Ann Pudeator | |
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![]() Ann Pudeator's memorial marker | |
Born | November 13, 1621 |
Died | October 2 [O.S. September 22], 1692 (aged in her 70s) |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Occupation(s) | Nurse, midwife, housewife |
Known for | Convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials |
Criminal status | Executed (1692) Exonerated (1957) |
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Conviction(s) | Witchcraft (posthumously overturned) |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Ann Pudeator (November 13, 1621 – October 2 [O.S. September 22], 1692)[Note 1] was a wealthy septuagenarian widow who was accused of and convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts. She was executed by hanging.[1]: 113
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