Sarah Cloyce

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historical figure person

Sarah Cloyce was a woman accused during the Salem witch trials, known for being the sister of fellow accused Rebecca Nurse and for later helping to challenge the legitimacy of the proceedings.

Aliases (1)

Sarah Cloyse ×1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical figure → person →
accusedOf	witchcraft →
advocatedFor	posthumous exoneration of Salem witch trial victims →
alsoKnownAs	Sarah Cloyse → Sarah Towne Cloyce →
associatedWith	Rebecca Nurse homestead → Salem Village church →
burialPlace	Framingham, Massachusetts →
causeOfNotability	her resistance to and later challenge of the Salem witch trial verdicts →
citizenship	Massachusetts Bay Colony →
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of England →
countryOfDeath	Province of Massachusetts Bay →
countryOfResidence	Massachusetts Bay Colony →
dateOfBirth	1637 →
dateOfDeath	1703 →
detainedIn	Salem jail →
ethnicity	English colonist →
familyName	Cloyce →
gender	female →
givenName	Sarah →
hasRoleIn	history of colonial New England → history of religious persecution in America →
historicalPeriod	17th century →
influenced	later criticism of spectral evidence in legal proceedings →
legalStatusDuringTrials	accused witch →
memberOf	Towne family →
migration	emigrated from England to New England as a child →
notableFor	being accused during the Salem witch trials → challenging the legitimacy of the Salem witch trials →
participantIn	Salem witch trials →
placeOfBirth	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England →
placeOfDeath	Framingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay →
placeOfResidence	Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony →
portrayedIn	dramatizations of the Salem witch trials → literature about the Salem witch trials →
religion	Puritanism →
sibling	Mary Eastey → Rebecca Nurse →
spouse	Peter Cloyce →
survivedEvent	Salem witch trials →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mary Easty → Rebecca Nurse →	sibling
Sarah Cloyce ("Sarah Cloyse") →	alsoKnownAs
Rebecca Nurse →	relative