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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 ...
The Salem witchcraft trial of 1878, [1] [2] [3] also known as the Ipswich witchcraft trial [4] and the second Salem witch trial, [5] was an American civil case held in May 1878 in Salem, Massachusetts, in which Lucretia L. S. Brown, an adherent of the Christian Science religion, accused fellow Christian Scientist Daniel H. Spofford of attempting to harm her through his "mesmeric" mental powers.
Bloodlines of Salem was a Salt Lake City-based family-history group in the United States. Its purpose was described as providing a "place where visitors share ideas and information about the Salem witch trials of 1692, its participants and their families. Many visitors have researched and proved their descents from one or more of the participants.
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.
Hanged during the Salem witch trials. Rebecca Nurse: 1621–1692: Massachusetts Bay Colony: Hanged during the Salem witch trials: Sarah Good: 1655–1692: Massachusetts Bay Colony: One of the first to be convicted in the Salem witch trials. Samuel Wardwell: 1643–1692: Massachusetts Bay Colony: Hanged during the Salem witch trials. Sarah ...
The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom in the Salem witch trials is usually identified as Mary Walcott, one of the accusers. Surnames in parentheses preceded by " née " indicate birth family maiden names (if known) of married women, who upon marriage generally took their husbands' surnames.
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 ...
The Salem Witch Museum is a history museum located at 19 1/2 Washington Square North in downtown Salem, Massachusetts across from Salem Common. The museum features a display of artifacts and archived information pertaining to the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s.