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Grace White Sherwood (1660–1740), called the Witch of Pungo, is the last person known to have been convicted of witchcraft in Virginia. A farmer, healer, and midwife, she was accused by her neighbors of transforming herself into a cat, damaging crops, and causing the death of livestock. She was charged with witchcraft several times.
The White Princess is a historical drama television miniseries developed for Starz. It is based on Philippa Gregory 's 2013 novel of the same name and, to a lesser extent, its 2014 sequel The King's Curse .
Hanged during the Salem witch trials. Ann Pudeator: d. 1692: Massachusetts Bay Colony: Hanged during the Salem witch trials. Bridget Bishop: c. 1632–1692: Massachusetts Bay Colony: The first person to be tried and executed during the Salem witch trials. [22] Elizabeth Howe: 1635–1692: Massachusetts Bay Colony: Hanged during the Salem witch ...
In France alone, there were approximately 2000 witch trials between 1550 and 1700. And, of course, there was the dark chapter in America's own history when, in 1692, dozens of men and women (as ...
The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom in the Salem witch trials is usually identified as Mary Walcott, one of the accusers. Surnames in parentheses preceded by " née " indicate birth family maiden names (if known) of married women, who upon marriage generally took their husbands' surnames.
From Thomas the Rhymer, "Under the Eildon tree Thomas met the lady," illustrated by Katharine Cameron. Queen of Elphame [1] or "Elf-hame" (-hame stem only occurs in conjectural reconstructed orthography [2] [3]), in the folklore belief of Lowland Scotland and Northern England, designates the elfin queen of Faerie, mentioned in Scottish witch trials.
Here are the best witch movies on Disney, Netflix, HBO Max and more from the '80s, '90s, 2000s, and beyond, including family friendly, funny and scary horror options.
The suspected culprits included hundreds of New York's slaves, free blacks, and lower-class whites, 172 of whom were arrested and tried for conspiracy to burn the town and murder its white inhabitants. As in the Salem witch trials, a few witnesses implicated many other suspects. In the end, thirty-four people were executed, thirty of whom were ...