Elizabeth Jackson of Rowley: The East Yorkshire Girl Who Emigrated to New England and Was Executed As a Witch in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692

This is a story within a story. It tells how a group of intrepid families from various villages in the East Riding joined together under the leadership of Ezekiel Rogers, Rector of Rowley, East Yorkshire, and in 1638 made the hazardous voyage across the Atlantic to found the town of Rowley in virgin territory in New England, a town which preserves its name, and its history, to this day.One of the children who made the voyage with her parents was Elizabeth Jackson, from the hamlet of Hunsley in Rowley parish, East Yorkshire. Elizabeth grew up amongst her Yorkshire kindred in Rowley, Massachusetts, and in 1658 married James Howe and moved to the neighboring settlement of Ipswich. Here, in 1692, she was caught up in the dreadful witchcraft hysteria of nearby Salem. Arrested as a witch, she was tried, condemned, and finally executed in Salem on 19 July 1692. This is Elizabeth's tragic story, told in the context firstly of the Rowley emigration of 1638 and then of Salem witchcraft persecution of the early 169Os.