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  2. Salem witch trials - Wikipedia

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    A map of Salem Village, 1692, and Salem Town at the lower-right. Salem Village (present-day Danvers, Massachusetts) was known for its fractious population, which not only suffered from many internal disputes, but also had a strained relationship with Salem Town (present-day Salem). Arguments about property lines, grazing rights, and church ...

  3. Timeline of the Salem witch trials - Wikipedia

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    April 30: Several girls accuse former Salem minister George Burroughs of witchcraft. May 2: Hathorne and Corwin examine Sarah Morey, Lyndia Dustin, Susannah Martin and Dorcas Hoar. May 4: George Burroughs is arrested in Maine and sent back to Salem three days later and subsequently jailed.

  4. Elizabeth Hubbard (Salem witch trials) - Wikipedia

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    It is unclear what happened to Hubbard after the trials concluded. American historian Mary Beth Norton states in her book In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 that Hubbard moved from Salem to Gloucester in Massachusetts. Norton purports that Hubbard married a man named John Bennett, with whom she had four children.

  5. Bridget Bishop - Wikipedia

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    Bridget Bishop (née Magnus; c. 1632 – 10 June 1692) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged, and one, Giles Corey, was pressed to death.

  6. Abigail Williams - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Rebecca Eames - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca Blake Eames (February 1, 1641 - May 8, 1721) was among those accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of 1692.. Rebecca Eames was in the crowd at the August 19, 1692, hanging of witches in Salem when she was accused of causing a pinprick in the foot of another spectator.

  8. Guest: Are 'Salem Witch Hunters' of 1692 invading our ... - AOL

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    Five women who were hanged as witches more than 330 years ago at Proctor's Ledge during the Salem, Massachusetts, witch trials. Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse and Sarah ...

  9. John Proctor (Salem witch trials) - Wikipedia

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    The Devil Hath Been Raised: A Documentary History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Outbreak of March 1692; Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692: John Proctor—University of Missouri-Kansas City; Upham, Charles W. Salem Witchcraft; With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects