Zachary Levi's ancestor was a "witch"?

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  • Опубліковано 19 бер 2023
  • Shazam's Zachary Levi discovers his ancestor was accused of witchcraft in the late 1600s.
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  • @pkmcnett5649
    @pkmcnett5649 Рік тому +69

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

    • @caterpillakilla
      @caterpillakilla Рік тому

      old mean neighbors and karens were the cause…historicslly proven

  • @t.m.a.3665
    @t.m.a.3665 Рік тому +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 !

  • @skippymagrue
    @skippymagrue Рік тому +14

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

  • @ikeforshort5363
    @ikeforshort5363 Рік тому +11

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

  • @watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691
    @watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

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

    • @Joshie1977
      @Joshie1977 Рік тому +3

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

    • @breannaalger9585
      @breannaalger9585 Рік тому

      Wow, that’s incredible!

    • @skunkbrave777
      @skunkbrave777 Рік тому

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

    • @annikabjornson998
      @annikabjornson998 Рік тому +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!

  • @CatzASMRnMore
    @CatzASMRnMore Рік тому +17

    How fascinating his story is.

  • @ttp436
    @ttp436 Рік тому +7

    He is beautiful. Fascinating history

  • @IguanaMom
    @IguanaMom Рік тому +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 Рік тому +18

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

    • @IguanaMom
      @IguanaMom Рік тому +3

      @@86upsmaya right.

    • @MrGksarathy
      @MrGksarathy Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

      So why are all the accusers women?

    • @MelodyT78
      @MelodyT78 Рік тому +1

      Convenient

  • @hapa7791
    @hapa7791 Рік тому +13

    This series is great fun.

  • @Marcel_Audubon
    @Marcel_Audubon Рік тому +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

  • @karengilliland2439
    @karengilliland2439 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

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

    • @ZacLlevi
      @ZacLlevi Рік тому

      Thanks so much

    • @MrGksarathy
      @MrGksarathy Рік тому +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.

  • @1789Henrique
    @1789Henrique Рік тому +16

    Why all WDYTYA videos always have spoilers in the beginning?

    • @86upsmaya
      @86upsmaya Рік тому

      well, its literally the title of the video

  • @OP-1000
    @OP-1000 Рік тому +6

    What a handsome guy.

  • @shlby69m
    @shlby69m Рік тому +8

    A "SICKnificant" part of history.

  • @dianneloveland3728
    @dianneloveland3728 Рік тому +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.

  • @janetmcgibney
    @janetmcgibney Рік тому +6

    Absolutely crazy

    • @sr2291
      @sr2291 Рік тому

      They were batsh*t crazy.

  • @tomfitton4775
    @tomfitton4775 Рік тому +5

    Interesting. Mine was too.

  • @BORN-to-Run
    @BORN-to-Run Рік тому +3

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

  • @AndySaenz
    @AndySaenz Рік тому

    So he’s Shazam in real life too? 😂

  • @Industrialist2015ofUk
    @Industrialist2015ofUk 11 місяців тому

    i always thought Chuck seemed a bit crafty🤔

  • @kashesan
    @kashesan Рік тому +2

    Where was this?

    • @justso4509
      @justso4509 Рік тому +2

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

  • @sashasg11
    @sashasg11 Рік тому +4

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

    • @sashasg11
      @sashasg11 9 місяців тому

      ​@ZacharyLevi-sh7jemost welcome xo

  • @ThatBlackPiano
    @ThatBlackPiano Рік тому

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

  • @mrs.cracker4622
    @mrs.cracker4622 Рік тому

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

    • @justso4509
      @justso4509 Рік тому +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.

  • @Noname-cn4ly
    @Noname-cn4ly Рік тому +1

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

  • @caterpillakilla
    @caterpillakilla Рік тому +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 Рік тому +8

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

    • @algregory6597
      @algregory6597 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      there are only 2 genders

    • @taraz6786
      @taraz6786 Рік тому +1

      What did he say about gender?

    • @twishypoo4628
      @twishypoo4628 10 місяців тому

      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....

  • @jimsteele3423
    @jimsteele3423 Рік тому

    Very sad story very amazing story to

  • @Maria-np2ms
    @Maria-np2ms Рік тому +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.