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