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: Sarah Good, of Salem VillageReturn
No. 1: Warrant for the Apprehension of Sarah Good, and Officer's Return √                
No. 3: Examinations of Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn & Tituba, as Recorded by Ezekiel Cheever   √              
No. 4: Examinations & Mittimus of Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, & Tituba, as Recorded by John Hathorne   √              
No. 5: Examinations of Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn & Tituba, as Recorded by Joseph Putnam   √              
No. 7: Deposition of Elizabeth Hubbard v. Sarah Good       √          
No. 8: Deposition of Samuel Parris, Thomas Putnam, & Ezekiel Cheever v. Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, & Tituba                  
No. 9: Deposition of Ann Putnam Jr. v. Sarah Good       √ √        
No. 14: Statement of William Allen, John Hughes, William Good, & Samuel Braybrook v. Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, & Tituba       √          
No. 61: Statement of Samuel Parris Concerning Abigail Williams & Mary Walcott v. John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Sarah Cloyce, Martha Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good & Dorothy Good       √          
No. 95: Examination of Deliverance Hobbs in Prison       √          
No. 207: Testimony of Abigail Williams v. Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, & Tituba       √          
No. 216: Census of Prisoners and Dates of Prison Transfers     √            
No. 218: Mittimus for Sarah Good & Tituba     √            
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. 255: Deposition of Abigail Hobbs, Deliverance Hobbs, & Mary Warren v. George Burroughs, Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, Bridget Bishop, Giles Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Procter, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Abigail Soames, John Procter, & Lydia Dustin       √          
No. 271: Physical Examinations No. 1 & No. 2 of Bridget Bishop, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Procter, Alice Parker, Susannah Martin, & Sarah Good         √        
No. 323: Summons for Witnesses v. Sarah Good, and Officer's Return         √        
No. 326: Deposition of Johanna Childen v. Sarah Good       √          
No. 329: List of Witnesses v. Sarah Good       √          
No. 330: Indictment No. 1 of Sarah Good, for Afflicting Sarah Bibber         √        
No. 331: Indictment No. 2 of Sarah Good, for Afflicting Elizabeth Hubbard         √        
No. 332: Indictment No. 3 of Sarah Good, for Afflicting Ann Putnam Jr.         √        
No. 333: Testimony of William Batten, William Shaw, & Deborah Shaw v. Sarah Good       √ √ √      
No. 334: Deposition of Sarah Bibber v. Sarah Good       √ √ √      
No. 335: Deposition of Sarah Bibber v. Sarah Good       √ √        
No. 336: Depositions of Sarah Gage & Thomas Gage v. Sarah Good       √ √        
No. 337: Deposition of Joseph Herrick Sr. & Mary Herrick v. Sarah Good       √ √        
No. 338: Deposition of Susannah Shelden v. Sarah Good       √ √        
No. 339: Deposition of Mary Walcott v. Sarah Good       √ √        
No. 345: Summary of Evidence v. Sarah Good       √          
No. 352: Deposition of Samuel Abbey & Mary Abbey v. Sarah Good       √   √      
No. 353: Deposition of Henry Herrick & Jonathan Batchelor v. Sarah Good       √   √      
No. 354: Testimony of Samuel Sibley v. Sarah Good       √   √      
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. 858: Account for Payment Submitted by William Dounton, Jailkeeper, Copy     √            
No. 861: Account for Payment Submitted by Samuel Graves, Constable     √            
No. 869: Account for Payment Submitted by Isaac Little & John Harris, Sheriff's Deputy     √            
No. 907: Petition of William Good for Restitution for Sarah Good, Dorothy Good, & Infant           √ √ √ √
No. 929: Recommendation and Authorization for Compensation Claims and Amounts Allowed                 √
No. 930: Summary of the Amounts Requested by the Victims & Their Relatives                 √
No. 931: An Act to Reverse the Attainders of George Burroughs et al. for Witchcraft                 √
No. 934: Order for Payment of Damages by Governor Joseph Dudley                 √
No. 945: Order of William Good for Payment, Cases of Sarah Good and Dorothy Good                 √
No. 959: Receipts for Sums Paid in Restitution                 √
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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