Relationships of Diana Gale MATTHIESEN to Participants in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692

Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors!

Rebecca (TOWNE) NURSE is the central figure in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible.

William & Grace BALLARD		Roger & Martha PRESTON		Francis NURSE & Rebecca TOWNE (hanged)				Edmund & Dorothy FAULKNER
Joseph BALLARD (accuser) & Elizabeth PHELPS	Henry HOLT & Sarah BALLARD	Samuel PRESTON (accuser) & Susannah GUTTERSON¹	Thomas PRESTON (accuser) & Rebecca NURSE		Mary NURSE (hanged)	Sarah NURSE (condemned, but escaped)	Samuel NURSE & Ms. SMITH	Francis FAULKNER & Abigail DANE (condemned, but reprieved)²	Joseph MARBLE & Mary FAULKNER
	James HOLT & Susannah PRESTON						Samuel NURSE & Dorothy FAULKNER		John MARBLE & Abigail MERRIAM
	Barzillai HOLT & Elizabeth GOSS								Bezaleel HALE & Abigail MARBLE
	Silas HOLT & Sarah HARRINGTON								Edward CHENEY & Abigail HALE
	Seth HOLT & Abigail CHENEY
	Samuel Lucas HOPKINS & Philancia HOLT
	Ira Baker BROWN & Martha Abigail HOPKINS
	William Murphy WILLIS & Ida BROWN
	Albert Roy STRAUB & Nina WILLIS
	Arthur Robert MATTHIESEN & Nina Gale STRAUB
	Diana Gale MATTHIESEN
¹Susannah GUTTERSON's niece, Sarah GUTTERSON, married Zebediah AUSTIN, whose great-grandmother, Ann (ALCOCK) FOSTER, died in jail at Salem, awaiting hanging. ²Abigail (DANE) FAULKNER was temporarily spared because she was pregnant. By the time she had birthed her baby, the accusers had recanted and the witch hunt was over. A good online source about the trials is: Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project.

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