 Surnames in parentheses preceded by "née" indicate birth family maiden names (if known) of married women, who upon marriage generally took their husbands' surnames.Due to the low population of the Massachusetts North Shore at the time of the trials, a significant percentage of local residents were related to other local residents through descent or by marriage.Many of the witchcraft accusations were driven at least in part by acrimonious relations between the families of the plaintiffs and defendants.