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
Beyond the Witch Trials in Modern Europe", it dealt with the period following the Enlightenment. Brian Hoggard, an independent researcher from Worcester, England, authored a paper looking at the subject of Enlightenment-era popular magic from an archaeological perspective. Noting that the only published book dealing with the archaeology of British folk magic was Ralph Merrifield's "The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic" (1987), he argues that archaeology can provide scholars with evidence of popular magical traditions that were not recorded in the literate sources of the period. Beyond the Witch Trials Beyond the Witch Trials: Witchcraft and Magic in Enlightenment Europe is an academic anthology