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This is a list of people associated with the Salem Witch Trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between March 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, most of whom were women.
About eighty people were accused of practicing witchcraft in a witch-hunt that lasted throughout New England from 1647 to 1663. Thirteen women and two men were executed. [ 4 ] The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93, culminating in the executions of 20 people.
Pages in category "People executed in the Salem witch trials" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Pages in category "People of the Salem witch trials" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
George Burroughs (c. 1650 – August 19, 1692) was a non-ordained Puritan preacher who was the only minister executed for witchcraft during the course of the Salem witch trials. He is remembered especially for reciting the Lord's Prayer during his execution, something it was believed a witch could never do.
People of the Salem witch trials (4 C, 12 P) ... Pages in category "Salem witch trials" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Abigail Williams is an American black metal band formed in 2004. Abigail appears in the 2010 film The Sorcerer's Apprentice as a minor antagonist. In the film, she was confirmed to be a witch who had both framed and set up others to take the fall for her witchcraft to divert attention from herself, which resulted in the Salem Witch Trials.
Twenty benches stand in a Memorial for the victims in a downtown park in Salem, one for each of those who were killed in the hysteria. [15] The Salem Witch Trials Memorial Park in Salem. Kathleen Kent, a descendant of Martha, wrote the novel The Heretic's Daughter, which focuses on the persecution of the Carrier family from the point of view of ...