Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather

male, deceased (1728)
Massachusetts colonial-era clergy, Calvinist ministers and theologian, Massachusetts colonial, Salemwitchtrials, American clergy, University of Glasgow
Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 - February 13, 1728). A.B. 1678 (Harvard College), A.M. 1681; honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was...
John Proctor

John Proctor

male, deceased (1692)
From suffolk, puritan, the crucible, Salemwitchtrials
John Proctor was a farmer and tavern-keeper in 17th century Massachusetts. During the Salem witch trials he was accused of witchcraft, convicted...
Bridget Bishop

Bridget Bishop

female, deceased (1692)
Salem, Thomas Oliver, Massachusetts General Court, Briget Bishop, essex county, sawyer…Salemwitchtrials, Salem witchcraft trials
Briget Bishop (ca. 1632, England - 10 June 1692 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem...

Abigail Williams

female
Deodat Lawson, Salem, Salemwitchtrials, witch trials
Abigail Williams was one of the original and foremost accusers in the Salem witch trials of 1692. Williams was eleven years old at the time. After...

Rebecca Nurse

female, deceased (1692)
from Massachusetts, Salemwitchtrials, executed for witchcraft, Rebecca Towne Nurse
Rebecca Towne Nurse (or Nourse) (baptized February 21 1621 - July 19 1692) was an important figure in the Salem witch trials.
Samuel Parris

Samuel Parris

male, deceased (1720)
danvers, Harvard University alumni, puritan, minister, From London, Religious minister…Salemwitchtrials, Salem Village
Samuel Parris was the Puritan minister in Salem Village (now Danvers) Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials, as well as the father to one of...
Giles Corey

Giles Corey

male, deceased (1692)
common law, colonial america, martha, the crucible, cory, Salemwitchtrials…Great Salem Fire of 1914
Giles Corey (also spelled Cory or Coree, c. 1621-19 September 1692) was a farmer during the Salem witch trials in early colonial America.
Sarah Good

Sarah Good

female, deceased (1692)
Salem, from Massachusetts, Salemwitchtrials, executed for witchcraft, Betty Hubbard
Sarah Good (ca. 1645 - July 19, 1692) was one of the first three people to be accused and then convicted of witchcraft at the Salem witch trials in...
Increase Mather

Increase Mather

male, deceased (1723)
Calvinist ministers and theologian, Massachusetts colonial, President of Harvard University, Harvard College, puritan, Religious history of the United States…Salemwitchtrials
The Reverend Increase Mather was a major figure in the early history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay (now the...
Samuel Sewall

Samuel Sewall

male, deceased (1814)
Congregationalist, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice, Wiscasset, congressman, American, from Massachusetts…Salemwitchtrials
Samuel Sewall (b. December 11 1757, Boston, Massachusetts - June 8 1814 Wiscasset) was an American lawyer. He represented Massachusetts in the U.S....