In 1692, Elizabeth "Betty" Parris was the middle child of Samuel and Elizabeth Parris (between Thomas (b. 1681) and Susannah (b. 1687). She was born in Boston on November 28, 1682.
Ask yourself one question: if you were a spoiled nine-year-old wanting to cause trouble, and you fell to the floor and started kicking and screaming, what would your parents do?
The Reverend and Mrs. Parris called their local doctor, whom blamed witchcraft, and the conspiracy began.

Betty was sent by late March 1692 to live in Salem at the Stephen Sewall house. In 1710, she married Benjamin Barron in Sudbury.