William Griggs

For other people named William Griggs, see William Griggs (disambiguation).

William Griggs was a doctor in the village of Salem, Massachusetts. He is best known as the doctor who diagnosed the villagers of Salem as "possessed", during the time of the Salem witch trials.^[1] Griggs was in charge of diagnosing and determining how "big" of a witch they were. He would then send them to be tried, often found guilty, and executed. Griggs claimed that the "afflicted" girls were "under an Evil hand" (most likely referring to the Devil).

References

↑ "Important Persons in the Salem Court Records". Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive. Benjamin Ray and The University of Virginia. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

External links

Salem witch trials (1692–93)

Timeline People Cultural depictions

Magistrates and court officials	Jonathan Corwin Bartholomew Gedney John Hathorne Joseph Herrick George Herrick John Richards Nathaniel Saltonstall (aka Nathanial Saltonstall; resigned from the court in protest over nature of proceedings) Samuel Sewall William Stoughton Waitstill Winthrop

Town physician	William Griggs

Clergy	Thomas Barnard George Burroughs (convicted of withcraft and hanged) Francis Dane John Hale John Higginson Deodat Lawson Cotton Mather Increase Mather Nicholas Noyes Samuel Parris Samuel Phillips Samuel Willard

Politicians and public figures	Thomas Danforth William Phips Thomas Brattle Robert Calef Thomas Maule

Accusers	Benjamin Abbot Ebenezer Babson William Barker, Sr. Thomas Barnard Elizabeth Booth John Bly, Sr. and Rebecca Bly Thomas Chandler Nathaniel Coit John DeRich Joseph Draper Joseph Fowler Mary Herrick John Howe Elizabeth Hubbard Joseph Hutchinson John Indian Nathaniel Ingersoll Thomas and Mary Jacobs Margaret Wilkins Knight Mercy Lewis Jeremiah Neale Sarah Nurse Betty Parris Edward Payson Samuel and Ruth Perley (or Pearly) John and Lydia Porter Thomas Preston Ann Putnam, Jr. Ann Putnam, Sr. Edward Putnam Hannah Putnam John Putnam, Jr. John Putnam, Sr. Jonathan (or Johnathan) Putnam Nathaniel Putnam Thomas Putnam Nicholas Rist Margaret Rule Susannah Sheldon Mercy Short Martha Sprague Timothy Swan Peter Tufts Moses Tyler Jonathan Walcott Mary Walcott Richard Walker Mary Warren Joseph Whipple Bray Wilkins John Wilkins Samuel Wilkins Abigail Williams

Accused but survived (unindicted, acquitted or reprieved)	Arthur Abbot Nehemiah Abbot, Jr. Katerina Biss Edward Bishop Edward Bishop III Sarah Bishop Mary Black Anne Bradstreet Dudley Bradstreet John Bradstreet Mary Bridges, Sr. Sarah Bridges Sarah Buckley John Busse (or Buss) Andrew Carrier Richard Carrier Sarah Carrier Thomas Carrier, Jr. Bethiah Carter Jr. Bethiah Carter Sr. Rachel Clinton Sarah Cloyce Francis Dane Phoebe Day Elizabeth Dicer Rebecca Dike Ann Dolliver Mehitable Downing Mary Dyer Daniel and Lydia Eames Rebecca Blake Eames Esther Elwell Martha Emerson Joseph Emons Thomas Farrar, Sr. Abigail Faulkner, Jr. Abigail Faulkner, Sr. Dorothy Faulkner Elizabeth Fosdick Eunice Frye Dorothy Good Mary Green Sarah Noyes Hale (wife of John Hale) Elizabeth Hutchinson Hart Margaret Hawkes Sarah Hawkes, Jr. Dorcas Hoar Deliverance Hobbs William Hobbs Elizabeth Johnson, Sr. Stephen Johnson Rebecca Jacobs Jane Lilly Mary Marston Sarah Morey Sarah Murrell Sarah Pease Joan Penney (or Penny) Sarah Phelps Mary Post Susannah Post Margaret Prince Elizabeth Bassett Proctor Sarah Proctor William Proctor Sarah Davis Rice Sarah Rist Sarah Root Susanna Rootes Abigail Rowe Mary Rowe Elizabeth Scargen (her infant child died in jail) Ann Sears Abigail Somes Sarah Clapp Swift Mary Harrington Taylor Margaret Thacher Job Tookey Margaret Toothaker Mary Toothaker Hannah Tyler Joanna Tyler Mary Lovett Tyler Hezekiah Usher II Rachel Vinson Mercy Wardwell Sarah Wardwell Mary Whittredge (or Witheridge) Sarah Wilson, Jr. Sarah Wilson, Sr. Edward Wooland

Confessed and accused others (in some cases later issuing retractions)	Mary Barker William Barker, Jr. William Barker, Sr. Sarah Bibber Mary Bridges, Jr. Sarah Churchwell Deliverance Dane Rebecca Blake Eames Abigail Hobbs Margaret Jacobs Mary Lacey, Jr. Mary Lacey, Sr. Martha Tyler Mary Warren Candy Tituba

Executed by hanging	Bridget Bishop George Burroughs Martha Carrier Martha Corey Mary Eastey Sarah Good Elizabeth Howe George Jacobs, Sr. Susannah Martin Rebecca Nurse Alice Parker Mary Ayer Parker John Proctor Ann Pudeator Wilmot Redd Margaret Scott Samuel Wardwell Sarah Wildes John Willard

Pressed to death	Giles Corey

Born in prison	Mercy, infant child of Sarah Good John Proctor III

Died in prison	John Durrant Lydia Dustin Ann Foster Mercy, infant child of Sarah Good Sarah Osborne Infant child of Elizabeth Scargen Roger Toothaker

Escaped from custody in Salem or environs until the trials ended	John Alden Daniel Andrew Mary Bradbury Elizabeth Cary Phillip and Mary English Edward Farrington Mary Green George Jacobs, Jr. Ephraim Stevens

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