Who was the first witch to be burned at the stake in North America?

Stew54

Not that many witches were burned in North America. Wikipedia says there were 66, of which the earliest was in 1681, but I can't find much on them (such as any names or anything). there were many thousands of burnings elsewhere however, especially in Europe, and they began much earlier. Oct 28 04, 12:27 PM

MrsAce

The first execution in the US, by hanging, was Alse Younge on May 26, 1647. From the web: The most common form of execution was hanging. Admittedly, burning was important in many of these cases also, since to further protect against any malevolence from the dead witch, authorities often burned the remains afterward. A notoriously common myth is that the alleged witches at Salem in colonial Massachusetts were burned. All of the convicted during the Salem Witch Hunt in 1692 died by hanging. Others died by natural causes before conviction or execution, and Giles Corey was pressed to death. In fact, no witches were executed by burning in the English colonies of North America. English law did not permit it. However, in Europe witchcraft was considered heresy and punishable by burning at the stake. Oct 28 04, 6:46 PM

MrsAce

Got some info from this interesting site. There are many more and due to the topic you'd probably have to look at many to draw your own conclusions. The first is probably hard to say due to record keeping of the times. http://www.illusions.com/burning/burnwit5.htm Oct 29 04, 4:48 AM

scarletshadow

the first witch Jun 15 07, 4:41 PM

scarletshadow

the first witch to be burned at the stake was Rebecca nurse. I know this as a matter of fact because she i am a direct descendant of her, my grandmother's maiden name being Nurse. i also know this because our family has apology letters sent to us from the united states government from the late 70's apologizingfor their unjust behavior hundreds of years ago. Jun 15 07, 4:43 PM

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