Alse (or Alice) Young of Windsor CT, born c 1600. was the first person
known to have been executed for witchcraft in the thirteen American
colonies. Her crime was reportedly nothing more serious than preparing
herbal remedies for neighbors. This event marked the start of the
terrible saga of persecution, torture, and death culminating in the
Salem trails 45 years later. Young was hanged May 26, 1647 in the
meetinghouse square in Hartford, the site of the present Old State House
https://rockyhillhistory.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/convicted-witch-alse-young-of-windsor-hanged-may-26-1647/