Accused of Witchcraft 1620-1691

A list of people accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts Bay by year. Other people were involved in defamation suits, without the word “witch” used in the court records, so they are not included here.

1646 Jane James, Marblehead
1648 Margaret Jones, Boston *HANGED for witchcraft
1648 Thomas Jones, Charlestown
1648 Jane Walford, Portsmouth, NH
1649 Hugh Parsons and wife Mary (Lewis) Parsons, Springfield
1649 Mary Oliver, Boston
1651 Jane James, Marblehead
1651 Mrs. Kendall, Cambridge
1651 Hugh Parsons and wife Mary (Lewis) Parsons, Springfield
1652 John Bradstreet, Rowley
1653 John Godfrey, Andover
1656 Eunice Cole, Hampton, NH
1656 Jane Walford, Portsmouth, NH
1656 Ann Hibbins, Boston *HANGED for witchcraft
1656 Mary (Bliss) Parsons, Northampton
1657 Goody Batchelor
1657 Jane Hogg
1657 Anne Pope
1659 John Godfrey
1660 Eunice Cole, Hampton, NH
1660 Winifred Holman and daughter Mary Holman, Cambridge
1665 John Godfrey
1667 Goodwife Batchelor
1669 Susannah (North) Martin, Salisbury
1669 Jane Walford, Portsmouth, NH
1673 Ann Edmonds
1673 Eunice Cole, Hampton, NH
1675 Mary (Bliss) Parsons, Northampton
1679 Bridget (Playfer) (Wasselbe) Oliver, Salem
1679 Caleb Powell, Newbury
1679-1681 Elizabeth Morse, Newbury
1680 Margaret Gifford, Lynn
1680 Mary Hale, Boston
1680 Eunice Cole, Rachel Fuller, Isabelle Towle, Hampton, NH
1683 James Fuller, Springfield
1683 Mary Webster, Hadley
1688 Goody Glover, Boston *HANGED for witchcraft

This is not a definitive list, since records have been lost.

Go to Accused of Witchcraft 1692 list.