Was Your Ancestor Involved in the Connecticut Witchcraft Trials?

“Was Your Ancestor Involved in the Connecticut Witchcraft Trials?” with Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson

Saturday, November 11, 2023, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

Networking at 10 a.m.

Virtual Meeting

The virtual program is one of many member benefits of the Connecticut Ancestry Society. Members will be sent a Zoom link in the week prior to the meeting. 

Learn about Connecticut witch trial history and how to find out if you are related to any of the participants. This presentation will also include an overview of the Connecticut witch trial exoneration bill, and the effort to memorialize the victims.

Josh Hutchinson is a descendant of both witch trial accusers and accused. He is a lay historian, writer, and podcast creator. He has been studying witch trials for fifteen years and sharing witch-hunt facts online for ten. Josh is a co-founder of End Witch Hunts, the Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project, The Massachusetts Witch Hunt Justice Project and Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast. 

Sarah Jack is a descendant of Massachusetts and Connecticut accused witches. She is Co-founder of the Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project, Massachusetts Witch Hunt Justice Project  Co-creator and co-host of Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast, and President of End Witch Hunts Nonprofit Organization.