Rebecca Nurse & Martha Corey.
Ann Putnam Jr. was born on October 18, 1679.
Ann Putnam Jr. was born on October 18, 1679.
Never! Ruth Putnam only exists in the Crucible, which is not based entirely in fact. Mostly likely Miller renamed Ann Putnam jr Ruth Putnam so she would not be confused with her mother, also named Ann.
she was an "afflicted" girl who accused many people of witch craft
Ann Putnam jr
Ann Putnam (of the Salem Witch Trial) never married or had children.
Thomas and Ann Putnam's seven children died at birth and their only child Ruth was sick.
Well people did not live very long in the 1600-1700's due to lack of medicine, and they did not know what we know now. Ann Putnam Jr. (the Salem witch trials) was born in 1680 and died in 1716 when she was 37 years old.
Mrs. Ann Putnam, born Ann Putnam Jr., was one of the prominent figures in the Salem witch trials of 1692. She was a young girl who, along with other children, accused several local women of witchcraft, leading to numerous arrests and executions. Ann's actions were driven by personal grievances, as she had lost several family members, which she attributed to witchcraft. Her involvement remains a significant aspect of the historical narrative surrounding the trials.
The first to accuse Tituba was Betty Parris. The other three girls who were afflicted in the beginning, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam and Elizabeth Hubbard, also accused Tituba.
Susanna English Bridget Bishop Ann Putnam Sr. Ann Putnam Jr. Reverend Parris Magistrate Corwin Magistrate Pike Betty Parris Abigail Parris Tituba John Proctor Rebecca Nurse Mary English Sr. Mary English Jr. Phillip English William English
Ann Putnam Sr. accused Rebecca Nurse because she CLAIMS that she saw the specter of Rebecca Nurse haunting her and telling her to join Satan, but it is thought that she accused Rebecca Nurse because she was the wife of Francis Nurse, an influential man of the anti-Parris faction of the village, while the Putnams were pro-Parris.