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Belinda Nash
Belinda Nash
	Nash at the Ferry Plantation House, Halloween 2010
Born	October 27, 1946; Canada
Died	February 16, 2016 (aged 69); Virginia Beach, Virginia, US
Cause of death	Cancer
Occupations	Author; Historian; Activist;
Organization	Ferry Plantation House

Belinda Nash (October 27, 1946 – February 16, 2016) was an American historian, author and activist. She wrote a biography of Grace Sherwood, the last person to be "convicted" by ordeal of being a witch in Virginia. As a result of Nash's work, Sherwood was given a pardon, 300 years after her trial by ordeal.^[1]

Nash died in Virginia Beach, Virginia on February 16, 2016 from cancer. She was aged 69.^[2]

References

↑ ""Witch of Pungo" receives a pardon". USA Today. July 9, 2006. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
↑ "In Memory of Belinda Jacqueline Nash". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved February 18, 2016.

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[USA_Today-1] ""Witch of Pungo" receives a pardon". USA Today. July 9, 2006. Retrieved October 24, 2014.

[Death-2] "In Memory of Belinda Jacqueline Nash". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved February 18, 2016.

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