Along with many other Catholics in 17th century Ireland, Ann "Goody" GLOVER was exiled to Barbados by Oliver CROMWELL. After her husband's death, Glover came to Boston, MA (c. 1680) as a servant. As an Irish Catholic widow who resisted conversion to Puritan ways, Glover was defenseless when her employer accused her of being a witch. She was thrown into jail to await trial and interrogated by clergyman Cotton MATHER. Although she spoke and understood English, "the court could have no answers from her, but in the Irish, which was her native language." Through a translator, she allegedly gave a "confession." Glover was hanged as a witch in 1688.