22, 1699 for Elizabeth Proctor and Daniel Richards. She must have gone back to Lynn to live after her release, possibly to the home of her parents, for there is a record of intention to wed declared Sept. Restitution was made to many of those accused of witchcraft, but Elizabeth received nothing until the General Court paid her 150 pounds in 1703. Because she had been condemned to death she was considered legally dead, and therefore could make no claim for her husband's property. Her home had been looted and most possessions taken even before John Proctor's death. When Elizabeth (Bassett) Proctor was set free she, her children and stepchildren were impoverished, for she had lost everything. According to records, John Proctor was quite unlike the man portrayed in the play. John and Elizabeth Proctor are the central characters of Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible," but the author admits it is not historically accurate as far as individuals are concerned, and that liberties were taken in "fusing" various characters. Shirley Jackson's "Witchcraft in Salem Village" is similar, but written for younger readers. Their tragic story can be found in "The Devil in Massachusetts" by Marion Starkey, 1949, a fine, authentic account of the Salem witch trials. The records have been preserved in the Essex County Archives, with the complete account of the trials, the petitions signed by citizens of Ipswich to protest John Proctor's condemnation, and his own letter of appeal. Governor Phipps refused to sign the order for further executions, so Elizabeth Proctor and others were eventually released. Nineteen men and women had been hanged and one man pressed to death with rocks. DM) By that time the terrible trials had been stopped, although one of the judges stubbornly insisted that all those condemned should be executed. 19, 1692, but Elizabeth was given a reprieve "on account of her peculiar circumstances," or, until her child could be born. There were so-called trials, and both were condemned to death, along with a number of others. Shortly thereafter he was denounced as a wizard. When Elizabeth was arrested, her husband staunchly defended her, and said publicly that the foolish girls should be sent to the whipping post. She accused her mistress of being a witch. Their servant was Mary Warren, one of the hysterical girls responsible for the witch trouble at Salem Village. On Apshe was married to John Proctor of Danvers, or Salem Village. She was the oldest daughter, and likely the oldest child, of William Bassett and and Sarah (_). Elizabeth (Bassett) Richards was accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch TrialsĮlizabeth Bassett was born in about 1647 in Lynn, Essex County, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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