Salem Witch Trial Defendant. Of all those accused as witches, she is one of those about whom the least is known. She was a resident of Salem Towne and may have been married to a fisherman, John Parker. She was first examined on May 12, 1692 where it was implied that she had murdered the mother of one of the accusing girls through witchcraft. She said she knew neither the dead woman or the accuser, “I never spoke a word to her in my Life.” Parker stated her innocence from the beginning and maintained her avowal throughout her trial. She was, as a matter of course, found guilty and condemned to die. She was hanged at Gallows Hill, her body was then disposed of in an unmarked, common grave, now lost. In 1957, the state of Massachusetts formally apologized for the witch trials.
Salem Witch Trial Defendant. Of all those accused as witches, she is one of those about whom the least is known. She was a resident of Salem Towne and may have been married to a fisherman, John Parker. She was first examined on May 12, 1692 where it was implied that she had murdered the mother of one of the accusing girls through witchcraft. She said she knew neither the dead woman or the accuser, “I never spoke a word to her in my Life.” Parker stated her innocence from the beginning and maintained her avowal throughout her trial. She was, as a matter of course, found guilty and condemned to die. She was hanged at Gallows Hill, her body was then disposed of in an unmarked, common grave, now lost. In 1957, the state of Massachusetts formally apologized for the witch trials.
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