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| Years | Image | Event | Description | Keywords |
| 1647 | Alice Young hung in Hartford | May be the first NE execution for witchchraft | witch, Hartford | |
| 1648 | Massachusetts executes Margaret Jones | This is the first known Massachusetts execution for witchcraft. John Winthrop described her "malignant touch." | witch | |
| 1656 | Ann Hibbens executed. | Hibbens was of somewhat higher status than witches executed earlier. There appears to have been a hiatus in executions for a few years after her death. | ||
| 1659 | Massachusetts executes Quakers | execution | ||
| 1662 | Beginning of Hartford witch outbreak. | During 1662-63, accusations against 13 persons resulted in 4 executions. | witch, Hartford |