Ann Hibbins (also spelled Hibbons or Hibbens) was a woman executed for witchcraft in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on June 19, 1656. Her death by hanging was the third for witchcraft in Boston and predated the Salem witch trials of 1692.[1][2] Hibbins was later fictionalized in Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous novel The Scarlet Letter.[3] A wealthy widow, Hibbins was the sister-in-law by marriage to Massachusetts governor Richard Bellingham.[2][4] Her sentence was handed down by Governor John Endicott.[nb 1][3]
- ^ Poole, William F. The Case of Ann Hibbins Executed for Witchcraft at Boston in 1656. Joshua Scottow Papers, University of Nebraska (2005).
- ^ a b Jewett, Clarence F. The memorial history of Boston: including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630–1880. Ticknor and Company, 1881. Pgs. 138–141
- ^ a b Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 1987. Pg. 186
- ^ Devey, Gerald (1950). The Hibbins family of Weo & Rowton in the parish of Stokesay, Shropshire, with descendants & related families. Society of Genealogists, London.
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