John WILDES^[1]

Abt 1618 - 1705  (~ 87 years)

• Name	John WILDES
  Born	Abt 1618	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Education	Was able to sign his name
  Migration	1635	“Elizabeth”
  Occupation	Carpenter
  Immigrant?	Y
  Witchcraft connection?	Y
  Witch Description	2nd wife hanged as a witch; 3rd wife’s husband hanged as a witch
  Died	14 May 1705	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
  Buried	unknown
  Person ID	I35013	Main
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	William WILDES,   b. 1596, County Essex, England ,   d. 1662, Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, [Essex], Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Alice Elizabeth MNU,   b. Abt 1600, Ipswich, Suffolk, England ,   d. Abt 1663, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	Abt 1615	Herefordshire, England
  Family ID	F12285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla GOULD,   b. Abt 1625, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England ,   d. 16 Apr 1663, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	Bef 1648	Essex County, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Phebe WILDES,   b. 1653, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Apr 1723, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F12284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - Bef 1648 - Essex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  m2 23 Nov 1663 Sarah Averill -  Sarah Averill Wildes was condemned for witchcraft and was executed by hanging in Salem, Massachusetts, on July 19, 1692. m3 26 Jun 1693 Mary, w/o George JACOBS who was hanged as a with at Salem on 19 August 1692. —— John and his brother William emigrated from England on the Elizabeth and settled in Rowley, MA before moving to Ipswich. John gave his age as seventeen when he registered with the authorities of the port of London for the voyage to New England on 11 Apr. 1635. Also on the Elizabeth was William Whitredd, his wife, son, and three other young men. Whitredd was a carpenter as were the Wildes brothers. Perhaps John was Whitredd's apprentice. Also on board the Elizabeth was Alice Wild, age 40, whose relationship to John and William is not known. Perhaps John’s mother and William’s step-mother? In 1646 William Whitred sued Michael Cartrick and the verdict was that the plaintiff should pay John Wild 30/, the defendant 30/, and that John Wild was to pay the other 20/ to himself. —— [2, 3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, VII:405. [S241] Misc, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-u-z.html. [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wildes-7.