![]() Animosity had festered between members of Salem Village and Topsfield since 1639 when the General Court of Massachusetts granted Salem permission to expand northward in the direction of the Ipswich River, but then only four years later the same court authorized inhabitants of another Village, Ipswich, to found a settlement there. Mary Easty was not a member of Salem Town or Village, but a resident of Topsfield, a settlement just north of the Village. Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature Written by Anne Taite Austin Considering the assumption that witchcraft was hereditary, Mary (Towne) Easty was certain to be accused of witchcraft after her sister, Rebecca (Towne) Nurse, was condemned for her unwavering appeal of innocence. She was executed by hanging in Salem in 1692. August 24, 1634 – September 22, 1692) was a defendant in the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts. Mary Towne Eastey (also spelled Esty, Easty, Estey, Eastick, Eastie, or Estye) ( bap. ![]() The text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia ![]()
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