Alse Young

[1] She is believed to have been the wife of John Young,[3] who bought a small parcel of land in Windsor in 1641, sold it in 1649, and then disappeared from the town records.

[5] The influenza affected everyone in that even wealthy people with more resources and access to medical care were dying at extremely high rates.

[5] Given such circumstances, a member of the elite class may have organized for someone to be hanged and scapegoated, leading to Alice's being chosen at random.

A journal of then Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop mentions "One... of Windsor arraigned and executed at Hartford for a witch.

"[6] The second town clerk of Windsor, Matthew Grant, confirms her execution with the May 26, 1647, diary entry, "Alse Young was hanged."