Elizabeth Phelps

- 1692

• Name	Elizabeth Phelps
  Birth	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Jul 1692	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
  Burial	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	I312684222475	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Phelps, I,   b. 1620, Bolton le Moors St Peter, Lancashire, England d. 03 Oct 1689, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth Adams,   b. 1628, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 04 May 1718, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F2962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Ballard,   b. Abt. 1644, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 29 Sep 1722, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !DEATH: BALLARD GENEALOGY, PG 66; AND HO !DEATH: BALLARD GENEALOGY, PG 66; AND HOLT GENEALOGY [DURRIE], PG 12 Salem witch victim She was a victim accused by husband Joseph Ballard I have not found evidence of the above statement. Joseph Ballard did not accuse his wife he believed she herself was bewitched and accused others of causing her illness through witch craft. Here is the article... The witchcraft delusion in Andover began with the accusation and arrest of Martha Carrier in late May of 1692, but escalated in mid-July when Joseph Ballard invited two of the afflicted girls from Salem Village to visit his sick wife in Andover. Elizabeth (Phelps) Ballard had been inexplicably ill all summer. Was she bewitched? The girls (historians differ on who they may have been) confirmed Elizabeth Ballard was tormented by witchcraft and accused several Andover residents. Shortly thereafter Joseph Ballard entered a complaint against Mary Lacy Sr. and her daughter, Mary Lacy Jr. ... Identifying those who “tormented” Elizabeth Ballard did not help her. She died of her illness on July 27, 1692. https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/joseph-ballard-home-site-of/ Source;LDS Film 0896614 Book- George Abb Source;LDS Film 0896614 Book- George Abbott and his decendents.