A bond, given by John Gould (1635-1710) in 1664, before his father’s death, promising to pay £24 to each of the five daughters of his sister Priscilla (Wildes) upon their attaining the age of 21 years. Priscilla had died nearly fourteen months before, and Wildes was married again to the unfortunate Sarah Averill.
The bond is witnessed by John and Thomas Baker, brothers-in-law of John Gould. Upon the reverse of the same paper is a receipt by Timothy Day for the share of his wife Phebe. [from Benjamin Apthorp Gould's "The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield," 1895]
![A bond, given by John Gould (1635-1710) in 1664, before his father’s death, promising to pay £24 to each of the five daughters of his sister Priscilla (Wildes) upon their attaining the age of 21 years. Priscilla had died nearly fourteen months before, and Wildes was married again to the unfortunate Sarah Averill.
The bond is witnessed by John and Thomas Baker, brothers-in-law of John Gould. Upon the reverse of the same paper is a receipt by Timothy Day for the share of his wife Phebe. [from Benjamin Apthorp Gould's "The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield," 1895]](exhibits/gould_john_bond.jpg)
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