Mary Easty

E19336

Salem witch trials victim person

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.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Salem witch trials victim → person →
accusedOf	witchcraft →
alternateName	Mary Eastey → Mary Eastie → Mary Esty →
associatedWith	Massachusetts Bay Colony legal history → Puritan community of Salem Village →
birthDate	1634-08-24 →
birthName	Mary Towne →
birthPlace	England → 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, Massachusetts Bay Colony → Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay →
ethnicGroup	English colonist →
familyName	Easty →
givenName	Mary →
hasOccupation	housewife →
historicalEvent	1692 Salem witch panic →
historicalPeriod	Colonial America →
knownFor	dignified plea for justice during the Salem witch trials → maintaining innocence of witchcraft →
legacy	symbol of injustice of witchcraft persecutions →
mannerOfDeath	execution by hanging →
memorial	Rebecca Nurse Homestead memorial, Danvers, Massachusetts → Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Massachusetts →
notableWork	Petition to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1692 →
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, 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 (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mary Easty ("Mary Eastie") → Mary Easty ("Mary Eastey") → Mary Easty ("Mary Esty") →	alternateName
Mary Easty ("Mary Towne") → Rebecca Nurse ("Rebecca Towne") →	birthName
Rebecca Nurse → Sarah Cloyce ("Mary Eastey") →	sibling
Salem witch trials →	notableVictim
Rebecca Nurse →	relative