Magistrate Hale) in the 2014 TV series Salem. Notes References Short biography of John Hale Salem Witch Museum Reverend John Hale: From Ardent Advocate To Dedicated Critic of the Salem Death In Salem, Diane E Foulds. Pub. by National Book Network (2010). A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft, by Rev John Hale (1702). 1636 births 1700 deaths 17th-century Christian clergy 17th-century New England Puritan ministers American people of English descent Critics of witch hunting Harvard College alumni Massachusetts colonial-era clergy People from Beverly, Massachusetts People from colonial Boston People of the Salem witch trials Supporters of witch hunting