Thomas Oliver (Salem witch trials) the second charge in 1692 as the result of which she was hanged. When he left the colony for England he had a considerable amount of real property to which he returned after his first wife Mary's death. His estate included a house and sometime tavern in Salem, Massachusetts near the meeting house where after his death his widow Bridget Oliver Bishop was known for staying up late into the night entertaining her guests with playing shovelboard. During the scholarly reexaminations of the Salem witch trials during the 19th century, Bridget Bishop's claims on this estate were posited as the
Terrassa witch trials prior to the executions. Toy had confessed to witchcraft while being tortured. Terrassa witch trials The Terrassa witch trials took place in Terrassa in Spain between 1615 and 1619. The area around Terrassa had in 1615 been affected by bad economy and troubled weather for several years, which was rumored to be caused by witches, who gathered to worship Satan. The rumors eventually resulted in a witch panic that forced the authorities to form a witch commission and deal with all complaints in order to prevent lynchings. In 1619, a group of suspects was arrested, examined for the witch mark