Sarah Cloyce

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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.

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Sarah Cloyce canonical 8
Sarah Cloyse 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure
person
accusedOf witchcraft
advocatedFor posthumous exoneration of Salem witch trial victims
alsoKnownAs Sarah Cloyce
surface form: Sarah Cloyse

Sarah Towne Cloyce
associatedWith Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, Massachusetts
surface form: Rebecca Nurse homestead

Salem Village meetinghouse
surface form: Salem Village church
burialPlace Framingham
surface form: 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
surface form: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
placeOfDeath Framingham
surface form: Framingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
placeOfResidence Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
portrayedIn dramatizations of the Salem witch trials
literature about the Salem witch trials
religion Puritanism
sibling Mary Easty
surface form: Mary Eastey

Rebecca Nurse
spouse Peter Cloyce
survivedEvent Salem witch trials

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Rebecca Nurse relative Sarah Cloyce
Rebecca Nurse sibling Sarah Cloyce
Mary Easty sibling Sarah Cloyce
Sarah Cloyce alsoKnownAs Sarah Cloyce
this entity surface form: Sarah Cloyse
Easty sibling Sarah Cloyce
subject surface form: Mary Easty
Cloyce hasNotableBearer Sarah Cloyce
Cloyce hasParticipant Sarah Cloyce
subject surface form: Salem witch trials
Cloyce hasAccusedPerson Sarah Cloyce
subject surface form: Salem witch trials
Peter Cloyce spouse Sarah Cloyce