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Name |
GOULD, Priscilla |
Birth |
27 Sep 1628 |
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England |
Christening |
27 Sep 1628 |
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England |
Gender |
Female |
Burial |
Apr 1663 |
Death |
16 Apr 1663 |
Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America |
WAC |
14 Nov 1890 |
SGEOR |
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Reviewed on FS |
Headstones |
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Person ID |
I11838 |
Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith |
Last Modified |
26 Nov 2021 |
Father |
GOULD, Zaccheus , b. 1 Oct 1589, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Englandd. 30 Mar 1668, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 78 years) |
Mother |
DEACON, Phebe , b. 3 Apr 1597, Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Englandd. 20 Sep 1663, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 66 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1619 |
Hempstead, Gloucestershire, England [1] |
Notes |
- ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Feb 1947
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Family ID |
F3970 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
WILDES, John Sr , b. 1620, Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England Missenden, Buckinghamshire, Englandd. 14 May 1705, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 85 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1643 |
Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
Family ID |
F6337 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2022 |
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Notes |
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At the age of 36, Sarah would marry John Wildes on November 23, 1663 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. The couple would have just one child. John had previously been married to Priscilla Gould Wildes, they had nine children, and Priscilla had died just months before, in April, 1663.
John Wildes quick marriage following the death of his first wife, as well as the somewhat "bad reputation" of Sarah Averill, immediately caused problems in the family. Years before, in November, 1649, Sarah had been in court, having been accused of "too great intimacy with Thomas Wardell" in nearby Ipswich. Later, in the same year she married John Wildes, she was presented with the lesser offense of "wearing a silk scarf" in May, 1663, also in Ipswich. Early on, problems appear between the couple and his first wife's brother, Lieutenant John Gould and her sister, Mary Gould Reddington. This situation first became evident in the will of John Wildes, Jr., son of John Wildes and his first wife, Priscilla Gould Wildes. In John, Jr.'s, he makes reference to his inheritance from his grandfather Zaccheus Gould, hoping that his father might not be troubled by any claims made by his uncle, Lieutenant John Gould. Years later in 1686, John Wildes, Sr. testified against his ex brother-in-law, Lieutenant John Gould, when he was charged with treason. In 1685, when King James II appointed Edmund Andros as the Royal Governor of Massachusetts, serious unrest occurred in the colony. After speaking out about his displeasure, John Gould was arrested for treason. He was found guilty of "uttering malicious treasonable and seditious speeches" in August, 1686. After paying a fine, he was released; but he would never forgive his former brother-in-law, John Wildes. Shortly afterwards, Mary Goulds Reddington began to spread witchcraft stories about Sarah Averill Wildes. John Wildes then threatened to sue Mary's husband, John Reddington, for slander, but, Mary denied her previous statements. But, for Sarah Averill, the damage had already been done.
Also arrested at the same time as Sarah Wildes, were John Wildes' daughter and son-in-law, Edward and Sarah Wildes Bishop of Salem Village, and his daughter Phoebe Wildes Day of Ipswich. On May 13, 1692, 65 year-old Sarah was sent to the Boston Jail in fetters and handcuffs to await further trial. During her imprisonment her husband, John, and their son, Ephraim Wildes traveled back and forth to see that Sarah was fed and clothed and to give her such comfort as they could. There were a number of people during her trial or in depositions that provided testimony against her including Humphrey Clark, Thomas Dorman, John Andrew John Gould, Zacheus Perkins, Elizabeth Symonds, Nathaniel Ingersoll, and the Reverend John Hale. Sarah Averill Wildes was condemned for the practice of witchcraft. She was executed by hanging in Salem, Massachusetts, on July 19, 1692.http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-u-z.htmlLess
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- [S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 1396334 for batch F869306, sheet 043, downloaded 19 Dec 2009 (Reliability: 3).
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