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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.
This is a list of at least 351 people executed in Massachusetts, United States. ... Witchcraft/Salem witch trials 1692-09-22 Hanging Essex 99 Elizabeth Emmerson 28 White
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 ...
Government officials in the Salem witch trials (17 P) Pages in category "People of the Salem witch trials" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Pages in category "People executed in the Salem witch trials" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Booth's historical legacy as one of the six accusers in the 1692 Salem Witch Trials began on May 20, 1692, when she accused John and Elizabeth Proctor of committing the murders of a minimum of four people. She testified that the specters of those murdered had come to tell her they had been killed by the Proctors and begged Elizabeth to stop the ...
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.