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Ann Putnam, known as Ann Putnam Jr., along with Elizabeth Parris, Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis and Abigail Williams, was an important witness at the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts during the later portion of 17th-century Colonial America.

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Thomas Putnam was a member of the Putnam family and a resident of Salem Village and a significant accuser in the notorious 1692 Salem witch trials. His father, Lt. Thomas Putnam Sr., was one of Salem's wealthiest residents. He was excluded from major inheritances by both his father and father-in-law.

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Tituba was the first woman to be accused of practicing witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials. She was enslaved and owned by Samuel Parris of Danvers, Massachusetts.

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Samuel Parris was the Puritan minister in Salem Village, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials. He was also the father of one of the afflicted girls, and the uncle of another

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Elizabeth Proctor was convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was the wife of John Proctor, who was also convicted and executed. Her execution sentence was postponed because she was pregnant. In 1693 the new governor, Sir William Phips, freed 153 prisoners, including Elizabeth.

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Abigail Williams was a mere 11 or 12-year-old girl when, along with her younger 9-year-old cousin Betty Parris, she became among the first of the "afflicted" children whose accusations eventually led to the infamous Salem witch trials

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John Hale, was the Puritan pastor of Beverly, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials in 1692. He was one of the most prominent and influential ministers associated with the witch trials, being noted as having initially supported the trials and then changing his mind and publishing a critique of them.

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John Proctor was a landowner in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of John Proctor, Sr. and Martha Harper. He was hanged on August 19, 1692 in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Salem Witch Trials after being falsely accused and convicted for witchcraft