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Bridget Bishop's Life
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Bishop was born
Bridget Bishop was born in England soon to come over to Massachusetts -
She was Accused for fighting with her husband in public.
Her nad her 2nd husband, Thomas Oliver. The two never got along and were often seen in town publicly cursing and fighting. Also the two sometimes showed up for church with black and blue markings on their faces showing that they had had a fight. They were finally sentenced for these acts but soon baled out by the town minister, John Hale. -
King Phillip's War began
King Phillips War was a war between the Native Americans in New England and the colonists that wanted to settle there. -
Jamestown is burned by the Bacon Rebellion
the Bacon Rebellion was a skirmish fought between Virginia settlers, led by Nathaniel bacon and William \Berkeley, who had failed to give them safety among the Indians and the wild. -
She was acuused of witchcraft
Her nad her 2nd husband, Thomas Oliver. The two never got along and were often seen in town publicly cursing and fighting. Also the two sometimes showed up for church with black and blue markings on their faces showing that they had had a fight. They were finally sentenced for these acts but soon baled out by the town minister, John Hale. -
Charles II grants William Penn the charter to start Pennsylvania
William Penn founds Pennsylvania as a home for Quakers. -
Mary Rowlandson publishes her captivity among Indians
mary Rowlandson published a book about her journeys staying with Indians. -
Charles II takes away Massachusetts charter
When he took away their charter that allowed the people less self government. -
Sir Edmond Andros becomes governer of the New England colonies
The colonies he was incharge of were New York, New Jersey, and New England -
Accused for stealing brass objects
Thomas Stacey Arrested her from stealing from his shop -
French and Indian War began
The French and Indians joined together and went against the British in a war for the Ohio River Vlley. -
Jacob Leister, a German merchant, forced New York's governer to flee
The English Revolution of New York divided the New Yorkers into two groups. Jacob Leister led one of the groups. -
Accused of witch craftagain , also conversing with the Devil, and dressing strangely.
Many people did not like her in the town. This factor caused her to be a constant for a straight 20 years! Her own brother told that she had been conversing with the Devil. She was a common enemy among the women too becuase she ran two taverns that ran late into the night playing forbidden games of shovel board and flirting with many taken men. -
her trial was held
During her trial many things happened that were put to her disadvantage. The three infamous teenage girls acted as though she was controlling their every move. When she glanced upon a board on the wall of the courtroom it suddenly flew over the wall. And even her own words were put against her when someone else contridicted them. -
Found Guilty
The day she was guilty was the same the Puritan society miraculously rediscovered a document stating it was perfectly ok to execute a witch. So of course she was schedued to be hanged. -
She was hanged
Bridget Bishop was the first out of 19 believed-to-be-witches that were wrongly accused. -
Salem Witch Trials began
The SAlem Witch Trials were held by the Puritans to convict 19 so called witches that they thought were consumed by the devil. -
Married a 3rd time to Edward Bishop
Edward Bishop was her final marraige. Within the first 2 months of Bridgets death Edward Bishop remarried. -
Samuel Sewall publicy publicly repented his role in the affair of the Trials
Samuel Sewall wanted out of the whole idea of execution and erased his name from history.
