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.:

“ It is desired and expected by this court that you should carry neighborly and peaceably without just offense, to Jos. Garlick and his wife, and that they should do the like to you.[2] ”

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). 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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