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Terminer was dissolved. Rebecca Eames remained in Salem prison. On
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Walcott, Mary Warren and Ann Putnam Jr. gave testimony on September 15 that they had been afflicted by Rebecca Eames. She was tried and convicted on September 17, with nine others. They were all condemned to die. Four of those nine were executed on September 22. In October, the Court of Oyer and
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Rebecca Eames was in the crowd at the August 19, 1692, hanging of witches in Salem when she was accused of causing a pinprick in the foot of another spectator. She was arrested. Eames later testified that the devil had appeared to her as a colt and had persuaded her to follow him. She testified that
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1431:Mary Warren
1351:Mary Barker
1163:Sarah Morey
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1648:John Alden
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92:witchcraft
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1248:Mary Rowe
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239:Biography
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