Ann Pudeator

Ann Pudeator
Ann Pudeator's memorial marker
Born(1621-11-13)November 13, 1621
DiedOctober 2 [O.S. September 22], 1692 (1692-10-03) (aged in her 70s)
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay
OccupationsNurse, midwife, housewife
Known forConvicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials
Criminal statusExecuted by hanging (1692)
Exonerated (1957)
Spouses
  • Thomas Greenslade (died 1674)
  • Jacob Pudeator (m. 1676–1682)
Children5
ConvictionWitchcraft (posthumously overturned)
Criminal penaltyDeath

Ann Pudeator (November 13, 1621 – October 2 [O.S. September 22], 1692) 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.


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