Edward Bishop III
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Edward Bishop and his wife Sarah Bishop were arrested and jailed for witchcraft in the witchcraft hysteria of 1692, and accused in the Salem witch trials
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2) Edward Bishop and his wife Sarah were jailed following an accusation of witchcraft during the troubles in Salem in 1692.
3) They were able to break out of the Boston jail and went away for a while.
4) Their son Samuel redeemed their property.
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693...
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Conventional thought holds that
1) Edward Bishop III was the grandson of the Immigrant Edward Bishop and the son of Edward Bishop Jr.2) Edward Bishop and his wife Sarah were jailed following an accusation of witchcraft during the troubles in Salem in 1692.
3) They were able to break out of the Boston jail and went away for a while.
4) Their son Samuel redeemed their property.