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Imprimis. I give and bequeath my precious and immortal Soul to God through Jesus Christ, my Glorious Redeemer, hoping for acceptance through Him.
My Body I commit to the Earth, to be decently Interred according to the Discretion of my Executor or Executors hereafter named hoping for a Blessed Ressurrection to Eternal life in the last day. And as to the temporal Estate which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I dispose of it as followeth :
And now my Will is that all my Just Debts & Funeral Charges be first paid and then Imprimis I give and bequeath a double portion of my whole Estate, to my Eldest Son John Gold, reckoning what he hath already had of me.
Item. I give to my Son Nathan Gold one full single share of my whole Estate, and One hundred pounds over and above the sd share.
Item. I give to my Son Samuel Gold, One single share of my whole Estate, reckoning in what he hath already had of me.
Item. I give to my Son Hezekiah Gold fifty pounds over and above what I have expended upon him for his learning, this to be the whole of his portion.
Item. I give to my Son in Law Thomas Hawley of Ridgefield The sum of One hundred pounds, besides what he hath already had with my Daughter Abigail, this to be the whole of her portion.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Martha Gold, the sum of two hundred pounds, this to be the whole of her portion.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Sons Onesimus Gold, David Gold, and Joseph Gold, that is to each of them one single share of my whole Estate, And I do hereby constitute and appoint my loving Sons John Gold, Nathan Gold, and Samuel Gold to be Executors of this my last Will & Testament. And this to be my last Will and Testament, I declare by setting to my hand and Seal in Fairfield this twentieth day of September Anno Domini 1723 Annoqe R. R. Georgii, Magna Brittania &c. Decimo.
Signed, Sealed, pronounced & declared to be his last will and Testament In presence of
NATHAN GOLD. [SEAL.]
Jos. WAKEMAN
THOMAS HANFORD
EPHRAIM BURR
Memorandum ; I give to Sarah Clarke the sum of five pds.
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Capt. Joseph Wakeman, Thomas Hanford & Ephraim Burr named as witnesses to the above Will, approved in the Court of Probate held in Fairfield November 27th 1723 and each of them acknowledged their names above written to be their Character and that they set their names as witnesses to the sd Will and did testify and declare upon their Oaths that they saw the Testator, the Hon1 Nathan Gold Sign and Seal the Instrument written above and on the other side of this paper and heard him declare it to be his last Will and Testament, and they each for himself did further declare, that they did Judge the sª Testator then to be of sound mind and in a disposing frame, and the sª Wakeman also said that he heard the sd Will, audibly read in the presence and hearing of sª Nathan Gold, before he signed and sealed it, but said Hanford and Burr declared that they did not hear said Will read, neither did see the s4 Nathan Gold seem to read it to himself.
JOHN GOLD Clerk.
Recorded from the Original August 19, 1724. H. CHRISTOPHER Clerk.
Aaron Gold, son of Onesimus Gold, married Rebecca, daughter of Peter Scudder of Long Island, January 27, 1761. Scudder, their son, was born March 27, 1762. Can find no further trace of this branch.
Samuel Gold, (d. 1766,) m. Esther Bradley, Dec. 7, 1716, had children: David Gold, b. July 11, 1717; Esther, b. Oct. 13, 1719; Abigail, b. April 27, 1724; Abell, b. Sept. 14, 1727, d. Nov. 11, 1769; Abraham, b. Oct. 12, 1730, d. 6 w. and 3 d .; Col. Abraham, b. May 10, 1732, d. 1777.
Abell Gold, son of Samuel and Esther, married Ellen, dangh- ter of 'aptain Samuel Burr, December 19, 1754; had children: John, b. Oct. 2, 1755, d. Dec. 15, 1755; Abell, b. Oct. 18, 1756.
Colonel Abraham Gold, son of Samuel Gold, married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Burr, Jan. 1, 1754, (she d. 1815, æ. 84,) and had children: Abigail, b. Nov. 15, 1754, m. Isaac Jennings, 1770; Hezekiah, b. Dec. 9, 1756, drowned 1789 ;* Anna, (Mrs. Silliman,) Abraham b. 1766 ; Jason, b. 1771; John Burr, died at sea, 1781; Daniel, died at sea, coast of France, 1796; Elizabeth, m. Curtiss of Newtown; Sarah; Deborah, m. - Osborne, d. 1785.
Colonel Abraham Gold was killed on his horse by the British, at Ridgefield, in 1777.
The sword used by Colonel Abraham Gold is in the possession of Abraham Gold Jennings, his great grandson, who resides in Brooklyn, N. Y., and his sash and coat were deposited in the Trumbull Gallery at New Haven. The sword is straight, silver-
* He was walking on a plank from the wharf to the vessel, in New York; the end of the plank dropping off from the vessel he struck his breast, and was drowned.
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mounted, three-cornered, and at his death was found stained with the enemy's blood. His body was carried on horseback to Fair- field for burial.
His son Jason changed his name to Gould, still retained by his descendants .* Jason had a son John born in 1801, who lived in Fairfield on his ancestral acres, and died aged 70. Hon. John Gould held many positions of public trust; was member of the House of Representatives from Fairfield for several sessions, and member of the State Senate from the Tenth district in 1847; rail- road commissioner from 1854 to 1861; in 1864 appointed United States marshal for Connecticut by President Lincoln, and held the office for four years. His widow and daughters still live on the homestead in Fairfield. He had children: William Jason, died September 6, 1877; Elizabeth, married Captain Wm. Peck; Mary Catherine; John, died 1850, aged 18; Julia; James, died in infancy.
Isaac Jennings, died June 6, 1819, and Abigail Gold, his wife, died Nov. 2, 1795, aged 41, had children: Elizabeth, m. - Mason; Abigail; Phœbe, m. - Sherwood; Abraham Gold, m. Anna Burr, 1807; Anna, m. - Burr; Isaac, m. . Beach; Seth; Polly.
In 1786 several of the descendants of Nathan Gold removed from Fairfield to Delaware county, N. Y., some retaining the name of Gold, others changing it to Gould. Their names were Abra- ham and his sister Anna, and their cousins Isaac and Talcott, brothers. A large colony cut their way through the forests to the sources of the Delaware, over the Catskill mountains.
Abraham Gold was a prominent man in the town affairs of Rox- bury, N. Y. His oldest son, John Burr, was also a prominent man, and quite a hero in the anti-rent war of 1846. The Fairfield colony settled on leased land, rent 12¿c. per acre; the anti-renters for- bade any persons blowing any dinner-horns; but John B. had quite an arsenal in his house, and he defied them. They came often to carry him off and make him prisoner, but he stood his ground. Abraham Gold died in 1823, aged 57. In his family record kept
* This stone in the old cemetery at Fairfield is the oldest record we find where the name is spelled Gould :
A. G. This stone is erected by Jason Gould, in memory of his honored Father Col. Abraham Gould Who fell in defence of his Country at Ridgefield April 27th, 1777, aged 44 years.
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by himself he spelled the name Gold. His oldest son, John Burr, the first male child born in Roxbury. Delhi Co., N. Y., continuing the record wrote Gould.
Abraham Gold had six sons and four daughters. John Burr Gould, his oldest son, died in his 74th year, leaving sons, Jay Gould, the banker, in New York, and Abram, who is in business in Salt Lake City : and daughters, Anna, m. Rev. A. M. Hough of the southern Cal. Con., residing in Los Angeles ; Mrs. Dr. G. E. Palen of Philadelphia, and Mrs. S. B. Northrop of Hackettstown. N. J.
Jason, another son of Abraham Gold, settled at Smith's Falls, U. C., and died there, aged 61.
Another son of Abraham, Daniel Gold, studied law in Delhi, was elerk of the New York Legislature, and afterwards appointed chief clerk of the House of Representatives at Washington, D. C., where he married a daughter of Amos Kendall; he died at the age of 41, leaving two sons, William Jay, an Episcopal clergyman, . professor in college at Racine, Wis. The other. Sydney Kendall, is in the flouring business in Faribault, Minn.
Rev. Hezekiah Gold of Stratford, third son of Hon. Nathan Gold, married Mary, daughter of Rev. Mr. Ruggles, of Guilford, May 23, 1723. He died April 22, 1761, aged 67. Mary, his wife, died July 2, 1750, aged 48 years. They had children: Mary, b. Feb. 29, 1724, m. Dr. Agur Tomlinson, 1745, she d. June 23, 1802, æ. 78; Catee, b. Aug. 31, 1725, d. Sept. 31, 1742, æ. 18; Jerusha, b. March 6, 1726, d. Dec. 24. 17 18, æ. 20 y. 8 mo .; Sarah. b. May 8, 1729; Hezekiah, b. Jan. 18, 1731, d. May 30, 1790, æ. 60: Thomas, b. Jan. 8, 1733: Anna, b. Dec. 15, 1734, d. April 9, 1739, æ. 4 y. and 4 mo .; Rebekah, b. Sept. 24, 1736, m. Abraham Tomlinson, a lawyer, Dec. 24, 1754, she d. Nov. 1, 1774, æ. 38 ; Huldah, b. April 15, 1738, m. Samuel Curtiss, Jr., Dec. 20, 1759; had four children: Anna, b. May 14, 1740, 2d of the name, m. Levi Hubbard of New Haven, had one son, William Gold, she d. æ. about 80; Catharine, Oet. 16, 1742, d. Oct. 23, :743, æ. 1 y. 7 d. : Abigail, b. Nov. 4, 1744. in. Samuel Ufford, Nov. 28, 1769, had seven children, she d. Dec. 3, 1817, æ. 73; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1747, died young at Guilford.
Dr. Agur Tomlinson, son of Zachariah (of Stratford) and Mary Gold, had eleven children. Two sons lived to marry-Hezekiah and William Agur. They married sisters by the name of Lewis. Abraham Tomlinson, youngest brother of Agur, and Rebecca
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Gold, had eight children. One son, David, lived at Utica. N. Y .. another was Dr. Charles of Stratford.
The tombstone of Rebecca bears this inscription:
" I have been what thou art now, And am what thou shalt shortly be. Ilow loved, how valued once avail me not. To whom related or by whom begot, A heap of dust alone remains of me : "Tis all I am and all that you must be."
Catee, second daughter of Rev. Hezekiah, is reported to have possessed remarkable beauty. Her golden hair and large soft eyes added grace to her form, which was of rare elegance; a pure and elevated character and cultivated mind harmonized with and added to her loveliness. Tradition is, that she was engaged in marriage to a young clergyman, and that on her deathbed, at the early age of eighteen, she took off her gold beads from her neck, and gave them to him as a keepsake. He afterwards married and lived to a good old age, but at his death that string of beads were found on his neck, where he had always worn them.
Thomas married Anna, daughter of Samuel Smith, Feb. 13, 1755. It is reported that he was a stone-cutter, lived in Woodbury. Died on Long Island in Revolutionary army.
Rev. Hezekiah Gold of Stratford graduated at Harvard* 1719; was ordained over the church in Stratford in June, 1722. His ministry was blessed with large additions to the church. President Edwards, in his account of the " Great Awakening," makes honor- able mention of Mr. Gold and his ministry. Oct. 7, 1740, Mr. Whitefield preached for Mr. Gold. His sermon was blessed to the conversion of several souls. The tombstone of Mr. Gold in the old cemetery at Stratford has this inscription:
" He was the fourth settled minister in the first society of Stratford of the Presbyterian and Congregational denominations, and executed the ministerial office in said place for more than thirty years which he performed with diligence and an honest heart to the end of his ministry."
Many volumes of his library, some with his name written by his own hand, are in the possession of T. S. Gold.
Rev. Hezekiah Gold of Cornwall, fourth generation, eldest son of Rev. Hezekiah Gold of Stratford, married Sarah Sedgwick Nov. 23, 1758. They had children: Thomas, b. Nov. 23, 1759, d.
* It was customary at that time to arrange the names in the college eatalogue according to the dignity of the parents. His name stood third.
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Feb. 13, 1827, æ. 68; Hezekiah, b. May 7, 1761, d. April 6, 1766, æ. 4 yrs. 11 mo. and 2 d .; Benjamin, b. June 25, 1762, d. 1846, æ. 84; Thomas Ruggles, b. Nov. 4, 1764, d. Oct. 25, 1827, æ. 63; Hezekiah, 2d of the name, b. Aug. 1, 1766, d. Feb. 22, 1847, æ. 81 y. 6 mos. 21 d .; Sarah, wife of Rev. Hezekiah, d. Aug. 28. 1766, æ. 27; Rev. Hezekiah m. 2d wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Wakeman of Fairfield, Oct. 11, 1768; had children: Joseph Wakeman, b. Sept. 4, 1769; Sarah, b. Aug. 15, 1771, d. Nov. 1, 1776, æ. 5 years; Mary, b. July 2, 1775, d. Nov. 12, 1776, æ. 1 y.
Elizabeth, 2d wife, d. Feb. 11, 1778, in the 33d year of her age. Rev. Hezekiah m. 3d wife, Abigail Sherwood of Fairfield, Sept. 24, 1778. He died May 30, 1790, æ. 60 years. Mr. Gold gradu- ated at Yale in 1751, settled over the Congregational Church in Cornwall in 1755, and continued his ministry till 1787, a period of thirty-two years. His tombstone in the old cemetery at Corn- wall bears this testimonial:
" In whom a sound knowledge of the Scriptures, extensive charity to the poor, unshaken fortitude in adversity, were united with uncommon discerning of the human heart, and shone conspicuously through an active and useful life."
In addition to his labors as a minister, Mr. Gold was a farmer, and by the labor of his hands added to his means of living in those disastrous times, and also was enabled to give a liberal education to two of his sons. Many anecdotes are extant showing that in physical ability as well as in skill as a farmer he was not surpassed by any of his parishioners. Laying rail-fence in those days was a common exercise, and tried the backbone of the settler. It is reported "that he could lay more green rail-fence in a day than any of his parishioners."
Thomas Gold, oldest son of Rev. Hezekiah, graduated at Yale, 1778, settled in the practice of the law at Pittsfield, Mass., acquired wealth, and held an honorable position in his profession. His res- idence on East Street, now owned by the heirs of Hon. Thomas F. Plunkett, is the finest location in the village of Pittsfield. Here stood the " Old Clock on the Stairs," the subject of a poem by Henry W. Longfellow, who married a granddaughter of Mr. Gold.
" Somewhat back from the village street, Stands the old-fashioned country-seat, Across this antique portico, Tall poplar trees their shadows throw.
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" In that mansion used to be Free-hearted hospitality : His great fires up the chimneys roared, The strangers feasted at his board."
Mr. Gold married a daughter of Dr. Marsh of Dalton, and had seven children. Thomas Augustus, the oldest son, was also a prom- inent lawyer in Pittsfield. He married, and had a family ; also William, who resided in Pittsfield.
One daughter married the Hon. Nathan Appleton of Boston, and was the mother of Mrs. Longfellow.
A second married Dr. Worthington Wright; a third. the Hon. Mr. Gardner: while Martha, the fourth, remained unmarried.
Benjamin Gold, son of Rev. Hezekiah, married, Nov. 27, 1784, Eleanor, daughter of Solomon Johnson, b. Oct. 21, 1761, and had children: Sarah Ann, b. March 21, 1786, d. March 25, 1786; Thomas Ruggles, b. March 25, 1787 (Yale 1806), d. Dec. 30, 1829; Sarah Ann 2d, b. Dec. 29. 1788, dead; Eleanor Pierce. b. July 4, 1790, d. Feb. 27, 1809; Benjamin Franklin, b. May 29, 1792. d. Dec. 5, 1873; Mary Wakeman, b. March 8, 1794: Hezekiah, b. July 8. 1796, d. Sept. 1800; Abby, b. Jan. 28. 1798; Flora, b. Sept. 25, 1799; Stephen Johnson, b. Aug. 3. 1801; Catherine Melissa, b. June 4, 1803; Harriet Ruggles, b. June 10, 1805, d. Aug. 15, 1836; Hezekiah Sedgwick, b. June 6, 1807; Job Swift, b. Nov. 27, 1810, (Yale 1834), d. June 18, 1844.
Dea. Benjamin Gold was a farmer, to which business he added that of a country merchant. He built and occupied the house now owned by Robert Baldwin. He was a deacon in the S. Cornwall Church for many years, was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens. being called to occupy many positions of public trust. He lived to a good old age, and under every trial which he encountered, he exhibited the character of a true Christian. His old age was peculiarly happy, and none who knew him during that period will fail to remember his cheerful smile, and the genial spirit he mani- fested to the end of his life.
He died in 1846, at the age of eighty-four, while his wife sur- vived till 1858, æ. ninety-two, when her descendants numbered over 100. Truly, "her children arise up and call her blessed."
Sarah A. Gold m. Samuel Hopkins (he d. Sept. 15, 1834), Sept. 21. 1805, and had children: Ann Pierce, b. July 2, 1806, dead; Elea. nor Johnson, b. March 5, 1808, d. Feb. 24, 1830; Benjamin Gold. b. March 4, 1811; Sarah Ann, b. March 16, 1821, d. Feb. 6, 1861.
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Mary W. Gold m. Daniel B. Brinsmade of Washington, Jan. 12, 1814, and had children: Thomas Franklin, b. April 11, 1815; Wil liam Bartlett (Yale 1840), b. May 10, 1819; Abby Irene, b. July 18, 1820; Mary Maria, b. Nov. 4, 1827.
Abby Gold m. Rev. Cornelius B. Everest (Williams 181]), Oct 9, 1817, and had children, he died about 1869; Harriet Gold, b. April 18, 1819, d. April 22, 1819; Cornelius, b. March 3, 1821; Mary, b. June 2, 1823; William Cleveland, b. July. 1831, dead; Henry Gold. b. 1833: Martha Sherman, b. 1837.
Benjamin Franklin Gold m. Maria Pierce, Jan. 19, 1818, and had children: Cornelius Chapin, b. Oct. 2, 1819; Edward Franklin, h. Sept. 29, 1823.
Married second wife, Elizabeth H. Doane, March 24, 1834, and had son, Willis Doane, b. July 1, 1837.
Flora Gold m. Rev. Herman L. Vaill (h. A. M. Yale, 1842), Jan. 22. 1823 (he d. 1871), and had children: Catherine Harriet Gold, b. Dec. 3. 1824. d. Aug. 17, 1828; Charles Benjamin. b. Sept. 11. 1826; Elizabeth Sedgwick, b. Jan. 4, 1828; Abby Everest, b. Sept. 14, 1829; George Lyman, b. Jan. 19, 1831. d. Sept. 23, 1833; The- odore Frelinghuysen, b. March 27. 1832. dead: Sarah Hopkins, b. Oct. 21, 1834, dead; ('larissa Champlin, b. Jan. 28, 1836; Joseph Herman, b. Oct. 15, 1837; Julia Maria. b. Feb. 28, 1839; Mary Woolsey, b. July 15, 1842, dead.
Catherine M. Gold m. John B. Lovell (he d. Oct. 1851), Dec. 25, 1825, had children: Almira, b. Oct. 4, 1826; Saralı Hopkins, b. Nov. 19, 1828, dead; Clarissa Maria, b. March 19, 1830; Henry Row, b. May 30, 1831; Lucy Eleanor, b. Sept. 15, 1832; Mary Wakeman, b. May 22, 1834, dead; Frances Gold, b. March 4, 1836; Helen Catherine, b. May 23, 1839; Laura Gurnon, b. Sept. 2, 1841.
Harriet R. Gold m. Elias Boudinott (he d. June 21, 1839), March 28, 1826, and had children: Eleanor Susan, b. May 4, 1827, dead; Mary Harriet, b. Oct. 5, 1828; William Penn, b. Feb. 4, 1830; Sarah Parkhill, b. Feb. 24, 1832, d. Aug. 29, 1845; Elias Cor- nelius, b. Ang. 1, 1834; Frank Brinsmade, b. May 15, 1836, dead.
Stephen J. Gold m. Sarah F. Calhoun, Nov. 13, 1826, and had children: John Robinson, b. Aug. 20, 1827, d. Jan. 28, 1847; George Ruggles, b. Oct. 9, 1830; Stephen Benjamin, b. Sept. 15, 1834, d. March 20, 1836; Martha Ramsay, b. June 16, 1837; Sam- uel Fay, b. March 20, 1840. Married second wife, Mrs. Brown, 1876.
Hezekiah Sedgwick Gold m. Chloe A. Peet, Sept. 6, 1836, and
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had children: Henry Martin, b. July 25, 1837, dead; Myron Swift, b. Dec. 1, 1842; Ethel Edward, b. Feb. 9, 1847.
Job Swift Gold m. Catherine B. Smith, Oct. 28, 1835, and had children: Lincoln Swift, b. Oct. 1, 1837, dead; Cornelius Boudi- nott, b. June 27, 1839; Walter, b. Feb. 22, 1842, d. Feb. 22, 1853: Henry Smith, b. March 31, 1844, dead.
Our limits forbid that we should follow with the succeeding generations, for the family has increased like good seed in a fertile soil. I am indebted for these records to Mrs. Abby I. (Brinsmade) Gunn and Miss Elizabeth Vaill. Rev. Herman L. Vaill had prepared a record with great care to 1854, when the number of descendants exceeded one hundred.
Dea. Benjamin Gold was well represented in the late war, as follows :
Edward F. Gold, of Cornwall, son of Benjamin F., Capt. Co. G, 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery.
Henry Martyn Gold, son of H. Sedgwick, was killed early in the war.
Frank Boudinott, son of Harriet Gold, Capt. N. Y. Mounted Rifles, died in consequence of a hurt received by his horse falling on him; a bold, dashing officer, much beloved by his men.
Capt. Putnam, supposed to be of Gen. Putnam stock, married Helen Lovell, daughter of Catharine.
Theodore Frelinghuysen Vaill, Adj. 2d Conn. II. Art., wounded near the close of the war; died recently of typhoid fever; author of the History of the Regiment and editor of the Winsted Herald.
Joseph H. Vaill, his brother, present editor of the Herald, was in the 8th Conn.
Thomas R. Gold,* son of Rev. Hezekiah of Cornwall, m. Sarah Sill, daughter of Dr. Elisha Sill, she died July 13, 1852.
Children : Hezekiah, b. Sept. 17, 1788, drowned June, 1792; Har- riett L., b. July 30, 1790, m. Rev. John Frost, d. Aug. 5, 1873; Mary S., b. June 9, 1794, m. John Peck, d. April 4, 1877; Theodore S., b. July 23, 1796, died at Utica; Sarah P., b. March 10, 1801, m. William B. Walton, d. 1866: Charlotte Ruggles, b. July 7, 1806, d. Oct. 18, 1808; Thomas, Jr., b. March 11, 1809, d. Oct. 8, 1846, æ. thirty-seven.
Hon. Thomas R. Gold graduated at Yale College in the class of 1786. When the Whitestown country was first being settled Mr.
*The promise (never fulfilled) of a library from Thomas Ruggles for his name was the reason for two brothers of the name of Thomas.
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Gold established himself there, about 1792, in the profession of the law. He soon acquired a high position, and for a time stood at the head of the bar in Central New York. In 1798 he was elected to the Senate of his adopted State. For about twenty years he represented New York in the Congress of the United States. Although important public business engrossed a large share of his time, yet Mr. Gold contributed largely to the " North American Review " and other leading literary publications of the day. In the later years of his life he became a humble and earnest Christian, and died in the faith of Jesus, at the age of sixty-three years.
The record of this branch reads thus:
Hon. Thomas R. Gold, "Under the smiles of Providence, was greatly blessed."
Of his wife, Sarah Sill, " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
Harriet L., " Widow of Rev. John Frost, died at the age of eighty-three years, after a long pilgrimage, refined' and matured for heaven, loved and revered by kindred and friends, two sur- viving children, and grandchildren to the third generation."
Theodore S. left one daughter, Mrs. Andrew Dexter of New York.
Thomas, Jr., had one son, Thomas Raymond Gold of Chicago.
Hezekiah Gold, of Cornwall, fourth son of Rev. Hezekiah, and of the fifth generation, mn. Rachel Wadsworth, daughter of Samuel Wadsworth. Oct. 24, 1788.
Children: Sally Maria, b. Oct. 19, 1789, m. Edward Rogers, March 4, 1810; Samuel Wadsworth, b. Sept. 27, 1794, m. Phebe Cleveland, daughter of Erastus and Rebecca (Berry) Cleveland, Madison, N. Y., April 17, 1817; Julia R., b. May 31, 1800, m. Daniel Cleveland, Nov. 13, 1821; Lorain Sedgwick, b. May 26, 1804, m. Wm. S. Stevens, Jan. 1, 1828.
Capt. Hezekiah Gold was a farmer on Cream Hill; a part of his farm he inherited by his wife, the remainder he purchased of Joseph Wadsworth. He was an active, energetic, public-spirited man, never backward in any good work. He was a good farmer for his day, and if we can farm as well for the times as he did we shall be satisfied.
Hon. Edward Rogers and Sally Maria, oldest daughter of Hez- ekiah Gold, had children: Hezekiah Gold, b. Feb. 22, 1811; Sarah Maria, b. July 30, 1820; Edward, b. July 20, 1826, d. Dec. 26, 1846.
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Hon. Edward Rogers died May 29, 1857 ; his wife, Sally Maria. died Jan. 28, 1847. (For further account, see Rogers family.)
Hezekiah Gold Rogers graduated at Yale in 1831: practiced law at Pittsburgh, Pa., was chargé de affaires to the Kingdom of Sardinia. and held various positions of public trust. Is still living as a law- yer in Pennsylvania.
Samuel Wadsworth Gold, son of Hezekiah of the sixth genera- tion. and Phebe Cleveland, had children: Theodore Sedgwick, b. March 2, 1818; Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 21, 1820, d. April 6. 1821 ; Julia Lorain, b. June 24, 1824, d. Aug. 12, 1875.
Dr. Samuel W. Gold graduated at Williams ('ollege in 1814; studied medicine at Pittsfield and at Yale, where in 1834 he re- ceived the honorary degree of M. D. He was licensed to practice medicine in 1817, and began his professional life at Madison, N. Y. From there he returned to Cornwall for five years, then went to Goshen to fill out twenty-five years of medical practice. He re- turned to Cornwall in 1842, and in 1845, with his son, T. S. Gold, established the Cream Hill Agricultural School, which was contin- ued successfully for twenty-four years. He was State senator in 1847 and 1859, and presidential elector in 1857.
Dr. Gold was a thorough student of medicine, and a successful practitioner. He was a frequent contributor to the medical jour- nals and other publications of the day. As an educator he applied to good advantage his professional knowledge and ripe experience; while as a farmer he early realized the necessity of clearing our fields of rocks for successful agriculture, and was the first to at- tack the great boulders, in 1823, that infested our farms. The horse-rake and the mowing machine were first used in town on his Cream Hill farm, an impossibility in the original condition of the fields .* He was persistent in his efforts to promote the social. moral, and educational interests of the community, and lived to see many of his favorite projects brought to maturity.
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