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    Bridget Bishop (c. 1632 – 10 June 1692) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged, and one...
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    Sewall as clerk. Bridget Bishop's case was the first brought to the grand jury, who endorsed all the indictments against her. Bishop was described as...
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    Bridget Benenate, American songwriter Bridget Bevan (1698–1779), Welsh educationalist and public benefactor Bridget Bishop (c. 1632 – 1692), first person executed...
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  • 1679 Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay) was the second husband of Bridget Bishop, who on 10 June 1692 became the first victim of the Salem witch trials...
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  • Bishop, the sawyer, was perhaps not closely related to the other Edward Bishops. Edward Bishop, the sawyer, married Bridget Playfer. Bridget Bishop lived...
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    legislation that intended to clear Susannah Martin, as well as Ann Pudeator, Bridget Bishop, Alice Parker, Margaret Scott and Wilmot Redd. All had been convicted...
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  • June 2: Bridget Bishop is the first to be formally indicted, tried and convicted of witchcraft. She is sentenced to death. June 10: Bridget Bishop is hanged...
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    same charge on 18 April, along with Mary Warren, Abigail Hobbs, and Bridget Bishop.[citation needed] The following day, they were examined by the authorities...
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    Stoughton (judge) with his coat of arms, as it appears on the warrant for the execution of Bridget Bishop for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692...
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  • witchcraft on April 18, 1692, along with Giles Corey, Mary Warren, and Bridget Bishop. Prior to living in Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts), she...
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    Life of Kathy McCormick Babs Television film 1993 Young Goodman Brown Bridget Bishop 1996 To Sir, with Love II Pamela Dare Television film 1998 Houdini Lady...
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    of Judge Nathaniel Saltonstall, who resigned after the execution of Bridget Bishop. Corwin served on the Court of Oyer and Terminer, which ultimately sent...
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  • up, begins contorting wildly, and names Osborne and Good, as well as Bridget Bishop as having been "dancing with the devil". Betty suddenly rises and begins...
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    Christian Faith. April 18 – Giles Corey, Mary Warren, Abigail Hobbs and Bridget Bishop, all residents of Salem, Massachusetts, are arrested and charged with...
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  • mid-1990s, emphasizes interactive theater. The stage is set in 1692. Bridget Bishop has been accused of witchcraft and the audience sits on the Puritan...
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    Internet Archive. Austin, Joel (2 April 2020). "The Salem Witch Trials – Bridget Bishop". ToSalem. Retrieved 10 August 2024. She was the first to be killed...
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    Preston Sr William Griggs – relative and employer of Elizabeth Hubbard Bridget Bishop - Died June 10, 1692 (aged 60), execution by hanging. Sarah Good - Died...
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    people reported night-attacks by various alleged witches, including Bridget Bishop, that may have been caused by sleep paralysis. In Mexico, it is believed...
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    Salem Witchcraft in Outline. E. Putnam. pp. 5. The Death Warrant of Bridget Bishop Death Warrant for Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth...
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    Antonia Episode: "1.1" 2013 The Blue Rose Jane March Main role 2014 Salem Bridget Bishop Episode: "The Stone Child" 2014 Anzac Girls Hilda Steele TV miniseries...
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    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...
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    Bridget Maeve Phillipson (born 19 December 1983) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and...
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  • hair and short sleeves were banned. During the Salem Witch Trials, Bridget Bishop was accused of witchcraft for her "showy costume". Her dress, black...
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  • Compiègne between France and the Netherlands. 1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable...
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  • Francis Murphy as Reverend Lewis, the local priest Antonia Prebble as Bridget Bishop, a midwife accused of witchcraft Kevin Tighe as Giles Corey, has close...
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  • Nurse and Bridget Bishop: Bishop  : I am no witch Hathorne : Why if you have not wrote in the book, yet tell me how far you have gone? Bishop  : I have...
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    Salem and refers to many aspects of the trials including the arrest of Bridget Bishop. ISBN 978-0-06-162476-6 The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel (2008), by Kathleen...
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  • (c.1592-1672) William Blaxton (1595-1675) Robert Bolling (1646-1709) Bridget Bishop (c.1632-1692) William Bradford (c.1590-1657) Simon Bradstreet (1603/04-1697)...
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    would be tried and hanged. Others accused by Lewis include Giles Corey, Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, John Willard, and Sarah Wildes. Lewis was the subject...
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  • Bradford Bishop Bridget Bishop (c. 1632 – 1692), the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 Bronwyn Bishop (born...
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