I am Martha Ingalls Carrier. I am from Andover, Massachusetts; my parents Andrew and Faith Ingalls Allen were among the original settlers here. I am married to Thomas Carrier, a Welsh indentured servant, by whom I have four children with. My husband and I returned to Andover in 1688, in poverty and dependent on the family farm to supply them with a living, and two years later we were accused of spreading an outbreak of smallpox through the town. Thirteen people perished during the epidemic and my family was barred from entering public places, however, I was not accused of witchcraft. After the smallpox I became a land owner in my own right. When it all started I would be the first accused “witch” in Andover, I was accused by my own neighbor, Benjamin Abbot. Benjamin, Sarah Abbott and myself had an argument over land boundary between them. It angered me that I vowed I would stick as close to Abbot as bark to a tree. He would be sorry for this before seven years, I railed for not even Doctor Prescott would be able to cure you. I also told him I would hold his Nose as close to the Grindstone, as ever it was held since his Name was Abbot. Sadly others heard me screaming these harsh words at Abbott. After our disagreement, Abbot fell sick and blamed his illness on me bewitching him. He remained sick until I was taken in for witchcraft. I was arrested upon the complaint of Joseph Holton and John Walcott, I had an arrest warrant on May 28, 1692 I, along with my sister and brother-in-law, Mary Toothaker and Roger Toothaker of Billerica, and their 9 year-old daughter, Margaret, were arrested and charged with witchcraft. On May 31st, trail began at ten o'clock in the morning. I was examined by Judges John Hathorne, Jonathan Corwin, and Bartholomew Gedney. I pleaded not guilty to the indictments charges. Testifying against me were several of the "afflicted girls", including Susanna Sheldon, Mary Walcott, Elizabeth Hubbard and Ann Putnam, Jr