Despite being generally known as the Salem witch trials , the preliminary hearings in 1692 were conducted in several towns in the Province of Massachusetts Bay : Salem Village ( now Danvers ) , Ipswich , Andover , and Salem Town .
Despite being generally known as the `` Salem '' witch trials , the preliminary ( or first ) hearings in 1692 were held in different towns across the province : Salem Village , Ipswich , Andover , and Salem Town , Massachusetts .