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| Mary Barnes |
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(Mary)
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Last Name
(Barnes)
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Date of Death
(1/25/1663)
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Place of Death
(Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut)
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Cause of Death
(Hung as a witch because she did not attend church. One of the last hung for witchcraft.)
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Living Status
(Deceased)
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Gender
(Female)
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| Alse Young |
First Name
(Alse)
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Last Name
(Young)
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Date of Death
(5/27/1647)
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Cause of Death
(hanged for alleged witchcraft)
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Living Status
(Deceased)
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Gender
(Female)
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| Rebecca Greensmith |
First Name
(Rebecca)
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Last Name
(Greensmith)
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Birth Surname
(unknown)
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Also Known As
(Widow Elson, Widow Mudge, Rebecca Elson, Rebecca Mudge, Not Rebecca Steele)
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Date of Death
(between 1/25/1662 and 1/25/1663)
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Place of Death
(Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, Colonial America)
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Cause of Death
(hanged as a witch)
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Living Status
(Deceased)
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Gender
(Female)
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The most serious indictment that has ever been brought against our early criminal courts is for their action in the witchcraft delusion, the explanation of which has been often made and is here left to others. It was an episode in New England history that should be judged in view of similar beliefs then current in the old world. In Connecticut, all the cases where the condemned were executed occurred between 1647 and 1662. 2 They were, therefore, tried in the Particular Court. Of the seventeen in the river towns who ere charged with witchcraft during this period, nine were residents of Hartford. Three of these were executed. As the prison where all criminals of Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield and Farmington were confined was located in Hartford, it is probable that the entire number from these towns, which were hung in this delusion, suffered in Hartford.
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