“’The Plant’ replyed that he had severall other witnesses wch he thought would cleere the matters in question, if the court please to heare them, wch being granted, he first presented a testimony of goodwife Whitlocke of Fairfield, upon oath taken before Mr. Fowler at Millford, the 27th of May, 1654, wherein she saith, that concerning goodwife Staplyes speeches at the execution of goodwife Knapp, she being present & next to goody Staplyes when they were goeing to put the dead corpes of goodwife Knapp into the grave, severall women were looking for the markes of a witch upon the dead body, and severall of the women said they could finde none, & this depont said, nor I; then came one that had searched the said witch, & shewed them the markes that were upon her, and said what are these; and then this depont heard goodwife Staplyes say she never saw such in all her life, and that she was pswaded that no honest woman had such things as those were; and the dead corps being then presently put into the grave, goodwife Staplyes & myselfe came imediately away together unto the towne, from the place of execution.”1126

1661:
John’s wife possibly died in 1661.1097