 Edna Dean Proctor akaberekwa musi waSeptember 18, 1829, muHenniker, New Hampshire, mhuri yababa vake yakanga yaenda ikoko ichibva kuEssex County, Massachusetts. Ane madzitateguru echiRungu, baba vake, John Proctor, vaiva chizvarwa cheManchester, Massachusetts, uye muzukuru waJohn Proctor wekuEngland, uyo akauya kuIpswich, Massachusetts, muna 1635, uye mwanakomana wake wedangwe, John Proctor, weSalem Village, aiva mumwe wevakaurayiwa muna August 1692 weSalem mashiripiti mashiripiti. VaGoodhues, vaCogswells, vaAppleton, uye vaChoates, vokuEssex County, vakanga vakabatana nemhuri iyi. Amai vake, Lucinda Gould weHenniker, vakamiririra maGoulds avo vakanga vauya kubva kuMassachusetts kuenda kunzvimbo itsva yekugara uye maPrescotts nemaHiltons eHampton neExeter, New Hampshire. Mhuri yaProctor yakatamira kubva kuManchester kuenda kuHenniker, uye vakasarudza musha wavo pachikomo chinotarisa mupata weRwizi rweContoocook, chikomo chine korona yemapine yenhetembo yake, Rwizi rweContoocook. Vakoma vake vaisanganisira Francis Proctor, E. Allen Proctor, naJohn C. Proctor. 