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Mary Parker (disambiguation)

Mary Parker , was executed for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials.Mary Parker may also refer to:*Richard and Mary Parker, comic book characters...

Mary (Ayer) Parker of Andover

Andover, Massachusetts

Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was incorporated in 1646 and as of the 2010 census, the population was 33,201...

, Mass.

Massachusetts

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, was executed September 22, 1692, with several others

Alice Parker (Salem)

Alice Parker, a resident of Salem Town, Massachusetts, was executed on September 22, 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials.Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Ann Pudeator, and Dorcas Hoar were convicted and sentenced to death by hanging at the same time. Also hung on that day were Mary Parker and Samuel...

, for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials

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...

. She was 55 years old and a widow. Mary's husband, Nathan, died in 1685. Nicholas Noyes

Nicholas Noyes

Nicholas Noyes was a colonial minister in Salem, Massachusetts during the time of the Salem witch trials. He was the second minister, called the "Teacher", to Rev. John Higginson...

 officiated.

Her daughter, Sarah Parker, was also accused.

Mary was an 8th great-grandmother of U.S. President

President of the United States

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 George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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who is a descendant or relative of up to 217 of the trials' participants.