Salem witch trials

The Salem witch trials of Colonial America resulted in a number of convictions and executions for witchcraft in 1692 in Massachusetts, the result of a period of factional infighting and Puritan paranoia which led to the deaths of at least 25 people and the imprisonment of scores more.

Participants

Clerical participants and commentators

• The Rev. Cotton Mather
• The Rev. Samuel Parris
• The Rev. Increase Mather
• The Rev. Francis Dane
• The Rev. Deodat Lawson
• The Rev. Samuel Willard
• The Rev. John Hale

Presiding officials

Presiding officials, Court of Oyer and Terminer

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• Lieutenant Governor William Stoughton, Chief Magistrate
• Captain Jonathan Walcott
• Sheriff John Walcott

Associate Magistrates

• John Hathorne
• Samuel Sewall
• Thomas Danforth
• Bartholomew Gedney
• John Richards
• Nathaniel Saltonstall
• Peter Sargent
• Stephen Sewall, Clerk
• Wait Still Winthrop

Afflicted

Those who complained of bewitchment:

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• Sarah Bibber
• Elizabeth Booth
• Sarah Churchill
• Martha Goodwin
• Elizabeth Hubbard
• Mary Lacey (also an accused witch)
• Mercy Lewis
• Betty Parris
• Bethshaa Pope
• Ann Putnam, Jr.
• Susanna Sheldon
• Mercy Short
• Martha Sprague
• Mary Walcott
• Mary Warren (was accused of witchcraft when she recanted and said the girls "did but dissemble", i.e. "were just faking it")
• Bray Wilkins (testified against John Willard)
• Daniel Wilkins (death purportedly caused by John Willard)
• Abigail Williams

Accused

This is not a complete list; there were anywhere from 150 to 300 accused recorded, and there may have been many more not imprisoned:

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• Capt. John Alden Jr.
• Daniel Andrew
• Capt. Andres Ortega II
• Sarah Bassett
• Edward Bishop
• Sarah Bishop
• Mary Black
• Dudley Bradstreet
• John Bradstreet
• Sarah Buckley
• Richard Carrier
• Candy, a slave from Salem
• Mary Clarke
• Sarah Easty Cloyce
• Sarah Cole
• Giles Corey
• Mary Bassett DeRich
• Ann Dolliver
• Rebecca Eames
• Mary English
• Philip English
• Abigail Faulkner
• Ann Foster
• Dorcas Hoar
• Abigail Hobbs
• Deliverance Hobbs
• Elizabeth Howe
• Mary Ireson
• George Jacobs, Jr.
• Margaret Jacobs
• Elizabeth Johnson
• Mary Lacey, Sr.
• Mary Lacey (also an afflicted child)
• Sarah Osborne
• Lady Phips, wife of Governor Phips
• Susannah Post
• Elizabeth Bassett Proctor
• Mary (Woodrow) Sibley, wife of Samuel Sibley
• "Tituba" and her husband John Indian
• Job Tookey
• Hezekiah Usher
• Mary Withridge

Executed

• Bridget Bishop — hanged June 10, 1692
• The Rev. George Burroughs — hanged August 19, 1692
• Martha Carrier — hanged August 19, 1692
• Martha Corey — hanged September 22, 1692
• Giles Corey — pressed to death September 19, 1692
• Mary Easty — hanged September 22, 1692
• Sarah Good — hanged June 19, 1692
• Elizabeth Howe — hanged June 19, 1692
• George Jacobs, Sr. — hanged August 19, 1692
• Susannah Martin — hanged June 19, 1692
• Rebecca Nurse — hanged June 19, 1692
• Alice Parker — hanged September 22, 1692
• Mary Parker — hanged September 22, 1692
• John Proctor — hanged August 19, 1692
• Ann Pudeator — hanged September 22, 1692
• Wilmott Redd — hanged September 22, 1692
• Margaret Scott — hanged September 22, 1692
• Samuel Wardwell — hanged September 22, 1692
• Sarah Wildes — hanged June 19, 1692
• John Willard — hanged August 19, 1692

Died in jail

• Sarah Osborne
• "Dr." Roger Toothaker
• Ann Foster
• Lydia Dustin
• Dorcas Good (daughter of Sarah Good)