Phebe (Wildes) Day (1653 - 1723)

Born 8 Apr 1653 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Timothy Day — married 24 Jul 1679 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1723 at age 70 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Phebe (Wildes) Day was accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials

Name

Phebe /Wildes/^[1]

Note

Note: The records show that on 24 Sept 1692, Mary, wife of Hugh Rowe, Phebe, wife of Timothy Day, and widow Rachel Vinson, all of Gloucester, were released from Ipswich prison, on bonds for their appearance, having been confined there for witchcraft.^[2][3]

Burial

11 APR 1723 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Remediation

1. 17 October 1710, Convictions Reversed, The General Court of Massachusetts Bay, An act, the several convictions, judgments, and attainders be, and hereby are, reversed, and declared to be null and void.^[4]
2. 17 Dec 1711, Compensation to Survivors, Governor Dudley, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, approved compensation to such persons as are living, and to those that legally represent them that are dead
3. 28 Aug 1957, No Disgrace to Descendants, General Court of Massachusetts, ...such proceedings, were and are shocking, and the result of a wave of popular hysterical fear of the Devil in the community, and further declares that, as all the laws under which said proceedings...have been long since abandoned and superseded by our more civilized laws, no disgrace or cause for distress attaches to the said descendants or any of them by reason of said proceedings.^[5]
4. 31 Oct 2001, Additional Victims Included, Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives in General Court, AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692, chapter 145 is hereby further amended by adding Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Margaret Scott and Wilmot Redd.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S165 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=17838154&pid=667287769
2. ↑ “SWP No. 167: Petitions from Relatives of Prisoners and Others (October 1692 - January 1693).” SWP No. 167: Petitions from Relatives of Prisoners and Others (October 1692 - January 1693) - New Salem - Pelican. Accessed May 19, 2020. http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n167.html#n167.5.
3. ↑ Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice, and Rebecca Beatrice Brooks. “The Accused Witches of Gloucester.” History of Massachusetts Blog, May 11, 2019. https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-accused-witches-of-gloucester/.
4. ↑ “Salem Witchcraft : with an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects : Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875, Author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, January 1, 1970. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17845/17845-h/salem2-htm.html#Page_ii.480.
5. ↑ https://www.mass.gov/doc/resolves-of-1957-chapter-145/download
6. ↑ “Chapter 122.” Session Law - Acts of 2001 Chapter 122. Accessed February 29, 2020. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter122.

See also:

• Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice, and Rebecca Beatrice Brooks. “The Accused Witches of Gloucester.” History of Massachusetts Blog, May 11, 2019. https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-accused-witches-of-gloucester/.
• Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts