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See also:GEORGE See also:BURROUGHS (c. 1650-1692)
, See also:American congregational pastor, graduated at Harvard in 167o, and became the See also:minister of See also:Salem See also:Village (now See also:Danvers) in 168o, a See also:charge which he held till 1683
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He lived at See also:Falmouth (now See also:Portland, See also:Maine) until the See also:Indians destroyed it in 1690, when he removed to See also:Wells
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In May 1692 during the See also:witchcraft delusion, on the See also:accusation of some See also:personal enemies in his former See also:congregation who had sued him for See also:debt, See also:Burroughs was arrested and charged, among other offences, with " extraordinary Lifting and such feats of strength as could not be done without Diabolicall Assistance." Though the See also:jury found no See also:witch-marks on his See also:body he was convicted and executed on Gallows See also: |
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