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Here Lyes Buried
the Body of Capt
Thomas Ffisk
Who Decc Februry ye 5th 1723
in ye 70th Year of His Age. The Lord
The Righteous ƒhall be had
in everlaƒting Remembrance

Cemetery: Wenham Cemetery, Wenham Massachusetts

Thomas Fisk was a jurist during the Salem Witch Trials. He and the other jurors convicted 19 individuals and sentenced them to hang.

He was also the schoolmaster who retired in 1713.

Here you can read his statement to her family as to why Rebecca Nurse's verdict was changed from Not Guilty to Guilty.

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