Rev Nicholas NOYES

1647 - 1717  (69 years)

• Name	Nicholas NOYES
  Prefix	Rev
  Born	22 Dec 1647	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Education	Harvard - 1667
  Occupation	Assistant to Rev John Higginson
  Witchcraft connection?	Y
  Witch Description	Oversaw the trials and officiated as clergyman at the executions.
  Cause of Death	Brain hemorrhage
  Died	13 Dec 1717	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I47298	Main
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Nicholas NOYES,   b. Abt 1615, Cholderton, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 23 Nov 1701, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Mary CUTTING,   b. Abt 1622, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 23 Nov 1701, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Family ID	F28527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Dec 1647 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Died - 13 Dec 1717 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Never married. No children. Witch trials: When the trials began, he volunteered to be their chaplain. As the trials progressed, Noyes acted more like one of the judges than a chaplain. Before Sarah Good was executed, Rev. Noyes asked her to confess. Her famous last words were, “I am no more a witch than you are a wizard, and if you take away my life God will give you blood to drink.” He is also said to have said on the last mass execution day, September 22: “What a sad thing it is to see eight firebrands of Hell hanging there.” Later in life Rev. Noyes never repented his part in the witchcraft persecutions and didn’t sign any documents asking for forgiveness.