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Mary Staples was an older woman and whom Katherine Branch named as one of the many supposed witches who tormented Kate nightly. This wasn’t the first time she’d been accused of witchcraft. Mary Staples, as well as her daughter Mary Harvey and her granddaughter Hannah Harvey, were all acquitted of their alleged crimes of familiarity with Satan.
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Mary Staples Character Timeline in Escaping Salem
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Chapter 2
...continued. She eventually named the two women who’d appeared to her namelessly at first as Mary Staples and Hannah Harvey. When Kate provided the magistrates with these names, Selleck was reminded of...
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Chapter 3
...adjudicate the cases against the five other women Kate had named: Elizabeth Clawson, Mercy Disborough, Mary Staples , Mary Harvey, and Hannah Harvey. The fates of these women now rested not in...
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In September, the court began hearing testimony against Mary Staples , Mary Harvey, and Hannah Harvey. Only two witnesses came forward. Their testimony was deemed...
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