Massachusetts Witch Hysteria: Alice Lake and Elizabeth Kendall

<p><em>Buckle up; there&rsquo;s not much to go off of, and their execution dates are lost to history. But John Hale wrote their stories, so they&rsquo;re presented in the order from his book, c. 1647&ndash;1651.</em></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*[email protected]" style="height:491px; width:700px" /></p> <p>Alice Lake was a married woman who lived in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and was a Mother to five children. These children ranged from 10 to infancy; sadly, as with most families, they suffered awful child mortality. At some point before 1651, the infant Lake baby died, leaving Alice distraught.</p> <p><em>People often assumed that Puritans just had children for workers on their farms and didn&#39;t love them. That&rsquo;s not the case; many parents loved their children dearly and were affected by their deaths.</em></p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@historicalcosplays091/massachusetts-witch-hysteria-alice-lake-and-elizabeth-kendall-18886a2d0c1a"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>