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Alse Young: America’s First Witch (And Hanged For It)

Alse Young: America’s First Witch (And Hanged For It)
Hanging America's first witch, Alse Young, 1647
In this May 26, 1647 diary entry (above, left), Windsor town clerk Matthew Grant recorded, “Alse Young was hanged.”

This is the story of Alse Young, today’s Wednesday’s Woman. Forty-five years before the Salem witch trials in 1692, Alse Young (ca. 1600–1647) of Windsor, CT, was the first woman to be tried, convicted, and executed for witchcraft in America’s 13 colonies. Continue reading “Alse Young: America’s First Witch (And Hanged For It)”

Avatar photo Avatar photoAuthor Sandy LevinsPosted on November 1, 2017August 29, 2020Categories Gender, History

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