Salem Witch Trials

  • Girls Become Bewitched

    Girls Become Bewitched
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    Tituba, Sarah Osbourne and Sarah Good are accused

    Tituba is the only one who admits to witch craft. Sarah Osbourne and Sarah Good maintain innocense.
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    More are accused

    Martha Corey, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Proctor are all accused
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    More are accused

    Sarah Cloyce, John Proctor, Abigail Hobbs, Giles Corey, Mary Warren, Nehemiah Abbott, William and Deliverance Hobbs, Edward and Sarah Bishop, Mary Easty, Mary Black, Sarah Wildes, and Mary English are all accused.
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    More are accused

    Sarah Morey, Lydia Dustin, Susannah Martin, Dorcas Hoar, George Burroughs, George Jacobs, Sr, Margret Jacobs, Mary Easty, Martha Carrier, John Alden, Wilmott Redd, Elizabeth Howe, and Phillip English are all accused.
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    First few are killed

    Bridget Bishop was the first killed in the Salem Witch Trials. Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Sarah Wildes, Sarah Good and Elizabeth Howe are all condemned.
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    More are hanged

    Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Good, and Sarah Wildes are all killed.
  • Andover Witch Trials Start

    Joseph Ballard of Andover gets to help of the accusing girls of Salem. This starts the beginning of the Andover witch hunt.
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    More executed

    George Jacobs, Sr., Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John Proctor, and John Willard were hanged.
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    More are killed

    Giles Corey was pressed to death. Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker were hanged.
  • Dorcas Hoar Confesses

    Dorcas Hoar was the first pleading innocent to confess, this delayed her execution.
  • Thomas Brattle Writes a Letter

    Thomas Brattle wrote a letter criticizing the witchcraft trials. This letter impacted governor Phips.