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In April 1692, Sheldon was eighteen years old when she became one of the main accusers in the Salem Witch Trials. Records show that
Sheldon testified against eleven witches and filed at least 24 depositions. Sheldon was personally responsible for bringing witchcraft accusations against Salem's
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Godfrey died in Maine in July 1690 and her father William died in Salem in December 1691. Having lost their Maine farm, the Sheldon family lived in poverty in Salem after 1691.
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Sheldon was the daughter of
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wealthiest and most prominent couples, Mary and Philip
English. This was Sheldon's first accusation.
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In the Devil's Snare: The Salem
Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
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626:Samuel and Ruth Perley (or Pearly)
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83:Norton, Mary Beth (2007-12-18).
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671:Jonathan (or Johnathan) Putnam
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1280:William Barker Jr.
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1524:John Durrant
1471:John Willard
1466:Sarah Wildes
1446:Ann Pudeator
1441:John Proctor
1431:Alice Parker
1396:Martha Corey
1340:Martha Tyler
1335:Joanna Tyler
1290:Sarah Bibber
1222:Hannah Tyler
1167:Abigail Rowe
1107:Sarah Phelps
1082:Mary Marston
1012:Dorothy Good
977:Joseph Emons
942:Ann Dolliver
937:Rebecca Dike
922:Francis Dane
907:Sarah Cloyce
797:Arthur Abbot
761:John Wilkins
756:Bray Wilkins
736:Mary Walcott
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616:Betty Parris
586:Henry Kinney
551:Mary Herrick
526:John Emerson
440:Thomas Maule
435:Robert Calef
342:Francis Dane
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1451:Wilmot Redd
1401:Mary Eastey
1355:Mary Warren
1275:Mary Barker
1087:Sarah Morey
1047:Dorcas Hoar
1007:Eunice Frye
917:Mary Colson
746:Mary Warren
726:Moses Tyler
721:Peter Tufts
701:Mercy Short
611:Sarah Nurse
596:Mercy Lewis
571:John Indian
546:Mary Fuller
516:John DeRich
511:Mary Daniel
36:Saco, Maine
1627:Categories
1602:Mary Green
1572:John Alden
1563:Escaped or
1534:Ann Foster
1406:Sarah Good
1207:Job Tookey
1157:Sarah Root
1152:Sarah Rist
1017:Mary Green
927:Phoebe Day
832:Mary Black
807:John Alden
65:References
1182:Ann Sears
1172:Mary Rowe
1117:Mary Post
1026:John Hale
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952:Mary Dyer
556:John Howe
347:John Hale
212:(1692–93)
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449:Accusers
222:Timeline
1365:Tituba
320:Clergy
227:People
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