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'Briget Bishop' (ca. 1632, England – 10 June 1692 Salem, Massachusetts) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Reputedly outspoken, flashy in her costume (by Puritan standards) and often unruly in her behavior, Bishop was an obvious choice to be the first person hanged, as her death would cause the least amount of dismay among the public. Bishop was close to 60 years old at the time of her death.
Bishop was married three times in her life.
Her first marriage was c 1660 to George Wasselbe, who died at a young age.
Her second marriage was on 26 July, 1666 to Thomas Oliver, a widower and prominent businessman with whom she had one daughter, Christian (b 8 May 1667), who would later marry Thomas Mason. She was accused of bewitching Thomas Oliver to death but was acquitted for lack of evidence.
Her last marriage c 1687 was to Edward Bishop, a prosperous sawyer whose family ran a tavern in Beverly.
Her own step son (Edward Bishop) and daughter-in-law (Sarah Bishop) were also taken to jail on charges of witchcraft.
She denied all charges of witchcraft during the trials, saying, "I know not what a witch is."
Upham implied that her being brought to trial for Witchcraft was at least in part due to her inlaws through her stepchildren from her second husband wanting to take possession of her property (especially a house she inherited from him near the meeting house), and that this was made possible because one of them was a member of the local constabulary.[1]
In 1956 the Massachusetts General Court passed an act exhonerating Bridget Bishop; they also passed a similar measure some years after that.
★ Witch, , Jennifer M., Wilson, Authorhouse, 2005, ISBN 1-4208-2109-1
★ Salem Possessed; The Social Origins of Witchcraft, , Paul S., Boyer, Harvard University Press, 1976,
★ The Salem Witch Trials Reader, , Francis, Hill, Da Capo Press, 2000,
★ The Devil in the Shape of a Woman, , Carol F., Karlsen, , 1998,
★ Salem Story: reading the witch trials of 1692, , Bernard, Rosenthal, Cambridge University Press, 1993,
★ Salem Witchcraft: Volume II, , Charles, Upham, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1980,
1. # Upham, Charles (1980). Salem Witchcraft: Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.
Reputedly outspoken, flashy in her costume (by Puritan standards) and often unruly in her behavior, Bishop was an obvious choice to be the first person hanged, as her death would cause the least amount of dismay among the public. Bishop was close to 60 years old at the time of her death.
Bishop was married three times in her life.
Her first marriage was c 1660 to George Wasselbe, who died at a young age.
Her second marriage was on 26 July, 1666 to Thomas Oliver, a widower and prominent businessman with whom she had one daughter, Christian (b 8 May 1667), who would later marry Thomas Mason. She was accused of bewitching Thomas Oliver to death but was acquitted for lack of evidence.
Her last marriage c 1687 was to Edward Bishop, a prosperous sawyer whose family ran a tavern in Beverly.
Her own step son (Edward Bishop) and daughter-in-law (Sarah Bishop) were also taken to jail on charges of witchcraft.
She denied all charges of witchcraft during the trials, saying, "I know not what a witch is."
Upham implied that her being brought to trial for Witchcraft was at least in part due to her inlaws through her stepchildren from her second husband wanting to take possession of her property (especially a house she inherited from him near the meeting house), and that this was made possible because one of them was a member of the local constabulary.[1]
In 1956 the Massachusetts General Court passed an act exhonerating Bridget Bishop; they also passed a similar measure some years after that.
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Further reading
★ Witch, , Jennifer M., Wilson, Authorhouse, 2005, ISBN 1-4208-2109-1
★ Salem Possessed; The Social Origins of Witchcraft, , Paul S., Boyer, Harvard University Press, 1976,
★ The Salem Witch Trials Reader, , Francis, Hill, Da Capo Press, 2000,
★ The Devil in the Shape of a Woman, , Carol F., Karlsen, , 1998,
★ Salem Story: reading the witch trials of 1692, , Bernard, Rosenthal, Cambridge University Press, 1993,
★ Salem Witchcraft: Volume II, , Charles, Upham, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1980,
1. # Upham, Charles (1980). Salem Witchcraft: Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.
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