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Samuel Wilkins II (born c. 1673)[1] was an accuser in the Salem witch trials. He was the son of Henry Wilkins,[2] and thus the grandson of Bray Wilkins and nephew of John Wilkins and Margaret Wilkins Knight, two other accusers. He testified against his cousin-in-law, John Willard.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hill, William Carroll, b. 1875. The Family of Bray Wilkins: "Patriarch of Will's Hill", of Salem (Middleton), Mass.. Milford, N.H.: Cabinet Press, 1943.
  2. ^ Cotton Mather; Increase Mather; Charles Wentworth Upham; M. V. B. Perley; James Thacher; William P. Upham; Samuel Roberts Wells (18 December 2019). The True Story of Salem: Book 1-7: The Wonders of the Invisible World, The Salem Witchcraft, House of John Procter, A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials…. e-artnow. p. 385. EAN:4064066051792.
  3. ^ Bryan F. Le Beau (23 May 2016). The Story of the Salem Witch Trials. Routledge. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-315-50904-4.


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