Elizabeth Pearson

Research NOTE⚠️

⚠️ Do not confuse THIS Elizabeth Garlick with her mother-in-law also named Elizabeth Garlick, whom was the wife of Joshua Garlick, Sr. The mother-in-law was the one who was accused of being a witch in 1658, not this woman.

Her mother-in-law, Accused Witch.

“Goody" Garlick, wife of Joshua Garlick Sr.. of Easthampton, Long Island was accused of being a witch and tried for the crime a generation before the famous Salem Witch Trials. The year was 1657/8 and Elizabeth was then a woman in her 50's. She and her husband had come to America with Lyon Gardner whose first place of settlement still bears his name Gardner's Island. They then were settlers of Easthampton along with he, and his family, and many other settlers. It was Lyon Gardner's own daughter, Elizabeth Gardner Howell, who on her deathbed made the final accusation against "Goody" Garlick. It was the hysteria, and local hearsay evidence, that surrounded her subsequent death which made the early townspeople believe Elizabeth Garlick to in fact be a witch. Some historians have said that Joshua and Elizabeth Blanchard Garlick were Huguenots, thus French speaking immigrants among mostly English settlers. Also, she had a vast knowledge of the use of herbs for medicine, making her a strong, older woman from a differing culture. The local magistrates held three weeks of hearings during which time they took thirteen depositions. They then sent "Goody" Garlick and the collected evidence to Hartford, Connecticut, under whose jurisdiction Easthampton then fell, for trial before Governor John Winthrop on her accused offenses. She was not convicted of the crime for lack of sufficient evidence to prove her guilt, but she was also not acquitted. Her husband had to post a bond to ensure his wife's good behavior. She was sent back to Easthampton and all townspeople were instructed to make amends and live together peacefully. The actual date of Elizabeth's death has not been found in the local records but she and her husband continued to live in Easthampton for the remainder of their lives. This was the local burial ground where other settlers of their same era lie buried, hence it is believed that they lie buried here.

Name of Accused: Elizabeth Garlick Year: 1658 Town: Easthampton Colony: Connecticut Outcome: Acquitted

"Elizabeth was married to Joshua Garlick by 1664. See Sherrill Foster, Remember and Joshua Garlick: Their Parents and Children," Suffolk County Historical Society Register 22(1997):98-103."[1]

"John Parsons... married at East Hampton, Long Island, New York 21 May 1679, Elizabeth (Hardy) Garlick, who died at Cape May, New Jersey, 1 May 1696, daughter of Richard Hardy and widow of Joshua Garlick, Jr. She married third, about 1694, John Fish, who died about six months after the wedding. John Parsons's account book is now at the Cape May County Historical Society."

Reference:

• WikiTree contributors, "Elizabeth (Hardy) Fish (abt.1646-1696)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hardy-236 : created 7 Feb 2011 | Last modified 17 Oct 2024 | accessed 21 November 2024).
• ↑ Remington, Gordon. "ROBERT(2) HUESTIS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY: HIS ANCESTRY AND DESCENDANTS." (1998). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society), volume 129, page 201
• ↑ Parsons, Gerald James. (1998, April). "The Early Parsons Families of the Connecticut River Valley." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 148, 345-346.
• Will of Joshua Garlick, Jr.. Suffolk County, NY
• Hand, J. P. (2020, May 31). John Persons journal. [Online forum message]. Message posted to New-Mostly South-Jersey Genealogy Forum. https://njgf.groups.io/g/main/topic/74580583#21291
• Parsons, Gerald James. The Early Parsons Families of the Connecticut River Valley, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1994) Vol. 148, Page 345.
• FamilySearch: Elizabeth Hardy (LYTG-BVJ ).

from TORREY:

• PARSONS, Mark & Elizabeth _____, m/2 John SPENCER; by 1672; Parker's Island {GDMNH 531}

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