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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.
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.
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.
Mass hysteria and bloodbaths have left a stain on Salem, Massachusetts. Now, over three centuries later, the ramifications of the Salem Witch Trials can still be felt on the banks of Massachusetts ...
For those unfamiliar with the Salem witch trials, here is a brief summary. In 1692, the people of Salem, Massachusetts, were in a quest to purge their community of anything that was considered ...
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 ...
With the release of "Hocus Pocus 2," Salem is having a moment again, but its history is often misunderstood.