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Dec 6, 2018 · Elizabeth Proctor (née Bassett) was the wife of wealthy farmer John Proctor (of Salem Village), and was accused of witchcraft in the ‘Salem Witch Trials’ in 1692. She was also known as Goody Proctor.
Elizabeth Proctor (née Bassett; 1650 – after 1703) was convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was the wife of John Proctor , who was convicted and executed. Her execution sentence was postponed because she was pregnant.
Aug 24, 2023 · Elizabeth Bassett (1647 - 1703) - She married John Proctor in 1657, and they had seven children. Elizabeth was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials and was imprisoned for several months. She was released after her husband's death, but she never fully recovered from the ordeal.
Elizabeth Bassett, who became the wife of Benjamin Harrison, afterward signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the daughter of Colonel William Bassett, and was born about 1741 or 17142 on his estate “Eltham,” in Kent County.
Yes, but Elizabeth Proctor (as depicted in “The Crucible”) was actually John’s third wife in real life. John was married first to Martha Giddens until her death in 1659, and then to Elizabeth Thorndike until her death in 1672. John met and married Elizabeth Bassett in 1674.
Jul 21, 2014 · Elizabeth Proctor, whose maiden name was Bassett, was also the granddaughter of Goody Burt, a folk healer from Lynn who had been tried, but acquitted, on charges of witchcraft over 30 years earlier. In the spring of 1692, after some of the afflicted girls began having fits and claimed that invisible forces were tormenting them, the Proctor’s ...
ELIZABETH BASSETT (1599-April 17, 1643) Elizabeth Bassett was the daughter of William Bassett of Blore, Staffordshire (August 18, 1551-December 9, 1601) and Judith Austin or Ostern. Upon her father’s death she became a ward of the Crown.
