Elizabeth Garlick

In 1658 Elizabeth Garlick was tried for witchcraft following the mysterious death of another Elizabeth, the daughter of Lion Gardiner. A 3-month trial before 3 magistrates, at which the accumulated spleen of the citizens of East Hampton was vented at Garlick, was interrupted when Lion Gardiner, accompanied by armed guards, transported Garlick to Hartford, Connecticut where a higher court terminated the proceedings.[1][2] The parties were ordered by John Winthrop, Jr.:

According to the court records, her trial had been for "some detestable and wicked Arts, commonly called Witchcraft and Sorcery, [you] did (as is suspected) maliciously and feloniously, practice at the said town of Seatalcott in the East Riding of Yorkshire on Long Island."[3] Though the jury had not found enough evidence to prove guilt, they did find grounds for suspicion.[4][5]

Elizabeth Garlick and her husband continued to live in East Hampton after her trial.[6]

Her date of death is unknown.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Steven Gaines (June 1, 1998). Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons (hardcover)|format= requires |url= (help). Little Brown & Co. pp. 80–84. ISBN 9780316309417. Lion Gardiner would have none of this.
  2. 1 2 John Hanc (October 25, 2012). "Before Salem, There Was the Not-So-Wicked Witch of the Hamptons". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2015. Elizabeth Garlick, a local resident who often quarreled with neighbors.
  3. 1 2 Fran Capo; Frank Borzellieri (1 October 2006). It Happened in New York. TwoDot. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-7627-4249-3.
  4. ↑ R. G. Tomlinson (1978). Witchcraft Trials of Connecticut: The First Comprehensive, Documented History of Witchcraft Trials in Colonial Connecticut. Richard Tomlinson. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-0-9678740-1-2.
  5. ↑ John Ward Dean; George Folsom; John Gilmary Shea; Henry Reed Stiles; Henry Barton Dawson, eds. (1862). The Historical Magazine: And Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America. C.B. Richardson. pp. 53–.
  6. ↑ Fran Capo; Frank Borzellieri (1 October 2006). It Happened in New York. TwoDot. pp. 12–. ISBN 978-0-7627-4249-3.
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