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We know but little of her life till 1692, when that terrible witchcraft d e l u s i on spread over Salem Village and vicinity. Among those to fall a v i c t i m w as Mary Esty. Her sister Rebecca Nurse, about thirteen years old e r , h a d p reviously been accused, ISAAC ESTY AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS . f o u n d guilty and executed July 19, 1692. Mary Esty was arrested April 2 1 , 1 6 9 2, kept in jail till May 18, when she was released. On May 21, a s e c o n d w arrant was procured and she was taken from her home at midnight, c a r r i e d to Salem jail and placed in chains. She was tried, found guilty a n d c o n d emned to death, and on the 22nd of September, 1692, she was exec u t e d w i th seven others.She was the mother of nine children, a woman of s o u n d j u dgment and exalted Christian character. She asked not for her o w n l i f e ; only that other innocent blood might not be shed, and for thi s u n c o n sciousness of self has been called " the self-forgetful."
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