Gopher wrote:
Cheater who?
You know, [a href="vny!://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/articles/research/special_guests/member_staff/scots_for_sale_the_fate_of_the_scottish_prisoners_659_511.asp"]John Cheater[/a], the husband of Alce, who was suspected of adultery with Daniell Gunn in 1654. I thought everyone knew that.
[font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"]John and Sara exile "Daniell Gunn" also faced discipline for consorting with another man's wife. In 1654, the General Court of Massachusetts heard evidence against "Daniel Gun, a Scotsman," suspected of adultery with "Alce, the wife of John Cheater, of Newbery." While Daniel was found not guilty, the court nonetheless concluded that he was "worthy of punishment, & doe therefore order him to be whipt, when he is capable of it...." The reason for the delayed whipping, apparently, was Daniel's illness, for which "there is some hope of his cure." Alce Cheater, "in regard of her unchaste behavior, is adjudged to be admonished, & to stand tyed to the whipping post one hower, & be discharged, that she may repayre to her husband."[a href="vny!://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/articles/research/special_guests/member_staff/scots_for_sale_the_fate_of_the_scottish_prisoners_659_511.asp#fn25"][/a] [/font][p class="Normal"][font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"]Whether Daniel ever received his whipping is not known. A few months later, he died of the "French disease," and prisonkeeper George Munings was reimbursed ten shillings per week for the Scotsman's care.[/font][/p]
