Mary Easty

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Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.

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Mary Easty canonical 7
Mary Eastey 4
Mary Esty 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Salem witch trials victim
person
accusedOf witchcraft
alternateName Mary Eastey
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Mary Eastie
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Mary Esty
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associatedWith Massachusetts Bay Colony legal history
Puritan community of Salem Village
birthDate 1634-08-24
birthName Mary Towne
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birthPlace England
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
causeOfDeath judicial execution
convictedBy Court of Oyer and Terminer
countryOfCitizenship Massachusetts Bay Colony
dateOfArrest 1692-04-21
deathDate 1692-09-22
deathPlace Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay
ethnicGroup English colonist
familyName Easty
givenName Mary
hasOccupation housewife
historicalEvent 1692 Salem witch panic
linked to: Salem witch trials
historicalPeriod Colonial America
knownFor dignified plea for justice during the Salem witch trials
maintaining innocence of witchcraft
legacy symbol of injustice of witchcraft persecutions
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging
memorial Rebecca Nurse Homestead memorial, Danvers, Massachusetts
Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Massachusetts
notableWork Petition to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1692
linked to: Salem witch trials
numberOfChildren 11
participantIn Salem witch trials
placeOfBurial unmarked grave near Gallows Hill, Salem
portrayedIn literature about the Salem witch trials
reArrestDate 1692-05-20
releasedFromCustody 1692-05-18
religion Puritanism
residence Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
sibling Rebecca Nurse
Sarah Cloyce
spouse Isaac Easty
victimOf false accusation of witchcraft
religious hysteria in 17th-century New England

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Salem witch trials notableVictim Mary Easty
Rebecca Nurse birthName Rebecca Towne
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Rebecca Nurse relative Mary Easty
Rebecca Nurse sibling Mary Easty
Mary Easty alternateName Mary Eastie
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Mary Easty alternateName Mary Eastey
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Mary Easty alternateName Mary Esty
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Mary Easty birthName Mary Towne
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Sarah Cloyce sibling Mary Eastey
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Mary Easty alternateName Mary Esty
subject linked to: Easty
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Mary Easty alternateName Mary Eastey
subject linked to: Easty
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Easty usedBy Mary Easty
Sarah Towne Cloyce sibling Mary Easty
Isaac Easty spouse Mary Easty
Isaac Easty spouse Mary Eastey
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Isaac Easty spouse Mary Esty
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