Who were those ‘witches’? We do not know exactly how many people in our country have been persecuted as ‘witches’ and how many have been put to death because of it. The archives are incomplete, and people who succumbed to torture during interrogation often did not end up there in the first place. Yet hundreds of names are already known. You will find the names from Drenthe below:
Ghese Wylhemms*accusation: evil sorcery
Source: Joosting (1893) 20, 22
Woman, name unknown*Accusation: evil sorcery
Drenthe, between 1541/1545
Source: RAG HA 1323, f27v, Zeijen
Dalle, Fri. Frerick Scroers*, accusation: evil sorcery
Woman, name unknown, Accusation: evil sorcery
Drenthe, between 1541/1549
Pronunciation: act of purge (act in which a court or government clears someone of suspicion at their request)
Jacob Schuer*accusation: evil sorcery
Drenthe, between 1549/1557
Pastor’s maidaccusation: evil sorcery
Drenthe, between 1545/1549
Pronunciation: act of purge (act in which a court or government clears someone of suspicion at their request)
Daughter Jan Roelofs Snijder*, accusation: evil sorcery
Source: RAD Etstoel 149, f59
*Victims whose fate is unknown, because there is no known verdict of their trial. Often this happened because they had died as a result of torture or poor cell conditions. It also regularly happened that victims hanged themselves.
Source: Nationaalheksenmonument.nl