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Mary (Bliss) Parsons
Mary Bliss was born to Thomas and Margaret (Hulins) Bliss in Gloucestershire, England in 1628. Her family later immigrated to Hartford, Connecticut, where Mary Bliss met her husband, Joseph Parsons, and married in 1646. The couple would move to Springfield and then later, Northampton. Mary (Bliss) Parsons would eventually have eleven children with Thomas, before dying at the age of eighty-four in 1712. The Parsons became prominent members of the community, experiencing financial success.
== The Feud ==
The Bridgman family consisted of Sarah Bridgman and her husband, Bridgman, as well as their children. The Bridgman family were similar to the Parsons in many ways, having lived in Springfield around the same time as the Parsons, and moved to Northampton only a few years after the Parsons did as well, where they became neighbors. The Parsons, however, experienced far more financial success than the Bridgmans, a factor which was often at play in many witchcraft accusations before the infamous Salem Witchcraft trials; the more successful members of society more often accused of witchcraft than the outcasts or emancipated. The relationship between the two families was rife with disagreements, particularly between Sarah Bridgman and Mary Parsons. The Parson family, after all, had healthy child after healthy child, as their fortunes increased, while Sarah Bridgman experienced the death of her children and financial torment as well.〔Parsons Witchcraft Trial Mock Up Site; University of Massachusetts http://ccbit.cs.umass.edu/parsons/hnmockup/witchcrafttrial.html〕 Sarah Bridgman began to spread rumours about Mary Parsons, claiming that her son had been threatened by her,〔Parsons, Henry. Parsons family; descendants of Cornet Joseph Parsons, Springfield, 1636--Northampton, 1655 b. 1835 Published 1912; https://archive.org/details/parsonsfamilyde00parsgoog〕 and worse, that she was a witch.〔James Russell Trumbull, Seth Pomeroy. History of Northampton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement in 1654, Volume 1 ; https://books.google.com/booksid=GNo_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=sarah+bridgman+witchcraft+slander+trial&source=bl&ots=UQhN0zTU08&sig=pnDAczK4od1qCJsa-iPdSvsRWfE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jUxSVbu-HcraoASI0YCQDw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sarah%20bridgman%20witchcraft%20slander%20trial&f=false〕 Later, when confronted by Margaret Bliss, Mary’s mother, Sarah Bridgman continued to tell tales, claiming she had heard that Mary Parsons had back in Springfield cursed a blind man’s daughter to have fits after an argument.〔James Russell Trumbull, Seth Pomeroy. History of Northampton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement in 1654, Volume 1 ; https://books.google.com/booksid=GNo_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=sarah+bridgman+witchcraft+slander+trial&source=bl&ots=UQhN0zTU08&sig=pnDAczK4od1qCJsa-iPdSvsRWfE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jUxSVbu-HcraoASI0YCQDw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sarah%20bridgman%20witchcraft%20slander%20trial&f=false〕
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