Witchcraft
cases in 17th century New England
(other than Salem 1692 executions)
The following information is from John
Putnam Demos' book Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft
and the Culture of Early New England, 1983,
Oxford Univ. Press, (Appendix A, pp. 402-9):
In addition to those executed in Salem in 1692, there
were 16 persons executed as witches in New England: 14
women, 2 men.
CODE:
A = Accused. There
is evidence of accusation or suspicion, with no recorded
court action.
C = Complaint. Some formal step was
taken towards prosecution (petition, deposition).
I = Indictment/Presentment. Accused
appeared before the courts, preliminary to trial.
T = Trial. A formal trial was held on
the charges.
Q = Acquitted at trial.
V = Convicted at trial.
V* = Verdict reversed
F = Confession. The accused confessed to
the charges.
X = Execution. The accused was executed for the
crimes.
S = Slander. Legal action was initiated
by accused witch, not alleged victim.
R = Repeater. Suspect had been in court
on similar charges before.
? = Data is not confirmed.
Year |
Name |
Place |
Result |
1638 |
Jane HAWKINS |
Boston, MA |
C,I |
1640 |
Anne HUTCHINSON |
Aquiday, RI |
A |
1640 |
(male) COLLINS |
Aquiday, RI |
A |
1640 |
(male) HALES |
Aquiday, RI |
A |
1647 |
Alice YOUNG |
Windsor, CT |
C,I,T,V,X |
1647? |
Elizabeth KENDALL |
Cambridge, MA |
C,I,T,V,X |
1648 |
Margaret JONES |
Charlestown, MA |
C,I,T,V,X |
1648 |
Thomas JONES |
Charlestown, MA |
C,I |
1648 |
Mary JOHNSON |
Wethersfield, CT |
C,I,T,F,V,X |
1649 |
(female) MARSHFIELD |
Springfield, MA |
S |
1650 |
Alice STRATTON |
Watertown, MA |
S |
1650 |
Jane JAMES |
Marblehead, MA |
S |
1651 |
Jane JAMES |
Marblehead, MA |
S,R |
1651 |
Joan CARRINGTON |
Wethersfield, CT |
C,I,T,V,X |
1651 |
John CARRINGTON |
Wethersfield, CT |
C,I,T,V,X |
1651 |
Mary PARSONS |
Springfield, MA |
C,I,T,Q |
1651 |
Hugh PARSONS |
Springfield, MA |
C,I,T,V* |
1651 |
Sarah MERRICK |
Springfield, MA |
A, ?C |
1651 |
Bessie SEWELL |
Springfield, MA |
A, ?C |
1651? |
Mrs. Alice LAKE |
Dorchester, MA |
C,I,T,V,X |
1651 |
(female) BASSETT |
Fairfield, CT |
C,I,T,V,F,X |
1652 |
Alice STRATTON |
Watertown, MA |
C,I,R |
1652 |
John BRADSTREET |
Rowley, MA |
C,I,T,Q |
1653? |
(female) KNAPP |
Fairfield, CT |
C,I,T,V,X |
1653 |
Jane COLLINS |
Lynn, MA |
C,I |
1653 |
Agnes EVANS |
Gloucester, MA |
S |
1653 |
Grace DUTCH |
Gloucester, MA |
S |
1653 |
Elizabeth PERKINS |
Gloucester, MA |
S |
1653 |
Sarah VINSON |
Gloucester, MA |
S |
1653 |
Elizabeth GODMAN |
New Haven, CT |
S |
1654 |
Lydia GILBERT |
Windsor, CT |
C,I,T,V,?X |
1654 |
Mary STAPLES |
New Haven, CT |
S |
1655 |
Elizabeth GODMAN |
New Haven, CT |
C,I,T,Q,R |
1655 |
(female) BAILEY |
New Haven, CT |
C,I,T,Q |
1655 |
Nicholas BAILEY |
New Haven, CT |
C,I,T,Q |
1655 |
(female) BATCHELOR |
Ipswich, MA |
C |
1656 |
Jane WALFORD |
Portsmouth, NH |
C,I,T,?Q |
1656 |
(female) EVANS |
Portsmouth, NH |
A |
1656 |
Eunice COLE |
Hampton, NH |
C,I,T,Q |
1656 |
Ann HIBBENS |
Boston, MA |
C,I,T,V,X |
1656 |
Mary PARSONS |
Springfield, MA |
S |
1657 |
William BROWN |
Gloucester, MA |
C, ?I |
1657 |
William MEAKER |
New Haven, CT |
S |
1658 |
Elizabeth GARLICK |
Easthampton, NY |
C,I,T,Q |
1659 |
John GODFREY |
Andover, MA |
C,I,T,Q |
1659 |
John GODFREY |
Andover, MA |
S,R |
1659 |
(unk) (unk) |
Saybrook, CT |
C,I |
1659 |
Winifred HOLMAN |
Cambridge, MA |
C,I,T,?Q |
1659 |
Mary HOLMAN |
Cambridge, MA |
C,I,T,?Q |
1659 |
Elizabeth BAILEY |
York, ME |
C,I,T,Q |
1660 |
Winifred HOLMAN |
Cambridge, MA |
S,R |
1660 |
Winifred HOLMAN |
Cambridge, MA |
C,I,R |
1660 |
(female) HOLMES |
Scituate, MA |
S |
1660 |
Katherine PALMER |
Wethersfield, CT |
C |
1661 |
Margaret JENNINGS |
Saybrook, CT |
C,I,T,Q |
1661 |
Nicholas JENNINGS |
Saybrook, CT |
C,I,T,Q |
1662 |
John GODFREY |
Haverhill, MA |
C,I,T,Q,R |
1662 |
John GODFREY |
Haverhill, MA |
S,R |
1662/3 |
(female) EVANS |
Portsmouth, NH |
C,?I,R |
1662 |
Judith VARLET |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,?T,?Q |
1662 |
Mary (Mrs. Andrew) SANFORD |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,T,V,?X |
1662 |
Andrew SANFORD |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,T,Q |
1662 |
(female) AYERS |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,T (escaped) |
1662/3 |
Elizabeth BLACKLEACH |
Wethersfield, CT |
C |
1662/3 |
John BLACKLEACH |
Wethersfield, CT |
C |
1662/3 |
James WAKELEY |
Hartford, CT |
C,I (escaped) |
1662/3 |
Rebecca GREENSMITH |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,T,V,F,X |
1662/3 |
Nathaniel GREENSMITH |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,T,V,X |
1663 |
Mary BARNES |
Farmington, CT |
C,I,T,V,X |
Jan. 1663 |
Elizabeth SEAGER |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,T,Q |
July 1663 |
Elizabeth SEAGER |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,T,Q,R |
1664 |
Mary HALL |
Setauket, NY |
C,I |
1665 |
John GODFREY |
Haverhill, MA |
C,I,T,Q,R |
1665 |
Elizabeth SEAGER |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,T,V*,R |
1665 |
James WAKELEY |
Hartford, CT |
C,I,(escaped),R |
1665 |
Mary HALL |
Setauket, NY |
C,I,T,Q,R |
1665 |
Ralph HALL |
Setauket, NY |
C,I,T,Q |
1665 |
(female) GLEASON |
Cambridge, MA |
C,I |
1667 |
Jane JAMES |
Marblehead, MA |
S,R |
1667 |
Edith CRAWFORD |
Salem, MA |
S |
1667 |
Hannah GRISWOLD |
Saybrook, CT |
S |
1667 |
William GRAVES |
Stamford, CT |
C,?I |
1668 |
Katherine HARRISON |
Wethersfield, CT |
C,I,T,V* |
1669 |
Thomas WELLS |
Ipswich, MA |
C |
1669 |
Jane WALFORD |
Portsmouth, NH |
C,?I,R |
1669 |
Robert WILLIAMS |
Hadley, MA |
C,I,T,Q |
1669 |
Sarah DIBBLE |
Stamford, CT |
A |
1669 |
Susannah MARTIN
(executed 1692, Salem Trials) |
Amesbury, MA |
C,I,?T,?Q |
1670? |
Ann BURT |
Lynn, MA |
C,I,?T,?Q |
1671 |
(unk) (unk) |
Groton, MA |
A |
1672 |
Katherine PALMER |
Newport, RI |
S,R |
1673 |
Eunice COLE |
Hampton, NH |
C,I,T,Q,R |
1673 |
Anna EDMUNDS |
Lynn, MA |
C,I |
1673 |
(female) MESSENGER |
Windsor, CT |
S |
1674/5 |
Mary PARSONS |
Northampton, MA |
C,I,T,Q,R |
1676 |
Mary INGHAM |
Scituate, MA |
C,I,T,Q |
1677 |
Alice BEAMON |
Springfield, MA |
S |
1678 |
(female) BURR |
Wethersfield, CT |
S |
1679 |
(unk) (unk) |
Northampton, MA |
C |
1679 |
Caleb POWELL |
Newbury, MA |
C,I,T,Q |
1679 |
Elizabeth MORSE |
Newbury, MA |
C,I,T,V* |
1680 |
Rachel FULLER |
Hampton, NH |
C,I,T,Q |
1680 |
Isabella TOWLE |
Hampton, NH |
C,I,T,Q |
1680 |
Eunice COLE |
Hampton, NH |
C,I,T,Q,R |
1680 |
Bridget OLIVER
(aka Bridget BISHOP;
executed in Salem 1692) |
Salem, MA |
C,I,?T,?Q |
1680 |
Margaret GIFFORD |
Lynn, MA |
C,I |
1681 |
Mary HALE |
Boston, MA |
C,I,T,Q |
1682 |
Hannah JONES |
Portsmouth, NH |
C,I |
1682 |
(unk) (unk) |
Hartford, CT |
A |
1682 |
(female) (unk) |
Kittery, ME |
A |
1683 |
James FULLER |
Springfield, MA |
C,I,T,Q |
1683 |
(female) TRAVALLY |
Southampton, NY |
S |
1683 |
Mary WEBSTER |
Hadley, MA |
C,I,T,Q |
1685 |
Mary WEBSTER |
Hadley, MA |
S,R |
1687? |
Rachel CLINTON |
Ipswich, MA |
C |
1688 |
(female) GLOVER |
Boston, MA |
C,I,T,V,F,X |
1688 |
(female) (unk) |
Boston, MA |
C,I |
1688 |
(female) (unk) |
Boston, MA |
A |
1688 |
(female) (unk) |
Boston, MA |
A |
1689 |
(female) (unk) |
Boston, MA |
A,R |
1689 |
(female) BOWDEN |
New Haven, CT |
S |
1691 |
Mary HALE |
Boston, MA |
C,I,R |
1691 |
Mary RANDALL |
Northampton, MA |
C,I |
1692 |
Mercy DISBOROUGH |
Fairfield, CT |
C,I,T,V (reprieved) |
1692 |
Elizabeth CLAWSON |
Stamford, CT |
C,I,T,Q |
1692 |
Mary STAPLES |
Fairfield, CT |
C,I,R |
1692 |
Mary HARVEY |
Fairfield, CT |
C,I |
1692 |
Hannah HARVEY |
Fairfield, CT |
C,I |
1692 |
(female) MILLER |
Fairfield, CT |
A |
1692 |
Winifred BENHAM |
Wallingford, CT |
C,I |
1692 |
Hugh CROASIA |
Stratford, CT |
C,I |
1693 |
(female) (unk) |
Boston, MA |
A |
1693 |
(female) (unk) |
Boston, MA |
A |
1697 |
Winifred BENHAM |
Wallingford, CT |
C,I,T,Q,R |
1697 |
Winifred BENHAM, Jr. |
Wallingford, CT |
C,I,T,Q |
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