Mary Easty
E19336
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Easty canonical | 7 |
| Mary Eastey | 4 |
| Mary Esty | 3 |
| Mary Eastie | 1 |
| Mary Towne | 1 |
| Rebecca Towne | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Salem witch trials victim
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person ⓘ |
| accusedOf | witchcraft ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Mary Easty
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Mary Eastey
Mary Easty ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Eastie
Mary Easty ⓘ
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Mary Esty
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| associatedWith |
Massachusetts Bay Colony legal history
ⓘ
Puritan community of Salem Village ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1634-08-24 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Mary Easty
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mary Towne
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| birthPlace |
England
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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | judicial execution ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Court of Oyer and Terminer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| dateOfArrest | 1692-04-21 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1692-09-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Gallows Hill, Salem (traditional attribution)
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surface form:
Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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| ethnicGroup | English colonist ⓘ |
| familyName | Easty ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | housewife ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Salem witch trials
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surface form:
1692 Salem witch panic
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| historicalPeriod | Colonial America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dignified plea for justice during the Salem witch trials
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maintaining innocence of witchcraft ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of injustice of witchcraft persecutions ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| memorial |
Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Rebecca Nurse Homestead memorial, Danvers, Massachusetts
Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Massachusetts
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| notableWork |
Salem witch trials
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surface form:
Petition to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1692
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| numberOfChildren | 11 ⓘ |
| participantIn | Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | unmarked grave near Gallows Hill, Salem ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | literature about the Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| reArrestDate | 1692-05-20 ⓘ |
| releasedFromCustody | 1692-05-18 ⓘ |
| religion | Puritanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
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surface form:
Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| sibling |
Rebecca Nurse
ⓘ
Sarah Cloyce ⓘ |
| spouse | Isaac Easty ⓘ |
| victimOf |
false accusation of witchcraft
ⓘ
religious hysteria in 17th-century New England ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
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Rebecca Towne
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Mary Eastie
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Mary Eastey
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Mary Esty
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Mary Towne
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Mary Eastey
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Mary Easty
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Mary Esty
subject surface form:
Mary Easty
this entity surface form:
Mary Eastey
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Mary Eastey
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Mary Esty