Reply #3: My 9-great grandmother died in Salem jail

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after being convicted of witchcraft. Why? She was an old widow who had stopped going to church. Her husband had died, and then her beloved daughter was murdered by a drunken husband, who was, in turn, executed for his crime. He grandchildren were scattered. When they came for her, they tortured her into confessing all sorts of things--but she balked at accusing her remaining daughter of witchcraft, and for that was condemned. She died in December before the sentence could be carried out. The family had to provide food and bedding for the prisoners, and that was why they were compensated for their costs. By the time this had happened, her oldest son had died (well before his time; I'm thinking it was the stress of the trial), and his son soon left the area, never to return.