Eunice "Goody" Cole was convicted of witchcraft in Hampton in 1656 and spent much of the remainder of her life in prison in Boston. Much has been written about her. Most of it is available here on our website, as follows:

• The best, most accurate information about Goody Cole:

• Excerpts on Goody Cole from the book "Entertaining Satan" by John Putnam Demos.
• Excerpts on Goody Cole from the book "The Devil in the Shape of a Woman" by Carol F. Karlsen
• Vehement Suspicion: Eunice Cole of Hampton (1656-1680), a chapter from the book "Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England {A Documentary History, 1638-1692}. A collection of abstracts of original documents pertaining to Goody Cole, collected by David D. Hall in 1991.
• New discoveries about Goody Cole's past, and some debunking of myths
• The Witch of Hampton: the Woman and her Legend
• Some basic biographical facts about Goody Cole.
• The Goody Cole exhibit page from the website of the Hampton Historical Society
• Eunice "Goody" Cole (c. 1620 - c. 1680): Hampton, New Hampshire's Witch by Rod Watterson, May 2002.
• "The Hampton Witch" by David V. Craig, from New Hampshire Echoes magazine, Jan/Feb 1973.
• Story about the book "The Mark of Goody Cole" published by Cheryl Lassiter in 2014.

• Other writings on Goody:

• "William and Eunice "Goody" Cole of Hampton" by Edmund Willoughby Toppan (ca. 1840s)
• Excerpts from The Annals of Witchcraft in New England by Samuel G. Drake (1869)
• Excerpts from A Book of New England Legends and Folklore by Samuel Adams Drake (1884)
• The story of Goody Cole from Joseph Dow's History of Hampton (1898)

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• Hampton's Witches, from the book "New Hampshire Folk Tales" (1932)
• Famous Witch from Hampton, from "New Hampshire Ramblings" by Willard de Lue (1952)
• The "Witch of Hampton", by James W. Tucker (1963)

• Also see an earlier article he wrote for his "Our Town" column in 1951,

  as well as a followup article on how the town made restitution to Goody's name.

• The Legend of Goody Cole, by Leo Bonfanti (1972)
• The Life and Times of "Goody" Cole, by Cathy Marshall (ca. 1970s)
• "Eunice Goody Cole, (1590-1680)" by Olive Tardiff (1980)
• For 360 Years, It's Been Trouble For Mrs. Cole, by Donna Boetig of the Portsmouth Herald (1982)
• "Goody" Cole -- The Witch Of Hampton, -- By Bruce E. Ingmire (1988)
• The Hex-ploitation of Goody Cole-- By J. Dennis Robinson of SeacoastNH.com (1998)
• Eunice 'Goody' Cole, the 'Witch' of Hampton -- By John Hirtle, Alantic News (2006)
• The Goody Cole doll -- By John M. Holman, Hamton History Volunteer, Lane Memorial Library, 1938
• 'Goody' Cole Room Reopens -- By Ian Nadeau, Atlantic News, August 2, 2001
• Exonerated 'Witch' Goody Cole given proper grave, Hampton Union, August 13, 2013
• Finally Goody Cole Has a Proper Resting Place, Hampton-NorthHamptonPatch.com, August 17, 2013
• 
  In 1963, this unmarked stone was placed
  on the lawn of the Tuck Museum
  as a quiet memorial to Eunice "Goody" Cole.

  Stories From 1938 When Goody's Citizenship Was Restored

• Goody Cole Society Formed in 1937, by William D. Cram in the Boston Sunday Post of October 3, 1937.
• Justice for Goody Cole

  by William D. Cram, March 10, 1938.

• "Goody" Cole Memorial Exercises Held Today At Hampton Beach

  Restored Citizenship To Accused, Hampton Union, August 25, 1938

• Story of Successful Attempt To Secure Exoneration For "Goody" Cole

• The Portsmouth Herald, August 25, 1938

• Buried with a stake through her heart by a special correspondent of the St. Louis Dispatch Sunday Magazine, April 3, 1938.
• Poor Old Goody Cole, Cleansed of Witchcraft after 300 Years from an article in American Weeklyfrom 1938.

  The Ghost of Goody Cole, Among Other Things

• The Frank Fogg House, reputedly haunted by Goody's ghost
• The Goody Cole Room at The Old Salt Restaurant and Lamie's Tavern
• A Goody Cole cachet (postmark) from 1938.
• Life of Exonerated Witch Set to Music (2013)

We also have information on Hampton's other "witches".
Check out these links: Rachel Fuller and Isabella Towle.