Person:Lydia Unknown (268)

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Lydia _____
 
d.Aft 28 Nov 1654 Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
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Name Lydia _____
Gender Female
Marriage Aft 12 Dec 1641 to Thomas Gilbert
Death[1] Aft 28 Nov 1654 Hartford County, Connecticut, USACause: by execution after being found guilty of witchcraft

From Douglas Richardson (including the parenthetical notes): '[Indictment] Lydea Gilburt thou art heere indicted by that name of Lydea Gilburt that not hauing the feare of god before they Eyes thou hast of late years or still dust giue Entertainement to Sathat [sic] the greate Enemy of god and mankinde and by his helpe hast killed the Body of Henry Styles besides other witchcrafts for which according to the law of god and the Estableshed law of this Comon wealth thou deservest to Dye[.]

'[Verdict] ye Party aboue mentioned is found guilty of witchcraft by ye Jury[.]'

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  1. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. The English Origin of Thomas Gilbert of Braintree, Mass., and Wethersfield, Conn: With a Note on Lydia Gilbert, Executed for Witchcraft in 1654. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jul 1992).

    via Kimball G. Everingham submission to RootsWeb

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