Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm - Beth Caruso will talk about and read from her books of historical fiction, One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America’s First Witch Hanging and The Salty Rose: Alchemists, Witches & A Tapper In New Amsterdam.

Beth M. Caruso is passionate about telling stories of women from earlier times. She’s the author of One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America’s First Witch Hanging and The Salty Rose: Alchemists, Witches & A Tapper In New Amsterdam for which she was awarded a literary prize in Genre Fiction (2020) from the Independent Publishers of New England. The Salty Rose is Beth’s second historical novel and explores alchemy in early colonial times, an insider’s view of the takeover of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, and the Hartford Witch Panic with information she gathered from previous and ongoing research. Beth’s first historical novel is One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America’s First Witch Hanging (2015), a story that tells the tale of Alice ‘Alse’ Young and the beginnings of the colonial witch trials. She based the story on original research she did by exploring early primary sources such as early Windsor land records, vital statistics, and other documents. Beth is a co-founder with Tony Griego of CT WITCH Memorial Facebook page.

The Mary Barnes Society at Stanley-Whitman House is dedicated to supporting the study of the Connecticut Witch Trials, with the goal of a deeper understanding of the people and cultures of this seminal time in history. Named for Mary Barnes, a Farmington woman who was executed for witchcraft on January 25, 1663, the Society will mark the 358th anniversary of her hanging by premiering a series of online presentations on the Museum’s YouTube channel from January 22-25 followed by a panel discussion on the last day.

Stanley-Whitman House, a National Historic Landmark, is a museum and living history center that collects, preserves, and interprets the history and culture of 17th to 19th-Century Farmington, Connecticut. Since 1935, it has operated under the auspices of the Farmington Village Green and Library Association which is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization.