Mary Bridges, Salem Witch Trials

March 1, 1677 may be the date of birth.

Tried for witchcraft at Salem, sentenced, then reprieved.

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Bridges_%2836%29

Mary Bridges
b.27 Jan 1678 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Parents and Siblings

F. John Bridges
Est 1643 -

M. Mary Tyler
Abt 1644 - Aft 1693
m. 1 Mar 1677/78

Mary Bridges
1678 -

Samuel Bridges
1681 -

Elizabeth Bridges
1683 - Abt 1773

Mehitabel Bridges
1688 -

▼Facts and Events

Name Mary Bridges
Gender Female
Birth[1] 27 Jan 1678 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

▼References

↑ Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912)
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BRIDGES, Mary, d. John and Mary, [born] Jan. 27, 1678.

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Mary Tyler Post Bridges (1644-??) - Mary Tyler was born to Job and Mary Horton Tyler in about 1644. She grew up to marry a widower named Richard Post of Woburn, Massachusetts on November 18, 1662. Richard already had a daughter by his first marriage named Susannah Post. The couple would have three children, Mary, Hannah, and John. Unfortunately, Mary's husband Richard was killed by Indians in Mendon, Massachusetts on July 14, 1675. Three years later, she would marry John Bridges, a blacksmith, and they would live in the northern part ofAndover. John already had a daughter named Sarah, from his first marriage to Sarah Howe Bridges, who had died. John and Mary Tyler Post Bridges would four children together -- Mary, Jr., Samuel, Elizabeth, and Mehitable. On July 28, 1692 a warrant was issued for Mary's arrest, accused of witchcraft by Timothy Swan of Andover. She was imprisoned. On August 2, her 28 year-old daughter, Mary Post, was also arrested, and on August 25th, her daughters, 13 year-old Mary Bridges, Jr. and 26 year-old Hannah Post, and step daughters, 31 year-old Susannah Post and 17 year-old Sarah Bridges were arrested. Mary Tyler Post Bridges remained in prison until she was tried on January 12, 1693 and found not guilty.

• http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-b.html
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Tyler_(22)_
  • 3.0 3.1 Roach, Marilynne K. The Salem Witch Trials : a day-by-day chronicle of a community under siege. (New York, New York: Cooper Square Press, 2002), 214-15, 363.
    • "July 28 Thursday 1692 … Andover … Constable Ballard of Andover set out with an arrest warrant for Mary Bridges Sr., whose specter still afflicted Timothy Swan." … "July 29, 1692 Friday Salem Town … Mary Bridges Sr. was probably questioned today in Salem, still holding to her confession." "January 10, 1693 Tuesday Salem Town … The Grand Jury considered evidence against Mary Bridges, whose case would be continued, …"

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Tried for witchcraft at Salem, senenced and reprieved.