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Proctor was born in Suffolk, England, [1] [2] to John Proctor (1594–1672) and Martha Harper (1607–1667). [1] [3] When he was just three years old, his parents brought their family to America.They sailed from London on 12 April 1635 on a ship called the Susan and Ellen. [3]Upon arrival, they settled in the Chebacco area of Ipswich, Massachusetts. [1] [2] The elder Proctor owned many ...
These were formally known as the Salem Witch Trials, a series of persecutions of a group of young girls who lived in Salem Village, who were accused of practicing witchcraft, and who claimed to be possessed by the devil.
4 lis 2011 · The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local...
31 sie 2015 · The court met again early in August, when three men were convicted: George Jacobs, an elderly farmer; John Willard, a much younger one; and John Proctor, the first village man to have been...
On March 23, 1692, a warrant was issued for the arrest of four-year-old Dorothy Good of Salem Village on “suspition of acts of Witchcraft.” She was taken into custody the next day and jailed with her mother, Sarah, who had been accused of the same capital crime three weeks earlier. Since witches were often shackled in jail, something like shackles must have been adapted to fit little ...
16 wrz 2024 · Sarah and her widowed daughter Mary Witheridge had been accused by the “bewitched” girls of Salem Village, who claimed that the women’s specters had attacked them. Sarah and Mary were examined on May 18.
Court records demonstrate New Englanders’ interest in divination, magical remedies, reading books of magic and astrology, and using nails, salt, horseshoes, and plants to ward off witches and evil spirits.
