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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.
Died in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison's death row section. Found guilty in 1985 of murdering a landlady and her two children, and sentenced to hang. His accomplice Lim Beng Hai, also on death row, was put to death five months later on 5 October 1990 Graham Young: 1990-08-01 United Kingdom: Heart attack Poisoner Died in Parkhurst ...
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.
Witchcraft/Salem witch trials: 1692-07-19 Hanging Dukes: 80 Susannah Martin: White Female ? Witchcraft/Salem witch trials 1692-07-19 Hanging Essex: 81 Elizabeth Howe: White Female ? Witchcraft/Salem witch trials 1692-07-19 Hanging Essex 82 Sarah Wildes: White Female Housewife Witchcraft/Salem witch trials 1692-07-19 Hanging Essex 83 George ...
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.
Sarah Osborne dies in prison. May 14: The Rev. Increase Mather and Sir William Phips, the newly appointed governor of the colony, arrive in Boston. They bring with them a new charter establishing the Province of Massachusetts Bay. May 18: Mary Eastey is released from prison. Following protests by her accusers, she is re-arrested.