This Day in History: Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries" on this day in 1692. She was in fact the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials. Altogether, about 200 people would be tried, and 18 others were executed, including 5 men and a 6 year old girl.
Bridget Bishop was examined due to her accusation of suspicion of "sundry acts of witchcraft". Bishop was accused of bewitching five young women, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Jr., Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott, and Elizabeth Hubbard, on the date of her examination by the authorities, 19 April 1692.
An examination during sentencing discovered a third nipple on Bridget Bishop's body (a sure sign of witchcraft). If you have such a mark on your body, please turn yourself into the proper authorities. Moles, scars, birthmarks, sores and tattoos also quality as marks of witchery. Please do the proper thing...we're all in this together.
Exodus 22:18
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