Margaret Jones: First Person Executed for Witchcraft in Massachusetts
Margaret Jones was a midwife from Charlestown and the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The only information that exists of Jones’ case comes from two sources,...
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Reverend John Hale was a minister from Beverly best known for his role in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Born in Charlestown in 1636 to local blacksmith Robert Hale, as a child Hale witnessed...
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