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able to sign the petition presented in a document at the trials, she was therefore still alive in 1692; and Edward Sr. could not have been married to
Bridget at the same time. It is unlikely that the signature belonged to his daughter Hannah as she was then married and would have been known by her married name.
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bewitching her husband to death. Bridget was again accused of witchcraft in April 1692 and hanged in June of that year. That second arrest warrant still exists, referring to her as "wife of Edward Bishop, the sawyer". After the death of his wife
Bridget, Edward married Elizabeth Cash on 9 March 1693.
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as of 1639. Edward Bishop Sr. was born around 1620 in
England. Edward Bishop Sr. married Hannah More. The reconstructed vital records of Salem Massachusetts lists baptisms for 3 children of Edward Bishop Sr. (by his first wife Hannah) between 1646 and 1651 at the First Church of Salem Massachusetts:
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confirms that Edward Bishop Sr. could not have been the husband of
Bridget Bishop. When Rebeccah Nurse was accused of witchcraft, a petition in her defense was signed by 39 of her neighbors, including Edward and Hannah Bishop (spelled Edward Besop Sr and Hana Besop on the petition). Since Hannah was
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are also sometimes confused. It may have been Sarah (Wildes) Bishop, rather than
Bridget, who ran an inn that served drinks to underaged patrons and allowed 'shovel'-board to be played at all hours of the night. Sarah Bishop owned and lived at an inn located in Salem Village, next door to Christian
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in 1667. Edward Bishop Jr. and his wife, Sarah (nÊe Wildes), were accused of witchcraft and imprisoned in the spring of 1692. They were transferred to the Boston jail, and escaped in
October of that same year. Edward Bishop Jr. and Sarah Bishop had a number of children, including Edward Bishop III.
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It is unknown if Samuel died in
England or accompanied Bridget to New England and died there, but her second marriage to Thomas Oliver (also from Norwich England) on July 26, 1666 was a troubled one. She had one child with Thomas, a daughter named Christian. After his death she was accused of
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History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Vol. 3'; Ezra S. Staerns, Ed.; Lewis Publishing Company; 1908, p.
34:. Four men named Edward Bishop lived in Salem at the time of the trials. Most of the early genealogical works, such as those by Savage and Pope, were confused; and some stated as much.
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Trask. Trask confronted the
Bishops about the late night revelry, and a few weeks later supposedly committed suicide by slashing her own throat with a pair of sewing scissors.
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73:. Bridget Bishop lived on Conant Street in Salem Town. Bridget Playfer had earlier married Samuel Wasselbe on April 13, 1660 at St. Mary-in-the-Marsh in
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Edward Bishop III eventually married
Susannah Putnam, a relation of the Putnam family who were the main accusers in the witchcraft hysteria.
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A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. James Savage, Boston MA: Little Brown & Co., 1860. v 1 p 183.
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Salem Witchcraft with an account of Salem Village and a history of opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects.
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An Edward Bishop was one of the founders of the First Church of
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386:convicted of witchcraft and hanged
63:Beverly (Massachusetts Bay Colony)
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1589:Mercy, infant child of Sarah Good
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54:Edward Bishop (Jr.) 23 April 1648
1688:People of the Salem witch trials
826:Daniel Wycom or Wicom or Wycombe
1292:Mary Whittredge (or Witheridge)
721:Jonathan (or Johnathan) Putnam
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541:John Bly Sr. and Rebecca Bly
57:Mary Bishop 12 October 1651
32:witchcraft hysteria of 1692
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1082:Elizabeth Hutchinson Hart
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1642:Phillip and Mary English
149:The American Genealogist
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215:Upham, Charles (1980).
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1152:Joan Penney (or Penny)
1147:Robert and Sarah Pease
1127:Jane Lilly (or Lillie)
1007:Daniel and Lydia Eames
631:Thomas and Mary Jacobs
90:Sarah (Averill) Wildes
1112:Elizabeth Johnson Sr.
761:Timothy Swan or Swann
456:Politicians, writers,
18:Edward Bishop (Salem)
1042:Abigail Faulkner Sr.
1037:Abigail Faulkner Jr.
917:John Busse (or Buss)
840:Accused but survived
44:Salem, Massachusetts
30:was involved in the
1424:Executed by hanging
1012:Rebecca Blake Eames
626:Nathaniel Ingersoll
282:Cultural depictions
1335:William Barker Sr.
1330:William Barker Jr.
1262:Margaret Toothaker
947:Bethiah Carter Sr.
942:Bethiah Carter Jr.
937:Thomas Carrier Jr.
852:Nehemiah Abbot Jr.
651:Abigail Martin Jr.
516:William Barker Sr.
458:and public figures
345:Waitstill Winthrop
305:Bartholomew Gedney
260:Salem witch trials
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1647:Edward Farrington
1466:George Jacobs Sr.
1282:Hezekiah Usher II
1277:Mary Lovett Tyler
1242:Sarah Clapp Swift
1227:Elizabeth Scargen
1182:Elizabeth Proctor
1102:Deliverance Hobbs
1052:Elizabeth Fosdick
1032:Thomas Farrar Sr.
997:Mehitable Downing
892:Dudley Bradstreet
877:Edward Bishop III
616:Joseph Hutchinson
611:Elizabeth Hubbard
422:William Milbourne
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1530:Pressed to death
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1436:George Burroughs
1355:Deliverance Dane
1350:Sarah Churchwell
1345:Mary Bridges Jr.
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1297:Sarah Wilson Jr.
1252:Margaret Thacher
1197:Sarah Davis Rice
1092:Sarah Hawkes Jr.
1072:Sarah Noyes Hale
1047:Dorothy Faulkner
962:Elizabeth Colson
902:Mary Bridges Sr.
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781:Jonathan Walcott
746:Susannah Sheldon
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536:Elizabeth Booth
511:Ebenezer Babson
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325:John Richards
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28:Edward Bishop
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1579:Lydia Dustin
1574:John Durrant
1521:John Willard
1516:Sarah Wildes
1496:Ann Pudeator
1491:John Proctor
1481:Alice Parker
1446:Martha Corey
1390:Martha Tyler
1385:Joanna Tyler
1340:Sarah Bibber
1272:Hannah Tyler
1217:Abigail Rowe
1157:Sarah Phelps
1132:Mary Marston
1062:Dorothy Good
1027:Joseph Emons
992:Ann Dolliver
987:Rebecca Dike
972:Francis Dane
957:Sarah Cloyce
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847:Arthur Abbot
811:John Wilkins
806:Bray Wilkins
786:Mary Walcott
666:Betty Parris
636:Henry Kinney
601:Mary Herrick
576:John Emerson
490:Thomas Maule
485:Robert Calef
392:Francis Dane
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1501:Wilmot Redd
1451:Mary Eastey
1405:Mary Warren
1325:Mary Barker
1137:Sarah Morey
1097:Dorcas Hoar
1057:Eunice Frye
967:Mary Colson
796:Mary Warren
776:Moses Tyler
771:Peter Tufts
751:Mercy Short
661:Sarah Nurse
646:Mercy Lewis
621:John Indian
596:Mary Fuller
566:John DeRich
561:Mary Daniel
1677:Categories
1652:Mary Green
1622:John Alden
1613:Escaped or
1584:Ann Foster
1456:Sarah Good
1257:Job Tookey
1207:Sarah Root
1202:Sarah Rist
1067:Mary Green
977:Phoebe Day
882:Mary Black
857:John Alden
1232:Ann Sears
1222:Mary Rowe
1167:Mary Post
1076:John Hale
1074:(wife of
1002:Mary Dyer
606:John Howe
397:John Hale
262:(1692â93)
499:Accusers
272:Timeline
105:Sources
75:Norwich
1415:Tituba
370:Clergy
277:People
79:Boston
1410:Candy
163:1025.
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