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Who was the last person executed for witchcraft in the USA, and in which year did it happen?

Question #128258. Asked by tigasrule.
Last updated Dec 09 2012.
Originally posted Dec 08 2012 5:14 AM.

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Witchcraft was last listed as a capital crime in 1715. The crime of witchcraft disappeared from the list of capital crimes when the laws were next printed in 1750.

link http://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/history/witches.htm

In 1688 "Goody" Glover is recorded to have been the hanged for the crime of witchcraft in Boston, Mass. This is potentially the final person in the Americas executed for this crime.

link http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/witchtrial/na.html

Dec 08 2012, 5:27 AM
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Alse Young (sometimes also referred to as Achsah or Alice) of Windsor, Connecticut was the first person executed for witchcraft in America. Alse was hanged at Meeting House Square in Hartford on what is now the site of the Old State House. A journal of then Massachusetts Governor John Winthrop states that "One of Windsor was hanged."
link http://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/history/witches.htm
LAST WITCHCRAFT HANGING
The last person hanged for witchcraft in the American colonies was executed on September 22, 1692.
link http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/last.html#death

Dec 08 2012, 9:05 AM
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link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_of_the_Salem_witch_trials

Eigt people were executed for witchcraft in Salem, on 22 Sept 1692, including two men! As this list is in alphabetical (almost) order, it is not possible to say in which order they died.
Martha Corey (September 22, 1692)
Mary (Towne) Eastey (September 22, 1692)
Alice Parker (September 22, 1692)
Mary (Ayer) Parker (September 22, 1692)
Ann Pudeator (September 22, 1692)
Margaret (Stevenson) Scott (September 22, 1692)
Wilmot Redd (September 22, 1692)
Samuel Wardwell Sr. (September 22, 1692)

Dec 09 2012, 4:32 AM
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