Proctor, John
From Salem Links and Lore
John Proctor was an elderly man of 60 years of age when accused, tried, and hanged for practicing witchcraft in 1692.
Maintaining his innocence until death, he challenged the court to reexamine the validity of spectral evidence.
Though it did not save him, his legacy is remembered in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible.
Though not an historically accurate depiction, The Crucible does bring attention to the story of John Proctor and his struggle as an innocent man.
See Also
Important persons in the Salem Court Records Salem Witch Trials, Univ. of Virginia.
Salem possessed; the social origins of witchcraft by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum 1974.
