Jacobs, George, Sr.

George Jacobs, Sr. was about 72 years old when he was hanged as a wizard on August 19, 1692, along with three other men and one

woman -- the first time men were executed for witchcraft in Salem. He was accused, among many others, by his granddaughter,

Margaret Jacobs who was also accused and imprisoned. Depending on scholarly opinion, he has been seen as the victim of personal

grudges, the casualty of the socio-political climate of Salem, or the target of cultural system's effects on young, socially

subordinate women.

Jacobs had a sizable farm called Northfields which was to the north of Salem Town, halfway to Salem Village. His house stood until 1938,

in full view of Route 114 in Danvers, on the right side of the road heading from Salem and Peabody to Danversport.

The genealogy of George Jacobs, Sr. from the American Genealogist magazine is in the Vertical File Witchcraft #1.

See Also

Vertical File in Salem Collection - Witchcraft #1

Important Persons in the Salem Court Records Salem Witch Trials, Univ. of Virginia.

Salem possessed; the social origins of witchcraft by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum 1974.