Sarah Averill

- 1692

• Name	Sarah Averill  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Jul 1692  [1]
  	Cause: Execution
  	Son Ephraim Wildes, constable of Topsfield, Massachusetts in 1692, was called upon by the constable of Salem to arrest sundry persons on the charge of witchcraft. One of the accused, Deliverance "Goody" Hobbs, confessed the charges but as revenge denounced Sarah (Averill) Wildes--Ephraim's mother!--as the instigator of the witchcraft and she was executed after her "trial." [1]
  Person ID	I3719	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family	John Wildes,   b. 1620,   d. 14 May 1705, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 85 years)
  Married	23 Nov 1663	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1678	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, (Lynn, MA: Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 49 (Reliability: 1), 24 Jun 2014. [S39] Vital Records of Topsfield, MA, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project (http://ma-vitalrecords.org)), Marriages, p. 197 (Reliability: 2), 25 Jun 2014.