Case file · Witch trials
George Burroughs, the minister from Maine
George Burroughs, a former Salem Village minister, was arrested at Wells, Maine, in 1692 and hanged on 19 August, the only minister executed in the trials.
1692 CE · 43.32, -70.58 · status: official
The account
He recited the Lord's Prayer perfectly on the gallows, which was thought impossible for a witch, and the crowd wavered until Cotton Mather persuaded them to let the hanging go on. Accusers tied him to the frontier wars with the Wabanaki.