THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022
SOME FAMILY TREE!
As I recall the popular old saying
it goes "Like father, like son.' How
about "Like mother, like daughter?"
I suspect most of you never heard
of Alse or Alice Young. But you should
have. On this very day in the year 1647
she became the first person in the original
13 colonies to be hanged as a witch! She
died on the gallows in Hartford, Connecticut!
In 1684 her daughter, Alice Young Beamon,
was also accused of being a witch! Unlike
her mother, however, she was never indicted
for the "crime." And imagine, Alse's execution
took place 45 years before the Salem Witch
Trials! So many witches one whitch couldn't
tell which witch was which! Just thought you
should remember Alse on this ominous date!
Hope you're well and that all your NEWS is
good!
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