Everyone on the family tree of The Crucible
| Portrait | Person | In the story | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS | Reverend Samuel ParrisMinister of Salem | Acts I to IV | Father of Betty and guardian of Abigail. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| A | Abigail’s parentsKin of Parris | Dead before the play | Killed in a raid when Abigail was a child. | Find on the chart |
| AW | Abigail WilliamsNiece of Parris | Acts I to III | Seventeen, she leads the accusations and flees in Act IV. | Find on the chart |
| BP | Betty ParrisDaughter of Parris | Acts I and III | Her illness starts the talk of witchcraft. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| T | TitubaEnslaved in the Parris house | Acts I and IV | The first accused, she confesses and names others. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| JP | John ProctorFarmer | Hanged in Act IV | He tears up his confession rather than give up his name. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| EP | Elizabeth ProctorWife of John | Acts II to IV | Accused by Abigail and spared by her pregnancy. | Find on the chart |
| TP | The Proctor sonsChildren of John and Elizabeth | Mentioned in the play | Three boys who never appear on stage. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| MW | Mary WarrenServant of the Proctors | Acts I to IV | She testifies for Proctor and then turns on him. | Find on the chart |
| TP | Thomas PutnamLandowner | Acts I to III | Giles Corey accuses him of greed for land. | Find on the chart |
| AP | Ann PutnamWife of Thomas | Acts I to III | She has lost seven babies and blames Rebecca Nurse. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| RP | Ruth PutnamDaughter of the Putnams | Act I, never seen | Their only surviving child, one of the girls in the woods. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| ML | Mercy LewisServant of the Putnams | Acts I to III | Abigail’s closest friend, she flees with her. | Find on the chart |
| FN | Francis NurseHusband of Rebecca | Acts I to III | He challenges the court when his wife is charged. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| RN | Rebecca NurseWife of Francis | Hanged in Act IV | A midwife charged with the murder of the Putnam babies. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| GC | Giles CoreyFarmer | Dies before Act IV ends | Pressed to death for refusing to name his witness. | Find on the chart |
| MC | Martha CoreyWife of Giles | Never seen | Charged after her husband mentions her books. | Find on the chart |
| SG | Sarah GoodA beggar of Salem | Acts I and IV | One of the first charged, she confesses to save herself. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| RJ | Reverend John HaleMinister of Beverly | Acts I to IV | He comes to find witches and ends begging for confessions. | Find on the chart |
| DG | Deputy Governor DanforthHead of the court | Acts III and IV | He puts the court’s name before the truth. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| JH | Judge HathorneJudge of Salem | Acts III and IV | He sits with Danforth on the court. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| EC | Ezekiel CheeverClerk of the court | Acts II to IV | He serves the warrants of arrest. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The family tree of The Crucible. https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/the-crucible-family-tree
- MLA“The Family Tree of the Crucible.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/the-crucible-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Family Tree of the Crucible.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/the-crucible-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Family Tree of the Crucible. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/the-crucible-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
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Sources and credits
The play is under copyright, so this page quotes none of it and shows no pictures. The acts follow the Penguin Classics text. The facts of the play were checked on 10 November 2026 in the study guides below, and the facts of 1692 in the documentary archive of the University of Virginia and the essay by Benjamin Ray, with the Wikipedia list for ages. Where the sources disagree, the table gives both readings.
Wikipedia
LitCharts
GradeSaver
University of Virginia, Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive
Penguin Random House