1. Salem Witchcraft Trials
By mid April Abigail Hobbes, Bridget Bishop, Giles Corey, and Mary Warren were examined. ... "On April 22 1692, Nehemiah Abbot, William and Deliverance Hobbes, Edward and Sarah Bishop, Mary Easty, Mary Black, Sardin Wildes and Mary English were examined before Corwin and Hawthorne. ... "The first woman tried was Bridget Bishop"(Lasky23). ... On June 20th 1692 Bridget was hung on Gallows Hill. ...
By mid April Abigail Hobbes, Bridget Bishop, Giles Corey, and Mary Warren were examined. ... "On April 22 1692, Nehemiah Abbot, William and Deliverance Hobbes, Edward and Sarah Bishop, Mary Easty, Mary Black, Sardin Wildes and Mary English were examined before Corwin and Hawthorne. ... "The first woman tried was Bridget Bishop"(Lasky23). ... On June 20th 1692 Bridget was hung on Gallows Hill. ...
As many people accused each other of doing witch craft throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court in Salem had to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem's Gallows Hill, while 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. ...
"Bridget Bishop, Sarah Good Rebecca Nurse Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How Sarah Wilds, George Burroughs, John Proctor, John Willard George Jacobs, Sr Martha Carrier Giles Corey, , pressed to death Martha Corey Farms Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeater, Margaret Scott Wilmott Reed, Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker. "5 These are only the recorded deaths that took place in Salem, many more however could have occurred. ...
Dorcas Hoar of Beverly, Susanna Martin of Amesbury, and Bridget Bishop of Salem Town were all taken to jail to be put on trial because they had been convicted of committing witchcraft crimes in the 1660's, 16670's, or 1680's. ...