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Priscilla (Gould) Wildes (abt. 1628 - 1663)

Priscilla Wildes formerly Gould
Born about in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 1648 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 35 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Priscilla (Gould) Wildes immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Name

Priscilla Gould [1]

Birth

about 1628, Probably at Great Missenden, England [2]
Priscilla Gould, daughter of Zaccheus and Phoebe (Deacon) Guld, the first wife of John Wild , was probably born during her father's residence at Great Missenden, England, about 1625 , but it cannot be stated with certainty as the records of Great Missenden have been destroyed, Volume 11, page 14 Topsfield Historical Collections
Alternative Birth - September 1628, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England - A source for this information is needed[3]

Death

16 APR 1663 Topsfield, Essex Co, Massachusetts [4]

Priscilla was born in 1628. She passed away in 1663.

  • Fact: Christening (27 September 1628) Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
  • Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch 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.html

Sources

  1. Topsfield Historical Collections Volume 11, page 14.
  2. Topsfield Historical Collections Volume 11, page 14.
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  4. Topsfield Historical Collections Volume 11, page 14.
  • "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 August 2018, 11:23), entry for Priscilla Gould(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MQDZ-84P); contributed by various users.
  • James Savage A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
  • Vital Records of Topsfield in Early Records of Essex County, Massachusetts Publication: Orig. Pub. The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass,1923. Search & Research Publishing C o., Wheat Ridge Co.,1998 version
  • Source: S33 Type: Web Site Title: Family Search Author: LDS URL: http://www.familysearch.org Data Changed: Date: 20 DEC 2009
  • Source: S99 Type: Web Site Title: Ancestry.com URL: www.ancestry.com Data Changed: Date: 4 AUG 2012
  • FamilySearch Family Tree record-4001-29546631.
  • Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Dorset Parish Registers
  • New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  • The Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield, A Condensed Abstract of the Family Record
  • The Averell-Averill-Avery family : a record of the descendants of William and Abigail Averell of Ip




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This person immigrated to New England between 1621-1640 as a Minor Child (under age 21 at time of immigration) of a Puritan Great Migration immigrant who is profiled in Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration Directory (or is otherwise accepted by the Puritan Great Migration (PGM) Project).

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