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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.
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.
In 2022, lawmakers exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem witch trials ...
People accused in the Salem witch trials (2 C, 11 P) Accusers in the Salem witch trials (17 P) C. Clergy in the Salem witch trials (10 P) G.
About eighty people were accused of practicing witchcraft in a witch-hunt that lasted throughout New England from 1647 to 1663. Thirteen women and two men were executed. [ 4 ] The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93, culminating in the executions of 20 people.
Want to dine with these ghosts and more? Here are five of the most haunted restaurants in Massachusetts to visit this spooky season.
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men).
Largely thought to be sinister, many women were accused of witchcraft and burned alive during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 and 1693. While many of the powers that witches possess are capable of ...