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George Burroughs (c. 1650 – August 19, 1692) was a non-ordained Puritan preacher who was the only minister executed for witchcraft during the course of the Salem witch trials. He is remembered especially for reciting the Lord's Prayer during his execution, something it was believed a witch could never do.
George Burroughs est un réverend né entre 1650 et 1660 . Il serait l'un des sorciers dans l'affaire des sorcières de Salem 1, 2, 3 . Il a été pendu le 19 août 1692 4 .
9 avr. 2017 · On April 30, 1692, Capt Jonathan Walcott and Thomas Putnam of Salem Village filed a complaint of witchcraft against George Burroughs, as well as five other people, on behalf of the afflicted girls Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Jr, Susannah Sheldon, and Elizabeth Hubbard.
21 juin 2024 · George Burroughs, who had served as a minister in Salem Village from 1680 to 1683, was summoned from his new home in Maine and accused of being the witches’ ringleader. He too was convicted and, along with four others, was hanged on August 19.
George Burroughs was a minister who was executed as a witch in 1692. Learn about his life, his involvement in the trials, and his posthumous restoration of rights.
George Burroughs. In the minds of many of the villagers of Salem, George Burroughs was "the ringleader of them all." Burroughs was born in either Maryland or Virginia, when his father was on business from England. He graduated from Harvard College in 1670. Burroughs was a non-ordained minister.
The Reverend George Burroughs was the only Puritan minister indicted and executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
