fortune teller – Historic Ipswich

Jane Hooper, the Fortune-Teller

September 30, 2023March 15, 2024 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment

Jane Hooper was in 1760 a Newburyport "school dame" but after she lost that job she found fame as a fortune-teller. When the Madame made her yearly visit to Ipswich, the young and the old called on her to learn of their fates.

Moll Pitcher, the Fortune Teller of Lynn and Marblehead

March 9, 2021March 15, 2024 Gordon Harris4 Comments

Soon after her marriage she was known as a fortune-teller, her clients increasing during the fifty years that she afterwards lived. Her fame reached every fireside in New England, and her successful predictions were the themes of many midnight vigils and story-tellers.