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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.
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.
A number of Barker's immediate and extended family members were embroiled in the hysteria of the Salem witch trials. In August 1692, Barker's brother-in-law, Daniel Eames, and his mother, Rebecca Blake Eames, both were imprisoned after accusations of witchcraft. In the same month, her husband Ebenezer's brother, William Barker Sr., and his ...
In 2001, acting Gov. Jane Swift signed a bill exonerating five women executed during the witch trials in Salem. In 2017, Salem unveiled a memorial for the victims. The ceremony came 325 years to ...
Abigail Rowe Massachusetts 1692 Mary Rowe Massachusetts 1692 John Sadie Jr. Massachusetts 1692 Henry Salter Massachusetts 1692 Nathaniel Saltonstall: Massachusetts 1692 Andrew Sanford Connecticut 1662 Mary Sanford Connecticut 1662 Elizabeth Scargen Massachusetts 1692 Margaret Scott: Massachusetts 1692 Elizabeth Seager Connecticut 1662 Ann Sears
It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned. Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing ...
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.
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 ...