John Willard

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John Willard, born no later than 1672^[1], was one of the people executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials of 1692. He was hanged on Gallows Hill on August 19.

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• May 10, 1692 - First warrant for arrest
• Fled authority for arrest
• May 18, 1692 - Examination of John Willard
• August 5, 1692 - Pronounced guilty and sentenced to death
• August 10, 1692 - Punched the sheriff in the eye
• August 19, 1692 - Hanged ^[2]

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v • d • e Salem witch trials
Magistrates	William Stoughton · John Hathorne · Jonathan Corwin · Samuel Sewall · Bartholomew Gendey · Thomas Danforth · Nathaniel Saltonstall
Clergy	Samuel Parris · Cotton Mather · Increase Mather · Nicholas Noyes · John Hale · Deodat Lawson · Samuel Willard
Politicians & Public Figures	William Phips · Thomas Brattle · Robert Calef
Accusers	Elizabeth Hubbard · Mercy Lewis · Betty Parris · Ann Putnam, Jr. · Susannah Sheldon · Mary Walcott Abigail Williams · Sarah Bibber
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	Tituba · Abigail Hobbs · Deliverance Hobbs · Margaret Jacobs · Mary Warren · Ann Foster · Mary Lacey Jr. · Mary Lacey Sr. · Sarah Churchwell
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
Pressed to Death	Giles Corey