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Bradley, Hazen, Stricker Families - Witches

Hi Everyone! Later this week, my blogs will profile three women accused of being witches. Unfortunately, there were many, many more. 

Here's the lists of some of the people in this family's trees who were accused in the witchcraft scares - they are all either direct ancestors in the specified tree or siblings to direct ancestors. There were also others in the family trees who were accusers - I'll name them some other day. 

Accused:

Bradley Family Tree - Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Easty, Sarah Towne Cloyce, Alice Pope Lake     

 - Rebecca, Mary, and Sarah were sisters. Alice was their half sister.  Rebecca, Alice, and Mary were executed.


Hazen Family Tree - Susanna Clark Roots, Mary Ayer Parker

- Mary was executed, Susanna was imprisoned


Stricker Family  Tree - Anna Wolcott Griswold, Elizabeth Bennett Gilbert, John Blackleach

- Anna was accused and acquitted, Elizabeth was convicted and may have been executed, John was       accused but not arrested or tried, and he went on to be an accuser. 




We live an hour or so away from Cambridge and Salem, both cities who held witch trials. There were also witch trials in Connecticut.  In Salem, the town has a whole identity and economy based on witches. Even though we've lived in Acton for over ten years, we've not yet spent time visiting the museum and memorials for the Salem witches. We will, but NOT in October or early November. I may learn things in the museum there and will update these posts accordingly.  


You will read more about Rebecca Towne Nurse, John Blackleach, and Susanna Clark Roots later this week. 





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