Salem: Who instigated the hunt? Flashcards
Name 6 key children involved in the accusations at Salem?
- Elizabeth Parris (Samuel Parris’s daughter)
- Abigail Williams
- Ann Putnam (Jr.)
- Mary Walcott
- Mercy Lewis
- Elizabeth Hubbard
Who was Ann Putnam (why was this significant)?
The eldest child of Thomas and Ann
Putnam family were one of the most influential in Salem village - instrumental in spreading accusations
Was Ann Putnam involved with Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Parris?
Yes - they were freinds & in March 1962 she claimed she was posessed like the other girls - showed similar symptoms
How old was Ann Putnam?
12
Give an example of how instrumental Ann Putnam was in the Salem trials
Her name was mentioned over 400 times in the court documents
She played a leading role alongside Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams
What did Ann Putnam do after the trials that was interesting?
In 1706 she apologised for the part she played in the craze
Claimed she was decieved by the devil when she made her accusations
How old was Elizabeth Parris?
9
How old was Abigail Williams?
11
What did Abigail Williams & Elizabeth Parris begin to do in the winter of 1691?
They began to experiment with fortune telling - curious about what would happen to them in the future
What were Abigail Williams & Elizabeth Parris particularly interested in finding out about in their fortune telling?
Their futures - particularly the social status of their future husbands
What device did Abigail Williams & Elizabeth Parris use to do their fortune telling?
A ‘venus glass’
Consisted of an egg white placed in water which shapes and figures could be seen & interpreted
What strange occurence did Abigail Williams & Elizabeth Parris have with the ‘venus glass’?
It was reported that on one occasion the venus glass revealed the shape of a coffin
After which the supernatural events began
What strange things started to happen to Elizabeth Parris in January 1692?
Her father reported that she began to lose concentration & he concluded that she’d become preoccupied
She would forget prayers & bark like a dog when her father confronted her
On hearing certain prayers she would scream loundly & at one point hurled a Bible across a room
How did Elizabeth Parris’s father attempt to cure her odd behaviour?
He believed continued prayer would cure her behaviour - but this did not work
Her symptoms cont. & she began to have fits and be afflicted by promblems with her limbs
Who came to assess Abigail Williams & Elizabeth Parris?
The local doctor William Griggs
