Salem Witches ©Marla Snow During the winter of 1623-1624, a fishing settlement was established on Cape Ann by England's Dorchester Company. After three years of struggle on rocky, stormy Cape Ann, a group of the settlers, led by Roger Conant, set out to establish a more permanent settlement. They found sheltered, fertile land at the mouth of the Naumkeag River. The new settlement, called Naumkeag, or "comfort haven" by the Native Americans, thrived on farming and fishing. In 1629 the settlement was renamed Salem for Shalom, the Hebrew word for peace. In January of 1692, the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village became ill. William Griggs, the village doctor, was called in when they failed to improve. His diagnosis of bewitchment put into motion the forces that would ultimately result in the hanging deaths of nineteen men and women. In addition, one man was crushed to death; several others died in prison, and the lives of many were irrevocably changed. Salem Village was not the only place where people were accused of witchcraft.  Many others, from all over New England, were accused, before the events at Salem. The following is a listing of those accused in Massachusetts, year they were accused, where they lived, and the outcome of the accusation.  Name Year Town Outcome Nehemiah Abbot, Jr. 1692 Topsfield Accusation withdrawn, released John Alden 1692 Boston Escaped Daniel Andrew 1692 Salem Village Escaped Elizabeth Bailey 1659 York Acquitted Abigail Barker 1692 Andover Confession Mary Barker 1692 Andover Confession William Barker, Jr. 1692 Andover Confession William Barker, Sr. 1692 Andover Confession Sarah Bassett 1692 Lynn Unknown Sarah Bibber 1692 Wenham Unknown Bridget Bishop 1692 Salem Village Convicted and executed Sarah Bishop 1692 Salem Village Escaped Edward Bishop, Jr. 1692 Salem Village Escaped Mary Black 1692 Salem Village   Mary Bradbury 1692 Salisbury Convicted, escaped John Bradstreet 1652 Rowley Acquitted Sarah Bridges 1692 Andover Confession Mary Bridges, Jr. 1692 Andover Confession Mary Bridges, Sr. 1692 Andover Confession Hannah Bromage 1692 Andover   Sarah Buckley 1692 Salem Village   Ann Burt CA. 1670 Lynn Possible trial, possibly acquitted Martha Carrier 1692 Andover Convicted and executed Andrew Carrier 1692 Andover Confession Richard Carrier 1692 Andover Confession Sarah Carrier 1692 Andover Confession Thomas Carrier, Jr. 1692 Andover Confession Hannah Carroll 1692 Salem Town   Bethia Carter, Jr. 1692 Woburn   Bethia Carter, Sr. 1692 Woburn   Elizabeth Cary 1692 Salem Town Escaped Sarah Churchill 1692 Charlestown   Mary Clarke 1692 Haverhill   Rachel Clenton 1692 Ipswich   Sarah Cloyse 1692 Salem Village   Eunice Cole 1656 Hampton Acquitted Eunice Cole 1673 Hampton Acquitted Sarah Cole 1692 Lynn   Sarah Cole 1692 Salem Town   Elizabeth Colson 1692 Reading Possibly escaped Martha Corey 1692 Salem Village Convicted and executed Giles Corey 1692 Salem Village Pressed to death Deliverance Dane 1692 Andover Confession Sarah Davis 1692 Wenham   Mary Derich 1692 Salem Village   Rebecca Dike 1692 Gloucester   Ann Dolliver 1692 Gloucester   Joseph Draper 1692 Andover Confession Lydia Dustin 1692 Reading Died in prison Sarah Dustin 1692 Reading   Rebecca Eames 1692 Andover Convicted, confessed, reprieved after confession Mary Easty 1692 Salem Village Convicted and executed Esther Elwell 1692 Gloucester   Martha Emerson 1692 Haverhill Confession Joseph Emons 1692 Manchester   Mary English 1692 Salem Town Escaped Phillip English 1692 Salem Town Escaped Thomas Farrer 1692 Lynn   Edward Farrington 1692 Andover   Dorothy Faulkner 1692 Andover Confession Abigail Faulkner, Jr. 1692 Andover Confession Abigail Faulkner, Sr. 1692 Andover Convicted, Reprieved because pregnant John Flood 1692 Rowley   Elizabeth Fosdick 1692 Malden   Ann Foster 1692 Andover Convicted, confessed, reprieved after confession, died in prison Nicholas Frost 1692 Manchester   Eunice Frye 1692 Andover   James Fuller 1683 Springfield Acquitted Ms. Glover 1688 Boston Convicted and executed John Godfrey 1659 Andover Acquitted John Godfrey 1662 Haverhill Acquitted John Godfrey 1665 Haverhill Acquitted Sarah Good 1692 Salem Village Convicted and executed Dorcas Good 1692 Salem Village   Mary Green 1692 Haverhill   Mary Hale 1681 Boston Acquitted Elizabeth Hart 1692 Lynn   Sarah Hawkes 1692 Andover   Margaret Hawks 1692 Salem Town   Ann Hibbens 1656 Boston Convicted and executed Dorcas Hoar 1692 Beverly Convicted, confessed, reprieved after confession Deliverance Hobbs 1692 Topsfield Confession Abigail Hobbs 1692 Topsfield Convicted, possible reprieve after confession William Hobbs 1692 Topsfield   Mary Holman 1659 Cambridge Possibly acquitted Winifred Holman 1659 Cambridge Possibly acquitted Elizabeth How 1692 Topsfield Convicted and executed John Howard 1692 Rowley   Elizabeth Hubbard 1692 Salem Village   Francis Hutchens 1692 Haverhill   Mary Ireson 1692 Lynn   John Jackson, Jr. 1692 Rowley Confession John Jackson, Sr. 1692 Rowley   Margaret Jacobs 1692 Salem Town Confession Rebecca Jacobs 1692 Salem Village   George Jacobs, Jr. 1692 Salem Village Escaped George Jacobs, Sr. 1692 Salem Town Convicted and executed Stephen Johnson 1692 Andover   Abigail Johnson 1692 Andover   Rebecca Johnson 1692 Andover   Margaret Jones 1648 Charlestown Convicted and executed Elizabeth Kendall CA. 1647 Cambridge Convicted and executed Mary Lacey, Jr. 1692 Andover Confession Mary Lacey, Sr. 1692 Andover Convicted, confessed, reprieved after confession Alice Lake 1651 Dorchester Convicted and executed Mercy Lewis 1692 Salem Village   Jane Lilly 1692 Malden   Mary Marston 1692 Andover   Susannah Martin 1669 Amesbury Possible trial, possibly acquitted Susannah Martin 1692 Amesbury Convicted and executed Sarah Morey 1692 Beverly   Elizabeth Morse 1679-80 Newbury Convicted, verdict reversed Rebecca Nurse 1692 Salem Village Convicted and executed Bridget Oliver 1680 Salem Possible trial, possibly acquitted Sarah Osborne 1692 Salem Village Died in prison Mary Osgood 1692 Andover Confession Elizabeth Paine 1692 Charlestown   Mary Parker 1692 Andover Convicted and executed Alice Parker 1692 Salem Town Convicted and executed Sarah Parker 1692 Andover   Mary Parsons 1674-75 Northampton Acquitted Mary Parsons 1651 Springfield Acquitted Hugh Parsons 1651 Springfield Convicted, verdict reversed Sarah Pease 1692 Salem Town   John Penny 1692 Gloucester   Susannah Post 1692 Andover Confession Hannah Post 1692 Rowley Confession Mary Post 1692 Rowley Convicted by Superior Court in 1693, reprieved by Governor Caleb Powell 1679 Newbury Acquitted Margaret Prince 1692 Gloucester   John Proctor 1692 Salem Village Convicted and executed William Proctor 1692 Salem Village Confession Elizabeth Proctor 1692 Salem Village Convicted, possible reprieve after confession Benjamin Proctor 1692 Salem Village   Sarah Proctor 1692 Salem Village   Ann Pudeator 1692 Salem Town Convicted and executed Wilmott Reed 1692 Marblehead Convicted and executed Sarah Rice 1692 Reading   Abigail Roe 1692 Gloucester   Susannah Roots 1692 Beverly   Henry Salter 1692 Andover   John Sawdy 1692 Andover   Ann Sears 1692 Woburn   Abigail Somes 1692 Salem Town   Martha Sparks 1692 Chelmsford   Mary Taylor 1692 Reading   Job Tookey 1692 Beverly   Roger Toothaker 1692 Billerica Died in prison Jerson Toothaker 1692 Billerica   Johanna Tyler 1692 Andover Confession Martha Tyler 1692 Andover Confession Jane Walford 1656 Portsmouth Possibly acquitted Mercy Wardwell 1692 Andover Confession Sarah Wardwell 1692 Andover Convicted by Superior Court in 1693, reprieved by Governor Samuel Wardwell 1692 Andover Convicted, confessed, withdrew confession and was then executed Mary Warren 1692 Salem Village Confession Mary Webster 1683 Hadley Acquitted Sarah Wilds 1692 Topsfield Convicted and executed Ruth Wilford 1692 Haverhill   John Willard 1692 Salem Village Convicted and executed Robert Williams 1669 Hadley Acquitted Abigail Williams 1692 Salem Village   Sarah Wilson, Jr. 1692 Andover Confession Sarah Wilson, Sr. 1692 Andover Confession Mary Withridge 1692 Salem Village   Candy (Slave) 1692 Salem Town Confession Tituba (Slave) 1692 Salem Village Confession   Back to Essex County History Home Page Back to Essex County Home Page