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Abigail Williams (born c. 1681, date of death unknown) [2] was an 11- or 12-year-old girl who, along with nine-year-old Betty Parris, was among the first of the children to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft in 1692; these accusations eventually led to the Salem witch trials.
Abigail Hobbs was a girl of about 14-17 [1] years old when she was arrested for witchcraft on April 18, 1692, along with Giles Corey, Mary Warren, and Bridget Bishop.Prior to living in Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts), she and her family had lived in Falmouth, Maine, the frontier of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, during a time when there were many attacks by the Wabanaki Native ...
In the same month, her husband Ebenezer's brother, William Barker Sr., and his niece, Mary Barker, were also imprisoned for witchcraft. Barker's nephew, William Barker, Jr, was also arrested on September 1. [6] One week later, on September 8, 1692, Abigail Barker was herself accused of being a witch by Rose Foster. [7]
A group of girls ranging in age from 12 to 20 were the main accusers in the Salem witch trials. [3] This group, of which Elizabeth Hubbard was a part, also included Ann Putnam, Mary Walcott, Elizabeth “Betty” Parris, Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Booth, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Warren.
Her daughter, Abigail Hobbs, was arrested on April 18, 1692 after accusations of witchcraft. Deliverance and her husband were also arrested on suspicion of witchcraft three days later. [ 1 ] In 1710, William Hobbs sent a petition to the General Court to pay £40 expenses that their imprisonment cost the family.
She was formally accused of witchcraft on April 18, 1692. [2] Under questioning she continued to have fits, confessing under duress to witchcraft and began to accuse various people, including the Proctors, of witchcraft. [1] Having confessed to witchcraft herself, she was eventually released from prison in June 1692.
Tuesday, October 23, 1962 — 62 Years Ago. Had history gone a different way on this date, this could have been the last edition of the Asbury Park Press — ever.
Tituba of Salem Village is a 1964 children's novel by African-American writer Ann Petry about the 17th-century West Indian slave of the same name who was the first to be accused of practicing witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials. Written for children 10 and up, it portrays Tituba as a black West Indian woman who tells stories about ...