Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem (2 page)

PHILIP & MARY ENGLISH
Extremely wealthy merchant and his pregnant wife

REVEREND SAMUEL PARRIS
Salem Village’s controversial minister

INCREASE & COTTON MATHER
Father and son ministers from Boston who write terrifying books about witchcraft

BETTY PARRIS
Afflicted accuser, 9-year-old daughter of Reverend Parris

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS
Afflicted accuser, 11-year-old orphaned niece of Reverend Parris

ANN PUTNAM JR.
Afflicted accuser, 12-year-old friend of Betty and Abigail

THOMAS PUTNAM
Accuser, strongest supporter of Reverend Samuel Parris, father of Ann Putnam Jr.

ELIZABETH HUBBARD
Afflicted accuser, 17-year-old niece of a physician who blames witches for the afflictions

JOHN HATHORN
Interrogator during the preliminary witchcraft investigations

MARY WARREN
Afflicted accuser, 20-year-old servant of Elizabeth and John Proctor

MARGARET JACOBS
Confessed witch who accused her grandfather, George Jacobs Sr.

SUSANNA SHELDON
Afflicted accuser, 18-year-old refugee from the Indian wars

MERCY LEWIS
Afflicted accuser, 19-year-old servant of Ann Putnam Jr., and Indian attack survivor