Mercy+Lewis

The truth about Mercy Lewis Added by Holly Masson Summary: Mercy Lewis was the servant for the Putnam family. After have fallen ill, she blamed Mary Esty, Rebecca Nurse’s sister for thesickness. During the Salem Witch Trials, Mercy was of one of the accusing girls, along with Betty Parris, Sarah Churchill, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Mary Warren, Mary Walcott, Elizabeth Hubbard, Susanna Sheldon, and Elizabeth Boot. Occasionally Mrs. Pope and Goody Bibber testified with them. The children threw fits, acted up, and lied about their accusations of witchcraft. Mercy, alone, had accused Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Mary Lacey, Sr., John Willard, Sarah Wilds, Nehemiah Abbot, Jr., and George Burroughs, who was her guardian previously. After a while, she confessed her lies, explaining that her accusations were all false and that she wasn’t truly afflicted. Source: "Mercy Lewis." //Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias//. Academic.ru. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. . Annotation: This source states that Mercy Lewis is a character and is also one of the children that claimed to be afflicted. Her and the other girls had placed false accusations. Source: Carroll, Meghan. "Salem Witch Trials Notable Persons." //Salem// //Witch Trials//. The University of Virginia, 2002. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. . Annotation: This source has a downfall of being written by an undergraduate student. It is a good source, based upon the six decent sources that the student used for her research. It shows that hard work and effort was put into the writing, so the information is shown to be accurate.