Sarah Bassett

( See also: Sarah Proctor -- Complaint .)

(Indictment v. Sarah Bassett)
Province of the Massachusetts
Bay in New England Essex Ano RR & Reginae Gulielmi
& Mariae Angliae &c Quarto Anoq'e
Dom. 1692


The Jurors for o'r Sov'r lord & Lady the King & Queen pr'sent

The Sarah Bassett wife of William Bassett of Lyn in the County
of Essex aforesaid Upon or about the 23'rd day of May last Anno:
1692 aforsaid

And Divers other Days & Times as well before as after Certaine
Detestable Arts Called Witchcraft & Sorceries Wickedly Mallitiously
& felloniously hath used practised & Exercised at & in the Towne
of Salem, in the County of Essex aforesaid Upon & Against One
Mary Walcott of Salem Single Woman By Which Wicked Arts The
Said Mary Walcott is Tortured aflicted Tormented Consumed Wasted
& Pined the Day & yeare aforesaid & Divers other Days & times as
well before as Contrary to the peace of o'r Sov'r lord & lady the King
& Queen their Crowne & Dignity & the Laws in that Case made
& provided


Wittness
An Putnam
Marcy lewis

(Reverse)

Ignoramus
*Robert Payne
foreman
Salem Court
3 January 169⅔

( Suffolk Court Records Case No. 2701