George Jacobs (Salem witch trials)

George Jacobs Sr.

Born| (1609-02-13)February 13, 1609

Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Died| August 19, 1692(1692-08-19) (aged 83)

Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Cause of death| Hanging
Nationality| English
Children| George Jacobs Jr.
Parent(s)| George and Priscilla Jacob

George Jacobs Sr. (1609–1692) was an English colonist in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who was accused of witchcraft in 1692 during the Salem witch trials in Salem Village, Massachusetts. He was convicted and hanged on August 19, 1692. His son, George Jr., was also accused but evaded arrest. Jacobs' accusers included his daughter-in-law and granddaughter, Margaret.[1]

Jacobs was believed to be the George Jacob baptized 13 February 1608/09 at St. Dunstan in the West, London, son of barber-surgeon George Jacob and wife Priscilla of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Burial
* 2 Trial of George Jacobs
* 3 Representation in other media
* 4 References

## Burial[edit]

Jacobs' body was buried near where he was hanged. In the 1970s bones were found that were believed to be his. They were tested and found to have osteoarthritis. George Jacobs walked with two canes. The bones were found in a drawer at the Danvers Historical Society. At a ceremony in 1992 marking the 300th anniversary of the Salem Witch Trials, Jacobs' remains were reinterred at the Nurse Graveyard at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, which is maintained as a historic site.[3]

## Trial of George Jacobs[edit]

George Jacobs accused by his granddaughter - a reconstruction of his trial by Thompkins. H. Matteson

The painting Trial of George Jacobs, August 5, 1692 was created by Tompkins H. Matteson in 1855, and is based on the accounts of George Jacobs' granddaughter.[4]

The painting depicts Jacobs, who is being consoled by his son, George. On the left of the painting is Chief Magistrate William Stoughton, who would later serve three terms as Governor of Massachusetts. Jacobs' principal accuser was his granddaughter, who implicated him in an attempt to save her own life. Jacobs' daughter-in-law is the woman standing and being held back. She was thought to be mentally ill (brain tumour). John Hathorne, the judge hearing the accusation, is thought to be an ancestor of Nathaniel Hawthorne. He holds a book and points at Jacobs' granddaughter as if challenging her to substantiate her earlier written statements. In the foreground are a girl and boy who are having fits, allegedly caused by Jacobs' wizardry. The boy is unknown but the girl may be either Jacobs' servant or accuser Ann Putnam Jr.

## Representation in other media[edit]

Jacobs appears as a minor character in the 1996 film The Crucible, based on Arthur Miller's 1953 play about the Salem witch trials. He was portrayed by William Preston.

* Archival photograph of George Jacobs' house taken in the later 19th century or early 20th century

* Archival photograph of the ruin of the house taken circa 1935, before it fell down entirely in 1938[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Enders A. Robinson. The Devil Discovered: Salem Witchcraft 1692. Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, IL. 2001 (1991). pp. 336–339.
2. ^ Fiske, William Wyman (2004). "The Probable English Origin of George1 Jacob(s) of Salem, Massachusetts". The American Genealogist. 79: 3–12, 209–17, 253–59.
3. ^ Rebecca Nurse Homestead, official site, accessed 28 April 2016
4. ^ George Jacobs, Sr. Archived 2008-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, Salem Witch Trials, Virginia.edu, accessed 22 August 2008
5. ^ HABS MASS,5-DAV,7

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Salem witch trials (1692–93)

* Timeline
* People
* Cultural depictions

Magistrates and
court officials|

* Jonathan Corwin
* Bartholomew Gedney
* John Hathorne
* Joseph Herrick
* George Herrick
* John Richards
* Nathanial (or Nathaniel) Saltonstall
* Samuel Sewall
* William Stoughton
* Waitstill Winthrop

Town physician|

* William Griggs

Clergy|

* Thomas Barnard
* George Burroughs (convicted of witchcraft and hanged)
* Francis Dane
* John Hale
* John Higginson
* Deodat Lawson
* Cotton Mather
* Increase Mather
* William Milbourne
* Nicholas Noyes
* Samuel Parris
* Edward Payson
* Samuel Phillips
* Samuel Willard

Politicians, writers,
and public figures|

* Thomas Danforth
* James Russell
* William Phips
* Thomas Brattle
* Robert Calef
* Thomas Maule

Accusers|

* Benjamin Abbot
* Ebenezer Babson
* William Barker Sr.
* Thomas Barnard
* James Best Jr.
* James Best Sr.
* Elizabeth Booth
* John Bly Sr. and Rebecca Bly
* Thomas Boreman
* Thomas Chandler
* Nathaniel Coit
* Mary Daniel
* John DeRich
* Joseph Draper
* John Emerson
* Ralph Farnum Sr.
* Hannah Foster
* Joseph Fowler
* Mary Fuller
* Mary Herrick
* John Howe
* Elizabeth Hubbard
* Joseph Hutchinson
* John Indian
* Nathaniel Ingersoll
* Thomas and Mary Jacobs
* Henry Kinney
* Margaret Wilkins Knight
* Mercy Lewis
* Abigail Martin Jr.
* Jeremiah Neale
* Sarah Nurse
* Betty Parris
* Edward Payson
* Samuel and Ruth Perley (or Pearly)
* Samuel Pickworth
* Thomas Preston
* Ann Putnam Jr.
* Ann Putnam Sr.
* Edward Putnam
* Hannah Putnam
* John Putnam Jr.
* John Putnam Sr.
* Jonathan (or Johnathan) Putnam
* Nathaniel Putnam
* Thomas Putnam
* Nicholas Rist
* Margaret Rule
* Susannah Sheldon
* Mercy Short
* Martha Sprague
* Timothy Swan or Swann
* Christian Trask
* Peter Tufts
* Moses Tyler
* Jonathan Walcott
* Mary Walcott
* Richard Walker
* Mary Warren
* Joseph Whipple
* Bray Wilkins
* John Wilkins
* Samuel Wilkins
* Abigail Williams
* Daniel Wycom or Wicom or Wycombe
* Frances Wycom or Wycome or Wycombe

Accused but survived|

* Arthur Abbot
* Nehemiah Abbot Jr.
* John Alden
* Abigail Barker
* Katerina Biss
* Edward Bishop
* Edward Bishop III
* Mary Black
* Anne Bradstreet
* Dudley Bradstreet
* John Bradstreet
* Mary Bridges Sr.
* Sarah Bridges
* Sarah Buckley
* John Busse (or Buss)
* Andrew Carrier
* Richard Carrier
* Sarah Carrier
* Thomas Carrier Jr.
* Bethiah Carter Jr.
* Bethiah Carter Sr.
* Rachel Clinton
* Sarah Cloyce
* Elizabeth Colson
* Mary Colson
* Francis Dane
* Phoebe Day
* Elizabeth Dicer
* Rebecca Dike
* Ann Dolliver
* Mehitable Downing
* Mary Dyer
* Daniel and Lydia Eames
* Rebecca Blake Eames
* Esther Elwell
* Martha Emerson
* Joseph Emons
* Thomas Farrar Sr.
* Abigail Faulkner Jr.
* Abigail Faulkner Sr.
* Dorothy Faulkner
* Elizabeth Fosdick
* Eunice Frye
* Dorothy Good
* Mary Green
* Sarah Noyes Hale (wife of John Hale)
* Elizabeth Hutchinson Hart
* Margaret Hawkes
* Sarah Hawkes Jr.
* Dorcas Hoar
* Deliverance Hobbs
* William Hobbs
* Elizabeth Johnson Sr.
* Stephen Johnson
* Rebecca Jacobs
* Jane Lilly (or Lillie)
* Mary Marston
* Sarah Morey
* Sarah Murrell
* Robert and Sarah Pease
* Joan Penney (or Penny)
* Sarah Phelps
* Lady Mary Phips
* Mary Post
* Susannah Post
* Margaret Prince
* Elizabeth Proctor
* Sarah Proctor
* William Proctor
* Sarah Davis Rice
* Sarah Rist
* Sarah Root
* Susanna Rootes
* Abigail Rowe
* Mary Rowe
* Elizabeth Scargen
* Ann Sears
* Abigail Somes
* Sarah Clapp Swift
* Mary Harrington Taylor
* Margaret Thacher
* Job Tookey
* Margaret Toothaker
* Mary Toothaker
* Hannah Tyler
* Mary Lovett Tyler
* Hezekiah Usher II
* Rachel Vinson
* Mary Whittredge (or Witheridge)
* Sarah Wilson Jr.
* Sarah Wilson Sr.
* Edward Wooland

Confessed and/or
accused others|

* Mary Barker
* William Barker Jr.
* William Barker Sr.
* Sarah Bibber
* Mary Bridges Jr.
* Sarah Churchwell
* Deliverance Dane
* Rebecca Eames
* Abigail Hobbs
* Margaret Jacobs
* Mary Lacey Jr.
* Mary Lacey Sr.
* Joanna Tyler
* Martha Tyler
* Mercy Wardwell
* Sarah Wardwell
* Mary Warren
* Candy
* Tituba

Executed by hanging|

* Bridget Bishop
* George Burroughs
* Martha Carrier
* Martha Corey
* Mary Eastey
* Sarah Good
* Elizabeth Howe
* George Jacobs Sr.
* Susannah Martin
* Rebecca Nurse
* Alice Parker
* Mary Ayer Parker
* John Proctor
* Ann Pudeator
* Wilmot Redd
* Margaret Scott
* Samuel Wardwell
* Sarah Wildes
* John Willard

Pressed to death|

* Giles Corey

Born in prison|

* Mercy, infant child of Sarah Good
* John Proctor III

Died in prison|

* John Durrant
* Lydia Dustin
* Ann Foster
* Mercy, infant child of Sarah Good
* Sarah Osborne
* Infant child of Elizabeth Scargen
* Roger Toothaker

Escaped or
otherwise fled|

* John Alden
* Daniel Andrew
* Mary Bradbury
* Elizabeth Cary
* Phillip and Mary English
* Edward Farrington
* Mary Green
* George Jacobs Jr.
* Ephraim Stevens

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