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Of those, twelve were against relatives or extended members of the Proctor family. John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, and Rebecca Nurse were convicted, and John and Rebecca were executed. John Proctor, husband of Elizabeth Bassett aka Elizabeth Proctor and the father of Benjamin, William, and Sarah Proctor.
Once the trials ended, Elizabeth Proctor was reprieved and released. [8] Giles Corey was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s. Following the trial of Elizabeth and John Proctor, Booth accused Goody Proctor of murder/witchcraft. She testified that her deceased stepfather had come to her and informed her that Goody had ...
There were four execution dates, with one person executed on June 10, 1692, [75] five executed on July 19, 1692 (Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe and Sarah Wildes), [76] another five executed on August 19, 1692 (Martha Carrier, John Willard, George Burroughs, George Jacobs Sr., and John Proctor), and eight on September ...
Elizabeth Proctor (née Bassett; 1650 [1] – after 1703) was convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.She was the wife of John Proctor, who was convicted and executed.
August 5: George Burroughs, Elizabeth Proctor, and John Proctor are tried and found guilty. August 19: Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., John Willard, George Burroughs, and John Proctor are hanged on Gallows Hill. Elizabeth Proctor is temporarily spared execution because she is pregnant. September 6: Dorcas Hoar is tried and found guilty.
After the inmate’s execution via nitrogen hypoxia, Haley spoke at a news conference condemning the state’s actions. “Society failed this man as a child, and my family suffered because of it ...
John Proctor - Died August 19, 1692 (aged 59), execution by hanging. John Willard - Died August 19, 1692 (aged 35), execution by hanging. Martha Corey - Died September 22, 1692 (aged 72), execution by hanging. Mary Eastey - Died September 22, 1692 (aged 58), execution by hanging. Mary Parker - Died September 22, 1692 (aged 55), execution by ...
By Jim Salter BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court was asked to halt the execution Wednesday of a convicted killer in Missouri after a federal appeals court ruled the lethal injection ...