The Towne Sisters

Witchcraft in Massachusetts singled out:
• spinsters [unmarried beyond the usual age of marriage]
• barren women
• the ugly
• the extremely successful
• the independent
• the reclusive
• the litigious [prone to lawsuits]
• the willful.

I am descended from the Towne Sisters, two of whom were put to death for being witches. Accusations were made against their mother, Joanna Blessing but she was never formally accused. The article below this is the examination of Rebecca (Nourse) Nurse.