John Hale (3 June 1636-15 May 1700) was the pastor of the Church of Christ in Beverly, Massachusetts during the Salem witch hunt in 1692. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Events February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... Main article: Minister of religion A pastor is the head minister or priest of a Christian church. ... Alternate meanings: see Church of Christ (disambiguation). ... Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... 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... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ...

Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, he was educated at Harvard College in Boston, graduating in 1657. He was ordained as the first minister of the parish church in Beverly on 20 September 1667, where he remained until his death. Birdseye view of Boston, Charlestown, and Bunker Hill between 1890 and 1910. ... Harvard Yard Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, having been founded in 1636. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ...

He was heavily involved in prosecuting people for witchcraft, but had a dramatic change of attitude when his second wife, Sarah, was accused. She was acquitted and the trials collapsed shortly afterward. Following his wife's death on 20 May 1697, at the age of 41, ^[1] he wrote a short book, A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft,^[2] which was highly critical of the trials. Witchcraft, in various historical, religious and mythical contexts, is the use of certain kinds of alleged supernatural or magical powers. ...

His house from 1694 until his death, at 39 Hale Street, Beverly, is now a museum, the John Hale House. The John Hale House, Beverly, Massachusetts. ...

Fiction

In Arthur Miller's 1952 play The Crucible, Hale appears in Act I in response to a request from Samuel Parris that he examine Betty Parris, the daughter of Reverend Parris. Hale's quick visit to help with Betty actually causes him to become one of the main characters in the play. Hale stirs the witchcraft cauldron that is brewing in Salem Village. Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and author. ... 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. ... Danvers is a town located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ...

Hale devoted most of his life to the study of serial killing and other dæmonic arts in the hope of being able to destroy them in the name of God. He has found a 'witch' in his home town of Beverly, where he preaches. Ironically, Hale is the impetus behind the witch trials and later is the advocate against them. As a devout Christian, Hale sees it as his duty to seek out the witches, and to 'save their souls'. Hale, after seeing the horrors of the witch trials and watching the loss of both civil and human rights, has a conversion of heart and speaks out against them telling Judge Danforth that they are morally wrong. Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Thomas Danforth was a famous judge of the Salem Witchcraft Trials in early colonial America. ...

Hale is a young church master, reputed to be an expert on witchcraft. Reverend Hale is called in to Salem to examine Parris’s daughter Betty. Hale is a committed Christian and hater of witchcraft. His critical mind and intelligence save him from falling into blind fervor. His arrival sets the hysteria in motion, although he later regrets his actions and attempts to save the lives of those accused.

References

• Short biography of John Hale

1. ^ 1692 Salem Witch Museum
2. ^ John Hale (1697). A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft. Benjamin Elliot, Boston. facsimile of document at the Salem witch trials documentary archive, University of Virginia

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