By Semicolons, Verbs

There are other (less common) uses for the semicolon too. 1) To join a list of phrases or items that already contain commas: "The digitaries who signed the 1945 surrender of Japan were as follows: General Douglas McArthur and Admiral Chester H. Nimitz, United States; Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser,...

1. You can't separate the subject from the verb. 2. No colon needed.

I have one question regarding semicolon usage. Let's say I write...Goody Proctor, John's wife; Abigail Williams, Reverand Parris' neice;and Mary Warren, the servant girl of the Proctors; are all female of Salem. What is the punctuation before the verb "are"?