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Elizabeth “Betty” Parris

Elizabeth “Betty” Parris. By: Anthony Tran 11/7/11. My life. I was born on Tuesday, November 28 th , 1682 to Reverend Samuel Parris and Mrs. Parris. I died on Tuesday, March 21 st 1760 in my Concord home. I lived 6 years past my husband. My childhood.

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Elizabeth “Betty” Parris

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  1. Elizabeth “Betty” Parris By: Anthony Tran 11/7/11

  2. My life • I was born on Tuesday, November 28th, 1682 to Reverend Samuel Parris and Mrs. Parris. • I died on Tuesday, March 21st 1760 in my Concord home. I lived 6 years past my husband.

  3. My childhood • When I was nine, Abigail, my cousin, and I did some fortune telling, since these days there’s no telling what the future may bring, with a “venus glass”. It was an egg white suspended in water, and it showed shapes. • It was mostly for determining what occupation our future husbands would have. • However, one of the girls who knew about our fortune telling saw a coffin and this started the witch hysteria because a coffin means “diabolical molestation”, according to my father.

  4. My family life • My father is Reverend Samuel Parris. He is a preacher at our town, Salem and a firm Puritan. • My mother is Elizabeth Eldridge. She told the courts to stop using me to determine witches. • I had an older brother, Thomas, and a younger sister, Sushanna. • Our family also had two slaves, Tituba and a male.

  5. My Education • Most of my education comes from my father’s preaching to me. • The rest came from Tituba’s tales of Barbados.

  6. My career • After the hysteria, I got myself married in 1710 to Benjamin Baron, who is a yeoman, trader, cordwainer, and shoemaker. • I lived an ordinary life and had four children. • During the hysteria, I was used to convict “witches” and find others. • Before the hysteria, I simply ran errands like any Puritan girl would have.

  7. My religion • My religion was Puritan, although I did do some fortune telling, which was a demonic activity these days. • My father, mother and my brother and sister are also Puritan.

  8. My role in the Salem witch trials • I was one of the accusers during the trials and the first to be “bewitched”. • I was also used to point out other witches. • After I identified Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba as witches, I testified that I was being tormented spectrally by visions haunting me.

  9. Venus glass The girls would crack an egg and get the egg white from it and drop it into a glass of water. Then, whatever pictures show up represents what future they will have. In one girl’s case, it showed a coffin. A coffin, according to Reverend Parris, represented diabolical molestation.

  10. Works cited Walsh, Sarah-Nell. “Elizabeth Parris.” Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. 2001. Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature\An Undergraduate Course, University of Virginia. 10 Nov. 2011 <http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/salem/people/e_parris.html>. “Samuel Parris.” Samuel Parris. 10 Nov. 2011 <http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/ ASA_PAR.HTM>.

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