User:Ayevans/Alse Young

There is medical evidence to suggest John Young was her husband. Her daughter Alice Young Beamon married and had children with Simon Beamon. Similarly to her mother, Alice Young Beamon was also accused of witchcraft but defended herself by claiming that she was being slandered. The same year that Alice was hung the death rate had steadily increased. The influenza affected everyone in that even wealthy people with more resources and access to medical care were dying at extremely high rates. Many prominent members of the noble class and legislature loss their families. Given such circumstances, a member of the elite class organized for someone to be hung and scapegoated. This may have been what happened to Alice. That she was chosen randomly.

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