| | | | Part 1 |
| | Betsy | Clark | Martha's patient. |
| | Johhn | Cowan | Apprentice of Betsy's husband. |
| | Charles | Clark | Betsy's husband. |
| | Martha | Ballard | Narrator and protagonist. |
| | James | Wall | One of the Mayor's men. A captain. |
| | Jonathan | Ballard | One of Martha's sons. |
| | Brutus | | Martha's horse. |
| | Sam | Dawin | Jonathan's colleague. |
| | Amos | Pollard | Moses's father. The Mayor. |
| | Joshua | Burgess | Deceased. |
| | Dr. | Cony | A doctor. |
| | Joseph | North | A colonel and a judge. AKA: Col. North. |
| | Rebecca | Foster | The woman that Col. North raped. |
| | Moses | Pollard | Amos's son. |
| | Hannah | Ballard | Martha's daughter. |
| | Benjamin | Page | The new doctor. |
| | Chandard | Robbins | A drunkard. |
| | Samuel | Coleman | A store owner. |
| | Ephraim | Ballard | Martha's youngest son. |
| | Isaac | Foster | Rebecca's husband. The pastor. |
| | Cyrus | Ballard | Martha's mute son. |
| | Dolly | Ballard | One of Martha's daughters. |
| | May | Kimble | Sam's fiancé. |
| | Ephraim | Ballard Sr. | Martha's husband. |
| | Sterling | | One of Martha's horses. |
| | Sally | Pierce | The Foster's helper. |
| | Bonnie | Pierce | Sally's mother. |
| | Mr. | Savage | The man who informs Martha about Rebecca's rape case. |
| | Abigail | Pollard | Amos's wife. |
| | William | Pierce | Sally's father. |
| | Henry | Sewall | The town's clerk. |
| | Matthew | Pollard | The stable boy. |
| | Billy | Crane | The man who was hanged to death. Martha's rapist. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| | Cicero | | Col. North's dog. |
| | Percy | | Ephraim's falcon. |
| | Lidia | North | Col. North's wife. |
| | Grace | Sewell | Martha's patient. |
| | Elspeth | Horne | The former midwife. Martha's boss. |
| | David | Sewell | Grace's husband. |
| | Mrs. | Hendricks | Grace's mother. |
| | Barnabas | Lambard | The officer of the court. |
| | Catherine | | Amos and Abigail's daughter. |
| | Cloudy | | David's son. |
| | Lucy | Ballard | Martha's oldest married daughter. |
| | Sarah | White | One of Martha's neighbors. |
| | Clarissa | Stone | Mr. Stone's daughter. |
| | Rachel | Blossom | One of the villagers. |
| | Peggy | Bridge | One of the villagers. |
| | Paul | | Clarissa's lover. |
| | Obadiah | Wood | A physician. One of the judges. |
| | Henry | Jackson | The town's barber. |
| | Jacob | Retton | Henry's customer. |
| | Henry | Warren | The Major. Sarah's fiance. |
| | Mr. | Moore | Martha's father. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| | Nathan | | The dead baby. |
| | Jacob | Chandler | The father of the dead baby. |
| | Mrs. | Chandler | Jacob's wife. |
| | Ruth | Emery | One of the women who delivered a dead baby. |
| | Dorothy | Ballard | One of Martha's dead daughters. |
| | Triphene | Ballard | One of Martha's dead daughters. |
| | Martha 2 | Ballard | One of Martha's dead daughters. |
| | Seth | Parker | One of the men who cuts Joshua from the ice. Martha's lawyer. |
| | Ellen | Parker | Seth's wife. |
| | Bucket | | Martha's old horse. |
| | Hittu | | The Doctor's daughter. |
| | Doctor | | Martha's friend. |
| | Dorothy | Moore | Martha's mother. |
| | Chandler | Robbins | Eliza's husband. |
| | Aaron | Town | Lucy's husband. |
| | James | Parker | Wood's fellow judges. |
| | John | Hubbard | Wood's fellow judges. |
| | | | Part 4 |
| | Charlotte | | Sarah's daughter. |
| | Alice | White | Sarah's mother. |
| | Sampson | | Charles Clark's draft horse. |
| | Mary | Clark | Charles's daughter. |
| | Mrs. | Ney | The Robbins's housekeeper. |
| | Eliza | Robbins | Chandler's wife. |
| | Thomas | Robbins | Chandler and Eliza's son. |
| | Walter | | Elspeth's grandson. |
| | Triphene | Hartwell | Martha's first patient. |
| | | | Part 5 |
| | Melody | Page | Dr. Page's wife. |
| | Robert Treat | Paine | A founding member of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. |
| | Nathan | Cushing | One of the Supreme Court Judges. |
| | William | | A US Judge. |
| | Francis | Dana | One of the Supreme Court Judges. |
| | Increase | Sumner | One of the Supreme Court Judges. |
| | Polly | Noble | The complainant. |
| | Hannah | Barker | Accused of slandering. |
| | Thomas | Meloney | The defendant. |
| | Johanah | Meloney | Thomas's sister. |
| | Milly | Lambard | The girl that Nathaniel
allegedly raped. |
| | Nathaniel | Whitaker | The defendant. |
| | Henry | Knowland | The defense lawyer. Col. North's lawyer. |
| | | | Part 6 |
| | Emmeline | | Rebecca's daughter. |
| | Tempest | | Martha's fox. |
