Samuel Parris

Samuel Parris
Portrait of Samuel Parris
Born1653
London, England
DiedFebruary 27, 1720(1720-02-27) (aged 66–67)
Alma materHarvard College
Known forFather and uncle of Salem witch trials accusers; accuser along with his daughter and niece
Spouses
(m. 1680; died 1696)
Dorothy Noyes
(m. 1699)
ChildrenThomas Parris
Elizabeth Parris
Susannah Parris
RelativesAbigail Williams (niece)

Samuel Parris (1653 – February 27, 1720) was a Puritan minister in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Also a businessman and one-time plantation owner, he gained notoriety for being the minister of the church in Salem Village, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials of 1692. Accusations by Parris and his daughter against an enslaved woman precipitated an expanding series of witchcraft accusations.[1]