Biography
At 18, Booth was a member of the “outer circle” of girls who supposedly afflicted by witchcraft, and she participated in examinations, inquests, and trials.[3] Booth lived near John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth Proctor, and most of her court proceedings referenced the Proctors. [4]
Booth's testimony helped lead to the hangings of John Proctor and Wilmot Redd, the pressing to death of Giles Corey, and the imprisonment and death sentence of the pregnant Elizabeth Proctor. In October 1692, she married Jonathon Pease.[3]
References
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- 1 2 Drake, Samuel G. “Annals of Witchcraft in New England”, The Salem Witch Trials Reader, ed. Frances Hill. Da Capo Press. Boston. 2009.
- ↑ Roach, Marilynne K. The Salem Witch Trials: A day by day chronicle of a community under siege. Taylor Trade Publications, 2004.
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Magistrates and court officials | |
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Town physician | |
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Clergy | |
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Politicians and public figures | |
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Accusers |
- Benjamin Abbot
- Ebenezer Babson
- William Barker Sr.
- Thomas Barnard
- Elizabeth Booth
- John Bly Sr. and Rebecca Bly
- Thomas Boreman
- Thomas Chandler
- Nathaniel Coit
- Mary Daniel
- John DeRich
- Joseph Draper
- Joseph Fowler
- Mary Fuller
- Mary Herrick
- John Howe
- Elizabeth Hubbard
- Joseph Hutchinson
- John Indian
- Nathaniel Ingersoll
- Thomas and Mary Jacobs
- Margaret Wilkins Knight
- Mercy Lewis
- Abigail Martin Jr.
- Jeremiah Neale
- Sarah Nurse
- Betty Parris
- Edward Payson
- Samuel and Ruth Perley (or Pearly)
- John and Lydia Porter
- Thomas Preston
- Ann Putnam Jr.
- Ann Putnam Sr.
- Edward Putnam
- Hannah Putnam
- John Putnam Jr.
- John Putnam Sr.
- Jonathan (or Johnathan) Putnam
- Nathaniel Putnam
- Thomas Putnam
- Nicholas Rist
- Margaret Rule
- Susannah Sheldon
- Mercy Short
- Martha Sprague
- Timothy Swan or Swann
- Christian Trask
- Peter Tufts
- Moses Tyler
- Jonathan Walcott
- Mary Walcott
- Richard Walker
- Mary Warren
- Joseph Whipple
- Bray Wilkins
- John Wilkins
- Samuel Wilkins
- Abigail Williams
- Frances Wycomb
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Escaped or otherwise fled | |
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