Bridget Bishop, 60 year old mother of three was the First Woman to be executed at the Salem Witch Trials

 

1.       The first woman, and the first person, to be executed during the Salem Witch Trials was Bridget Bishop on June 10, 1692. She was a sixty-year old mother of three. Five more women were executed on July 19, 1692: Sarah Good (age 39), Rebecca Nurse (71), Susannah Martin (70), Elizabeth Howe (56) and Sarah Wildes (65).    In August of 1692 another five were hanged; four men and one woman, Martha Carrier (age 45-ish). Martha’s family was the first family to settle Andover, Massachusetts. Eight more hangings took place in September of 1692; one man and seven women: Mary Eastey (58) sister to Rebecca Nurse who was hanged in July. Martha Corey (72) whose husband was also executed after being found guilty of witchcraft. He was pressed to death, while Martha was hanged. Anne Pudeator (71-ish), Mary Parker (55), Alice Parker, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott (77).

   Some women died in prison waiting for trial or for their execution to be carried out like Ann Foster.

This is an excerpt from the book, "Women's History: Trivia, Firsts, & Musings by Paula C. Henderson https://amzn.to/3C2WWN2

Further reading on the Salem Witch Trials: "The Salem Witch Trials: A Day by Day Chronicle by Marilynne K. Roach https://amzn.to/3URxKAn