Person:George Burroughs (3)

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Rev George Burroughs
b.Abt 1652
d.19 Aug 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Rev George BurroughsAbt 1652 - 1692
  • W.  Hannah Fisher (add)
  1. Elizabeth Burroughs1682 - 1718
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Name Rev George Burroughs
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1652
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Death[1] 19 Aug 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Convicted of witchcraft and executed
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George Burroughs ( 1650August 19, 1692), was the only minister executed for witchcraft during the course of the Salem witch trials. He is best known for reciting the Lord's Prayer during his execution, something it was believed a witch could never do.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 George Burroughs, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
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