The Expansion of Accusations
Accused Witch | Residence | Month of Accusation | Month of Execution | Sort |
Good, Sarah | Salem Village | 2 | 7 | 70 |
Osborne, Sarah | Salem Village | 2 | 103 | |
Tituba Indian | Salem Village | 2 | 133 | |
Clinton, Rachel | Ipswich | 3 | 33 | |
Corey, Martha | Salem Town | 3 | 9 | 40 |
Good, Dorothy | Salem Village | 3 | 69 | |
Nurse, Rebecca | Salem Village | 3 | 7 | 102 |
Abbott, Nehemiah, Jr. | Topsfield | 4 | 2 | |
Bishop, Bridget | Salem Town | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Bishop, Edward Jr. | Salem Village | 4 | 11 |
The sequence of accusations from community to community can be readily seen by sorting the Accused Witches Data Set by the "Month of Accusation" column. Re-open the Accused Witches Data Set and select "Filter" and "AutoFilter" from the Data menu. Click the icon on the "Month of Accusation" column and choose "Sort Ascending. " (Unknown cases, "-1," can be hidden: choose "Row" and "Hide" in the Format menu.)
The "Residence" column in the sorted data set now reveals when different communities were affected. As the chart above illustrates, the first accused person living outside of Salem Village or Town was Rachel Clinton of Ipswich. In addition, by now clicking the "AutoFilter" icon in the "Month of Accusation" column, users can progressively select higher numbers to observe which communities became especially involved as the outbreak proceeded.
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