William Griggs. Born about in England. Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]. Husband of Rachel Hubbard Griggs — married about [location unknown]. Profile last modified 3 Jun Created 3 Oct Sponsored Search. Sponsored Search by Ancestry. Search Records. Images: 1 Salem Village. First Name. Last Name. Places where they lived. Comments: 5 [hide] [show].
Login to post a comment. Jen Stevens Hutton. This profile has been under the protection of the Black Sheep Project and has now been transferred to PGM, which will be reviewing to determine if ppp is still appropriate.
Project Manager, we hope you will continue your active oversight of this profile. Anne B. The birth date on this profile belongs to a different William Griggs. It traveled in with the merge.
I am changing it back to about Griggs and Griggs appear to represent the same person because: Obviously the same person. While this theory is not a common one among historians, there is evidence that the accusations against certain individuals were beneficial to Griggs. Elizabeth Procter sometimes worked as a midwife, meaning Procter was a competitor to Griggs. The testimony also indicates that the specter of Elizabeth Procter claimed that had the Booth family sent for her sooner, Procter could have helped.
There is also testimony referring to Roger Toothaker, another accused suspect, as a doctor that describes his work in Beverly, close to the home of Griggs. Toothaker died in jail, but Griggs probably appreciated the loss of another potential competitor. While the accusations certainly assisted Griggs, they nearly harmed him as well.
While naming Griggs makes for a simpler story, no evidence confirms the depth of his involvement in the trials. Many of the accusations of include such motivations that allowed the community to turn against itself; money, land, competition, and feuds turned into the accusations and executions. Looking solely at Griggs, it appears that personal motivation played a large role in his tolerance and acceptance of the trials, although one must wonder what potential consequences further legal action against Rachel Griggs could have caused.
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