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July 1692
July 1: Margaret Hawkes and her slave from Barbados, Candy, were accused; Candy testified that her mistress had made her a witch.
July 2: Ann Pudeator was examined in court.
July 3: The Salem Town church excommunicated Rebecca Nurse.
July 16, 18 and 21: Ann Foster was examined; she confessed on each of the three days of examination and implicated Martha Carrier as a witch.
July 19: Sarah Good, Elizabeth How, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Wildes, convicted in June, were executed by hanging. Mary Lacey Sr. and Mary Lacey Jr. were accused of witchcraft. Sarah Good cursed the presiding clergyman, Nicholas Noyes, from the gallows, saying "if you take away my life God will give you blood to drink." (Years later, Noyes died unexpectedly, hemorrhaging from the mouth.)
July 21: Mary Lacey Jr. was arrested. Mary Lacey Jr., Ann Foster, Richard Carrier and Andrew Carrier were examined by John Hathorne, Jonathan Corwin and John Higginson. Mary Lacey Jr. (15) confessed and accused her mother of witchcraft. Mary Lacey, Sr., was examined by Gedney, Hathorne and Corwin.
July 23: John Proctor wrote a letter from jail to the ministers of Boston, asking them to stop the trials, have the venue changed to Boston, or have new judges appointed, due to the way that the trials were being conducted.
July 30: Mary Toothaker examined by John Higginson, John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin. Hannah Bromage examined by Gedney and others.
