Anne Bradstreet (Salem witch trials)
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Salem Witch Trial
Dudley Bradstreet was accused of witchcraft after he refused to issue warrants for accused witches. Anne and her husband fled the area to avoid arrest.
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Family
Anne was the daughter of Richard and Anne (Priddeth) Wood of Barbados. She first married Theodore Price of Andover and had the following children:
- Elizabeth, married Thomas Barnard.
Next, she married Dudley Bradstreet, son of Simon Bradstreet and Anne Dudley Bradstreet. They had the following children:
- Margaret, married Job Tyler, son of Moses Tyler.
- Dudley, married Mary Wainwright.
- Anne, died in infancy.
Bradstreet is an ancestor of U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
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