Mercy Lewis

Mercy Lewis
1876 illustration of the courtroom; the central figure is usually identified as Mary Walcott

Brief Overview

Mercy Lewis was born in Falmouth, Maine in 1675 and was a servant in Thomas Putnam’s household. She is also one of the featured characters in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. She played a crucial role during the accusations of the Salem Witch Trials.

References And More Information

Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil's Snare, 2002.

Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum. Salem Possessed, 1974.

John Hale, Modest Inquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft, 1702.

Carol F. Karlsen, Devil in the Shape of a Woman, 1998.

Bernard Rosenthal, Salem Story, 1993.

Upham, Charles W. Salem Witchcraft,1867.


v · d · eSalem witch trials
Timeline · People · Cultural depictions
Magistrates
Town physician
William Griggs
Clergy
Politicians and public figures
William Phips · Thomas Brattle · Robert Calef · Thomas Putnam
Accusers
John DeRich · Elizabeth Hubbard · Mercy Lewis · Betty Parris · Ann Putnam, Jr. · Susannah Sheldon · Mary Walcott · Abigail Williams · Sarah Bibber · Samuel Parris · John Indian  · Richard Tango
Accused
John Alden · Edward Bishop · Edward Bishop III · Sarah Bishop · Mary Black · Mary Bradbury · Martha Carrier · Rachel Clinton  · Sarah Cloyce · Rebecca Eames · Mary Eastey · Mary English · Phillip English · Thomas Farrar, Sr. · Abigail Faulkner · Dorothy Good · Elizabeth Hart · William Hobbs · Mary Lacy · Sarah Morey · Sarah Osborne · Elizabeth Proctor · John Proctor · Sarah Proctor · William Proctor · Tituba Indian
Confessed and accused others
Tituba · Abigail Hobbs · Deliverance Hobbs · Margaret Jacobs · Mary Warren · Ann Foster · Mary Lacey Jr. · Mary Lacey Sr. · Sarah Churchwell
Executed
Died in prison
Lydia Dustin · Ann Foster · Sarah Osborne · Roger Toothaker
Pressed to death
Born in prison
John Proctor, III

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