Mary Bacon

by | Jan 26, 2026 | Chattisham, Victim Stories

Mary Bacon and husband Nathaniel. Appeared before a magistrate and Hopkins backed the case against Mary personally (after this another Nathaniel Bacon – possibly their son – fled England for Conneticut). Mary Bacon was sentenced to death.

Anne Alderman

by | Jan 26, 2026 | Chattisham, Victim Stories

Hopkins and Stearne parted ways at Gt Wenham and Hopkins headed to Chattisham to pursue Anne Alderman who claimed to have had a finger twisted off by the devil for refusing to forefeit her soul. She also confessed to suckling an imp before unleashing it to kill her...