ABSTRACT
By 1692, George Jacobs had lived in Salem for over thirty years, most recently on a moderate-sized farm about two miles south of the Salem village meetinghouse. Daniel Andrew was one of Salem village's wealthiest men in 1692. Andrew had been born in obscurity in Watertown. The witch-hunt in Andover was shorter than that in Salem, but its intensity was greater. It came on suddenly, and because Salem had paved the way, it built to a climax more rapidly. On the day the magistrates examined George and Margaret Jacobs, they issued a warrant for the arrest of John Willard. The principal reason for including Willard's story here is that he had the distinction of being both a participant in and opponent to the Salem witch trials. He was a Salem deputy constable during the early days of the trials.
