Case file · Witch trials
Mary Bliss Parsons of Northampton
Mary Bliss Parsons of Northampton, Massachusetts, was accused of witchcraft in 1674 after a neighbour's death and was tried in Boston, where she was acquitted.
1674 CE · 42.33, -72.64 · status: official
The account
Her case shows how gossip and family feuds in the Connecticut River valley could turn into capital charges, and that colonial courts did sometimes refuse to convict.