John Proctor | |
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Born | |
Died | 19 August 1692 | (aged 59)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Criminal status |
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Spouse(s) | Martha Giddens (m. c. 1653; d. 1659) Elizabeth Thorndike (m. 1662; d. 1672) |
Children | 18 Total;
4 (with Giddens) 7 (with Thorndike) 7 (with Bassett) |
Conviction(s) | Witchcraft (posthumously overturned) |
John Proctor (9 October 1632 – 19 August 1692) was a landowner in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He and his wife Elizabeth were tried and convicted of witchcraft as part of the Salem Witch Trials, whereupon he was hanged.