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  2. Salem, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Salem, Massachusetts. /  42.51944°N 70.89722°W  / 42.51944; -70.89722. Salem ( / ˈseɪləm / SAY-ləm) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists.

  3. List of hanging trees - Wikipedia

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    Hangman's Tree: Located in the Boot Hill Cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas. [10] Massachusetts. Gallows Hill: A large tree once located at Proctor's Ledge, near the base of Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts, was probably the site of 19 executions in the 1692 Salem witch trials [11] Montana. Hangman's Tree: Ponderosa pine tree once located in ...

  4. Salem witch trials - Wikipedia

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    The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, died under ...

  5. Massachusetts Route 107 - Wikipedia

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    Route 107 in Salem travels as Highland Avenue, heading uphill and passing the area of Salem Hospital/North Shore Medical Center before the road meets Boston Street at Essex Street. Route 107 turns west along Boston Street before turning northward again along Bridge Street, not far from Gallows Hill Park, site of the hanging during the Salem ...

  6. Gallows Hill - Wikipedia

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    Gallows Hill, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, place where 300 were hanged, 1570. Gallow Hill Tain, Ross-shire, The last hanging took place in 1762 when, Katherine Ross, a young mother, was hanged for the murder of her child. In more recent times it was surmounted by a flagstaff but that has now disappeared.

  7. Peabody Essex Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, US, is a successor to the East India Marine Society, established in 1799. [1] It combines the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem (which acquired the Society's collection) and the Essex Institute. [2] [3] PEM is one of the oldest continuously operating museums in the United ...

  8. Elizabeth Howe - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Jackson Howe was born 14 May 1637 near Rowley, Yorkshire, the daughter of William and Joanne Jackson. Elizabeth married James Howe on 13 April 1658 in Ipswich, MA; the couple had six children, and resided in Topsfield, Massachusetts . Topsfield was a Puritan community. They were a deeply pious society, with an extreme religious focus ...

  9. John Willard - Wikipedia

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    John Willard [1] ( c. 1657 – August 19, 1692) was one of the people executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials. He was hanged on Gallows Hill, Salem on August 19, 1692. At the time of the first allegations of witchcraft Willard was serving as a constable in the village of Salem and his duties included ...