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The Witchcraft Trial of Elizabeth Howe – History of Massachusetts Blog Salem Witch Trials Victims, Massachusetts Bay Colony, The Salem Witch Trials, Megalithic Structures, Memorial Markers, Salem Mass, The Jackson Family, Salem Witch Trials, Witch Trials

Elizabeth Jackson Howe, wife of Topsfield farmer James Howe, was convicted of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Elizabeth Howe, whose maiden name was Jackson, was born near Rowley, England in 1635 to William and Joanna Jackson. Elizabeth Howe's Early Life: The Jackson family immigrated to the Massachusetts…

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100/366 THE WORLD--Salem, Massachusetts  "More Weight!" by TravelsWithDan, via Flickr Giles Corey, Salem Mass, Boston Trip, Best Places In The World, Salem Ma, Salem Massachusetts, Cemetery Art, Jane Iredale, Last Words

In commemorating sacrificial deaths (today is Good Friday), here's one you might not know of... Giles Corey (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Corey) was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Trials. Refusing to enter a plea, he was sentenced to being pressed to death--in which rocks were placed on him until he suffocated (the same cause of death as crucifixion). His last words were reportedly a defiant "More weight!"

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