Bridget Bishop was hanged on June 10, 1692 at Gallows Hill near what Massachusetts city for certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries?
Bridget Bishop silent." Bridget Bishop Bridget Bishop (c. 1632 – 10 June 1692) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Altogether, about 72 people were accused and tried, while 19 others were executed. Bishop may have been accused because she stood to inherit from her deceased husband. She was said to own a tavern in her home, where shuffleboard was played and minors were served. She deliberately dressed differently, in a trademark red tunic, and was very outspoken. One interpretation of the historical record suggests that she was a resident of Salem Town and thus
Mary Bradbury of Elizabeth Whitgift, whose uncle John Whitgift was Archbishop of Canterbury under Elizabeth and James I. In the notorious witch trials of 1692, Mary Bradbury was indicted for (among other charges): Certaine Detestable arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries Wickedly Mallitiously and felloniously hath used practiced and Exercised At and in the Township of Andivor in the County of Essex aforesaid in upon & against one Timothy Swann of Andivor In the County aforesaid Husbandman – by which said Wicked Acts the said Timothy Swann upon the 26th day of July Aforesaid and divers other days & times both before and