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INDEX
Abbott, Arthur, 212, 218, 294–295
Abbott, Nehemiah, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 205
Accused persons
Andover and, 274–275, 281–287, 299, 316–317, 335, 336, 342
confronting accusers/results, 120–121, 141–142, 173, 199, 210, 211, 213–216
person threatening lawsuit, 334
petitions for, 218–219, 239, 254–255, 260, 269, 271, 272, 276, 285–286, 287–288, 294, 298, 323, 325–326, 336, 338, 346–347, 352–353
See also specific individuals
Accusers
family enemies and, 128–129
names suggested and, 104, 145–146
See also Afflicted persons; specific individuals
Afflicted persons
admitting false specters, 346
after witch trials, 396–397
causes and, 92, 123–124
convulsions as contagious, 123–124
people doubting/wanting punishment for, 180, 322–323, 334, 345, 346, 353–354, 396
remaining healthy, 236, 249
sticking self with pins (example), 260, 261–262
“threats” spreading across Village (1692), 127
See also specific individuals
Alden, John, 212, 213–216, 310, 311, 326, 349–350, 362, 363
Andrews, Daniel, 15, 130, 199, 200, 203, 207, 219, 239, 269, 387
Andros, Sir Edmund, 14, 32, 39, 59, 60, 70, 71, 114, 174, 183, 213, 312, 333
Arnold, John/Mary, 67, 119, 175, 221, 288, 323, 355, 363, 393
Attainders reversal, 374, 375–377, 395–396
Bailey, James/Mary, 46–48, 49–50, 51–52, 53, 56, 57, 59, 60, 165
Bellingham, Richard, 9
Bibber, Sarah, 127
, 153, 154, 180, 184, 213, 240, 241, 242, 250, 254, 257, 260, 261–262, 267, 318–319
Bishop, Bridget
church, 89, 90
descendants, 379–380
husbands/children, 15–18, 20, 23–24, 34, 378
other names, 378
overview life/times (before 1692), 15–27
sentence/standing in market, 15–16
Shattucks and, 21–22, 23, 99
Bishop, Bridget/“witchcraft”
accusations/accusers (before 1692), 15, 17, 18, 19–20, 21–27
accusations, arrest, questioning, 156–157, 159–161
family after death, 312–314
hanging, 247–252
trials/verdict, 227–237
Bishop, Edward/Sarah and unlicensed tavern, 169, 335, 343, 380
Bradbury, Mary
accusations/sentence, 50–51, 211, 244, 253, 267, 269, 274, 287–288, 298, 323, 325, 335
background, 45–46, 50–51, 60
Bradbury, Mary (continued)
escape, 326, 328, 330
Bradburys and Carr family, 45, 46, 50, 60
Brattle, Thomas, 231, 236, 308, 335, 336–337
Breslaw, Elaine G., 66, 67, 68
Burroughs, George
accusations against, 164–165, 169–170, 174, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182–184, 185, 187, 190, 198, 199, 200–201, 207–208, 305–306
background, 34, 52–53, 56–57, 69, 81
exoneration, 375, 377
trial/hanging, 225, 252, 285, 295–297, 305–306, 307, 308
Calef, Robert, 67, 104, 117, 234–235, 256, 257–258, 308, 329, 393–394
Calvinism, 53
Candy (accused slave), 68, 267–268, 289, 342
Carr, Ann. See Putnam, Ann
Carr, Elizabeth
daughter going to relatives, 44
death, 61
marriage/children, 42, 44–45
Carr family
Bradburys and, 45, 46, 50, 60
See also specific individuals
Carr, George, 42, 43, 68
drowning near Carr Island and, 44
Indian named James and, 68
Carr, James, 45–46, 60
Carrier, Martha/family, 212, 215, 253, 267, 275, 283, 284–285, 286–287, 299, 306, 335, 377
Cary, Elizabeth/Nathaniel, 210, 211, 225, 289, 310–311, 334
Cases of Conscience (Increase Mather), 334, 370
Charles, King of England, 7
Charters
England (1684) and, 14
Massachusetts, 14, 114, 312
Childbirth
preparations/procedures, 100, 340–341
risks, 100
Churchill, Sarah, 186–187, 188, 202, 207, 240, 266, 293, 315, 319, 324, 337
Clinical hysteria (conversion disorder), 95–96
Cloyce, Sarah
family, 355, 360, 369, 373
suspicions, arrest, jail, 143, 146–147, 151–152, 153, 154, 155–156, 165, 171, 175, 176, 218, 341, 363
testimonies for, 355, 363
trial, 298, 323, 341, 355–356
Clungen, Thomas/Elizabeth and child, 11–12
Confessing to witchcraft
confession withdrawal and, 177–178, 187
“repentant” witches, 93, 119, 186–187, 189, 222, 234, 262, 336, 364, 392
summary, 225
See also specific individuals
Confiscating property
Corey, Giles, 327–328
English, Mary/Philip, 312, 333, 350, 362, 381–383, 385
of felons, 303, 304
fugitives and, 335, 343
Procters, Elizabeth/John, 302–304, 350
Sheriff Corwin and, 335, 362, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386
sword example, 214–215
Corey, Giles
accusations, 119, 155, 156, 157, 163–164, 167, 174, 193, 227, 230, 323–324, 326–327, 330
death by pressing, 323–324, 326–327, 330
exoneration/church membership restoration, 377
Corey, Martha
accusations against, 119, 120–122, 123, 126, 127, 128–129, 152, 158, 174, 189
arrest, jail, questioning, 128–129, 153, 155
excommunication/hanging, 328, 329, 330
Corwin, George
background, 212, 213, 245, 251, 273–274
confiscations and, 335, 362, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386
Corwin, Jonathan
accusations/questioning and, 114, 115, 117, 127, 129, 134, 139, 159, 165, 173, 175, 177, 180, 183, 187, 188, 189–190, 201, 202, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214–215
trials and, 221, 225, 230, 241, 242, 243, 244, 248, 271, 273, 274, 281
Court of Oyer and Terminer, 211, 212, 228, 231, 241, 249, 253, 255, 270, 271, 273, 286, 309, 322, 336, 339, 341–342, 343, 349, 350, 372, 374, 376, 379, 381
Cunning folk, 71, 79, 93, 94–95
Devil’s book/signing, 105, 116, 118, 122, 123, 129–130, 131–132, 150, 153, 154, 160, 162, 163, 164, 166, 168, 173, 178, 181, 184, 186, 187, 189, 207, 209, 210, 218, 316, 354
Dounton, William, 115, 139, 393, 394
England (seventeenth century)
charters and, 14
economy/famines, 5, 6
London’s Great Fire (1666), 10
plagues, 5, 10
religion, 5–7
English, Mary
childhood, 27–29, 30
marriage/children, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37–38
overview life/times (before 1692), 27–40
parents/grandparents, 29–30
Salem Church, 34–35, 89, 90
sampler, 27–29, 385, 386
English, Mary/Philip
confiscated property, 312, 333, 350, 362, 381–383, 385
escape/in New York, 308–310, 311–312, 332–333
house, 36
English, Mary/“witchcraft”
accusations, arrest, questioning, 168–170, 172
documents in defense, 223–224
in jail, 221, 224, 288, 299–301
English, Philip
arrest/in jail, 217, 224, 288, 300
background, 32, 33, 35, 36–37, 98, 119, 174
fleeing town/arrest, 175, 177, 179, 180
marriage/children and, 37–38
return to Salem/death, 381–384
wife’s arrest and, 168–169, 172, 175
Equiano, Olaudah, 63, 64
Escapes/fugitives
Bradbury, Mary, 326, 328, 330
Cary, Elizabeth/Nathaniel, 289, 310–311
English, Mary/Philip, 308–310, 311–312, 335
English, Philip, 175, 177, 179, 180
examples (May 1692), 199–200
fines and, 335
helping with, 310–311, 363
Willard, John, 187–188, 200
Esty, Mary
accusations, 165, 169, 171, 172, 175, 177, 206–207, 208, 209–210, 218, 220
family after her death, 374, 375, 377
testimonies for, 355, 363
trial/hanging, 221, 223, 293, 298, 318, 323, 325, 328, 329, 335–336
Evidence. See Afflicted persons; Folk magic
Executions
before 1692, 9, 14, 60, 70, 213
Corey, Giles, death by pressing, 324, 326, 327, 330
Glover, Goody, and (before 1692), 14, 60, 70, 183, 213
hanging June (1692), 247–252
hangings August (1692), 305, 306–308
hangings July (1692), 277–280
hangings September (1692), 328–330, 333
Hibbins, Ann (1656), 9
Jones, Margaret (1648), 9
Parsons, Mary (1651), 9
Exoneration, 373–374, 375–377, 395
Exoneration, attainders reversal, 374, 375–377, 395–396
Fast days, 338–339, 348–349, 372, 389
Folk magic
anti-witch cake, 102–103, 104, 140, 144, 338
fortune-telling, 93–94, 95–96, 180, 316, 329, 335, 338
fortune-telling/juggling law (1692)
, 338
poppets, 23, 189, 191, 231, 235, 244, 268, 324
role, 92–93
Venus Glass fortune-telling, 93–94, 335
white witchcraft, 71, 338
Fortune-telling, 93–94, 95–96, 180, 316, 329, 335, 338
French people
frontier raids (French/Indian forces), 14, 39–40, 60, 72, 74, 81, 83, 96–97, 100, 252, 387
Jersey immigrants, 32, 35, 38, 72
Massachusetts restraints on, 40, 98
See also specific individuals
Fugitives. See Escapes/fugitives
Gedney, Bartholomew, 59, 82, 213, 216–217, 231, 241, 242, 243, 244, 268, 274, 281, 379, 388–389, 395
Gilbert, Thomas, 10–11
Glorious Revolution, England, 14, 39
Glover, Goody (“witchcraft” before 1692), 14, 60, 70, 183, 213
Good, Dorothy (child), 134, 139–140, 155, 175, 222, 263
Good, Sarah
accusations against, 105, 106, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 146–147, 167, 169–170
arrest, questioning, trial, 108–109, 114, 222, 253–255, 262, 263
husband/children, 99, 100, 101, 114
jail, 115, 118, 119, 175
sentence/hanging, 273–274, 277–278, 279
Goodall, Jacob, 12, 326–327
Great Yarmouth, 3–5, 7
Green, Joseph, Reverend, 373, 374, 390, 391–392
Griggs, William, 101–102, 103, 105, 127, 154, 258
Hale, John, Reverend
background, 72, 80
Tituba and, 67, 68–69, 70, 72, 80, 104, 115, 117
“witchcraft” and, 93, 94, 103, 104, 115, 117, 135, 189, 250, 251, 346
Hansen, Chadwick, 93, 95, 124
Hathorne, John
accusations/questioning and, 114, 117, 127, 129, 134, 135, 136, 139, 157, 159, 160, 161, 165, 173, 175, 177, 180, 183, 187, 188, 190, 193, 194, 201, 202, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214–215
trials and, 221, 225, 229, 230, 239, 241–242, 243, 244, 248, 268, 271, 273, 274, 281, 282, 385
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 37, 385–386
Henry VIII, King of England, 6
Higginson, John, Reverend, 50, 59, 80, 81, 89, 90, 119, 139, 189, 243, 274–275
Hoar, Dorcas, 94, 175, 180, 318, 328, 356, 377
Hobbs, Abigail/family
accusations/confessions and, 156, 157, 158, 164–165, 169, 170, 171, 177, 178, 179, 185, 186, 188, 193–194, 225, 226, 234, 237, 255, 337–338, 356, 377
in jail, 270, 297, 315
Hoffer, Peter Charles, 68, 394
Hollingworth, Eleanor
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