Samuel Parris

The Reverend Samuel Parris
Portrait of Samuel Parris
Born	1653 London, England
Died	February 27, 1720(1720-02-27) (aged 66–67) Sudbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard College
Known for	Father and uncle of Salem witch trials accusers; accuser along with his daughter and niece
Spouses	Elizabeth Eldridge ​ ​ (m. 1680; died 1696)​ Dorothy Noyes ​ ​ (m. 1699)​
Children	Thomas Parris Elizabeth Parris Susannah Parris
Relatives	Abigail Williams (niece)

Samuel Parris (1653 – February 27, 1720) was the Puritan minister in Salem Village, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials. Accusations by Parris and his daughter against an enslaved woman precipitated an expanding series of witchcraft accusations.^[1]