List of people of the Salem witch trials - wikipedia List of people of the Salem witch trials This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom in the Salem witch trials is usually identified as Mary Walcott, one of the accusers. This is a list of people associated with the Salem witch trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, most of them women. Surnames in parentheses preceded by `` née '' indicate birth family maiden names ( if known ) of married women, who upon marriage generally took their husbands ' surnames. Due to the low population of the Massachusetts North Shore at the time of the trials, a significant percentage of local residents were related to other local residents through descent or by marriage. Many of the witchcraft accusations were driven at least in part by acrimonious relations between the families of the plaintiffs and defendants. Unless otherwise specified, dates provided in this list use Julian - dated month and day but New Style - enumerated year ( i.e., years begin on January 1 and end on December 31, in the modern style ). Contents 1 Accusers 1.1 `` Afflicted '' 1.2 Other accusers ( including accused witches who `` confessed '' ) 1.3 Physician who diagnosed `` bewitchment '' 2 Convicted 2.1 Convicted and executed 2.2 Convicted and died in prison 2.3 Convicted but escaped 2.4 Pardoned 2.4. 1 Convicted and pardoned 2.4. 2 Pled guilty and pardoned 3 Not found guilty or otherwise survived the trial period 3.1 Died in custody 3.2 Unindicted or acquitted 3.3 Released on bond 3.4 Escaped 4 Not tried 4.1 Born in prison 4.2 Died in prison 4.3 Released from prison after the Governor ended the witch trials 4.4 Indicted by grand jury 4.5 Not indicted 4.6 Evaded arrest or escaped 4.7 Named, but no arrest warrant issued 5 Court personnel 5.1 Magistrates 5.1. 1 Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1692 5.2 Justices 5.2. 1 Superior Court of Judicature, 1693 5.3 Jurors 5.3. 1 Trial of Rebecca Nurse 6 Public figures 6.1 Clergy 7 References 8 External links Accusers `` Afflicted '' Elizabeth Booth Elizabeth Hubbard -- servant of Dr William Griggs, local physician Mercy Lewis -- servant of Thomas Putnam ; former servant of George Burroughs Elizabeth `` Betty '' Parris -- daughter of the Rev. Samuel Parris Ann Putnam Jr. -- daughter of Thomas Putnam and Ann Putnam Sr. Mary Warren Abigail Williams -- cousin of Betty Parris John Earls ( son of Parker Earls ) Other accusers ( including accused witches who `` confessed '' ) Benjamin Abbot Sarah Bibber Deliverance Dane ( née Hazeltine ) Thomas Putnam Physician who diagnosed `` bewitchment '' William Griggs -- relative and employer of Elizabeth Hubbard Convicted Convicted and executed See also : List of people executed for witchcraft Bridget Bishop ( née Playfer ; executed June 10, 1692 ) Rebecca Nurse ( née Towne ; July 19, 1692 ) Sarah Good ( formerly Poole, née Solart ; July 19, 1692 ) Elizabeth Howe ( née Jackson ; July 19, 1692 ) Susannah Martin ( née North ; July 19, 1692 ) Sarah Wildes ( née Averill ; July 19, 1692 ) George Burroughs ( August 19, 1692 ) George Jacobs Sr. ( August 19, 1692 ) Martha Carrier ( née Allen ; August 19, 1692 ) John Proctor ( August 19, 1692 ) John Willard ( August 19, 1692 ) Martha Corey ( September 22, 1692 ; wife of Giles Corey ) Mary Eastey ( née Towne ; September 22, 1692 ) Mary Parker ( née Ayer ; September 22, 1692 ) Alice Parker ( September 22, 1692 ) Ann Pudeator ( September 22, 1692 ) Wilmot Redd ( September 22, 1692 ) Margaret Scott ( September 22, 1692 ) Samuel Wardwell Sr. ( September 22, 1692 ) Giles Corey ( September 19, 1692 ) - Pressed to death. Convicted and died in prison Ann Foster ( née Alcock ) -- died in custody in December 1692 Convicted but escaped Mary Bradbury ( née Perkins ) Pardoned Convicted and pardoned Abigail Faulkner Sr. ( née Dane ), who was pregnant Dorcas Hoar, `` confessed '' Elizabeth Proctor ( née Bassett ), who was pregnant Pled guilty and pardoned Mary Lacey Sr. ( née Foster ) Tituba - A slave from Barbados working for Rev Samuel Parris Not found guilty or otherwise survived the trial period Died in custody Lydia Dustin -- found not guilty but died in custody Unindicted or acquitted Job Tookey Released on bond Dorothy Good -- daughter of Sarah Good Frances Elizabeth Alcock Hutchins -- Arrested Aug 18, 1692. Released December 21, 1692. Escaped John Alden Jr. William Barker Sr. Mary ( née Hollingsworth ) and Philip ( or Phillip ) English ( married couple ) Edward Farrington Not tried Born in prison Mercy, daughter of Sarah Good, born and died in prison some time prior to her mother 's execution. John, son of Elizabeth Proctor and John Proctor Died in prison Lydia Dustin Ann Foster ( née Alcock ) Mercy, infant daughter of Sarah Good Sarah Osborne ( née Warren ) -- died in prison ( May 10, 1692 ) before she could be tried Roger Toothaker -- died before trial ( June 16, 1692 ) probably due to torture or maltreatment Released from prison after the Governor ended the witch trials Mary Black, slave who was arrested and indicted but never went to trial Sarah Rist ( née Clarke ) - died May 31, 1698, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Indicted by grand jury Stephen Johnson William Barker Sr. Edward Farrington ( escaped ) Mary Green ( escaped ) Elizabeth Hutchinson Hart ( released after 7 months in jail after her son Thomas filed petitions on her behalf ) Not indicted John Porter Sr. Israel Porter William Proctor Sarah Cloyce ( née Towne ) -- sister of Rebecca Nurse and Mary Eastey Thomas Farrer Sr. ( or Farrar ) -- spent 7 months in Boston jail before being released Tituba Evaded arrest or escaped Daniel Andrew George Jacobs, Jr. Named, but no arrest warrant issued Anne Bradstreet ( née Wood ) Dudley Bradstreet John Bradstreet Rev. John Busse ( or Buss ) -- minister in Wells, Maine Rev. Francis Dane -- minister in Andover, Massachusetts Sarah Hale ( née Noyes ) -- wife of Rev. John Hale, minister in Beverly, Massachusetts James Howe ( or How ) -- husband of Elizabeth Howe ( or How ) Lady Mary Phips ( née Spencer ) -- wife of Massachusetts Governor Sir William Phips Sarah Swift ( née Clapp ) Margaret Sheaf Thacher ( née Webb ) -- Jonathan Corwin 's mother - in - law Court personnel Magistrates Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1692 William Stoughton, Chief Magistrate John Richards Nathaniel Saltonstall ( resigned from the court over the nature of the proceedings ) Waitstill Winthrop Bartholomew Gedney Samuel Sewall John Hathorne Jonathan Corwin Peter Sergeant Justices Superior Court of Judicature, 1693 William Stoughton, Chief Justice Thomas Danforth John Richards Waitstill Winthrop Samuel Sewall Jurors This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2017 ) The list of jurors who served in the trial of Rebecca Nurse does not include other jurors who served in prior and subsequent trials. The jury initially acquitted Nurse but were ordered to redeliberate by William Stoughton. Trial of Rebecca Nurse Captain Thomas Fisk Sr., jury foreman John Batcheller John Dane Andrew Eliot Joseph Evelith Captain Thomas Fisk Jr. William Fisk Henry Herrick Jr. John Peabody Thomas Pearly Sr. Thomas Perkins Public figures Sir William Phips -- Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Brattle Robert Calef Major Robert Pike Clergy John Hale, of Beverly, Massachusetts Cotton Mather, of Boston, Massachusetts Increase Mather, of Boston, Massachusetts Nicholas Noyes, of Salem Samuel Parris, of Salem Village -- father of Betty Parris and uncle of Abigail Williams Samuel Willard, of Groton, and Boston ( both Massachusetts ) Thomas Barnard, of Andover, Massachusetts References Jump up ^ `` Frances Elizabeth Alcock Hutchins ''. Find a Grave. Retrieved October 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Suffolk Court Records Case No. 2668, p. 149, `` Petition of Thomas Hart '' Jump up ^ `` People Accused of Witchcraft in 1692 ''. www.17thc.us. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 26. Jump up ^ Massachusetts Archives Collections, Governor 's Council Executive Records, Vol. 2, 1692, pages 176 -- 177. Certified copy from the original records at Her Majestie 's State Paper Office, London, UK, September 16, 1846. Jump up ^ Records of the Massachusetts Supreme Court of Judicature, 1692 / 3, Page 1. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Judicial Archives Jump up ^ `` Not for Filthy Lucre 's Sake : Richard Saltar and the Antiproprietary Movement '' by Daniel Weeks, p. 40 External links University of Virginia : Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project The Accused Witches of Gloucester Salem witch trials ( 1692 -- 93 ) Timeline People Cultural depictions Magistrates and court officials Jonathan Corwin Bartholomew Gedney John Hathorne Joseph Herrick George Herrick John Richards Nathaniel Saltonstall ( aka Nathanial Saltonstall ; resigned from the court in protest over nature of proceedings ) Samuel Sewall William Stoughton Waitstill Winthrop Town physician William Griggs Clergy Thomas Barnard George Burroughs ( convicted of withcraft and hanged ) Francis Dane John Hale John Higginson Deodat Lawson Cotton Mather Increase Mather William Milbourne Nicholas Noyes Samuel Parris Edward Payson Samuel Phillips Samuel Willard Politicians and public figures Thomas Danforth William Phips Thomas Brattle Robert Calef Thomas Maule 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 Accused but survived Arthur Abbot Nehemiah Abbot Jr. Abigail Barker Katerina Biss Edward Bishop Edward Bishop III Mary Black Anne Bradstreet Dudley Bradstreet John Bradstreet Mary Bridges Sr. Sarah Bridges Sarah Buckley John Busse ( or Buss ) Andrew Carrier Richard Carrier Sarah Carrier Thomas Carrier Jr. Bethiah Carter Jr. Bethiah Carter Sr. Rachel Clinton Sarah Cloyce Elizabeth Colson Mary Colson Francis Dane Phoebe Day Elizabeth Dicer Rebecca Dike Ann Dolliver Mehitable Downing Mary Dyer Daniel and Lydia Eames Rebecca Blake Eames Esther Elwell Martha Emerson Joseph Emons Thomas Farrar Sr. Abigail Faulkner Jr. Abigail Faulkner Sr. Dorothy Faulkner Elizabeth Fosdick Eunice Frye Dorothy Good Mary Green Sarah Noyes Hale ( wife of John Hale ) Elizabeth Hutchinson Hart Margaret Hawkes Sarah Hawkes Jr. Dorcas Hoar Deliverance Hobbs William Hobbs Elizabeth Johnson Sr. Stephen Johnson Rebecca Jacobs Jane Lilly ( or Lillie ) Mary Marston Sarah Morey Sarah Murrell Robert and Sarah Pease Joan Penney ( or Penny ) Sarah Phelps Lady Mary Phips Mary Post Susannah Post Margaret Prince Elizabeth Bassett Proctor Sarah Proctor William Proctor Sarah Davis Rice Sarah Rist Sarah Root Susanna Rootes Abigail Rowe Mary Rowe Elizabeth Scargen Ann Sears Abigail Somes Sarah Clapp Swift Mary Harrington Taylor Margaret Thacher Job Tookey Margaret Toothaker Mary Toothaker Hannah Tyler Joanna Tyler Mary Lovett Tyler Hezekiah Usher II Rachel Vinson Mary Whittredge ( or Witheridge ) Sarah Wilson Jr. Sarah Wilson Sr. Edward Wooland Confessed and / or accused others Mary Barker William Barker Jr. William Barker Sr. Sarah Bibber Mary Bridges Jr. Sarah Churchwell Deliverance Dane Rebecca Blake Eames Abigail Hobbs Margaret Jacobs Mary Lacey Jr. Mary Lacey Sr. Martha Tyler Mercy Wardwell Sarah Wardwell Mary Warren Candy Tituba Executed by hanging Bridget Bishop George Burroughs Martha Carrier Martha Corey Mary Eastey Sarah Good Elizabeth Howe George Jacobs Sr. Susannah Martin Rebecca Nurse Alice Parker Mary Ayer Parker John Proctor Ann Pudeator Wilmot Redd Margaret Scott Samuel Wardwell Sarah Wildes John Willard Pressed to death Giles Corey Born in prison Mercy, infant child of Sarah Good John Proctor III Died in prison John Durrant Lydia Dustin Ann Foster Mercy, infant child of Sarah Good Sarah Osborne Infant child of Elizabeth Scargen Roger Toothaker Escaped or otherwise fled John Alden Daniel Andrew Mary Bradbury Elizabeth Cary Phillip and Mary English Edward Farrington Mary Green George Jacobs Jr. Ephraim Stevens Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_of_the_Salem_witch_trials&oldid=833006450 '' Categories : People of the Salem witch trials Lists of people by association Salem witch trials People of colonial Massachusetts Hidden categories : Dynamic lists Pages using div col with deprecated parameters All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2015 Wikipedia articles 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Question: who was the first person killed in the salem witch trials
Answer: Bridget Bishop