GOULD, Priscilla^{[1, 2, 3]}

1707 - 1744  (37 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	GOULD, Priscilla
  Birth	4 Aug 1707	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Christening	11 Apr 1714	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Sep 1744	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Death	25 Sep 1744	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  WAC	27 Jun 1879  [4, 5, 6]
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I72260	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	GOULD, Zaccheus ,   b. 26 Mar 1672, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesd. 29 Apr 1739, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 67 years)
  Mother	CURTIS, Elizabeth ,   b. 15 Dec 1679, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Americad. 21 Jun 1740, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1702	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts   [7]
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 18 Oct 1961
  Family ID	F34555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The two marriages with Priscilla are 1st cousins to each other Joseph Smith's New England Heritage - Chapter two CES-LDS.ORG Church Education Samuel Jr was a distinguished community leader and a promoter of the American War of Independence. According to his obituary, "He was a sincere friend to the liberties of his country, and a strenuous advocate for the doctrines of Christianity." Samuel, Jr., married Priscilla Gould, who descended from one of Topsfield's founders. Priscilla died after being five children and Samuel married her cousin, also named Priscilla. They had no children together, but she raised Samuel's children by his first wife, including Asael, Joseph Smith's grandfather.

  
  

• Sources

  [S558] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 1239607, page 65, reference number 1704, downloaded 16 Sep 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S558] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 1239607, page 65, reference number 1708, downloaded 28 May 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S558] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 1149518, reference number 1601, downloaded 19 Dec 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S558] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 456295, downloaded 19 Dec 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S558] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 1239630, page 834, reference number 27433, downloaded 19 Dec 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S558] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 0170543, page 406, reference number 9088, downloaded 19 Dec 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S558] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), downloaded 19 Dec 2009 (Reliability: 3).