Sarah Towne

b 1639,
d 1703,
16 27 Mar 1922,
c 03 Sep 1639, , Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
24 19 May 1922,
61 26 May 1943, !&		Leonard Towne
	Richard Towne	b 1540
	\| b 12 Dec 1568	Ellen Greene
William Towne	16 03 Apr 1943	b 25 Mar 1544
\|d 24 Jun 1673	\|
\| 16 03 Apr 1943	Ann Denton
\|	b 1569
Sarah Towne	16 08 Mar 1941
\|Edmund Bridges, Jr.-1 +		John Blyssynge
\|m 11 Jan 1660	William Blyssynge	b 1549
\|, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England	\|b 1575	Joane Preaste
Joanna (Jone) Blessing		b 1553
b 1599	\|
d 1682

Children

1		Bridges
2		Bridges
3		Bridges
4		Bridges
5		Bridges

Notes

On April 4, 1692 the conspiracy filed a complaint [No. 6] against Sarah Cloyce. On April 11 she was arrested. The examination was held in Salem Town before Thomas Danforth (the deputy governor), Isaac Addington (the secretary of the province), John Hathorne, Major Samuel Appleton, James Russell, Captain Samuel Sewall, and Jonathan Corwin. All of the last five were assistants to the governor; that is, they were members of the upper legislative chamber. Sarah Cloyce refused to confess, and in response to testimony by John Indian said, 'Oh! You are a grievous liar.' She was imprisoned at Salem, then Boston.

On January 3, 1693 at the Superior Court of Judicature at Salem, the grand jury dismissed the charge against Sarah Cloyce. Peter Cloyce paid his wife's prison fees. Eventually they left Salem Village and settled in Marlborough. Afterwards they moved to neighboring Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Source: 'Salem Possessed, The Social Origins of Witchcraft', 1974, Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum, p 190. 'The Devil Discovered', 1991, Enders A. Robinson, p 274-275, 278.

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