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Alice Parker, a resident of Salem Town, Massachusetts, was executed on September 22, 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials.[1] Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Ann Pudeator, and Dorcas Hoar were convicted and sentenced to death by hanging at the same time.[2] Also hung on that day were Mary (Ayer) Parker[3] and Samuel Wardwell. Nicholas Noyes officiated.

Mary Bradbury was sentenced, but not hung.

The charges against Alice included the murder of Mary Warren's mother [4].

Some sources note that Alice was the wife of John Parker. There were several Parker families in the area which has resulted in some confusion.[5]

References

  1. ^ The Salem witchcraft papers, Volume 2 : verbatim transcripts of the legal documents of the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692 / edited and with an introduction and index by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum
  2. ^ Salem witch craft trials of 1692
  3. ^ Goss, KD (2008) The Salem witch trials: a reference guide (via google.com)
  4. ^ Rosenthal, Bernard: "Salem Story", page 168. Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-521-55820-4
  5. ^ Kelly, J (2005) The untold story of Mary Ayer Parker: gossip and confusion in 1692 Berkshire Conference (via virginia.edu)

Further Reading

Upham, Charles (1980). Salem Witchcraft: New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 2vv., v.2 pp. 179-85, 324.

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