Salem Witch Trial Time Line

Salem TimeLINE

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timeline

Salem is settled

1629

English law makes witchcraft a capital crime

1641

England declares that the colonies may not self-govern

1684

Following an argument with laundress Goody Glover

Martha Goodwin

Mather publishes "Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions"

1688

Samuel Parris is named the new minister of Salem. Parris moves to Salem from Boston

where Memorable Providence was published

Villagers vow to drive Parris out of Salem and stop contributing for his salary

October 16 1691

11 year old abigial williams and 9 year old Elizabeth Parris begin behaving much as the Goodwin children acted 4 years earlier. Soon Ann Put

January 20 1692

Doctor Griggs- who attends to the "afflicted" girls- suggests that witchcraft may be the cause of their strange behavior

Mid-February 1692

Tituba- at the request of neighbor Mary Sibley- bakes a "witch cake" and feeds it to a dog. According to an English folk remedy- feeding a d

February 25 1692

Pressured by ministers and townspeople to say who caused her odd behavior- Elizabeth identifies Tituba. The girls later accuse Sarah Good an

Late-February 1692

Arrest warrants are issued for Tituba-Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne

February 29 1692

Magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin examine Tituba- Sarah Good- and Sarah Osborne for "witches teats." Tituba confesses to practic

March 1 1692