In April 1692, 31 men from Ipswich, Massachusetts, filed a petition attesting to the upstanding character of John and Elizabeth and denying that they had ever seen anything that would indicate either of the couple were witches. A few days later, Abigail complained that Elizabeth was pinching her and tearing at her bowels, and said she saw Elizabeth's spectre as well as John's. On March 29, 1692, Abigail Williams and Mercy Lewis again said they were being tormented by Elizabeth's spectre.
Appearing to go into a trance, one of the girls cried, "There's Goody Proctor! Old Witch! I'll have her hung." When onlookers expressed doubt, claiming that the Proctor family was well regarded in the community, the girl promptly came out of her trance and told them it was all for "sport". William Rayment, of nearby Beverly, Massachusetts, mentioned he had heard a rumor that Elizabeth Proctor would be questioned in court the next day. On March 26, 1692, Mercy Lewis made the first accusations that Elizabeth's spectre was tormenting her. His negative reactions to the girls' accusations may have caused Elizabeth to become one of the next to be accused of practicing witchcraft. John Proctor was dismissive of her claims (as he was of all the accusations) and made her work harder he felt that witchcraft should be suspected of the bewitched girls themselves and not of the respectable women of the village. In early March 1692, the Proctors' servant, Mary Warren, began to have fits, saying she saw the spectre (ghost) of Giles Corey.
( January 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Salem witch trials Accusations of witchcraft These accusations left a taint in the memories of residents and may have contributed to Elizabeth's persecution nearly 30 years later. One of those who testified against Ann was Phillip Read, a doctor. Since Ann was not a doctor, but was successful at caring for those who were ill, some felt she could only have these skills if she were a witch. The Puritans felt there was something "witchlike" about Quakers. Įlizabeth's grandmother was Ann (Holland) Bassett Burt, a Quaker and a midwife. She married John Proctor on Apin Salem, Massachusetts.
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