Anne Bradstreet (Salem witch trials)
Anne Wood Price Bradstreet | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne Wood c. 1650 |
| Died | 1707 |
Anne Wood Price Bradstreet (c. 1650 – 1707) was the wife of Dudley Bradstreet and accused "witch" during the Salem Witch Trials.[1][2]
Salem Witch Trial
[edit]Dudley Bradstreet was accused of witchcraft after he refused to issue warrants for accused witches. Anne and her husband fled the area to avoid arrest.[2]
Family
[edit]Anne was the daughter of Richard and Anne (Priddeth) Wood of Barbados. She first married Theodore Price of Andover and had the following children:
- Elizabeth, married Thomas Barnard.
Next, she married Dudley Bradstreet, son of Simon Bradstreet and Anne Dudley Bradstreet. They had the following children:[1]
- Margaret, married Job Tyler, son of Moses Tyler.
- Dudley, married Mary Wainwright.
- Anne, died in infancy.
Bradstreet is an ancestor of U.S. President Herbert Hoover.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Watson, Marston (2004). Governor Thomas Dudley: and descendants through five generations. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 22. ISBN 9780806365244.
- ^ a b Weiser-Alexander, Kathy. "The "Witches" of Massachusetts". Legends of America. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ McLean, Hulda Hoover (1967). Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family. Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University.