Name Mary Parker | ||
Died September 22, 1692, Salem, Massachusetts, United States |
Mary (née Ayer) Parker of Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the daughter of John Ayer, was executed September 22, 1692, with several others, for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials. She was 55 years old and a widow. Mary's husband, Nathan, died in 1685. Nicholas Noyes officiated. Her daughter, Sarah Parker, was also accused.
Parker was an 8th great-grandmother of U.S. President George W. Bush, who is a descendant or relative of up to 217 of the trials' participants.
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