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Benjamin Proctor, son of John Proctor and his first wife Martha. William Proctor, son of John Proctor and his third wife, Elizabeth. Mary Bassett DeRich, the sister of Elizabeth Proctor. Extended family: Thomas Farrar Sr., father-in-law of Elizabeth (Hood) Farrar, sister of Sarah Hood aka Sarah Bassett; Elizabeth Hutchinson, wife of Isaac Hart ...
Francis and Giles desperately interrupt the proceedings, demanding to be heard. The court is recessed and the men thrown out of the main room, reconvening in an adjacent room. John Proctor arrives with Mary Warren and they inform Deputy Governor Danforth and Judge Hathorne about the girls' lies. Danforth then informs an unaware John that ...
Corey's neighbor, John Proctor, also accused Corey of the arson of his home. [10] Later, one of Proctor's sons confessed. Corey's second wife, Mary Bright, died in 1684. [11] Corey later married his third wife, Martha Rich. Martha was admitted to the church at Salem Village, where Giles had lived. [12]
Mary Warren has a very weak character, giving in to pressure a number of times. Proctor manages to convince her to reveal that she and the other accusers have been fabricating their stories and "supernatural experiences" that have resulted in the arrest of many innocents. However, Warren’s confession comes to nothing.
John Proctor may refer to: John Proctor (artist) (1836–1914), Scottish cartoonist and illustrator; John Proctor (Salem witch trials) (1632–1692), hanged after being falsely accused and convicted for witchcraft; John Proctor (historian) (1521–1558), English schoolmaster; John Proctor (inventor) (1804–1822), American inventor
On March 23, 1692, a warrant was issued for her arrest based upon accusations made by Edward and John Putnam. Upon hearing of the accusations, the frail 71-year-old Nurse, often described as an invalid, said, "I am innocent as the child unborn, but surely, what sin hath God found out in me unrepented of, that He should lay such an affliction on me in my old age."
In Arthur Miller's 1953 play, The Crucible, a fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials, Abigail Williams is the name of a character whose age in the play is raised a full five or six years, to age 17, and she is motivated by a desire to be in a relationship with John Proctor, a married farmer with whom she had previously had an affair.
From June 30 through early July, grand juries endorsed indictments against Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, Martha Carrier, Sarah Wildes and Dorcas Hoar. Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin and Sarah Wildes, along with Rebecca Nurse, went to trial at this time, where they were found guilty.