Elizabeth and Nathaniel Church, grandson of Pilgrim Richard Warren, were fined five pounds on March 3, 1663, for fornication. On October 5,1663, Elizabeth sued Nathaniel for 200 pounds for failing to marry her but the court awarded her only 10 pounds. On July 2, 1667, Elizabeth was in court again for committing fornication a second time, but this time she was sentenced to suffer corporal punishment by being whipped at the post.