Carrier, Martha

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• One of fifty Andover residents hanged as a witch during the Salem Witch Trials
• Known as the "Queen of Hell"
• It was thought that she brought the first case of smallpox to Andover
• Accused by Benjamin Abbot
• Hanged on August 16, 1692

See

• http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/ASAL_CH.HTM Chronology of Events Relating to the Salem Witch Trials
• "Queen of Hell Ruled Over Andover's 50 "Witches'", Eagle Tribune, November 8, 1999

--Eleanor 15:39, June 13, 2006 (EDT)

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