"… on the 25th day of the 12th month of the year 1673 [See Essex Deeds, 4:228] he enters into a marriage contract with Prudence (Leaver) Gage, whom he married April 6, 1674."
"Lieut. Samuel2 Stickney … married (2) in Bradford, 6 Apr., 1674, Prudence, widow of Benjamin Gage.
"Stickney, Samuell, and Prudence Gage, [married] Apr. 6, 1674 (court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court.)"