John Proctor was a sixty-year old farmer born in Assington, England. He became the first male witch during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. When the witchcraft first began in Salem, Proctor blamed many of the girls of fraud and called them liars because they were accusing villagers of witchcraft. Proctor beat his servant, Mary Warren, to control her behavior when she began to act strange and throw fits. Days later, she became a witness in the witch trials. Proctor’s words and actions showed the type of man he was when several witnesses said Proctor threatened to beat people up who were in the witch trials. On April 11, 1692, he was charged with three accounts of witchcraft. On August 19, 1692, Proctor was convicted and hanged.
Martha Corey
Martha Corey