I have Proctor relatives in the family tree... They all came from the Carolina’s to Canada, but they may have ended up there after this fiasco in Salem.
I'm a direct descendant of Rebecca Nurse and a cousin of Samuel Hale. the clergyman who was sent to assist in the prosecution of the cases. He was so disgusted with the path of the proceedings that he resigned and attempted to defend those he felt most wrongfully accused.
Because of his official status in the clergy, he was allowed to remain but mostly ignored. His careful record of the proceedings is why we have such a good knowledge of what went on and why much of the constitution was written the way that it was.
The ban on cruel and unusual punishment was a legacy of Giles Corey being pressed to death, just to give one example.
Rev. Hale's direct descendants include Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale.