Dorcas Good
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"Dorcas Good" or "Dorothy Good" was the four-year-old daughter of Sarah Good who was also accused of being a witch during the Salem witch trials. She spent 8 months in the Salem jail before release and had to watch her mother be carted off to the gallows. Her baby sister died in jail. For the remainder of her life, she had extreme emotional problems due to her early persecution.
Of the two names, Dorothy was her birth name, and Dorcas is how it appeared on the arrest warrant, and thereby became the most commonly cited version despite the error, although all further legal documents in the trials that name her refer to her as "Dorothy."
| Salem witch trials | |
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| Authorities | Thomas Danforth · John Hale · Increase Mather · Samuel Parris · William Phips · Nathaniel Saltonstall · Samuel Sewall · William Stoughton |
| Accusers | Elizabeth Hubbard · Mercy Lewis · Betty Parris · Ann Putnam, Jr. · Susannah Sheldon · Mary Walcott · Abigail Williams |
| Accused | John Alden · Edward Bishop · Sarah Bishop · Mary Black · Mary Bradbury · Sarah Cloyce · Rebecca Eames · Mary English · Phillip English · Abigail Faulkner · Dorcas Good · William Hobbs · Mary Lacy · Sarah Morey · Benjamin Proctor · Elizabeth Proctor · Sarah Proctor · William Proctor |
| Confessed and Accused Others | Dorcas Hoar · Abigail Hobbs · Deliverance Hobbs · Margaret Jacobs · Tituba · Mary Warren |
| Executed | Bridget Bishop · George Burroughs · Martha Carrier · Martha Corey · Mary Eastey · Sarah Good · Elizabeth Howe · George Jacobs, Sr. · Susannah Martin · Rebecca Nurse · Alice Parker · Mary Parker · John Proctor · Ann Pudeator · Wilmot Redd · Margaret Scott · Samuel Wardwell · Sarah Wildes · John Willard |
| Died in Prison | Lydia Dustin · Ann Foster · Sarah Osborn · Roger Toothaker |
| Died During Interrogation | Giles Corey |
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