Ebenezer BATCHELLER

Ebenezer married Sarah TARBOX on 29 Dec 1699. Sarah was born on 1 Jan 1672 in Lynn, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mark BACHELOR was born on 2 Mar 1706 in Wenham, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1794.

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John Batcheller was one of the jury that tried the famous witchcraft cases in Salem. With the other members of the jury, in 1692 he signed a statement asking forgiveness for the error of their judgment. The Jury had acted in conformity with their obligations and honest convictions of duty in bringing in their verdicts. They had sworn to decide according to the law and the evidence. The law under which they were required to act was laid down with absolute positiveness by the Court. They were bound to receive it, and to take and weigh the evidence that was admitted, and to their minds it was clear, decisive, and overwhelming, offered by the persons of good character, and confirmed by a great number of confessions. It is had been within their province, as it always is declared not to be, to discuss the general principles, and set in judgment on the particular penalties of law, it would not have altered the case, for, at that time, not only the common people, but the wisest philosophers, supported the interpretation of the law that acknowledged the existence of witchcraft, and its sanction that visited it with death....

John married Sarah GOODALE on 4 May 1666. Sarah died on 22 Mar 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Robert Goodale, of Salem