Other Events:

• Witchcraft connection?: Y
• Witch Description: Hanged as a witch
• Cause of Death: Hanged as a witch

Notes:

Some believe that she was accused of witchcraft in Salem in 1692 because she was a niece of the Rev. Francis Dane of Andover. (Over one third of the Salem accused were related to him or his wife in some way.)
Martha's trial was fully transcribed at the direction of Cotton Mather, who believed this case to represent the strongest case for the use of spectral evidence. The evidence he found persuasive was the testimony of Martha's 16-year old-son, Richard, and her 12-year-old daughter, Sarah, that she made them become witches to "haunt" others at her direction. However, John Proctor (who was hung the same day as Martha) wrote the governor that he witnessed these children's torture in the jail where he was also imprisoned: they were reportedly tied neck to ankles (with a rope down their backs) and left that way until said what their interrogators wanted to hear. 

Family/Spouse: Thomas CARRIER. Thomas was born in 1627 in Wales; died on 16 May 1735; was buried in 1735 in Marlboro Cemetery, Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigrant?: Y
• Parents Unproven: Y
• Probate: 31 Mar 1691, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
• Will Written: 6 Oct 1691, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

Parents unknown

Andrew married Faith INGALLS before 27 Aug 1648 in England. Faith was born on 14 Jul 1622 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England; died on 6 Oct 1690 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in 1690 in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigrant?: Y

Notes:

d/o Edmund INGALLS & Ann TELBE?
Edmund died from an injury received by falling through a defective bridge while traveling on horseback from Lynn to Boston.