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Line 8: In 1642, witchcraft became punishable by death in the [[Connecticut Colony]]. This capital offense was backed by references to the King James version of the [[Bible]]: [[Book of Exodus\|Exodus]] (22:18) says, ''Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.'' And [[Leviticus]] (20:27) says, ''A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood (shall be) upon them.'' In [[Connecticut]], witchcraft was last listed as a capital crime in 1715. The crime of witchcraft disappeared from the list of capital crimes when the laws were next issued in 1750. ==Other people executed for witchcraft in the colony== == See also ==▼ Historian Clarence F. Jewett included a list of other people executed in New England in ''The memorial history of Boston: including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630–1880'', which was published in 1881. He wrote, <blockquote>The following is the list of the twelve persons who were executed for witchcraft in New England before 1692, when twenty other persons were executed at Salem, whose names are well known. It is possible that the list is not complete ; but I have included all of which I have any knowledge, and with such details as to names and dates as could be ascertained : — 1647, — "Woman of Windsor," Connecticut (name, unknown)[later identified as Alice Young], at Hartford. 1648, — Margaret Jones, of Charlestown, at Boston. 1648,— Mary Johnson, at Hartford. 1650? — Henry Lake's wife, of Dorchester. 1650?—Mrs. Kendall, of Cambridge. 1651, — Mary Parsons, of Springfield, at Boston. 1651, — Goodwife Bassett, at Fairfield, Conn. 1653,—Goodwife Knap, at Hartford. 1656, — [[Ann Hibbins]], at Boston. 1662, — Goodman Greensmith, at Hartford. 1662,— Goodwife Greensmith, at Hartford. 1688,— [[Ann Glover\|Goody Glover]], at Boston." <ref name= Jewett /></blockquote> ▲== See also == * [[Capital punishment in Connecticut]] * [[Capital punishment in the United States]] Line 15 ⟶ 29: ==References== {{~~Reflist~~reflist}} * David D. Hall, (editor), ''Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth Century New England'', Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1999, ISBN 1-55553-416-3