Who were the first to fall ill in the Salem witch trials?
In January of 1692, nine-year-old Betty Parris and eleven-year-old Abigail Williams, the daughter and niece of Salem Village minister Reverend Samuel Parris, suddenly feel ill. Who was the first person to be killed in the Salem witch trials? It was because of this “evidence” that 19 people were hanged and one man was pressed to …