Individual Details
Samuel Holly Sr.
(1643 - 13 May 1709)
Samuel HOLLY, at the age of 50, testified on Aug 1692 in the Elizabeth Clawson witchcraft trial.
Singular physiological tranformations
"The testimony of Samuel HOLLY, Sr., aged aboute fifty years, saith that hee being at ye house of Danell Wescot in ye evning I did see his maid Cattern Branch in her fit that shee did swell in her brests (as shee lay on her bed) and they rise as like bladers and suddenly pased in to her bely, and in a short time returned to her brest and in a short time her brests fell and a great ratling in her throat as if shee would have been choked; All this I judge beyond nature."
"The testor, as concerned is ready to give oath to the above written testimony if called thereunto. Stamford, 29 April 1692. Sworn in Court Steptember 15, 1692."
Note: Elizabeth Clawson was found not guilty of witchcraft.
Singular physiological tranformations
"The testimony of Samuel HOLLY, Sr., aged aboute fifty years, saith that hee being at ye house of Danell Wescot in ye evning I did see his maid Cattern Branch in her fit that shee did swell in her brests (as shee lay on her bed) and they rise as like bladers and suddenly pased in to her bely, and in a short time returned to her brest and in a short time her brests fell and a great ratling in her throat as if shee would have been choked; All this I judge beyond nature."
"The testor, as concerned is ready to give oath to the above written testimony if called thereunto. Stamford, 29 April 1692. Sworn in Court Steptember 15, 1692."
Note: Elizabeth Clawson was found not guilty of witchcraft.
Events
| Birth | 1643 | Stamford, Fairfield, CT |  | ||
| Marriage | 25 Jun 1668 | Stamford, Fairfield, CT - Mary Close | | ||
| Death | 13 May 1709 | Stamford, Fairfield, CT | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Close (1640 - 1714) |
| Father | John Holly (1618 - 1681) |
| Mother | Mary Waitstill (1620 - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Hannah Holly ( - 1710) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | John Holly Jr. (1642 - 1716) |
| Sibling | Captain Increase Holly (1646 - 1732) |
| Sibling | Bethia Holly (1655 - 1713) |
| Sibling | Elisha Holly Sr. (1659 - 1719) |
| Sibling | Jonathan Holly (1663 - 1712) |
Endnotes
1. New England Families, Vol. IV, compiler, Connecticut Local and Family Histories, 1600s-1800s (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000).
2. Spencer Percival Mead & Daniel M. Mead, Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield, State of Connecticut (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1911).
3. New England Families, Vol. IV, compiler, Connecticut Local and Family Histories, 1600s-1800s (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000).
4. New England Families, Vol. IV, compiler, Connecticut Local and Family Histories, 1600s-1800s (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000).