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 Ancestors accused of Witchcraft


Accused witch Timeline

1647
26 May:  Alse Young becomes the first person in America to be hanged as a witch.CT.gov Courant
1648
15 Jun:  Margaret Jones, a midwife from Charlestown, is the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.HoMA LoA
1692
20 Jan:  The Salem Witchcraft Hysteria begins.UMKC SWT
29 Feb:  The first witchcraft accusations take place and arrest warrants are issued for Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne.LoA WSU
2 Jun:  The Salem Witch Trials begin.UVA FT
10 Jun:  Bridget Bishop becomes the first of the accused Salem witches to be executed.Salem SWM
19 Jul:  Salem "witches", Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe and Sarah Wildes are executed.SW PJ
22 Sep:  The last execution of the accused Salem witches is carried out.BostonMag LoA
1693
May:  The Salem Witch Trials end.SIMag SWT