Important Figures
Abbott, Nehemiah Jr.
Nehemiah Abbott Jr., a weaver from Topsfield, managed to survive an accusation in April 1692 when during his examination, the accusing girls determined that they confused Abbott for another man. In fact, the judges ordered Abbott to step outside so the accusers saw him in the light to compare the real Abbott to the specter they witnesses afflicting them. The man they claimed afflicted them "had a bunch on his eyes," and since Abbott was "a hilly faced man and stood shaded by reason of his own hair," so bystanders believed he matched the description. Once all the accusers recanted their accusation, he went home free to his wife Abigail Loveyjoy Abbott.
Addington, Isaac
Isaac Addington (c. 1644-1715) lived in Boston where he worked as a surgeon, legislator, magistrate, and a deacon of Boston's First Church. He married Elizabeth Bowen in 1669 and later remarried in 1713 to Elizabeth Wainwright. In 1692, he worked as the Secretary of the Province, so the Attorney General Thomas Newton requested prisoner transfers in May of 1692 through Addington to begin the trials. Although his involvement in the trials was mostly indirect through legal business of the colony and signing documents for compensation claims years later, Addington attended the examination of Elizabeth Procter and Sarah Cloyce in April 1692. He died around 1715.
Andrew, Daniel
Daniel Andrew (c.1644-1702) successfully fled Salem Village after being named as a witch. His wife Sarah was from the Porter family and his sister Rebecca married George Jacobs Jr., tying him to two important families in this history.
Andros, Edmund
Arnold, John
Ballard, Elizabeth
Ballard, Joseph
Barker, William Sr.
Barker, William Jr.
Barnard, Thomas Rev.
Bayley, James Rev.
Bayley, Mary
Bishop, Bridget
Bradbury, Mary
Bradbury, Thomas
Bradstreet, Simon
Burroughs, George Rev.
Calef, Robert
Carr, George
Carrier, Martha
Carrier, Richard
Charles II
Checkley, Anthony
Cheever, Ezekiel
Churchill, Sarah
Cloyce, Sarah
Colson, Elizabeth
Corey, Giles
Corey, Martha
Corwin, George
Corwin, Jonathan
Dane, Deliverance
Dane, Francis Rev.
Denmark, Bridget
Dustin, Lydia
Easty, Mary
English, Mary
English, Philip
Foster, Ann
Gedney, Bartholomew
Good, Dorothy
Good, Sarah
Griggs, William
Hale, John Rev.
Hathorne, John
Herrick, George
Higginson, John Rev.
Hoar, Dorcas
Hobbes, Abigail
Hobbes, Deliverance
Howe, Elizabeth
Hubbard, Elizabeth
Indian, John
Ingersoll, Nathaniel
Jacobs, George Sr.
Jacobs, George Jr.
Jacobs, Margaret
James II
Lacey, Mary Sr.
Lacey, Mary Jr.
Lawson, Deodat Rev.
Lewis, Mercy
Martin, Abigail
Martin, Susannah
Mather, Cotton Rev.
Mather, Increase Rev.
Moody, Joshua Rev.
Newton, Thomas
Noyes, Nicholas Rev.
Nurse, Francis
Nurse, Rebecca
Osborne, Alexander
Osborne, Sarah
Parker, Alice
Parker, Mary
Parris, Betty
Parris, Samuel
Phelps, Sarah
Phips, William
Pike, Robert
Pope, Bathshua
Porter, Elizabeth
Porter, Israel
Prince, Richard
Procter, Elizabeth
Procter, John
Pudeator, Ann
Putnam, Ann (Holyoke)
Putnam, Ann Sr.
Putnam Ann Jr.
Putnam, Edward
Putnam, John Sr.
Putnam, John Jr.
Putnam, Joseph
Putnam, Mary (Vern)
Putnam, Nathaniel
Putnam, Rebecca
Putnam, Thomas Sr.
Putnam, Thomas Jr.
Redd, Wilmot
Richards, John
Saltonstall, Nathaniel
Scott, Margaret
Sewall, Samuel
Sewall, Stephan
Sheldon, Susannah
Sprague, Martha
Stoughton, William
Thatcher, Margaret
Tituba
Toothaker, Mary
Toothaker, Roger
Walcott, Jonathan
Walcott, Mary
Wardwell, Samuel
Wardwell, Sarah
Warren, Mary
Wildes, Sarah
Willard, John
Willard, Samuel Rev.
Willard, Simon
William III
Williams, Abigail
Winthrop, Wait-still