Hi, I am a descendant of Thomas Putnam and Ann Carr.I was told my Chandler relatives were also accusers of Witches. They lived in Andover. Does anybody know anything about this? Sincerely, Scott

William Chandler was one of the accusers of Elizabeth Morse. His wife (I don't know her name) had been sick for a long while. Morse visited her a lot during her illness. Later Chandler and Morse had some "uncivil" words, and years after that Chandler suddenly accused Morse of bewitching his wife during her illness. Coming out of the blue, the accusation stunned Morse's husband, who responsed to it thus: "As for William Chandler's test[imony] about his wife's long sickness and my wife's visiting her, she through her weakness acted uncivilly and yet now to bring in against my wife when for so many years being in full communion with us never dealt with us about any such thing but had as loving converse with him as Christians ought and knew no otherwise till now." There's a little information on this in David B. Hall's _Witch Hunting in 17th Century New England_. William Chandler was one of my ancestors. If you connect to him, I'd be happy to exchange information! Sincerely, Jenny Gibbons (jenny@panix.com)

Hi Scott: Per John Putnam Demos' book "Entertaining Satan": During the last weeks of 1679 & into early 1680 Elizabeth MORSE, of Newbury, Mass., was accused of witchcraft. She was tried/sentenced to death & later reprieved in Boston. One of her accusers was an Esther WILSON who testified against her re the death of her mother, one Goodwife CHANDLER, who had d 14 yrs prior (ca 1665-66). There is no further mention as to *who* this CHANDLER was ie given name/husband et al but she apparently had a daughter name of Esther. Demos does show, in quotes, some of WILSON's deposition re affliction of her mother. Hope this helps to lead you *somewhere* in your search. Good luck. Bev