The public records of the execution of the Salem martyrs were: June 10, 1692. Bridget Bishop. July 19, 1692. Sarah Good, Sarah Wildes, Lizzie Howe, Rebecca Nurse, Susanna Martin. August 19, 1692. George Burroughs, John Proctor, George Jacobs, John Willard, Martha Carrier. September 19, 1692. Giles Corey. September 22, 1692. Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Margaret Scott, Wilmot Reed, Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker. Abel Pike, John Richardson, Mary Parsons, Annie Hibbins, Margaret Jones, and others were known to have been executed, but there is no record of their arrest or trial at Salem. On the gallows, Richardson said: "Go on with your hanging, I do not want to live in a world with such fools." |