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Tag: 1680

The Legend of Goody Cole

November 21, 2025December 16, 2025 Gordon Harris5 Comments

Some said that Goody Cole took the shapes of eagles, dogs, cats and apes. At last she lay under sentence of death in the Ipswich jail for changing a child in its cradle.

Posted in LegendsTagged 1680, John Greenleaf Whittier, witches, women

The Witchcraft Trial of Elizabeth Morse of Newbury, 1680

November 21, 2025 Gordon Harris32 Comments
Elizabeth Morse Witch of Newbury

Elizabeth Morse of Newbury was accused and found guilty of being a witch. She was initially sentenced to be hanged, but after spending a year in the Boston jail, she was sent home

Posted in LegendsTagged 1680, Newbury, witches, women

The Spectre Ship of Salem

October 24, 2021March 24, 2023 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
The spectre ship of salem

On the fourth day after the ship left port, the sun came out and in the distance could be seen the same ship sailing effortlessly back into port directly into the wind. As the Noah’s Dove approached, its passengers including the young couple were visible but ghost-like.

Posted in Legends, Shipwrecks, StormsTagged 1680, fear, insanity, Salem, storm

© Gordon Harris 2025

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