 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Reverend Nicholas Noyes akanga ari murume uyo Richard aiziva zvakanaka uye aizova anobatanidzwa zvakananga noupenyu hwake hwapashure. Noyes akanga ari murume mumwe cheteyo uyo aizotungamirira nhimbe mukurwisana navanodaidzwa kuti varoyi veSalem. Pave paya muupenyu, Richard akatambura nezvinetso zvemari. Pana 1 July 1688, akaunzwa pamberi pevakuru vechechi yeSalem nokuda kwokuita unzenza hwakakomba nomudzimai womumwe murume. Vakuru vakanga vataura naye vari voga kakawanda sezvo Richard aimiririra nhengo yeAncient Days uye vaida kuchengeta nzvimbo inokosha munhau yavo. Akapiwa chirango chepachena uye akadzingwa muchechi. Richard akabvuma mutongo wacho uye akapfidza pachena uye, maererano nezvinyorwa, akadzorerwa kuchechi muna 1691. Maererano naDavid Lindsay, wezvenhau uye munyori, mufundisi akamuranga akanga ari Reverend Nicholas Noyes. 