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1692: Mammy Redd hanged on Gallows Hill

Wilmott "Mammy" Redd hanged on Gallows Hill in Salem on September 22nd as a unconfessed witch during Salem's sad period of hysteria. Many townspeople witnessed the execution. Margaret Scot was the only other Marblehead resident killed as a witch. It wasn't until the year 2002 that this horendous act was … Continue reading

 have been adapted with thanks from Bill Purdin’s Marblehead History Timeline published by Marblehead Magazine.

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