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  2. Salem witch trials - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Timeline of the Salem witch trials - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of people of the Salem witch trials - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Gedney family - Wikipedia

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    Bartholomew Gedney (1640 – 1698) of Massachusetts, a magistrate at the Salem Witch Trials, was a great-great grandfather of Thomas Fairfax (1762 – 1846), 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. The 9th Lord's predecessor, Thomas Fairfax (1732 – 1802), 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was forced to forfeit his land in what is now Fairfax, Virginia.

  6. Abigail Williams - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. The 3 Biggest Myths About the Salem Witch Trials - AOL

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    With the release of "Hocus Pocus 2," Salem is having a moment again, but its history is often misunderstood. The 3 Biggest Myths About the Salem Witch Trials Skip to main content

  8. John Proctor (Salem witch trials) - Wikipedia

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    Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft; Hanson, J. W. (1848). The History of the Town of Danvers, from its Earliest Settlement to 1848, published by the author, printed at the Courier Office, Danvers, Massachusetts; Hill, Frances. A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials; Jackson, Shirley. The Witchcraft of Salem ...

  9. John Hathorne - Wikipedia

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    The latter work, set in Salem, contains allusions to the witch trials in its history of the house. Hawthorne was somewhat distressed and deeply ashamed at his ancestor's lack of remorse over the trials. Nathaniel may have adopted the "Hawthorne" spelling in an effort to dissociate himself from the judge.

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