on aug 29, 1957 the state of massachusetts voted to wipe from the books the convictions of six women that had been unjustly accused of being witches 265 years earlier. then gov. foster furcolo signed the legislative intended to clear susannah martin, as well as: ann pudeator, bridget bishop, alice parker, margaret scott and wilmot redd. all had been convicted in a colonial court and hanged during the 17th century.