![]() ![]() She was ultimately granted a reprieve by the state’s then- Gov. Johnson confessed to practicing witchcraft in nearby Andover, Massachusetts in August 1692 and was tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged in January 1693. ![]() Johnson may have been accused of sorcery because of a developmental disability - her grandfather referred to her as "simplish at the best" - or the fact that she never married or had children, according to The New York Times all were factors that sometimes led to women being suspected of witchcraft in colonial New England. On Thursday, Johnson was officially exonerated (as part of a $53-billion state budget bill signed by Gov. ![]() was 22 when she was accused of witchcraft at the height of the Salem witch trials in 1693, Courthouse News reported. The last-known Massachusetts woman to still be legally classified a witch has been pardoned, more than 329 years after she was wrongfully convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death, according to reports.Įlizabeth Johnson Jr. ![]()
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