Book puts family's mark on Amesbury witch's legacy

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On a date many years ago, Stephen Martin found out it's sometimes hard to escape your past.
Especially if it involves something infamous that your great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother did.

"While I was talking to my date's parents, somehow it came up in the conversation that I had an ancestor who was executed as a witch," he said. "It was clear they weren't too sure they wanted their daughter dating someone who was related to a witch."

Martin is a direct descendant of Susannah North Martin, an elderly Amesbury widow who was hanged during the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. It's a dark chapter of family history that Martin said has long had an influence over his life - in fact, his sister is named Susannah North Martin.

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