Who was the first victim of the Salem witch trails?

Answer 1

Executed for witchcraft by hanging were:

Bridget Bishop - June 10th, 1692

Rebecca Nurse - July 19th, 1692

Susannah Martin

Elizabeth Howe

Sarah Good

Sarah Wilds

George Jacobs Sr. - August 19th, 1692

Martha Carrier

George Burroughs

John Willard

John Proctor

Martha Cory - September 22nd, 1692

Margaret Scott

Mary Esty

Alice Parker

Ann Pudeator

Wilmott Redd

Samuel Wardell

Mary Parker

Died in Jail:

Sarah Osborne

Roger Toothaker

Ann Foster

Lydia Dastin

Died from torture:

Giles Cory - September 21st, 1692

(Giles Cory was pressed to death by having large rocks placed upon a board, upon his chest. His famous last words were, "More...Weight...)

Answer 2

Executed for witchcraft by hanging were:

Bridget Bishop - June 10th, 1692

Rebecca Nurse - July 19th, 1692

Susannah Martin

Elizabeth Howe

Sarah Good

Sarah Wilds

George Jacobs Sr. - August 19th, 1692

Martha Carrier

George Burroughs

John Willard

John Proctor

Martha Cory - September 22nd, 1692

Margaret Scott

Mary Esty

Alice Parker

Ann Pudeator

Wilmott Redd

Samuel Wardell

Mary Parker

Died in Jail:

Sarah Osborne

Roger Toothaker

Ann Foster

Lydia Dastin

Died from torture:

Giles Cory - September 21st, 1692

(Giles Cory was pressed to death by having large rocks placed upon a board, upon his chest. His famous last words were, "More...Weight...)

Answer 3

I believe that the first victim of the Salem witch trials was a slave called Tituba. She was telling some stories almost like fairy tales to some girls that visited her. This was a social no no because the Puritan church did not accept change. Later, after the story telling, the girls began to "act strangely" and this was drawn back to Tituba. She was singled out most likely because she was a slave as well as the fact that she was "being different". Nothing much has been proven about the Salem Witch trials, so please don't only take my word for it.

EDIT:

There is no proof, in fact it has mostly been disporven, that Tituba tols stories and that's why the girls went crazy. Tituba can not be considered a victim because she survived. The first person to die in the Trials was Sarah Osbourne, because of the terrible conditions in prison. The first executed was Bridget Bishop.

Answer 4

John Hathorne and Jonathon Corwin were the closest things to prosecutors. The victims make a very long list, including Rebecca Nurse, Mary Bradbury, Martha Corey, Giles Corey, John and Elizabeth Proctor, Sarah Goode and George Burroughs.

Answer 5

Key Figures

Samuel Parris (1653-1720), Puritan pastor of Salem Village

Tituba (1648?-1692), West Indian slave in the Parris household

William Phips (1651-1695), royal governor of Massachusetts, 1692-1694

William Stoughton (1631-1701), deputy governor and presiding justice at the witch trials

Samuel Sewall (1652-1730), Massachusetts magistrate and a judge at the witch trials

John Hathorne (1641-1717), assistant of the Massachusetts General Court who conducted examinations of accused witches

Jonathan Corwin (fl. 1692-1693), Massachusetts General Court examiner and judge

Nicholas Noyes (1647-1717), Puritan pastor of Salem Town

Simon Bradstreet (1603-1697), provisional governor of Massachusetts after the fall of the Dominion of New England

Increase Mather (1639-1723), pastor of the Boston Puritan church and president of Harvard College

Cotton Mather (1663-1728), Puritan minister who both criticized and defended the judges at the trials

The Convicted and Executed: 19 Victims Who Did Not Survive:

Bridget Bishop

Sara Good

Elizabeth How

Rebecca Nurse

Sarah Wildes

Rev. George Burrough

Martha Carrier

George Jacobs, Sr.

John Proctor

Martha Cory

Mary Esty

Ann Pudeator

Samuel Wardell

Alice Parker

Mary Parker

John Willard

Wilmot Redd

Margaret Scott

Answer 6

The citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts, and the colony's government in Boston.

Answer 7

stop cheating and figure it out