The Devil In Great Island Chapter Summary

When did people start getting accused of being witches and wizards from their neighbors, family members, or friends? Why would someone accuse others of being witches? All the questions are asked and examined by Emerson Baker. The author of The Devil in Great Island is Emerson W. Baker. Although, he goes by his nickname “Tad”. Baker went to Bate college as an undergraduate where he got introduces to his first history class about Northern New England by James Leamon. James is a mentor at Bate College and now is friends with Baker. He is a historian and archaeologists that teaches history at Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts. The reason why Baker wrote this book was because he think that the past should be accessible to the public. Baker

Walton and other men were frightened and surprised that they ran to the inside of his tavern for shelter from the strange occurrence. The stones kept hitting the tavern making noise which cause the guests and family of Walton to wake up. Some of the stones hitting the tavern were big as a fist and people were frightened by this unnatural phenomenon. Many people inside the tavern were hit by the raining stones. Richard Chamberlain, an attorney, was present on this day and was curious and labeled stones that landed on the porch of the tavern and rained down the chimney. Soon some of the stones that he had labeled were soon thrown back at them again. No one on that night saw any culprits and had no explanation of what had just occurred. Although, this did occur at night so it was hard to see anyone that could have been hiding. In this phenomenon stones were not the only objects that were thrown in the air other objects such as hammers were also thrown. The crowd inside the tavern were unable to conclude an explainable conclusion and believed that this supernatural phenomenon was derived from the Devil himself. Richard Chamberlain and George Walton kept getting attacked by the flying stones. George Walton was a stubborn man and kept doing his work even when being attacked by the stones. While tending the crops Walton and other

The lithobolia attack at Waltons tavern has not been investigated thoroughly. Like many people in early New England Walton left a very small paper trail. There was no letters, business papers, or family papers that have survived. With no information to base on in his history historians have had to fill in gaps with guesses about the lithobolia attacks. George Walton was born around the year 1615 in England with no exact information of his origins. The occupation of Walton was a tailor. He had completed his practice for the profession in his early twenties and later joined the Great Migration of Puritans and other men that would soon live and populate new Massachusetts Bay colony. Walton first appeared in record December 4, 1638 in Boston when he was fined for swearing by Suffolk County magistrates. Thirty five people including Walton signed the Exeter Compact. The Exeter Compact was a social contract written by the people who wanted to establish order in the new land far from the English authority. People wanted liberties similar to Massachusetts Bay and live peacefully under the Christian law. In the year 1643 Walton moved the adjoining town of Dover where he bought land and made a home including a tavern for business. Walton was considered one of the most prosperous men in Dover. He had a piece of property that was considered prosperous for a young men to settle and have a tavern to make