Alice Parker (Salem witch trials)

Alice Parker
Died (1692-09-22)September 22, 1692
Salem Village, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Cause of death Execution by hanging
Nationality English
Known for Convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials

Alice Parker, a resident of Salem Town, Massachusetts, was executed on September 22, 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials.[1] Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Ann Pudeator, and Dorcas Hoar were convicted and sentenced to death by hanging at the same time, but Hoar was given a reprieve after falsely confessing.[2] Also hanged on that day were Mary (née Ayer) Parker[3] and Samuel Wardwell. The Rev. Nicholas Noyes officiated. Mary Bradbury was sentenced, but escaped. The charges against Alice included the murder of Mary Warren's mother.[4]

On May 12, 1692, Alice Parker was charged for acts of witchcrafts for a number of times. Some of them were casting away of Thomas Westgate and bewitching of Mary Warren sister (according to Mary Warren). Margaret Jacobs also charged her with seeing her in North field in apparition on Friday night. she denied all the accusation and wished the earth could open and swallow her. she also asked for mercy from God.[5]

Some sources note that Alice was the wife of John Parker. There were several Parker families in the area which has resulted in some confusion.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The Salem witchcraft papers, Volume 2: verbatim transcripts of the legal documents of the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692/edited and with an introduction and index by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, etext.virginia.edu; accessed December 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Salem witch craft trials of 1692". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
  3. ↑ Goss, KD (2008) The Salem witch trials: a reference guide (via google.com)
  4. ↑ Rosenthal, Bernard: "Salem Story", page 168. Cambridge University Press, 1995; ISBN 0-521-55820-4
  5. ↑ "The Salem witchcraft papers, Volume 2 : verbatim transcipts of the legal documents of the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692 / edited and with an introduction and index by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum / revised, corrected, and augmented by Benjamin C. Ray and Tara S. Wood". salem.lib.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. ↑ Kelly, J (2005) The untold story of Mary Ayer Parker: gossip and confusion in 1692 Berkshire Conference (via virginia.edu)

Further reading

  • Upham, Charles (1980). Salem Witchcraft: New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 2vv., v.2 pp. 179–85, 324.
  • "Alice Parker". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 14, 2010.


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