John Proctor
- Birth: 1635
- Death:
8/19/1692
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- Sex: M
- Residence: Salem, MA
- Occupation: Farmer, and Tavern owner
- Surname: Proctor
- Title: Goodman
- Cause Of Death: Hanging
Biography Notes...
John was hung on 19 August 1692 for witchcraft in Salem, MA. The Salem Village Witchcraft Victims' Memorial in Danvers, MA. has the following quote from John which he wrote in the Salem Prison on 23 July 1692. "The Magistrates, Ministers, Jewries, and all the People in general, being so much inraged and incensed against us by the Delusion of the Devil, which we can term no other, be reason we know in our own Consciences, we are all Innocent Persons."
