ic’ they were finally accused of heresy and proclaimed the ‘witches’ of Salem Village”. 1The first warrant was issued for the arrests of 6 girls and Tituba on February 29th, 1692. The 6 girls were Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Parris, Elizabeth Hubbard, Ann Pulman, Mary Walcot, and Marcy Lewis. These girls were questioned and eventually released after they had all accused two different girls, Sarah Good and Sarah Osbourne, of being the perpetrators of their so-called “bewitchment”, along with Tituba. Sarah Osbourne was released but Tituba and Sarah Good were both put in jail until someone paid Tituba’s jail bill, she was released and never seen again, while Sarah was sentenced to death. Some believed that Sarah Good was accused of witchcraft, like many others, because she was considered “socially undesirable”. Many accusations occurred after the first warrant. People would claim that others were witches because they weren’t attractive or because they had a fight with them or for any number of reasons that showed no evidence of being a witch. On April 18th 1692, Bridget Bishop was accused of witchcraft, most likely because she was known to be a very strong, argumentative woman with quite a sharp tongue. The warrant for her arrest was issued and on June 10th. She became the first person to be executed for witchcraft in Salem. The previously accused Sarah Good was not executed until July 19th. They said Sarah’s “final remarks to the Reverend Noyes before her execution were that if he took her life, god would give him blood to drink.”2The next to be accused was the Proctor family: John, Elizabeth, and their children William and Sarah on April 6th, 1692, by a feuding neighbor. After a long trial they were all sentenced to death but only John Proctor was hung on August 19th, because his wife Elizabeth was pregnant so her sentence was postponed. Before El...
