Thanks to my husband and Ancestry.com I’ve learned that most of my ancestral family tree leads straight to France. My Maternal Grandfather’s side took a bit longer to trace though…To my surprise, it led to Ispwich, Mass and the Salem Witch Trials before ending up in England. We found my 9th Great Grandfather’s handwritten testimony defending his neighbor against accusations of witchcraft. I recognized his neighbor’s name immediately because I knew her fate.
I’ve always been fascinated by Salem and the witch hysteria that broke out in 1692. Blame it on seeing Hocus Pocus at a really young age, but visiting Salem has always been on my list. Last year right before Christmas my husband and I went to Boston and I practically begged him for a Salem day trip. It wasn’t until we got back home that I learned about my ancestral connection to Witch City. Now I don’t know whether to blame my life long fascination with Salem on the Sanderson Sisters or my family tree. What I do know is this, if I were alive during that time in history I most definitely would have been accused of witchcraft and it would’ve had nothing to do with the occult.
Stay true to yourself.
H&M dress / Hat from Vixen by Mitcheline Pitt / Earrings from Mod with Love
Photography by Keri E!