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The June 10, 1692 hanging of Bridget Bishop
In January of 1692, the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris
of Salem Village became ill. When they failed to improve, the village
doctor, William Griggs, was called in. His diagnosis of bewitchment put
into motion the forces that would ultimately result in the death by
hanging of nineteen men and women.
In June of 1692, the special Court of Oyer (to hear) and Terminer (to
decide) sat in Salem to hear the cases of witchcraft. Presided over by
Chief Justice William Stoughton, the court was made up of magistrates
and jurors. The first to be tried was Bridget Bishop of Salem who was
found guilty and was hanged on June 10. Thirteen women and five men from
all stations of life followed her to the gallows on three successive
hanging days before the court was disbanded by Governor William Phipps
in October of that year
Anne Boleyn,
Joan of Arc,
Joan Wytte,
Florence Newton,
Elisabeth Sawyer,
Mother Shipton,
Mary Butters,
Isobel Goldie
Dolly Pentreath,
Caroline of Brunswick,
Dorothy Clutterbuck,
Margaret Jones,
Marie Laveau,
Witch of Endor
Bridget Bishop
Burning Times,
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