GOULD, Priscilla  

1628 - 1663  (34 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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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
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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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
  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

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: Published: 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

  
  

• Sources

  [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).