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Category: Witchcraft

The witchcraft trial of Elizabeth Howe, hanged July 19, 1692

July 19, 2021November 18, 2022 Gordon Harris20 Comments
Mathison painting, "Examination of a Witch" trial of Elizabeth Howe of Ipswich

Elizabeth Howe and her husband James resided on outer Linebrook. She was charged with bewitching her neighbor’s child and was arrested on May 28, 1692. She was one of the five women hung in Salem on July 19, 1692.

Posted in History, People, Video, WitchcraftTagged 1692, Elizabeth Howe, Ipswich, July, Linebrook, witches, women

Mary Perkins Bradbury, charged as a witch

June 21, 2021October 21, 2022 Gordon Harris7 Comments
Mary Perkins Bradbury charged as a witch

Mary Perkins was born in 1615, the daughter of Sergeant John Perkins, Sr. and Judith Perkins. She became the wife of Capt. Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, and was sentenced to death as witch in 1692, but was not executed. Over a hundred neighbors testified in her support.

Posted in Legends, WitchcraftTagged Perkins, witches, women

The witchcraft accusations against Sarah Buckley and Mary Witheridge

June 20, 2021March 24, 2023 Gordon Harris3 Comments
Mary Walcott

On May 23, 1692, a complaint for witchcraft was filed against Sarah Buckley and her widowed daughter Mary Witheridge. The "bewitched" girls of Salem Village claimed that the women's specters had attacked them. Held in shackles in the cold crowded jail, both were acquitted in January,1692

Posted in History, People, WitchcraftTagged 1692, Salem, witches, women

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