories..... One woman remembers a slide being built on the lake when she was a young girl. She had climbed up to the top of the slide and when she started getting ready to slide down she felt someone push her hard. She slid all the way down and under water. Being young and an inexperienced swimmer she was struggling. All of a sudden it was like something let her go free and she was able to reach the surface. Upon climbing out she asked the girl who came down the slide after her if she had been the one pushing. The girl said no one had been pushed at all. This woman is under the impression that the lake may have mistaken her for a boy..... MARYS GRAVE is also in our haunted area... The legend of Mary's Grave actually consists of a strange inbreeding of many different Long Island legends. There are actually a good number of supposed Mary's Graves throughout the island, though it seems the original tale may have originated out of the Mount Misery area. Another popular Mary's Grave story comes from Head of the Harbor. Some of the legends are similar and they seem to run through a common chain of events. Basically Mary dies some untimely death and haunts the place she dies or her tombstone either looking for revenge or to protect others from her fate....Stories One of the more popular versions entails coming through the cemetery at night and shining a flashlight on her tombstone. Some say you will see her face as you shine the light over the headstone.Another story claims that there is an angelic statue at her grave and she sometimes comes out of the statue or you will see the statue cry. She is said to protect other young girls.The Head of the Harbor story tells of a girl who was either abused by her father or wasn't aloud to date a particular boy. She extracted her vengeance on her family and finally on herself by hanging herself from a tree in the backyard. There is supposedly a little stone house that was built for Mary. The stories of the stone house range from it being the place where Mary's father abused her to it being a place where she killed small animals. Next the gate to her family's house is the gate to the backyard where Mary met her demise. The body was supposedly buried in an area field and is a source of supernatural occurrences.Yet another Mary's grave story is that Mary was a tenant at the Chandler Estate, AKA Satan's Trails, and died a horrific untimely death. Having felt badly for Mary, Mrs. Chandler had her buried in the cemetery near the boarding house.Other tales are somewhat more ominous. One legend says she was raped, beaten, and killed and that she will hunt down men who come onto her territory. Others do not give a reason for her vengeance but have the basic outline of, "Don't cross Mary"..... CAMP HERO is located right before the Montauk lighthouse in Eastern Long Island. Formerly a US government Air Force Base and even prior a coastal defense army base, it now sits unused and quiet as a state park, or does it? Like many urban legends it is difficult to prove many of the rumors and in this case a lot of the stories about the base come from conspiracy theorists. Despite the shaky basis behind the rumors they seem to still persist today. Perhaps there is some truth to it?.....PLEASE SEE PICTURES OF THE LEGENDS LOCATED UNDER THE GHOST SLIDE SHOW.........Myspace Contact Tables

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Long Island Witch Craft TrialsTHE WRITING BELOW IS OLD, NOTHING IS MISSPELLED.....JUST SO YOU KNOW............One Friday in early February, 1657, 16-year-old Elizabeth Gardiner Howell lay feverish and delirious in her bed in the small, isolated village of East Hampton. Elizabeth's infant daughter had just been taken from her breast after feeding, and she crooned a psalm at the departing child. Suddenly, the teenage mother stiffened and shrieked:``A witch! A witch! Now you are come to torture me because I spoke two or three words against you!''Elizabeth's father, Lion Gardiner, the leading citizen of the community, was summoned from his home across the street.``What did you see?'' asked Gardiner.``A black thing at the bed's feet,'' cried Elizabeth, violently flailing her arms to strike at what she saw.By Sunday evening, Elizabeth Howell was dead. So began a chain of events that led to one of the first witchcraft trials in the American colonies, more than three decades before Salem, Mass., would be forever marked by the sign of the witch.The accused was Goody Garlick, a woman in her 50s who lived just down the street. Her actual name was Elizabeth, the wife of Joshua Garlick, a farmer who had once worked for Gardiner on his nearby island - first called the Isle of Wight but later renamed Gardiners Island. Goody was a shortened form of Goodwife: Goodman and Goodwife were not names, but terms of address for a married person who was not of high rank - similar to Mr. or Mrs. - but also not lower class.The death of young Elizabeth Howell got the little rural community of 33 families buzzing. Goody Simons told the local magistrates that as Elizabeth lay dying she told her that Goody Garlick was responsible. This led the justices, John Mulford, John Hand and Thomas Baker, to hold three weeks of hearings, where depositions were taken from 13 witnesses. All the direct quotations used in this account are copied verbatim from these depositions, which are in the Town of East Hampton archives.On Saturday, Lion Gardiner's wife, Mary, who was ill herself, left her bed to visit her daughter. Elizabeth, who was the first English child to be born in New York State, put out her hand to her mother and began crying. ``Oh, mother, mother,'' she said. ``I am bewitched.''``I asked her who she saw,'' said Mary Gardiner. ``And she said, `Goody Garlick in the further corner and a black thing at the hither corner, both at the feet of the bed.'''Goodwife Simons testified that Elizabeth had once gotten terribly upset with Joshua Garlick for being sharp-tongued with her when she went to his farm to look for her husband, Arthur, who was there threshing. On the second night of her sickness, Elizabeth told Goody Simons, who was staying with her, to go and get Goody Garlick.``I could tear her in pieces,'' Elizabeth told Goody Simons. ``She is a double-tongued woman! Did you not see her last night stand by the bed side ready to pull me in pieces? And she pricked me with pins.''A number of residents told the justices stories about Goody Garlick that hurt her case. Goody Edwards said that once Goody Garlick had requested that Edwards' daughter, who had recently given birth, provide her with some breast milk, which she did. The child immediately got sick. Edwards later told this story to Goody Davis, the wife of Foulk Davis. Goody Davis told Edwards that Goody Garlick had once made the same request of her own daughter, whose child quickly died.Here is more of the testimony:Thomas Tallmage said that he had once been at the house of Goody Davis: [She was] speaking unto me about some accidents that had fallen out among them at the Island [Wight] as concerning the death of her child in what manner it was taken away and of an ox that had his leg broke and having reference in her speech concerning Goody Garlick as if she were a witch.Richard Stratton said that, years earlier, he heard Goody Davis say that her own child died strangely at the Island. ``She thought it was bewitched and she said she did not know of any one on the Island that could do it unless it were Goody Garlick.''Goody Birdsall heard Davis say that she had dressed her child in clean linen at the Island. ``Goody Garlick came in and said how pretty the child doth look. And so soon as she had spoken Goody Garlick said the child is not well for it groaneth and Goody Davis said her heart did rise and Goody Davis said when she took the child from Goody Garlick she said she saw death in the face of it. And her child sickened presently upon it and lay five days and five nights and never opened the eyes nor cried till it died.''One person who did not testify, for whatever reason, was Goody Davis, who at one time lived on the Isle of Wight, as did the Garlicks. And as the testimony went on, it became increasingly apparent that it was this same Goody Davis who seemed to be Goody Garlick's chief accuser. Through the testimony of others, Davis accused Goody Garlick of having caused a catalog of unexplained happenings on the Island: a child that was ``taken away in a strange manner,'' a man that was dead, a fat and lusty sow and her piglets that died during the birth, an ox with a broken leg.By the end of the hearing, the focus seemed to have shifted to Goody Davis. Jeremiah Vaile, who lived next door to the Garlicks but who had once worked for Gardiner on the island, said that Gardiner was once asked if he thought that Davis' child had been bewitched. Gardiner, who didn't testify but whose word counted for something in the town, replied testily that ``Goody Davis had taken an Indian child to nurse and for lucre of a little wampum had merely starved her own child.''In his 1996 book, ``Imagining the Past,'' historian Timothy H. Breen took a close look at East Hampton history. He concluded that the Goody Garlick case was one of many instances of the East Hamptonites trying to establish a pecking order in their new little town.``The investigation into witchcraft had uncovered no witch; rather, it had exposed once again a pattern of slander and defamation,'' Breen writes. ``Discontented people in East Hampton who had come to this isolated extension of New England culture looking for a fresh start and some possible bettering of their lives had in their ambition turned on each other. As the witnesses poignantly revealed, no one in East Hampton seems to have experienced more disappointment than did Mrs. Foulk Davis.''Unable to make a decision, the three judges sent the case to Hartford, Conn., for a trial on charges of witchcraft. But for Joshua Garlick, the testimony was convincing enough. On behalf of his wife, he immediately entered an action of defamation against Goody Davis. There is no evidence that the defamation suit was ever tried.The Hartford trial was held on May 5, in the Particular Court of Connecticut, with a panel of magistrates headed by the governor, John Winthrop. But it was anticlimactic. There may have been testimony, but the official record mentions none, although the East Hampton depositions were available.The indictment shows how strongly the idea of a woman possessed by the devil, a witch, was embedded in the Puritan belief system:Thou art indicted by the name of Elizabeth Garlick the wife of Joshua Garlick of East Hampton, that not having the fear of God before thine eyes thou has entertained familiarity with Satan the great enemy of God & mankind & by his help since the year 1650 hath done works above the course of nature to the loss of lives of several persons (with several other sorceries) & in particular the wife of Arthur Howell of East Hampton, for which both according to the laws of God & the established law of this commonwealth thou deservest to die.The jury found Elizabeth Garlick not guilty, and she and her husband went home to East Hampton. They seemed to have lived peaceably, well into their 90s. Their chief nemesis, Goody Davis, appears to have died soon after the Hartford trial. Not long after Christmas, 1664, George Wood, a Setauket landowner and innkeeper, sickened and died. A while after that, his infant son followed him to the grave. These two deaths resulted in the only other witchcraft trial of Long Islanders.Ralph and Mary Hall were indicted on charges of witchcraft and sorcery in connection with the death of the Woods. They were tried in the Court of Assizes in New York in October, 1665, the only witchcraft trial ever held in the State of New York. The Halls pleaded not guilty, and no public testimony was taken. The jury had some questions about Mary Hall, but none about Ralph Hall.``We find that there are some suspicions by the evidence, of what the woman is charged with, but nothing considerable of value to take away her life,'' the jury said. ``But in reference to the man we find nothing considerable to charge him with.''The couple returned to Setauket. Three weeks later they sold their property and moved north of New York City to what is now City Island.The early inhabitants of East Hampton were a quarrelsome bunch, especially in the 1650s, when the town was just getting formed and the residents were jostling among themselves for status. But instead of getting into public fistfights or dueling matches at dawn, they accused each other of slander and defamation and took their cases to the town justices.This was the atmosphere in which Goody Garlick was charged with witchcraft.The issues were usually minor, but the outcomes major. One man accused a woman of slandering his wife by calling her a liar when she claimed her new petticoat had come all the way from England. A man accused another of overcharging him in a business transaction. A man claimed another man was going about town accusing his 17-year-old servant of being a masturbator.But few claims were as odd and seemingly trivial as the pumpkin porridge case. In January, 1658, John Wooley, a servant of the Gardiners, filed a defamation suit against Mrs. John Hand, who happened to be the wife of one of the three judges, called townsmen. Out of the trial testimony comes this story:Elizabeth Gardiner, wife of Lion Gardiner, had made pumpkin porridge, set it down and left the room. When she returned she was angered to learn that the porridge had been eaten. The culprits turned out to be two members of her own family, who she proceeded to berate angrily. But Wooley, it was claimed, stood nearby and made mocking noises, including ``bow wou,'' apparently an imitation of a dog barking. Mrs. Hand, who wasn't even there, spread the story around town.The trial went quickly. Wooley's witnesses agreed that he wasn't there when Elizabeth Gardiner reprimanded the culprits. Mrs. Hand's witnesses provided little support in her defense. The jury found in favor of Wooley, and fined Mrs. Hand 10 shillings plus court costs.Then came the charges of witchcraft against Goody Garlick. ``Early in February 1658 the inhabitants of East Hampton harvested a decade of ill will,'' writes historian Timothy Breen. ``. . . The appropriate context for this particular trial is not the long story of New England witchcraft, but rather the short, local history of slander and defamation. For in this society, nothing could have been more damaging to a person's reputation than a charge of witchcraft.''These Records have been copied mostly by Joseph S. Osborne, verbatim et literatim, and are brought down, in this volume, to about A.D. 1680. The material is arranged chronologically, when dated, otherwise it has been disposed as circumstances indicated to be proper.Nothing is now known of the ``Bodie of Laws,'' procured from Connecticut. The ``Combination,'' to which it was ``Ordered yt all men shal set their hands,'' a priceless page, was cut out, evidently, and stolen so long ago ne person remembers it. Great pains have been taken at all stages of the work which, in no small degree, has been a labor of love. Where any abstract has been made, it is so noted.JONATHAN T. GARDINER, JONATHAN BAKER, JOSEPH S. OSBORNE,Committee,Book 2, page 56. -- Samuell parsons Deposed testifieth yet on ye last fourth Day, was a senita I goeinge to Arther Howells house Arthur howells wife sittinge by ye fire to my Apprehention she was well & in good health and I asked her how she did Doe and she said she thought she had gotten some could with leaving of an vnder waistcoate & puttinge a thiner on and she said her head aked, her husband not beinge in the house, I sate with her a prettie while and did but Just step over to william Mullfords to chang a word wth Barnard Collins and cume spedily againe & yn she had bound A cloath vpon her head & complained more of it wherevppon her husband and willm Russill came in & she said to her husband love I am very ill of my head & feare I shall have ye feaver & soe sitinge together by the fire ye space of an houre still complaininge more & more she yn Desired to goe to bed her husband was at her to goe to bed before but she was not willinge for she said she feared she should not rest & soe her husband got her to bed & went to bed to her & she still complained more & more saying lord have mercy vpon me & soe iteratinge ye words again & again: she said freinds pray for me & she turned to her husband & said I pray god it may not be with me as it was wth you wn you were at yor mother Howells & were senceles she said I pray god I may have my sences whereupon wee asked her if she would suckle ye child & she said yes soe I gave her the chil & she said ah my pore child it pitties me more for thee yn for my selfe for if I bee ill to be sure thou wilt be ill to soe haveinge Done sucklinge of it I tooke it from her and presently uppon it she turned a psalme & screked out severall times together very greviously & uppon yet cried out a witch a witch: now, you are come to torter me because I spoke 2 or 3 words against you & soe Iteratinge the expressions wth vehemencie: she said in ye morning you will cum fauninge wherevpon we were all afrighted at her being taken sudenly in soe strange a maner, I said to William Russell the lord be mercifull to her I wish all be well it is well if she bee not bewitcht but we all though it best to goe for Mr Gardiner wherevpon he came Down and I tellinge him in what manner she was taken: when Mr Gardiner was there present she cried out in the same manner of a witch nameing noe boddy but being asked wt she Did se she said a black thinge at the bedds fete and stretching forth her hands used some expressions as if she would strike at it. And being there again on ye last Day at night followinge she beinge yn soe sencles yet she knew noe boddie to my aprehention goody Simons lay by her yt night & there was her husband & I & boose & we heard a noyse on ye side of ye bed as if sumthing had scratched very hard: ye candle being yn out I spedily lighted it & her husband & I looked to see if we could se any thinge but nothing we could Diserne Goody Simous beinge yn fast a sleepe & she alsoe to my Apprehensions: lying both of ym close together with their hands Downe in ye bedd lying close together covered vpp, my seeing yt made me to marvell soe much the more at ye noise: William Russell Deposed testifieth yt same wch Samuel parsons hath testified after the time of her husbands and his coming in Arther Howell testifieth ye same wch William Russell and further yt after his father came: wn she was rageing against the witch she stroke uppon ye bed as if she had stroke at sumthinge & violently Book2, page 57.] striveing to get out of my armes I haveing her in my Armes kept her downe from gettinge away. William Russell farther Testifieth yt on the Sabbath Day in ye morninge before Day he heard a very Dolefull noyse on the back side of ye fire & hee asked Arther wt noyse yet was & he answered hee did not know but to the best of his Apprehentions hee thought ye noyse was like ye noyse of a great stone throwne Downe amonge a heape of stones, & kept a great rumblinge Arthur howell testifieth this allsoe & both of ym say yet they were affrighted at the noyse: all the three Deponants testifie yt wn she sent for her father she said she was not willing yt her mother should know how she was taken: ffebruarie ye 19th: 1657 Thease Depositions were taken before John Mullford & John Hand. -- [Crossed in original.]A true coppie pr me THOMAS TALLMAGE Secretarie.EASTHAMPTON febru: ye 24th 1657.Book 2, page 60. -- Goodwife Simons Deposed before John Mullford John hand Thomas Backer.The Depont Declareth yt on ye last Day of ye week wen Arthur Howells wife lay sick about 10 of the clock she being at arthur howells house his wif beinge sick he was on ye one side of ye bedd & she on ye other & she heard Arthurs wife say send for garlick & his wife & she Answered yt wn she went to call her husband from garlicke sn he was A threshinge yt he laughed and Jeared mee she said I went cryinge and because I cried Garlick laught and Jeared mee ah said she is a good one & yn she said send for goodie Garlick this she spake 3 times together. I asked wt would you have with her & she said I could teare her in peices and yn ye Depont saith she asked her whie she should send for goodie Garlick and she Answered yt she was a duble tounged woman and she asked saying did you not see her last night stand by the bed side readie to pull me in peeces and she prickt me with pins she prickt me with pins & soe a 3d time: the Depont also saith yt befor this ye first Day yt she was sick: yt she goeinge to see her she tould her yt she saw a black thinge, she said an ugly black thinge at ye feets of ye bedd Goodie Simons saith alsoe yt on yet friday at night she lay with her & yn she said Doe you see noe boddie at ye fete of yet bed & complained often saying ye prick me with pins. -- [Crossed in original.]A true Copie pr me THOMAS TALLMAGE Sec.Book 2, page 61. -- The Deposition of Mrs. Gardiner taken febru. 24th, 1657 before Johm Mullford John Hand & Thomas Backer.The Depont Declareth yt ye same night yt Samuell parsons came to call my husband he came whom againe before Day & she asked her husband how bettie Did & he said she had a feaver & yt hee went back againe to her and afterward wn it was day he came whom again & hee told me yt bettie was verie badd & I said wt shall I Doe for I cannot rise & wn I rose upp I fell back againe & I lay an houre after & yn I rose vpp & houldinge by Marie Stratton I went thither & presently went to ye bedd & asked bettie how she Did & she put out her hand oh mother & she cried & I cried & she said mother I am bewitcht & I not regarding it said you are a sleepe or a Dreamed & she tould me yt she was not asleepe & I asked her who she saw & she said Goodie Garlick in ye further corner & a black thing at ye hither corner both at feete of ye bedd & yn I charged her yet she should not tell her husband nor noe liveinge soule & I said your husband will tell: -- [Crossed in original.]A true Coppie pr me THOMAS TALLMAGE Sec:Book 2, page 57. -- Goody Brookes Deposed testifieth yt she heard Mrs Gardiner say yet her Daughter was biwicht & yet it was a woman. This taken vppon oath febru: 27th 57 before vs John Mullford John Hand Thomas Backer.Goody Edwards testifieth yt as goody Garlik owned she sent to her Daughter for a little brest mylke and she hd sum presenly after her Daughters mylke went away as she thought & yt as she remembered ye child sickned about yt time further she testifieth yt at yt time wn her Daughters child was sick goody Davis was there and she heard goody Davis say yt her Daughters child was taken much as hers was and said yt goody garlick sent to her for brest mylk & presently after her mylk Dried away as goody Strattens Did & her child fell sick after such a manner: and Died and saith yt goody Davis wisht yt hers & Goody Srrattns both were not bewicht for they were taken both much alike. This taken uppon oath febru: 27th 57 before vs John Mullford Thomas Backer John Hand. -- [Crossed in original.]Goody bishopp Deposed testifieth yt at ye time wn goody Simons had her fitts she went to Goody Garlike for Dock week & yt she went from thence to Goody Simons & saith as she rfemembreth Goody Davis asked her wt she had in her lap & she said it was Dockweeds & goody Symons said she would have ym burnt she did not know wt myht follow & either goody Davis or goody Simons or both tooke the weeds & threw ym in ye fire & she said Goody Simons said there was one came into a house at lin in like manner & there came sumthing in after, the Deponant farther saith yt before this while Goody Simons had her fits she heard Goody Simons say yt ther came a black thing into the house & sum boddie of ye house Inquired who had a black catt & sumboddie sayd Goody Garlik & saith alsoe yt one time wn Goody Simons was in her fitt she heard her say yt she would not have Goody garlik nor Goody Edwards cum nere her: this taken uppon oath febru: 27th '57 before vs John Mulford Thomas Backer John Hand. -- [Crossed in original.]Book 2, page 58. -- Goody Hand Deposed saith yt before Goody Davis came to this towne to live she said to me I heare yt Goody Garlik is willing to have A lott in this towne but Goody Davis said that she could Desire yt she myght not for she feared yt the towne would repent it as well as they had done at the Iland & she said Goody Garlike was naught & yt there had many had things be-fallen ym at the Iland as about ye child & the oxe as Goody Burdsill have Declared as allsoe the neger child she said was taken away as I vunderstode by her words in a strange manner and alsoe of a man yt was Dead & this fell out quickly one after another as alsoe of a sow yet was fat & lustie & went to pigg & piggs & pigg bagg came out altogether & soe Died & to my best remembrance she said they Did burne yt sowes stale & presently Goody Garlicke Did come in & after Goody Davis was come to live in this towne I asked how she Darst to be soe famyliar with Goody Garlik as she was: since you have spoken soe of her formerly as you have Done her Answere was she brought many thinges to me as mault for one thing & is very kind to me & to my best remembrance she said she were as good please the Devill as anger him.This taken vppon oath febru 27th 57 befor vs John Mulford Thomas Backer John Hand. -- [Crossed in original.]Goody Burdsill Declareth yt she was in the house of Goody Simons when Goody Bishopp came into the house wth ye Dockweede & between Goody Davis & Goody Simons they burned the herbs farther she saith yt formerly Dressinge flax at Goody Davises house Goody Davis said yt she had Dressed her child in cleane linnen at the Iland & Goody Garlike came in & said how pretty the child Doth looke & soe sone as she had spoken Goody Garlike said the child is not well for it groaneth & Goody Davis said her hart did rise & Goody Davis said wn she took the child from Goody Garlike she taid she saw Death in the face of it & her child sickned presently vpon it & lay 5 Daies & 5 night & never opened the eyes nor cried till it Died allso she saith as she Doth rembmer Goody Davis tould her vppon some Difference betwene Mr Gardiner or some of his famyly & Goodman Garlike Goodman Garlike gave out some threatninge speches & sudenly after Mr Gardiner had an oxe legg broke uppon ram Iland moreover goody Davis said yt Goody Garlik was a naughtie woman this taken vppon oath febru 27th: 57 before vs John Mulford Thomas Becker John Hand. -- [crossed in original.]Book 2, page 59. -- Goodman vaile & his wife Deposed: Declareth yt they heard by the Leiftenant not longe since at the Island yt Goody Davis should speake as if her child were bewicht leiftenant did replie yt Goody Davis had taken an Indian child to nurse & for lucre of A little wompom had merely starved her owne child. this taken uppon oath febru: 27th 57 before John Mulford Thomas Backer John Hand. -- [Crossed in original.]Book 2, page 59. -- The Testimony of Goody Burdsill taken March 11th 1657. The Depont declareth yt when Mrs Howell lay sick on the last Day of the weeke in the forenone yt she heard Mrs Howell say she is a Duble tounged woman the Deponant asked her who she meant but she made me noe Answere to it and then she lay still a little space of time & then she said that she had spoken but 2 or 3 words against her & now she was cometo torment her. I asked her againe but she gave me noe Answere to it ye Deponant farther said that she heard Mrs Howell say Garlick you Jeared me did you wn I came to you house to have my husband come whom oh you are a prettie one- farther she saith that she saw A pin that was taken out of her mouth and yt it was a middling pin: this taken vpon oath before us John Mullford John Hand Thomas Backer -- [Crossed in original]Book 2, page 60. -- The Testimoney of Goody Edwards March 11th 1657. The Depont saith that on the last Day of the week at night wn Mrs Howell lay sick she heard her say goodie Garlick is a Duble tounged Woman & farther the Depont saith she saw a pin pulled out of Mrs Howells mouth & it was given to goodie Simons & Goody Simons said she was sure there was noe such pin in the house & the Depont saith to her best Remembrance mary Gardiner said ther5e was noe such pin in the house & a little before this pin was taken out of her mouth this Depont saith yt she did put the handle of a knife into her mouth & gave her solitt oyle & suger and did loke into her mouth & she Did not see nor Diserne any pin there This Taken vppon oath before vs. -- [Crossed in original.]JOHN MULLFORD JOHN HANDEasthamato March 15th 57. Book 2, page 63 -- Joshua Garlik in the behalfe of his wife have entred an Action of Defamation vppon the Case against the wife of fulk Davis.MARCH 19th 1657.Book 2, page 80. -- It is ordered and by a maior voate of the Inhabitants of this Towne agreede vppon yt Thomas Backer and John Hand is to goe vnto keniticut for to bringe vs vnder their Government acordinge vnto the termes as Southampton is and alsoe to carie vpp Goodwife Garlick yet she may be delivered vp unto the Authoritie there for the triall of the cause of witchcraft which she is suspected for.Book 2, page 59. -- Thomas Tallmage Deposed declareth yt haveing ocation to goe vinto the Iland & there beinge at the house of Goody Davis she there speaking vnto me about some acidents yt had falln out among ym at the Iland ascnserninge the Death of her child in wt manner it was taken away & of an oxe yt had his legg broke & haveinge reference in her speech conserninge Goody Garlik asif she were a wieh but it being since spoken by her in my hearinge I cannot afirme yt she Did positively say yt she was a wich if there were any in New England or whether she thought she was or waspswaided she was a wich is there were any in New England. This Deposition taken vppon oath March the first: 1658. before vs John Mullford Thomas Backer John Hand. -- [Crossed in original.]Book 2, page 59. -- Richard Stratton Deposed saith yt he heard goody Davis say yt her child Died strangly at the Iland & she thought it was bewicht & she said she did not know of any one on ye Iland yt could Doe it unles it were goody Garlick this taken uppon oath March ye 8 1658 before vs John Mullford Thomas Backer John Hand.The Tryall of Ralph Hall and Mary his wife, upon suspicion of Witchcraft.The names of the Persons who served on the Grand Jury.Thomas Baker, fforeman of ye Jury, of East Hampton. Capt John Symonds of Hempstead Mr Hallet (of Jamaica) Anthony Waters (of Jamaica) Thomas Wandall of Marshpath Kills Mr Nicolls of Stamford (of New Yorke) Balthazer de Haart (of New Yorke) John Garland (of New Yorke) Jacoib Leisler (of New Yorke) Anthonio de Mill (of New Yorke) Alexander Munro (of New Yorke) Thomas Searle (of New Yorke)The Prisoners being brought to the Barr by Allard Anthony, Sheriffe of New Yorke, This following indictmt was read, first against Ralph Hall and then agst Mary his wife, vizt.The Constable and Overseers of the Towne of Seatallcott, in the East Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island, Do Present for our Soveraigne Lord the King, That Ralph Hall of Seatallcott aforesaid, upon ye 25th day of December; being Christmas day last, was Twelve Monthes in the 15th years of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord, Charles ye Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, ffrance and Ireland, Defender of the ffaith &c, and severall other dayes and times since that day, by some detestable and wicked Arts, commonly called Witchcraft and Sorcery, did (as is suspected) maliciously and feloniously, practice and Exercise at the said towne of Seatalcott in the East Riding of Yorkshire on Long Island aforesaid, on the Person of George Wood, late of the same place by wch wicked and detestable Arts, the said George Wood (as is suspected) most dangerously and mortally sickned and languised, And not long after by the aforesaid wicked and detestable Arts, the said George Wood (as is likewise suspected) dyed.Moreover, The Constable and overseers of the said Towne of Seatalcott, in the East Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island aforesaid, do further Present for our Soveraigne Lord the King, That some while after the death of the aforesaid George Wood, The said Ralph Hall did (as is suspected) divers times by ye like wicked and detestable Arts, comonly called Withcraft and Sorcery, Maliciously and feloniously practise and Exercise at the said Towne of Seatalcott, in the East Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island aforesaid, on the Person of an Infant Childe of Ann Rogers, widdow of ye aforesaid George Wood deceased, by wh wicked and detestable Arts, the said Infant Childe (as is suspected) most dangerously & mortally sickned and languished, and not long after by the said Wicked and detestable Arts (as is likewise suspect) dyed, and so ye said Constable and Overseers do Present, That the said George Wood, and the sd Infante 3d Childe by the wayes and meanes aforesaid, most wickedly maliciously and feloniously were (as is suspected) murdered by the said Ralph Hall at the times and places aforesaid, agst ye Peace of Our Soveraigne Lord ye King and against the Laws of the Government in such Cases Provided.The like Indictmt was read, against Mary the wife of Ralph Hall.There upon, severall Depositions, accusing ye Prisonrs of ye fact for which they were endicted were rad, but no witnesse appeared to give Testimony in Court vive voce.Then the Clarke calling upon Ralph Hall, bad him hold up his hand, and read as followes.Ralph Hall thou standest here indicted, for that having not ye feare of God before thine eyes. Thou did'st upon the 25th day of December, being Christmas day last was 12 Moneths, and at seu'all other times since, as is suspected, by some wicked and detestable Arts, commonly called witchcraft and Sorcery, maliciously and feloniously practice and Exercise, upon the Bodyes of George Wood, and an Infant Childe of Ann Rogers, by which said Arts, the sakd George Wood and the Infant Childe (as is suspected) most dangerously and mortally fell sick, and lkanguisht unto death. Ralph Hall, what dost thous say for thyselfe, art thou guilty, or not guilty?Mary the wife of Ralph Hall was called upon in like manner.They both Pleaded not guilty and threw themselves to bee Tryed by God and the Country.Where upon, their Case was referr'd to ye Jury, who brought in to the Court, this following verdict vizt.Wee having seriously considered the Case committed to our Charge against ye Prisonrs at the Barr, and having well weighed ye Evidence, wee finde that there are some suspitions by the Evidence, of what the woman is Charged with, but nothing considerable of value to take away her life. But in reference to the man wee find nothing considerable to charge him with.The Court there upon, gave this sentence, That the man should bee bound Body and Goods for his wives Apperance, at the next Sessions, and so on from Sessions to Sessions as long as they stay wthin this Government, In the meane while, to bee of ye good Behavior. So they were return'd into the Sheriffs Custody, and upon Entring into a Recognizance, according to the Sentence of the Court, they were released.[Ordeers Warrants Letters, II.] A Release to Ralph Hall & Mary his wife from ye Recognizance they entered into at the Assizes.These Are to Certify all whom it may Concerne That Ralph Hall & Mary his wife (at present living upon Great Minifords Island) are hereby released & acquitted from any & all Recognizances, bonds of appearance of othr obligations -- entred into by them or either of them for the peace or good behavior upon account of any accusation or Indictemt upon suspition of Witch Craft brought into the .Cort of Assizes against them in the year 1665. There haueving beene no direct proofes nor furthr prosecucon of them on eithr of them since -- Giuen undr my hand at Fort James in New York this 21th day of August 1668. R. NICOLLS[Court of Assize Book.] An Ordr for Katherine Harrison to Remove from Westchestr.Whereas Complaint hath beene made unto me by ye Inhabitants of Westchestr agt Katherine Harrison late of Wethersfeild in his Maties Colony of Connecticott widdow. That contrary to ye consent & good liking of ye Towne she would settle amongst them & she being reputed to be a person lyeing undr ye supposicon of Wichcraft hath given some cause of apprehension to ye Inhatgitants there, To ye end their Jealousyes & feares as to this perticuler may be removed, I have thought fitt to ordr & appoint that ye Constable & Overseers of ye Towne of Westchestr do giue warning to ye said Katherine Harrison to remove out of their prcincts in some short tyme after notice giuen, and that are likewise to admonish her to retorne to ye place of her former abode, that they nor their neighbours may receive no further disturbance by her, Given undr my hand at ffort James in New Yorke this 7th day of July, 1670.An Ordr for Katherine Harrison & Captn Richard Panton to appeare at ye ffort before ye Governor.Whereas Complaint hath beene made unto me by ye Inhabitants of Westchestr agt Katherine Harrison widdow That she doth neglect to refuse or obey my late Ordr concerning her removall out of ye said Towne, These are to require you that you give notice until the said Katherine Harrison as also unto Captn Richard Panton at whose house she resydeth, That they make their personall appearance before me in this place on Wesnesday next being ye 24th of this Instant month, when those of ye Towne that have ought to object agt them doe likewise attend, where I shall edeavor a Composure of this difference betweene them. Given undr my hand at ffort James in New Yorke this 20th day of August 1670. To ye Constable of Westchestr.A warrant to ye Constable of Westchestr to take an Account of ye Goods of Katherine Harrison.These are to require you to take an Account of such Goods as haue lately beene brought from out of his Maties Colony of Connecticott unto Katherine Harrison & having taken a note of ye pticulers that you retorne ye same unto me for ye doeing whereof this shall be yor warrant, Given undr my hand at ffort James in New Yorke this 25th day of August 1670.To ye prsent Constable of Westchester.An Ordr concerning Katherine Harrison. Whereas seuerall Adresses haue beene made unto me by some of ye Inhabitants of Westchestr on behalfe of ye rest desiring that Katherine Harrison late of Wethersfeild in his Matie Coloiny of Connecticott widdow at prsent residing in their Towne may be ordered to remove from thence & not permitted to stay wthin their Jurisdiction upon an apprehension they have of her grounded upon some troubles she hath layne undr at Wethersfeild upon suspition of Witchcraft, the reasons whereof do not so clearly appeare unto me, Yett notwthstanding to giue as much satisfaction as may be to ye Complts who prtend their feares to be of a publique Coincerns I have not tought fitt absolutely to determyne ye mattr at prsent, but do suspend it until ye next Genrll Cort of Assizes, when there will be a full meeting of ye Councell & Justices of ye peace to debate & conclude ye same. In ye meane tyme ye said Katherine Harrison wth her Children may remaine in the Towne of Westchestr where she now is without disturbance or molestation, she having given sufficient security for her Civill carriage & good behavior. Given undr my hand at ffort James in New York this 25th day of August in ye 22th years of his Maties Raigne Annoq Domini 1670. An* 1670. Appeals, Actions, Presentmts &c. Entred for Hearing & Tryall at ye Genall Cort of Assizes to bee eld in New Yorke beginning on the first Wednesay of Octobr 1670.Katherine arryson bound over to appeare upon ye Complt of the Inhabitants of Westchester upon suspicon of Witch-craft. In the case of Katherine Harryson Widdow, who was bound to the good Behaviour upon Complt of some of the Inhabitants of Westchester untill ye holding of this court, It is Ordered, that in regard there is nothing appears against her deserving the continuance of that obligacon shee is to bee releast from it, & hath Liberty to remaine in the Towne of Westchester where shee now resides, or any where else in the Goverumt during her pleasure.

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