They were married on the last day of July 1672, when he was 33, and he was to write of her long after her death:

I was not many days married when I perceived the goodness of the Lord in giving me so good and comfortable a yokefellow. I was fully satisfied in my choice, insomuch that I have several times said and thought, that were all the women of the world before me to choose a wife of, and were I as free as ever I was, that verily I should have picked out mine own wife J___ G___, for so was she called from them all. If our love before marriage needed anything to perfect it, it received that when we were married, nor was her love less to me than mine to her. She was a very good-taking mistress, but I found her a better wife. She had, in a word, extraordinary good qualities, and powerful attractive charms, insomuch that I thought many times she was made to a meet-help to comfort poor sorrowful man in his wearisome pilgrimage.

He wrote of her family and friends:

Nor, had I satisfaction in her only, but in all her relations, sisters, nephews, and allies, who all of them both loved and honoured me as if I had been their brother, and much better than I deserved. and their respect continueth without a breach unto this day, so that I may truly say, I no less loved them than my nearest natural relations; nor was their love in word or show only, but likewise in deed, and really in several things relating to law affairs, they were very useful to me, and served me freely.

They were married on the last day of July 1672, when he was 33, and he was to write of her long after her death:

I was not many days married when I perceived the goodness of the Lord in giving me so good and comfortable a yokefellow. I was fully satisfied in my choice, insomuch that I have several times said and thought, that were all the women of the world before me to choose a wife of, and were I as free as ever I was, that verily I should have picked out mine own wife J___ G___, for so was she called from them all. If our love before marriage needed anything to perfect it, it received that when we were married, nor was her love less to me than mine to her. She was a very good-taking mistress, but I found her a better wife. She had, in a word, extraordinary good qualities, and powerful attractive charms, insomuch that I thought many times she was made to a meet-help to comfort poor sorrowful man in his wearisome pilgrimage.

He wrote of her family and friends:

Nor, had I satisfaction in her only, but in all her relations, sisters, nephews, and allies, who all of them both loved and honoured me as if I had been their brother, and much better than I deserved. and their respect continueth without a breach unto this day, so that I may truly say, I no less loved them than my nearest natural relations; nor was their love in word or show only, but likewise in deed, and really in several things relating to law affairs, they were very useful to me, and served me freely.