John Proctor (Salem witch trials) John Proctor (Salem witch trials) John Proctor (March 30, 1632 – August 19, 1692) was a landowner in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of John Proctor, Sr. (1594–1672) and Martha Harper (1607–1667). He was hanged on August 19, 1692 in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Salem Witch Trials after being falsely accused and convicted for witchcraft. John Proctor was born in Suffolk, England. When he was just three years old, his parents brought their family to America. They sailed from London, England, on 12 April 1635 on a ship called the "Susan and Ellen". Upon
Navarre witch trials (1525-26) that time, no more than about two dozen people were executed by the Inquisition for sorcery in Spain. During the Basque witch trials, this policy was tried, and re-established afterward. However, the Spanish Inquisition did not always succeed in keeping the secular courts from dealing with witchcraft cases, and a failure to do so resulted in a great witch hunt in Katalonia in 1618-1622, with about one hundred victims until it was subdued. After 1622, witch trials in Spain dwindled until the mid-17th century. Navarre witch trials (1525-26) The Navarre witch trials took place in the Pyrenees in the Kingdom