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Elizabeth Booth was born in 1674 and was one of the accused as well as one of the accusers in the Salem Witch Trials. She grew up in Salem, Massachusetts , as the second eldest of ten children. When she was sixteen she was accused of being a witch .
Elizabeth Phelps/Phillips-Ballard, age about 46 and living in Andover. She died on July 27, 1692. Sarah Bibber, age about 36 and living in Salem; Hannah Chandler-Bixby/Bigsby, aged about 40 and living in Andover. Alice Booth, age 14 and living in Salem; Elizabeth Booth - age 18 and living in Salem; Elizabeth Wilkins-Booth, age 16 and living in ...
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.
Aug. 25—SALEM — For its second look at the Salem Witch Trials in as many years, Peabody Essex Museum is exploring what it means to be a witch, with a contrast between the accused victims of ...
The Salem Witch Trials Memorial Park in Salem The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom is usually identified as Mary Walcott. The 300th anniversary of the trials was marked in 1992 in Salem and Danvers by a variety of events. A memorial park was dedicated in Salem which included stone slab benches inserted in the stone wall ...
Elizabeth Howe, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Sarah Wildes and Susanna Martin were hanged on July 19, 1692, and buried in a crevice on Gallows hill. [8] Giles Corey (image) Nineteen people were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, and one man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death because he refused to attest to the indictment against him.
On August 19, 1692, five accused individuals had been executed in Salem, Massachusetts, [3] bringing the total to eleven (reaching twenty by the end of September). Mather had attended this execution and one account shows him giving a speech on horseback that seemed to quiet a crowd that had been calling for mercy for the accused.
July 19: Sarah Good, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Howe, and Sarah Wildes are executed by hanging at Gallows Hill in Salem. August 3: Martha Carrier is tried and found guilty. August 4: George Jacobs Sr. and John Willard are tried and found guilty. August 5: George Burroughs, Elizabeth Proctor, and John Proctor are tried and found ...