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Ann Foster (born Ann Alcock, 1617-1693), was the widow of Andrew Foster. She was born and married in Andover. Andover may mean: Phillips Academy, prep school often known as Andover Hawker Siddeley Andover, a British military transport aircraft RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station now used by the Army Air Corps. ...


She was accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials but died in prison. Witchcraft, in various historical, religious and mythical contexts, is the use of certain kinds of alleged supernatural or magical powers. ... 1876 illustration of the courtroom; the central figure is usually identified as Mary Walcott The Salem witch trials, which began in 1692 (also known as the Salem witch hunt and the Salem witchcraft episode), resulted in a number of convictions and executions for witchcraft in both Salem Village and Salem...


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Authorities Thomas Danforth | John Hale | Increase Mather | Samuel Parris | William Phips | William Stoughton
Accusers Elizabeth Hubbard | Mercy Lewis | Betty Parris | Ann Putnam, Jr. | Susannah Sheldon | Mary Walcott | Abigail Williams
Accused John Alden | Edward Bishop | Sarah Bishop | Mary Black | Mary Bradbury | Sarah Cloyce | Rebecca Eames | Mary English | Phillip English | Abigail Faulkner | Dorcas Good | William Hobbs | Mary Lacy | Sarah Morey | Benjamin Proctor | Elizabeth Proctor | Sarah Proctor | William Proctor
Confessed and Accused Others Dorcas Hoar | Abigail Hobbs | Deliverance Hobbs | Margaret Jacobs | Tituba | Mary Warren
Executed Bridget Bishop | George Burroughs | Martha Carrier Martha Corey | Mary Eastey | Sarah Good | Elizabeth Howe | George Jacobs, Sr. | Susannah Martin | Rebecca Nurse | Alice Parker | Mary Parker | John Proctor | Ann Pudeator | Wilmot Redd | Margaret Scott | Samuel Wardwell | Sarah Wildes | John Willard
Died in Prison Lydia Dustin | Ann Foster | Sarah Osborn | Roger Toothaker

Died During Interrogation 1876 illustration of the courtroom; the central figure is usually identified as Mary Walcott The Salem witch trials, which began in 1692 (also known as the Salem witch hunt and the Salem witchcraft episode), resulted in a number of convictions and executions for witchcraft in both Salem Village and Salem... Thomas Danforth was a famous judge of the Salem Witchcraft Trials in early colonial America. ... John Hale (1636-1700) was a well-known Witch Hunter who was involved in the Salem witch trials. ... Increase Mather, 1688, by John van der Spriett Increase Mather (June 21, 1639 – August 23, 1723) was a Puritan educator and clergyman, noted for being the father of Cotton Mather. ... Reverend Samuel Parris (1653-1720) Samuel Parris (1653 – February 27, 1720) was the Puritan minister in the town of Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) during the Salem witch trials, as well as the father and uncle of two of the afflicted girls. ... Sir William Phips (1651-1695) Sir William Phips (or Phipps) (February 2, 1651 or 1650 – February 18, 1694 or 1695), colonial governor of Massachusetts, was born at Woolwich, Maine, near the mouth of the Kennebec River. ... William Stoughton (30 September 1631 – 7 July 1701) acted as judge and prosecutor during the Salem Witch Trials. ... Elizabeth Betty Parris (November 28, 1682 – March 21, 1760) was the nine-year-old daughter of the Salem villages reverend Samuel Parris (1653–1720) and was the first to become ill after being bewitched as most people thought. ... Ann Putnam (October 18, 1679 – 1716). ... Mary Walcott (July 5, 1675 – after 1719) was one of the witnesses at the Salem Witch Trials of Salem, Massachusetts in the years 1692 and 1693. ... Abigail Williams testimony against George Jacobs, Jr. ... Edward Stanley Bishop, Baron Bishopston (3 October 1920 - 19 April 1984) was a British Labour Party politician. ... Rebecca Blake Eames According to Essex County Mass. ... Dorcas (or Dorothy) Good was the four-year-old daughter of Sarah Good (executed by hanging for the crime of witchcraft) who was also accused of being a witch during the Salem witch trials. ... William Herbert Hobbs, Ph. ... Elizabeth Proctor was an indirect victim of the Salem Witch Trials whose husband, John Proctor, was executed; however, Elizabeth herself was not actually hanged because she was pregnant at the time. ... Tituba was one of the first women to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. ... Mary Warren is a character in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. ... Bridget Bishop was the first person executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. ... George Burroughs (ca. ... 1876 illustration of the courtroom; the central figure is usually identified as Mary Walcott The Salem witch trials, which began in 1692 (also known as the Salem witch hunt and the Salem witchcraft episode), resulted in a number of convictions and executions for witchcraft in both Salem Village and Salem... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sarah Good was one of the first three people to be accused and then convicted of witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials. ... Rebecca Nurse (February 21, 1621 - July 19, 1692) was an accused witch in the Salem witch trials. ... John Proctor (1632 – 1692) was a Puritan who was victimized during the Salem Witch Trials. ... A memorial marker found at Old Burial Hill in Marblehead, near Redds Pond Wilmot Redd was one of the victims of the Salem witch trials of 1692. ... John Willard was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ...

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