Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSarah Towne 
Birth3 Sep 1648, Salem, MS
Death1704, Farmingham, MA
FatherWilliam Towne (1598-1678)
MotherJoanna Blessing (1599-1682)
Misc. Notes
435 &445 Tried as a witch, but released.
She was convicted of Witchcraft in 1692 but was not hanged as were her Sisters
Sarah (Towne) (Bridges) Cloyse was imrisoned and accused of witchcraft after listening to a sermon by Rev Parris in which he maligned her sisters. She left in a huff and slammed the church door (or some say the wind took it and slammed it) She was spirited out of prison in the fall of 1692 by freinds who visited her in prison. She was hidden by friends in Topsfield until the spring of 1693 when she joined her family in hiding in Framingham MA. The family lived in caves in Framingham for several months until local officials agreed not to punish them.
Source: The Framingham Connection: Joyce Cunningham About Towne Towne Family Association quarterly newsletter; Framingham Historical Reflections
Martha E Dewar and M. Joan Gilbert 1975
Middlesex Daily News Framingham MA October 31, 1991 Jason Levine
She was convicted of Witchcraft in 1692 but was not hanged as were her Sisters
Sarah (Towne) (Bridges) Cloyse was imrisoned and accused of witchcraft after listening to a sermon by Rev Parris in which he maligned her sisters. She left in a huff and slammed the church door (or some say the wind took it and slammed it) She was spirited out of prison in the fall of 1692 by freinds who visited her in prison. She was hidden by friends in Topsfield until the spring of 1693 when she joined her family in hiding in Framingham MA. The family lived in caves in Framingham for several months until local officials agreed not to punish them.
Source: The Framingham Connection: Joyce Cunningham About Towne Towne Family Association quarterly newsletter; Framingham Historical Reflections
Martha E Dewar and M. Joan Gilbert 1975
Middlesex Daily News Framingham MA October 31, 1991 Jason Levine