John Hathorne

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John Hathorne (August 5, 1641 – May 10, 1717) was one of the associate magistrates in the Salem witch trials, and the only one who never repented of his actions. He was also a merchant in Salem, Massachusetts.

Hathorne was also the great-great-grandfather of Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of, among other things, The Scarlet Letter, who changed his surname slightly, leading some to believe that he was trying to dissociate himself from his ancestor. He published several works in 1830, however, under the Hathorne name.

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• Brief biography of John Hathorne
• Photograph of John Hathorne's tombstone

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