Infant Daughter of BALTHAZAR DEWOLF and his wife, Alice
born: abt 1657-59
died: abt 1659 at Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
OUR FAMILY IS MENTIONED
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WITCH TRIALS:
The Next case isn't about an accused Witch
in our family tree.
It's a very short entry,
about a family member mentioned in the Witch Trials
as having been bewitched to death
It involves Balthazar Dewolf,
the 9th Great Grandfather of
Sarah Elizabeth Rose
Balthazar was a Lyme, CT Scrivener, Attorney,
Horse Breeder, Tavern Keeper, Townsman,
Commissioner, Surveyor of
Highways, Tax Assesor,
and member of the local Millitia
There is a Court Record
(CT Colony Records 15 Jun 1659 of
Hartford
Quarter Court of 05 Sep 1661)
which tells of an indictment in Lyme, Ct
of one Nicholas Jennings of Bride Plaine
who was arrested and charged with Witchcraft
in; causing the death of the wife of Regnold
Marvin, and also the death of
the infant daughter of Balthazar DeWolf,
by "bewitching them both to death".
(The jury could not come to a conclusion.)
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