Abigail Faulkner

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Charge:	Witchcraft
Sentence:	Death
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Year Convicted:	1692
Year Cleared:	1711
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Essex
City of Crime:	Salem
Result:	Legislature Overturned Conviction
Summary of Case:	"Abigail Faulkner was wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA during what is now known as the Salem Witch Trials. After Abigail Faulkner was convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death she petitioned Massachusetts Governor Phips for clemency pleading that her husband was an invalid, she was pregnant, and her children had no caretaker with "little or nothing to subsist on." Governor Phips granted her a pardon and she was released in December 1692. Still convicted of witchcraft, on October 17, 1711 she was exonerated when her Bill of Attainder was reversed by the Massachusetts legislature. Her father was Rev. Francis Dane and her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Ingalls."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On October 17, 1711 she was exonerated when her Bill of Attainder was reversed by the Massachusetts legislature."
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Compensation Awarded:	£20
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Petitions For Compensation And Decision Concerning Compensation, 1710-1711, Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692, (Famous American Trials website)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_PET.HTM
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Abigail Faulkner

Charge:

Witchcraft

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1692

Year Cleared:

1711

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Essex

City of Crime:

Salem

Result:

Legislature Overturned Conviction

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 17, 1711 she was exonerated when her Bill of Attainder was reversed by the Massachusetts legislature."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

£20

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Petitions For Compensation And Decision Concerning Compensation, 1710-1711, Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692, (Famous American Trials website)"

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http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_PET.HTM

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