Abigail Hobbs

Abigail Hobbs was a girl of about 14-17[1] years old when she was arrested for witchcraft on April 18, 1692, along with Giles Corey, Mary Warren, and Bridget Bishop.

During her multiple examinations by local magistrates between April and June 1692,[3] Abigail confessed and accused others of witchcraft, including John Proctor.

[5] In her examination on April 20, 1692, Abigail Hobbs accused George Burroughs, the previous minister of Salem, of being a witch.

[citation needed] Hobbs' confession is currently in the possession of the Philadelphia Free Library, willed to the institution by William McIntyre Elkins.

Abigail Hobbs is the name of a teenage girl who is the daughter and acts as an accomplice to her father's serial murders in Hannibal (TV series).