Mary Bradbury | |
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Born | Mary Perkins Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England |
Baptized | September 4, 1615 |
Died | December 20, 1700 Salisbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay | (aged 85)
Known for | Salem Witch Trials convict; later exonerated while still alive |
Spouse | Thomas Bradbury |
Children | 11 |
Relatives | Ray Bradbury, Bradbury Robinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Mary Bradbury (née Perkins; baptized September 3, 1615 – December 20, 1700) was tried, convicted and sentenced to hang as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. However, she managed to avoid her sentence until the trials had been discredited, and died in 1700, aged 85.[1]