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BAKER, Sarah

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  • Name BAKER, Sarah 
    Birth 9 Mar 1641  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 9 Mar 1641 
    Gender Female 
    Burial Jan 1709  Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 20 Jan 1709  Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WAC 14 Nov 1890  SGEOR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    _TAG Reviewed on FS 
    Person ID I19533  Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2021 

    Father BAKER, John,   b. 20 Aug 1598, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1682, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother FOSTER, Elizabeth,   b. 1599, Mancroft, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1669, Surry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 1612  Mancroft, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F5426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GOULD, Captain John I,   b. 21 Jun 1635, Missenden, Hertsfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1710, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 12 Oct 1660  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 20 Sep 2003, SLOUI.
    Children 
    +1. GOULD, John Lieutenant,   b. 1 Dec 1662, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1724, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. GOULD, Sarah,   b. 18 Dec 1664, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1723, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     3. GOULD, Thomas,   b. 14 Feb 1666, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1752, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     4. GOULD, Samuel,   b. 9 Mar 1670, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1724, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    +5. GOULD, Zaccheus,   b. 26 Mar 1672, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1739, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     6. GOULD, Priscilla,   b. 2 Nov 1674, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1715, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    +7. GOULD, Captain Joseph Captain,   b. 24 Aug 1677, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1753, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     8. GOULD, Mary,   b. 16 Jun 1681, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1753, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F10119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Captain John Gould Headstone    		Captain John Gould Headstone

  • Notes 
    • Published:
      BIOGRAPHY: B.A. Gould gives her marriage date as 10/14/1660. In 1670, Sarah Baker Gould witnessed the intemperance (in the pulpit) ofthe Minister (Thomas Gilbert) of the Puritan Congregational Church atTopsfield Massachusetts... "He went into the pulpit in a disordered state,which he betrayed by the confusion of his thought and the clipping of hiswords, and especially by forgetting the order of the exercises." The casebecame so bad that at last one of the congregation rose and begged him tostop. Sarah Gould testified against him, and in the following year on 26September 1671, 4 separate "cases" were brought before the town government: Mr. Thomas Gilbert v. Ensign John Gould, for Sary Gould'sdefaming him. Verdict for the defendant. Also an action for assault. Verdict for plaintiff. Fine20s. Also another action of slander, for saying he was a lyingin the pulpit. Verdict for defendant. Ensign John Gould, in behalf of his wife Sarah, v. Mr.Thomas Gilbert. Action of slander. Verdict forplaintiff 40s. In "The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes" by William Goodwin Davis, theincident is described a little differently, as follows (editorialcomments are Davis's):Thomas and Phebe Perkins were among the guests at a Sundaydinner at the house of an earlier parson, Mr. Gilbert, in1670. Mr. Gilbert was a sick man, as good old Joanna Townecharitably realized, but others believed him to have drunk toomuch wine. The matter was aired in court and Phebe Perkinstestified as follows: "there was a cup with wine in it whichwas offered to Mr. Gilbert. He refused to take it at first,but afterward put the cup to his mouth" but she did not knowwhether he drank or not. Three more had the cup besidehimself and after he had dined he drank what was left in thecup. Immediately after dinner he sang a psalm and in readingit she thought his voice was lower than it used to be. Asevidence of drunkeness this would seem to be negligible.Phebe Perkins' sister-in-law, Sarah Gould, wife of Capt. JohnGould, went farther, however. She testified that she andPhebe went into another room after dinner, where Phebe said "Iwonder my Husban would ask him to drinke for I think hee hadnoe need of it. The first time hee toke the Cope I saw himdrinke a good draft." In spite of his wife's testimony thatMr. Gilbert was a sick man, the court admonished him.Sarah Gould continued to gossip and Mr. Gilbert eventuallysued her for slander. In court he asked the judges to"compare her [Sarah's] Oath with the Oath of Goodie Perkins,taken att the same tym, and if they do not clash one againstanother I am much mistaken." We heartily agree.

      Sarah also caused difficulties: She accused the minister, Thomas Gilbert, of entering the pulpit drunk. On Sept 26, 1671, 4 cases were heard:
      1. Rev Gilbert sued the Goulds for Sary Gould's defaming him. Verdict for the Goulds.
      2. Rev Gilbert sued Goulds for saying he was lying in the pulpit. Verdict for the Goulds.
      3. He also sued them for assault. Goulds fined 20 shillings.
      4. The Goulds sued for slander. Gilbert fined 20 shillings.

  • Sources 
    1. [S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 184638, reference number 764, downloaded 27 Aug 2009 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 1395945 for batch 8494202, sheet 04, downloaded 27 Aug 2009 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), downloaded 27 Aug 2009 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), downloaded 29 Sep 2006 (Reliability: 3).



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