During her multiple examinations by local magistrates between April and June 1692,[3] Abigail confessed and accused others of witchcraft, including John Proctor. At her trial in September, she pleaded guilty to both indictments against her, one for afflicting Mercy Lewis[4] and another for covenanting with the Devil.[5] In her examination on April 20, 1692, Abigail Hobbs accused George Burroughs, the previous minister of Salem, of being a witch. With the naming of Minister Burroughs, a well-respected member of the community, many accusations came forth and climbed up the social hierarchy.[6]
GovernorWilliam Phips granted the Hobbs family a reprieve in January 1693, after Chief Magistrate William Stoughton had signed the warrant for her execution.[7] In 1710, her father, William Hobbs, petitioned the General Court to compensate him for £40 expenses that the family's imprisonment cost him but said he was willing to accept £10, which the court granted him in 1712. She was among those named in the Act for Reversal of Attainder by the Massachusetts Great and General Court, October 17, 1711.[citation needed]
Abigail Hobbs is the name of a teenage girl who is the daughter and acts as an accomplice to her father's serial murders in Hannibal (TV series). Abigail later develops a complicated daughter-like relationship with Hannibal Lecter, and also becomes his confidant in his serial murders.
Abigail Hobbs was referenced in the 2010 song "Abigail" by American metalcore band Motionless in White.
