Reverend samuel paris biography of michael

Reverend Samuel Parris was the minister at Salem Village during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

Samuel Parris was born in London, England in 1653.

Reverend samuel paris biography of michael

In the late 1650s, his father, Thomas Parris, moved his entire family to a sugar plantation that he had purchased in Barbados.

Samuel Parris’ Early Life:

In 1673, Samuel Parris was attending Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts when his father died.

He left Harvard without graduating and returned to Barbados and take charge of his father’s estate. He then became a sugar merchant in Bridgetown but was unsuccessful in the business.

In 1680, Parris moved to Boston, the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, with his two slaves, Tituba and John Indian.

He married Elizabeth Elridge that year and the couple had three children: Thomas, Betty and Susannah. Parris once again tried to find work as a merchant but then decided to change careers and began training to become a minister.

In 1686, Samuel Parris began serving as a guest