1647 - May 26 - Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford,
Alse (Alice)
STOKES (STOAKES)
Born
abt. 1600
,
Goodnestone, Kent, England
Died
27 May 1647
,
Hartford, New Haven Colony
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Born: abt. 1600 in Goodnestone, Kent, England
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Alse (Alice) STOKES (STOAKES) died 27 May 1647 in Hartford, New Haven Colony.
daughter of Robert Stoakes (1570-1611) and Alice Heynes (born 1575)
wife of John Young, m. 5 September 1639 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England
wife of John Young, m. 5 September 1639 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England
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Death — 164727 May 1647
Hartford, New Haven Colony
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