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Sarah (Averill) Wildes (1627 – July 19, 1692) was executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials. She was one of seven children born to William Averell. She married English immigrant John Wildes (born 1618) and had a son, Ephraim. Ephraim held the positions of town treasurer and constable during the period of the conspiracy. Constable Ephraim Wildes was ordered by the Marshall, George Herrick, to arrest Deliverance Hobbs. Hobbs, whether through coercion or not, made a jailhouse confession and implicated Sarah Wildes as a witch. Wildes was condemned by the Court of Essex County for the practice of witchcraft. She was executed by hanging in Salem, Massachusetts, on July 19, 1692 at 65 years of age. Since that time, all of the so-called "witches" have been formally pardoned of the hysterical accusations and subsequent convictions.
Salem witch trials Timeline · People · Cultural depictions Magistrates Town physician William GriggsClergy Politicians and public figures Accusers John DeRich · Elizabeth Hubbard · Mercy Lewis · Betty Parris · Ann Putnam, Jr. · Susannah Sheldon · Mary Walcott · Abigail Williams · Sarah Bibber · Samuel Parris · John Indian · Richard TangoAccused John Alden · Edward Bishop · Edward Bishop III · Sarah Bishop · Mary Black · Mary Bradbury · Martha Carrier · Rachel Clinton · Sarah Cloyce · Rebecca Eames · Mary Eastey · Mary English · Phillip English · Thomas Farrar, Sr. · Abigail Faulkner · Dorothy Good · Elizabeth Hart · William Hobbs · Mary Lacy · Sarah Morey · Sarah Osborne · Elizabeth Proctor · John Proctor · Sarah Proctor · William Proctor · Tituba IndianConfessed and accused others Tituba · Abigail Hobbs · Deliverance Hobbs · Margaret Jacobs · Mary Warren · Ann Foster · Mary Lacey Jr. · Mary Lacey Sr. · Sarah ChurchwellExecuted Bridget Bishop · George Burroughs · Martha Carrier · Martha Corey · Mary Eastey · Sarah Good · Elizabeth Howe · George Jacobs, Sr. · Susannah Martin · Rebecca Nurse · Alice Parker · Mary Parker · John Proctor · Ann Pudeator · Wilmot Redd · Margaret Scott · Samuel Wardwell · Sarah Wildes · John WillardDied in prison Pressed to death Born in prison John Proctor, IIICategories:- 1627 births
- 1692 deaths
- People of the Salem witch trials
- People executed for witchcraft
- People executed by the Province of Massachusetts Bay
- Executed English women
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