Elizabeth Proctor

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Elizabeth Proctor (née Bassett; 1650 – after 1703) was convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was the wife of John Proctor, who was convicted and executed. Her execution was postponed since she was pregnant. In 1693 the new governor, Sir William Phips, freed 153 prisoners, including Elizabeth. The widow Proctor remarried in 1699, to Daniel Richards. In 1703 she and her late husband John Proctor were granted a reversal of attainder by the Massachusetts legislature. Despite not being executed as a result of her 1692 witchcraft conviction, the exact date, location, and circumstances of her death remain unknown, though historical records show she died sometime after 1703.

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