Samuel Parris
Samuel Parris (born in 1653 with London, England) was the puritan Pasteur of the town of Salem Village (today Danvers) during the business of the Sorcières of Salem. He was the father of Betty Parris and the uncle of Abigail Williams, two of the had young girls.
Parris was the son of a fabric trader. With died his/her father in 1673, it inherited a few hectares of ground to the Barbados, the essence of the sucession having been bequeathed to his/her older brother. Parris quickly put its piece in hiring and settled with the capital, Bridgetown, as agent of credit for the other growers of Canne to sugar. It then had two slaves, of which one, named Tituba, will play a great part in the business of the witches.
Samuel Parris left Barbados for Boston with his two slaves in 1680 and married Elizabeth Eldridge quickly. Thomas and Betty Parris were born shortly after. In 1686, Parris wished to give up the businesses. After the birth of its third child, it negotiated with the Council of Salem Village and becomes Pasteur of the city.
The dissatisfaction with the community towards Parris appeared as of 1691. The reverend Parris was paid in an increasingly sporadic way. In October 1691, the community refused to raise a tax to deal with its firewood. In his sermons, Samuel Parris then started to evoke a conspiracy against him and the Church, inspired by Satan. A few months later, his/her daughter Betty started to act like one had: the businesses of the witches started.
After having made public excuses in 1694, the reverend Samuel Parris left Salem Village in 1697. He died in 1720.
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