Elizabeth Hubbard, one of the original girls to begin the witchcraft accusations.

and she continued to be a leading accuser throughout the summer and fall of 1692. Although little is known about Elizabeth, her name has stood out through history due to her violent fits under the affliction of the "witches" and her active role as an accuser.

Actually, her name wasIn 1692 Elizabeth was around 17 years old,



Elizabeth, like most of the other afflicted girls, was detached from her parents and family of birth. She went to Salem to live with her great-aunt Rachel Hubbard Griggs and her husband, the town physician Dr. William Griggs who diagnosed the original girls as being under the affliction of an "Evil Hand". As a physician Dr. Griggs and his wife were viewed as a family of social standing. But Elizabeth was known as a servant to the household and not as an adopted daughter.



The reasons behind the start of the accusations are somewhat unclear. There are many theories of why the young girls accused people of witchcraft ranging from the hysteria to the social and economic set up of the village of the time.



Teenage outcry, desperate cry for attention that cost people their lives. The same as it always is with angsty little teenagers, even in 1692. "focus the communities' concern on their difficulties" it really had nothing to do with actual witchcraft like in Babylon, Greece, Egypt & Rome where they did practice ritual sacrifice to the gods and goddesses, like Pan who had his cult followers tear apart female Echo for refusing his sexual advances, and spread her body parts around. I see the girl and pan when I see the goatman I like this drawing though!