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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.
The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93, culminating in the executions of 20 people. Five others died in jail. Five others died in jail. It has been estimated that tens of thousands of people were executed for witchcraft in Europe and the American colonies over several hundred years.
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 .
People convicted in the Salem witch trials (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "People accused in the Salem witch trials" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Government officials in the Salem witch trials (17 P) Pages in category "People of the Salem witch trials" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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.
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 ...
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.