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Sarah Wildes (née Averell/Averill; baptized March 16, 1627 – July 29, 1692 [O.S. July 19, 1692]) was wrongly convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials and was executed by hanging. She maintained her innocence throughout the process, and was later exonerated.
Mar 23, 2019 · The Execution of Sarah Wildes: On July 19, 1692, Sarah Wildes was brought to Proctor’s Ledge in Salem and hanged, along with Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin and Sarah Good. The bodies were cut down after the executions and temporarily placed in a nearby rocky crevice but it is not known what happened to them after that.
Aug 19, 2015 · 325 years ago on this day (19 July 1692) my ‘7th Great Aunt, Sarah Averill Wildes, was hung on Gallows Hill Salem for a crime she did not commit. Sarah died proclaiming her innocence as others had done as her husband and son watched helplessly.
Aug 27, 2021 · Sarah Wildes was condemned by the Court of Essex County for practicing witchcraft. William Stoughton signed the warrant for execution on 12 July 1692. Sarah Wildes was executed on July 19, 1692, by hanging at Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts, along with Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Sarah Good, and Rebecca Nurse.
Mar 31, 2024 · Salem Witch Trials Dates and List of Victims. June 10, 1692 — Bridget Bishop becomes a victim of the Salem Witch Trials when she is hanged on what is Gallow’s Hill in present-day Salem, Massachusetts, near Proctor’s Ledge. June 19, 1692 — These victims, all women, were hanged on Gallow’s Hill: Sarah Good. Elizabeth Howe.
- Randal Rust
(testimony of Rev. John Hale v. Sarah Wilds) [July 2, 1692] I John Hale of Beverly aged 56 years beeing summoned to appeare & give evidence against Sarah Wiles of Topsfeild July .2. 1692; Testify that about 15 or 16 yeares agoe came to my house the wife of John Hirrek of Beverly w'th an aged woeman she said was her mother Goody Reddington of Topsfeild come to me for counsel beeing in trouble ...
Jul 13, 2017 · On the same day in 1692, five women—Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, and Sarah Wildes—were hanged from a tree on the ledge, and their bodies fell into a...
