スザンナ・マーティン
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At the preliminary trial for the crime of "Witchcraft and sorcery" Susanna pled not guilty. The original court record book has been lost, but the local Puritan minister, Cotton Mather, recorded the testimony. Susanna and the others accused were not allowed to have counsel.
"As soon as she came in, Marcy had fits" Magistrate: Do you know this woman? Abigail Williams saith it is goody Martin, she hath hurt me often. Others by fits were hindered from speaking. Marcy Lewis pointed at her and fell into a little fit. Ann Putnam threw her glove in a fit at her. ................ Susanna laughed .
家の跡を示す岩が、高速道路建設の為、動かされ、地図上に確認できる。近くに石碑がある。ジョージはAmesburyで最大の土地所有者の一つであった。碑文にはこう刻まれる。: "Here stood the house of Susannah Martin. An honest, hardworking Christian woman accused of being a witch and executed at Salem, July 19, 1692. She will be missed! A Martyr of Superstition. T.I.A. 1894"
詩人ジョン・グリーンリーフ・Whittierはマーティンに関する"The Witch's Daughter"という作品を書いた。
"Let Goody Martin rest in peace, I never knew her harm a fly,
And witch or not - God knows - not I?
I know who swore her life away;
And as God lives, I'd not condemn
An Indian dog on word of them."
2001年ハロウィン、セイラム魔女裁判で死刑となったスザンナ・マーティンと他4人の女性に対し、マサチューセッツ州は公式に無罪とした。