Naumkeag is founded by a company of fishermen led by Roger Conant

The settlement is renamed Salem, derived from the Hebrew word shalom and the Arabic word salam, both meaning “peace”

Dorothy Talbye is tried and hanged after killing her three-year old daughter

Town founder Roger Conant dies at the age of 87

Over 150 people are arrested and imprisoned under the charge of witchcraft

Patriots raise the North River drawbridge to keep the British from raiding stores of ammunition hidden in North Salem