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Known for. The last person to be hanged in Boston for witchcraft. Goody Ann Glover (died November 16, 1688) was an Irish former indentured servant and the last person to be hanged in Boston as a witch, although the Salem witch trials in nearby Salem, Massachusetts, occurred mainly in 1692. [1]
27 de oct. de 2017 · No lejos de aquí, el 16 de noviembre de 1688 Goodwife Ann Glover, una anciana viuda irlandesa, fue ahorcada como bruja porque rechazó renunciar a su fe católica. Tras ser deportada de su...
16 de ene. de 2024 · On 16th November 1688, Ann ‘Goody’ Glover, an elderly Irish widow, was executed in Boston for the crime of witchcraft. She was the last person to be hanged as a witch in Boston. Background. Ann Glover was born in Ireland and lived during the brutal period of Cromwellian rule.
16 de may. de 2018 · Ann was hanged on November 16th, 1688. Although she was the last person hanged for witchcraft in Boston, her story marks the beginning of a tragedy, rather than an ending. Mather and his book ...
16 de nov. de 2023 · On November 16, 1688, an Irish Catholic laundress named Goodwife “Goody” Ann Glover was the last woman to be hanged in Boston over claims she was a witch. It is reported that Goodwife “Goody”...
31 de oct. de 2023 · Another accused Boston witch, known as Goodwife Ann Glover or Goody Glover, was hanged in the city in 1688. A plaque dedicated to her is located on the front of a Catholic church in the city’s North End neighborhood, describing her as “the first Catholic martyr in Massachusetts.”
24 de oct. de 2017 · Washerwoman Ann “Goody” Glover was an Irish immigrant. While most of those hanged during the outbreak of hysteria over “witches” among settlers in 17th-century Massachusetts were themselves...
