Gookin, Daniel, fl. 1657 Summons for Eliz. Ball.

GLC04261

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GLC#
GLC04261
Type
Documents
Date
22 June 1657
Author/Creator
Gookin, Daniel, fl. 1657
Title
Summons for Eliz. Ball.
Place Written
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.9 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies

Written by Gookin as a jurist in the Court of Assistants. Addressed to the Constable of Watertown, Massachusetts. Ball was accused of breach of the peace and ordered to appear at court in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Ball, wife of settler John Ball, was noted as being insane by 1660.

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