William Green Phips was born at Nequasset in present-day Woolwich on Feb. 2, 1651, to James and Mary Phips ... stop to the proceedings” of the Salem Witch Trials. Meanwhile, prosecution of ...

Long before the hysteria took hold, something was already brewing in Salem. In part one of this deep dive, we explore the ...

Salem Village, Massachusetts, became the epicenter of a notorious series of witch trials fueled by fear, superstition, and ...

The next meeting of the Windham County Genealogy Interest Group will focus on “Tracing Ancestors in the Salem Witch Trials ” ...

A new memorial is being proposed to bring attention to the town’s significant role in the infamous Salem Witch Trials and the ...

Statistics is just one way to tell the tale of the infamous Salem witch trials. In just 16 months between February 1692 and May 1693, up to 200 people—mostly women—were accused of practicing ...

"This was the Salem Witch Trials of the 1600s. All around the town, these accusations of witchcraft. "People believed that it was possible to possess one another. And anyone who committed a sin ...

Now the use of “the witch trials” almost suggests a prominent witch trial from history, such as the Salem Witch Trials. That said, this is just speculation based on the wording of the rumor.

In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to ...