What is the history of Abigail and john's relationship?

Answer 1

Abigial Williams finds herself liking John Proctor. When John Proctor's wife, Elizabeth, becomes ill, Abigail takes full advantage of John who is hurting and depressed. It turns out that they both like eachother! John and Abigail(Abby) then have an affair. After Elizabeth is well again, she can see what is going on between the two and she doesn't like the look of it. She notices soon that John acts like he is really into Abby, and so, out of fear, she fires Abby from her job as their servant. John, then knowing what crime and sin he has commited, tries to end everything with Abby. He sees her around, but he never spends anymore time with her. Abby never gives up though, especially because she thinks John is the one to marry. When John comes over to check on Abigail's sick cousin, she gets him alone in a room. Just her, him, and her sick, cousin who has been in a comma. Abby then tries to get John to have another affair and be hers again, but John stays firm, and tells her he must not. Later in the play, Abigail accuses John's wife of witchcraft in plans to have his wife hanged so she can marry him, but John refuses to put shame to his and his wife's name and so he goes to court. In the end he hangs because he will not admit he is witched and because he commited lechery. (Adultry)

Answer 2

if you are referring to the novel the cruible, then John slept with Abigail when she was his nanny/maid to his children.