A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
People Accused of Witchcraft in 1692
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For each person accused during the Salem witchcraft trials, you can access a large number (not all!) of the primary sources on-line, detailing what happened to them, as available in the original legal records and contemporary accounts. This is not an absolute definitive list, but it will get you started. The columns on the right will give you an idea of what kinds evidence exists in the case of each person as found in Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt.
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Accused: Susannah Martin, of AmesburyReturn
No. 96: Complaint of Jonathan Walcott & Thomas Putnam v. George Burroughs, Lydia Dustin, Susannah Martin, Dorcas Hoar, Sarah Morey, and Philip English √                
No. 100: Warrant for the Apprehension of Susannah Martin, and Officer's Return √                
No. 104: Examination of Susannah Martin   √              
No. 105: Examination of Susannah Martin, Second Version   √              
No. 106: Deposition of Sarah Bibber v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 107: Deposition of Elizabeth Hubbard v. Susannah Martin       √          
No. 108: Deposition of Mercy Lewis v. Susannah Martin       √          
No. 109: Deposition of Samuel Parris, Nathaniel Ingersoll, & Thomas Putnam v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 110: Deposition of Ann Putnam Jr. v. Susannah Martin       √          
No. 111: Deposition of Thomas Putnam v. Susannah Martin and Testimony of Nathaniel Ingersoll v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 112: Deposition of Mary Walcott v. Susannah Martin       √          
No. 113: Testimony of Abigail Williams v. Susannah Martin       √          
No. 114: Mittimus for Susannah Martin, Lydia Dustin, Dorcas Hoar, & Sarah Morey     √            
No. 139: Deposition of Bernard Peach v. Susannah Martin       √          
No. 140: Deposition of William Brown v. Susannah Martin       √          
No. 141: Testimony and Deposition of John Pressy v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 142: Deposition of John Pressy & Mary Pressy v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 148: Deposition of Jarvis Ring v. Susannah Martin, and Deposition of Joseph Ring v. Susannah Martin & Thomas Hardy       √   √      
No. 149: Deposition of Joseph Ring v. Susannah Martin & Thomas Hardy       √   √      
No. 159: Deposition of John Kimball v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 160: Deposition of John Kimball v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 193: Deposition of Bernard Peach v. Susannah Martin       √          
No. 216: Census of Prisoners and Dates of Prison Transfers     √            
No. 253: Letter of Thomas Newton to Isaac Addington, with Mittimus v. Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, John Willard, John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Susannah Martin, Bridget Bishop, Alice Parker, & Tituba     √            
No. 271: Physical Examinations No. 1 & No. 2 of Bridget Bishop, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Procter, Alice Parker, Susannah Martin, & Sarah Good         √        
No. 311: Deposition of John Allen v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 324: Summons for Witnesses v. Susannah Martin, and Officer's Return                  
No. 349: Indictment No. 1 of Susannah Martin, for Afflicting Mary Walcott         √        
No. 350: Indictment No. 2 of Susannah Martin, for Afflicting Mercy Lewis         √        
No. 351: Deposition of Joseph Knight & Elizabeth Clark v. Susannah Martin       √ √        
No. 355: Testimony of John Atkinson v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 356: Testimony of Sarah Atkinson v. Susannah Martin       √   √      
No. 374: Depositions of Robert Downer, Mary Andrews, & Moses Pike v. Susannah Martin       √          
No. 418: Warrant for the Execution of Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How, & Sarah Wilds, and Officer's Return             √ √  
No. 420: Docketed Cover Paper Used to Contain the Warrant for the Execution of Sarah Good, Elizabeth How, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, & Sarah Wilds.           √ √ √  
No. 612: Account for Payment Submitted by John Arnold, Jailkeeper     √            
No. 889: Letter of Nehemiah Jewett to Stephen Sewell                 √
What kind of primary source evidence does a check in each column indicate?
  • Complaint or Arrest - Either a formal complaint or an arrest warrant against this person exists.
  • Examination - An account of an examination (interrogation) or confession before local magistrates or in prison exists.
  • Imprisonment - A mittimus to move this person to/from jail, a recognizance or bond to release the person from jail, a reference in a jailer's bill, or a request for compensation for time spent in jail exists.
  • Evidence Entered - At least one deposition, statement, testimony or petition from any proceeding (preliminary hearing, grand jury or trial) for or against this person exists.
  • Grand Jury or Indictment - A deposition, statement or testimony sworn before the grand jury of inquest, a physical examination of the body of this person, or an indictment brought before a grand jury exists.
  • Jury Trial - An entry in a court record book or a contemporary account of the trial exists.
  • Conviction - A death warrant indicating that the person was convicted, a notation about the case in a record book of the conviction, a statement that the person was convicted in either a request for reversal of attainder or for compensation from the Crown exists.
  • Execution - The return of an officer on a death warrant, a statement that the person was executed in a request for reversal of attainder or for compensation from the Crown, or an entry in Samuel Sewall's diary exists.
  • Restitution - Accounts submitted for restitution, orders for payment to survivors, acts for reversal of attainder or for payments of restitution, proclamations clearing the accused

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