Sarah Dazley (1819 – 5 August 1843), later known as The Potton Poisoner, was an English murderer convicted of the poisoning of her husband William Dazley. She was suspected of, but not tried for, the poisoning of her first husband Simeon Mead and their son Jonah Mead in 1840. The murder of William Dazley took place in Wrestlingworth, England. Early life Born in 1819 in Potton, Bedfordshire, Sarah Reynolds was the daughter of the town barber Philip Reynolds and his wife Ann Reynolds. When she was 7, her father died and her mother went on to court a series of men. She grew up to be tall with big brown eyes and long auburn hair, and when she was 19 she married Simon Mead. They lived in Potton for two years before moving to Tadlow in 1840. Shortly after the move, she gave birth to their son Jonah, but he became ill and died at only seven months old. In October 1840, Simon Mead died unexpectedly as well. Murders Soon after the death of her first husband, Sarah married her second husband, William Dazley, in 1841, and they moved to the village of Wrestlingworth. She invited teenage Ann Mead, Simon Mead's daughter, to live with her and her new husband, but he was opposed to the idea. In retaliation, he became an avid drinker and beat his wife. She went on to tell a friend, William Waldock, that she would kill any man who ever hit her. William Dazley grew quite ill and his wife and her stepdaughter began to take care of him. The local doctor, Dr. Sandell, gave William prescriptions that brought on signs of recovery while under the care of Ann Mead. After seeing this, Dazley began making pills of her own for her husband. Mead didn't notice this as a problem at first. When William refused to take the new pills, Ann took one herself to show him there was nothing wrong. She was not aware that these pills contained arsenic trioxide that Sarah had intentionally added. Once Sarah saw Mead take the pill she scolded her for it. After taking it, Mead became ill and shared similar symptoms with William: vomiting and stomach pains. William eventually decided to take his wife's lethal drugs and died on 30 October 1842. After his death, suspicion rose against Dazley over the deaths of her two husbands and son.