Zachary Levi's ancestor was a "witch"?

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  • Shazam's Zachary Levi discovers his ancestor was accused of witchcraft in the late 1600s.
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  • @pkmcnett5649
    @pkmcnett5649 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Jealousy, in my opinion, was at the root of many of the accusations.

    • @caterpillakilla
      @caterpillakilla ปีที่แล้ว

      old mean neighbors and karens were the cause…historicslly proven

  • @t.m.a.3665
    @t.m.a.3665 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Wonderful news for him knowing his 10x Great Grandfather helped save his wife’s life ! and thru the bloodlines you are HERE! Beautiful , scary times back in 1600’s !

  • @IguanaMom
    @IguanaMom ปีที่แล้ว +90

    She was ACCUSED of being a witch. Men tended you accuse women of witchcraft back then for all sorts of reasons. Most, if not all of them, had nothing to do with witchcraft. Such as, If a man was sexually attracted to a woman who wasn't his wife then she must have cast a spell on him.

    • @86upsmaya
      @86upsmaya ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ANd if a woman rejected his advances what best way to seek revenge than by accusing her of being a witch

    • @IguanaMom
      @IguanaMom ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@86upsmaya right.

    • @MrGksarathy
      @MrGksarathy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Salem witch trials had less of that specific brand of witchcraft accusation. It was way more like the neighbors already had beef with you, wanted your land, or got caught up in the whole moral panic.

    • @onyxstone4618
      @onyxstone4618 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So why are all the accusers women?

    • @MelodyT78
      @MelodyT78 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Convenient

  • @watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691
    @watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    My great Aunt was The good witch from Wizard of Oz. Her name was Billie Burke & her father was a famous singing clown in Ringling Barnum & Bailey Circus. And 6 degrees from him we're related to Mark Hamill. That's just on my moms side on my dads side My great Uncle is Babe Ruth. Also on my dad's side we're related to the physics who made up Clorox & he sold it so we have no royalties from that. Also were related to a maid who survived Titanic. Its really crazy everyone I look up my family tree someone else gets discovered that has interesting stories & are famous etc.

    • @BORN-to-Run
      @BORN-to-Run ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope you know that Babe Ruth, the great baseball player,
      was Colored.

    • @Joshie1977
      @Joshie1977 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@BORN-to-Run What! A coloured man... did he have rainbow skin?

    • @breannaalger9585
      @breannaalger9585 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow, that’s incredible!

    • @skunkbrave777
      @skunkbrave777 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm pure bloodline witch from Salem. I'm king witch.

    • @annikabjornson998
      @annikabjornson998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There was a maid that survived the Titanic, the Britannic and the Olympic wrecks. Her name was Violet Jessop. Is that the one you’re related to? Depending on how you look at it, she was either very lucky or absolutely cursed.
      I adored Billie Burke!

  • @skippymagrue
    @skippymagrue ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My 9th great grandma was Mary Easty in Salem. I am really looking forward to meeting her in the next life.

  • @ikeforshort5363
    @ikeforshort5363 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I got the chills seeing the actual pond, I can't imagine standing in it. 😱

  • @1789Henrique
    @1789Henrique ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Why all WDYTYA videos always have spoilers in the beginning?

    • @86upsmaya
      @86upsmaya ปีที่แล้ว

      well, its literally the title of the video

  • @karengilliland2439
    @karengilliland2439 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I am related to the Reverend George Burroughs who was executed by hanging, on August 19, 1692, his crime, witchcraft. I am also related to William Stoughton, the Chief Judge and Prosecutor at the Salem Witch Trials in 1692.

    • @azurephoenix9546
      @azurephoenix9546 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh wow, that's kind of bananas that you're the result of those two opposing sides.
      Like being half Hatfield and half McCoy.

    • @karengilliland2439
      @karengilliland2439 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@azurephoenix9546 Yes, it's sort of like, which side would you root for?

    • @ZacLlevi
      @ZacLlevi ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much

    • @MrGksarathy
      @MrGksarathy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh, Burroughs' death was absolutely tragic and horrifying, if I remember correctly. He recited the Lord's Prayer successfully, but Cotton Mather still had him hung, even while everyone was begging for Reverend Burroughs to be granted mercy.

  • @Marcel_Audubon
    @Marcel_Audubon ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I hope Joseph Stern's descendants (he's the one jumping in with her to force her into the water) research their 10x great grandfather one day and see what a creep they descended from

  • @shlby69m
    @shlby69m ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A "SICKnificant" part of history.

  • @ttp436
    @ttp436 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He is beautiful. Fascinating history

  • @CatzASMRnMore
    @CatzASMRnMore ปีที่แล้ว +17

    How fascinating his story is.

  • @hapa7791
    @hapa7791 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This series is great fun.

  • @dianneloveland3728
    @dianneloveland3728 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    There was also a mold growing on the barley or rye that year which is known to cause mental illness. I forgot the name of the mold, but it really, grows under certain conditions. They think it was a factor in the event.

  • @sashasg11
    @sashasg11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Really good news someone was saved from death during the women murders in the silly name of witches.

    • @sashasg11
      @sashasg11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@ZacharyLevi-sh7jemost welcome xo

  • @OP-1000
    @OP-1000 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a handsome guy.

  • @BORN-to-Run
    @BORN-to-Run ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WE never know what's back there, and the
    prices some of our ancestors paid.

  • @janetmcgibney
    @janetmcgibney ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Absolutely crazy

    • @sr2291
      @sr2291 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were batsh*t crazy.

  • @tomfitton4775
    @tomfitton4775 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Interesting. Mine was too.

  • @Noname-cn4ly
    @Noname-cn4ly ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just found out I’m a descendant of John proctors wife from the Salem witch trials….

  • @kashesan
    @kashesan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Where was this?

    • @justso4509
      @justso4509 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The trial was held in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony. Clawson was from Stamford.

  • @Industrialist2015ofUk
    @Industrialist2015ofUk ปีที่แล้ว

    i always thought Chuck seemed a bit crafty🤔

  • @ThatBlackPiano
    @ThatBlackPiano ปีที่แล้ว

    I was trying to follow Naomie’s genealogy journey, but they put her picture on Zachary’s video.😅

  • @AndySaenz
    @AndySaenz ปีที่แล้ว

    So he’s Shazam in real life too? 😂

  • @mrs.cracker4622
    @mrs.cracker4622 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was this about the witch trials in Connecticut or Massachusetts? Connecticut had the first witch trials in America.

    • @justso4509
      @justso4509 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This particular trial was in Connecticut, same year as the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
      The 1692 Connecticut trials resulted in only 1 conviction (and she was later pardoned) versus the 30 (I think) convictions in Salem, with 19 of those being executed.

  • @caterpillakilla
    @caterpillakilla ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i know the celebrities have the privilege to get this kind of help but damn. you never read ur family history? and damn, you have an ancestor that petitioned against an actual witch trial in general and drove social feelings to save her. kinda bums me out that he knows absolutely nothing of historical witchcraft or history in general…am i wrong? but maybe i love history too much

  • @lynndenault8198
    @lynndenault8198 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Just reading some really wild stuff about Zachary Levi's comments on Covid, gender, etc. Hmmmmm....

    • @algregory6597
      @algregory6597 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      No matter if you agree or disagree with his comments he has the right to believe, and say, in what he wants.

    • @mate-gs3gh
      @mate-gs3gh ปีที่แล้ว

      there are only 2 genders

    • @taraz6786
      @taraz6786 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What did he say about gender?

    • @twishypoo4628
      @twishypoo4628 ปีที่แล้ว

      He said nothing. He followed a group on twitter... He never said anything about vaccines...He shared a meme about Pfizer and big pharmacy being untrustworthy....

  • @Maria-np2ms
    @Maria-np2ms ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It is so that that he had to look for a good man figure in his families past, when all he had to do was look in the mirror.

  • @jimsteele3423
    @jimsteele3423 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very sad story very amazing story to