List of people of the Salem witch trials

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This is a list of people associated with the Salem Witch Trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between March 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, most of whom were women. Surnames in parentheses preceded by "née" indicate birth family maiden names (if known) of married women, who upon marriage generally took their husbands' surnames. Due to the low population of the Massachusetts North Shore at the time of the trials, a significant percentage of local residents were related to other local residents through descent or by marriage. Many of the witchcraft accusations were driven at least in part by acrimonious relations between the families of the plaintiffs and defendants. Unless otherwise specified, dates provided in this list use Julian-dated month and day but New Style-enumerated year (i.e., years begin on January 1 and end on December 31, in the modern style).

Accusers

"Afflicted"

Other accusers (including accused witches who "confessed")

Physician who diagnosed "bewitchment"

Executed

Died from peine forte et dure

Died in prison

Survived trial period

Sentenced but not executed

Fled to avoid imprisonment

Released on bond

Found not guilty

Pardoned

Pleaded guilty and pardoned

Not tried

Born in prison

Released from prison after the Governor ended the witch trials

Indicted by grand jury

Not indicted

Named, but no arrest warrant issued

Court personnel

Magistrates

====Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1692 ====

Justices

Superior Court of Judicature, 1693

Public figures

Clergy

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