Deliverance Dane (née Hazeltine; January 15, 1653 – June 15, 1735) was one of many women accused of

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during the

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. She was the daughter of Robert and Anna Hazeltine. Dane was from

Andover, Massachusetts Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was Settler, settled in 1642 and incorporated in 1646."Andover" in ''Encyclopedia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th ed. ...

, and due largely to the work of her father-in-law, much of the hysteria that swept through Salem was halted in Andover. Her husband, Nathaniel Dane, was the son of Rev. Francis Dane. Francis Dane was outspoken against the trials, and his two daughters

Abigail Faulkner Abigail Faulkner (née Dane; October 13, 1652 – February 5, 1730), sometimes called Abigail Faulkner Sr., was an American woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692.Lamson, William Judson. ''Descendants of William Lamso ...

and Elizabeth Johnson were also accused of being witches. Abigail was convicted of witchcraft, but only escaped

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because she was

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at the time. Many of the records of Deliverance's examination have been lost, but on page 280 of Marilynne K. Roach's book ''The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege'', she quotes Deliverance as saying that she and some other witches had brought her father-in-law's specter along with them to torment the afflicted. Her testimony was ignored and Rev. Francis Dane was not arrested. Deliverance Dane escaped execution. According to

, records, she died on June 15, 1735.

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