A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
People Accused of Witchcraft in 1692
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For each person accused during the Salem witchcraft trials, you can access a large number (not all!) of the primary sources on-line, detailing what happened to them, as available in the original legal records and contemporary accounts. This is not an absolute definitive list, but it will get you started. The columns on the right will give you an idea of what kinds evidence exists in the case of each person as found in Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt.
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Accused: Elizabeth Procter, of Salem FarmsReturn
No. 39: Complaint of Jonathan Walcott & Nathaniel Ingersoll v. Sarah Cloyce & Elizabeth Procter √                
No. 46: Warrant for the Apprehension of Sarah Cloyce & Elizabeth Procter, and Officer's Return √                
No. 47: Council Record Pertaining to Sarah Cloyce, Martha Cory, Dorothy Good, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Procter, & John Procter     √            
No. 49: Examination of Sarah Cloyce & Elizabeth Procter   √              
No. 50: Deposition of Elizabeth Hubbard v. Elizabeth Procter       √   √      
No. 51: Deposition of Mercy Lewis v. Elizabeth Procter       √ √        
No. 52: Deposition of Samuel Parris, Nathaniel Ingersoll, & Thomas Putnam v. Elizabeth Procter       √ √        
No. 53: Deposition of Ann Putnam Jr. v. Elizabeth Procter       √ √ √      
No. 54: Deposition of Thomas Putnam & Edward Putnam v. Elizabeth Procter       √   √      
No. 57: Deposition of Samuel Parris, Nathaniel Ingersoll, & Thomas Putnam v. John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, & Sarah Cloyce       √          
No. 59: Deposition of Ann Putnam Jr. v. John Procter       √ √        
No. 61: Statement of Samuel Parris Concerning Abigail Williams & Mary Walcott v. John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Sarah Cloyce, Martha Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good & Dorothy Good       √          
No. 101: Statement of Mary Warren v. John Procter & Elizabeth Procter       √          
No. 116: Examination of Deliverance Hobbs in Prison       √          
No. 163: Testimony of Susannah Shelden v. Elizabeth Colson, Mrs. White, John Willard, Philip English, Mary English, George Jacobs Jr., Rebecca Jacobs, Elizabeth Procter, Sarah Buckley, Mary Whittredge, & Elizabeth Hart.       √          
No. 194: Deposition of Elizabeth Booth v. Sarah Procter, John Procter, & Elizabeth Procter       √          
No. 209: Deposition of Elizabeth Booth v. Sarah Procter, Mary DeRich, John Procter, & Elizabeth Procter       √          
No. 216: Census of Prisoners and Dates of Prison Transfers     √            
No. 217: Mittimus for Martha Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Dorothy Good, Sarah Cloyce, John Procter, & Elizabeth Procter     √            
No. 238: Statement of Susannah Shelden v. Giles Cory, Elizabeth Procter, Sarah Buckley, & John Willard       √          
No. 245: Testimony of Abigail Williams v. Elizabeth Procter       √ √        
No. 253: Letter of Thomas Newton to Isaac Addington, with Mittimus v. Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, John Willard, John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Susannah Martin, Bridget Bishop, Alice Parker, & Tituba     √            
No. 255: Deposition of Abigail Hobbs, Deliverance Hobbs, & Mary Warren v. George Burroughs, Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, Bridget Bishop, Giles Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Procter, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Abigail Soames, John Procter, & Lydia Dustin       √          
No. 271: Physical Examinations No. 1 & No. 2 of Bridget Bishop, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Procter, Alice Parker, Susannah Martin, & Sarah Good         √        
No. 375: Deposition of Mary Warren v. Elizabeth Procter       √ √ √      
No. 380: Indictment No. 1 of Elizabeth Procter, for Afflicting Mary Walcott         √        
No. 381: Indictment No. 2 of Elizabeth Procter, for Afflicting Mercy Lewis         √        
No. 382: Deposition of Stephen Bittford v. Rebecca Nurse & Elizabeth Procter       √ √ √      
No. 383: Deposition of Elizabeth Booth v. Elizabeth Procter       √ √ √      
No. 384: Testimony of Elizabeth Booth v. Elizabeth Procter, John Procter, & Martha Cory       √          
No. 385: Testimony of Elizabeth Booth v. Elizabeth Procter & John Willard       √ √        
No. 386: Deposition of Mary Walcott v. Elizabeth Procter       √ √ √      
No. 481: Testimony of John DeRich v. George Jacobs Sr. et al.       √          
No. 494: Deposition of Joseph Bailey & Priscilla Bailey v. Elizabeth Procter & John Procter       √   √      
No. 495: Petition in Support of John Procter & Elizabeth Procter       √          
No. 496: Petition in Support of John Procter & Elizabeth Procter       √          
No. 498: Testimony of William Rayment Jr. for Elizabeth Procter, Copy       √          
No. 499: Testimony of Samuel Barton for Elizabeth Procter, and Testimony of John Houghton for Elizabeth Procter       √          
No. 500: Testimony of Daniel Elliot for Elizabeth Procter       √          
No. 502: Deposition of Mary Walcott & Elizabeth Hubbard v. John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Benjamin Procter, & Sarah Procter and Testimony of James Holton v. John Procter & Elizabeth Procter       √   √      
No. 612: Account for Payment Submitted by John Arnold, Jailkeeper     √            
No. 708: Declaration of Arthur Abbott Concerning Testimony about Elizabeth Procter       √          
No. 871: Petition of Elizabeth Procter to Recover the Estate of John Procter                 √
No. 876: Petition of Francis Faulkner et al. to Clear the Records of Rebecca Nurse, Mary Esty, Abigail Faulkner Sr., Mary Parker, John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Elizabeth How, Samuel Wardwell, & Sarah Wardwell           √ √   √
No. 877: An Act for the Reversing the Attainder of Abigail Faulkner Sr., et al.                 √
No. 882: Petition of Isaac Esty Sr. et al. for Restitution for Mary Esty                 √
No. 930: Summary of the Amounts Requested by the Victims & Their Relatives                 √
No. 934: Order for Payment of Damages by Governor Joseph Dudley                 √
No. 942: Order of Mary Procter for Payment, Cases of John Procter & Elizabeth Procter                 √
No. 959: Receipts for Sums Paid in Restitution                 √
What kind of primary source evidence does a check in each column indicate?
  • Complaint or Arrest - Either a formal complaint or an arrest warrant against this person exists.
  • Examination - An account of an examination (interrogation) or confession before local magistrates or in prison exists.
  • Imprisonment - A mittimus to move this person to/from jail, a recognizance or bond to release the person from jail, a reference in a jailer's bill, or a request for compensation for time spent in jail exists.
  • Evidence Entered - At least one deposition, statement, testimony or petition from any proceeding (preliminary hearing, grand jury or trial) for or against this person exists.
  • Grand Jury or Indictment - A deposition, statement or testimony sworn before the grand jury of inquest, a physical examination of the body of this person, or an indictment brought before a grand jury exists.
  • Jury Trial - An entry in a court record book or a contemporary account of the trial exists.
  • Conviction - A death warrant indicating that the person was convicted, a notation about the case in a record book of the conviction, a statement that the person was convicted in either a request for reversal of attainder or for compensation from the Crown exists.
  • Execution - The return of an officer on a death warrant, a statement that the person was executed in a request for reversal of attainder or for compensation from the Crown, or an entry in Samuel Sewall's diary exists.
  • Restitution - Accounts submitted for restitution, orders for payment to survivors, acts for reversal of attainder or for payments of restitution, proclamations clearing the accused

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