Alice Parker (Salem witch trials) Alice Parker (Salem witch trials) Alice Parker, a resident of Salem Town, Massachusetts, was executed on September 22, 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials. Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Ann Pudeator, and Dorcas Hoar were convicted and sentenced to death by hanging at the same time, but Hoar was given a reprieve after falsely confessing. Also hanged on that day were Mary (née Ayer) Parker and Samuel Wardwell. The Rev. Nicholas Noyes officiated. Mary Bradbury was sentenced, but escaped. The charges against Alice included the murder of Mary Warren's mother. On May 12, 1692, Alice Parker was charged for acts of
Beyond the Witch Trials in Modern Europe", it dealt with the period following the Enlightenment. Brian Hoggard, an independent researcher from Worcester, England, authored a paper looking at the subject of Enlightenment-era popular magic from an archaeological perspective. Noting that the only published book dealing with the archaeology of British folk magic was Ralph Merrifield's "The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic" (1987), he argues that archaeology can provide scholars with evidence of popular magical traditions that were not recorded in the literate sources of the period. Beyond the Witch Trials Beyond the Witch Trials: Witchcraft and Magic in Enlightenment Europe is an academic anthology