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
Channel Islands Witch Trials caused her to die, throwing there her poor body. She was a poor innocent, who was thus born and lived all her life a poor innocent." There is a link to the Salem witch trials, Philippe d’Anglois (Philip English), was born in Jersey of Huguenot descent and emigrated to Salem in the 1670s and was one of those arrested. The last witch trial in Jersey was John Jarvis in 1736 by which time at least 66 had been accused in the island. Priaulx Library Channel Islands Witch Trials The Channel Islands Witch Trials were a series of witch trials in