Though the most famous account of witch trials in colonial America lay with the village of Salem (now called Danvers) between 1692 and 1693, witchcraft hysteria spread throughout many other towns in Massachusetts and in colonies beyond, even starting several decades earlier. One of which was Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. Lynn is two towns south of Danvers (formerly Salem Village), where the famous witch accusations were made, and shares its northern border with the town of Salem, where the actual trials were held. Salem was the county seat in Essex, so all judicial matters were held there for all of the surrounding villages like Lynn. All accused criminal offenders from Ipswich, Andover, Beverly, etc. would have been jailed and brought to court in Salem. Lynn had its first “witch scare” in 1669 when a woman in the Quaker faith was brought up on charges. Her name was Ann (Holland) Bassett Burt and she presented herself as a healer. Ann’s good skills in healing the sick were unfortu...