Andover had more accused witches than Salem in 1692. On Tuesday, Oct. 27, two researchers will tell the stories of six of them.

Author Richard Hite and educator Carol Majahad will present "1692 Witch Trials: Andover and Haverhill Connections" at 6:30 p.m. at the Worden Theater inside the North Andover Historical Society's Stevens Center, 800 Massachusetts Ave.

The evening program will focus on six individuals from Andover and Haverhill whose stories reflect how deeply the two early settlements were connected during the witchcraft crisis, according to the historical society's event listing.

Most people associate the 1692 trials with Salem, but the court happened to sit there. The crisis reached across northeastern Massachusetts. Andover, with a population of 600 at the time, saw 45 residents jailed on suspicion of witchcraft, according to the North Andover Historical Society. That was more than Salem Village and the town of Salem combined. Three Andover residents were hanged, and a fourth died awaiting execution.

Hite, state records coordinator at the Rhode Island State Archives, wrote "In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692," published by Westholme Publishing in 2018. The book was based on primary-source research. The Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies said it "paves the way into an important field of research."

Majahad spent more than three decades at the North Andover Historical Society, serving as executive director from 1988 to 2019 and later as coordinator of museum education through 2022. She now works as grant project coordinator at the Buttonwoods Museum, the home of the Haverhill Historical Society, a role that ties directly to the presentation's Haverhill angle.

The two have collaborated before. They previously co-led witchcraft history walking tours at the First Burial Ground on Academy Road in North Andover, visiting graves of townspeople who lived through the trials, including Rev. Francis Dane.

Admission for most historical society speaker programs is $5 for members and $15 for non-members, according to the society's events calendar. Specific pricing for the Oct. 27 program has not been posted. Residents can check the North Andover Historical Society's website at northandoverhistoricalsociety.org or call 978-686-4035 for registration details.