• Parris called on Rev. John Hale of Beverly to observe the two girls behaviors • Rev. Hale writes that the girls …

The Real Abigail Williams

• One of the main accusers in the Salem Witch trials
•11-year-old niece of Reverend Samuel Parris; her parents were murdered by Indians
• She and her 9 year old cousin Betty, showed signs of fits and hysterics in mid-January 1692; they were the first two afflicted girls in Salem Village
• Abigail gave testimony at 7 cases, and she was involved in 17 capital cases out of 41 legal cases

“were bitten and pinched by invisible agents; their arms, necks and backs turned this way and that way and returned back again so as it was impossible for them to do of themselves and beyond the power of any Epileptic Fits or natural Disease to effects.”