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1536-7, proved February 7, same year. Chil- dren: I. Thomas, born about 1500; men- tioned below. 2. John, born about 1504; married Alice -; died without issue.
(III) Thomas Goolde, son of Richard Gowle (2), born about 1500, was named in his father's will. He lived at Bovingdon. His will was dated June 28, 1546, and proved No- vember 23, 1547. He married Alice
Children: I. Thomas, born about 1521 ; ex- ecutor 1546; died 1561; married Alice (Clerke?). 2. John the elder, in his father's will in 1546 and in his uncle's in 1559. 3. Richard, mentioned below. 4. Joan, of age 1546. 5. Agnes, of age 1546. 6. Elizabeth, born before 1537. 7. Bridget, not eighteen in 1546. 8. John the younger, born about 1538.
(IV) Richard Gold, son of Thomas Goolde (3), born about 1530, lived in Bovingdon and Stoke Mandeville. His will, dated December 4, 1558, at Stoke Mandeville, signifies his· de- sire to be buried at Bovingdon. He married Jane, widow of Weeden. Children: I. Henry, of Chalfont St. Peter ; died 1605 ; mar- ried Alice 2. Richard, mentioned below.
(V) Richard Gould, son of Richard Gold (4), born about 1553, is recorded as of Bov- ingdon. Children: I. Richard, born about 1578; died 1629; married Mary 2. Jeremy (or John), born about 1581; died 1654 ?; married Judith 3. Zaccheus, mentioned below.
(VI) Zaccheus Gould, son of Richard Gould (5), born 1589, resided in Hemel Hempsted and Missenden prior to his emi- gration to New England about 1638. He set- tled first
in Lynn, then
in Ipswich. His brother Jeremy, settled in Wey- mouth and removed to Rhode Island. Zaccheus removed finally to Topsfield, Massachusetts, being one of the original settlers and acquired a large landed estate. He died in 1670. He married Phebe Deacon, who died November 20, 1663. Children: I. Phebe, married Thomas Perkins. 2. Mary; married John Reddington. 3. Martha, mar- ried John Newmarch. 4. Priscilla. 5. John, mentioned below.
(VII) Captain John Gould, son of Zaccheus Gould (6), was born in England, June 10-21, 1635. He was prominent in public affairs, and was imprisoned for his outspoken opposition to Governor Andros. He married October 12, 1660, Sarah Baker, born March 9, 1641, daugh- ter of John Baker. He died January 20, 1708-9. Children : I. John, mentioned below. .
2. Sarah. 3. Thomas. 4. Samuel. 5. Zac- cheus. 6. Priscilla. 7. Joseph. 8. Mary.
(VIII) Ensign John Gould, son of Captain John Gould (7), born in Topsfield, Decem- ber I, 1662, died November 5, 1724; married first, November 10, 1684, Phebe French, born May 8, 1667, died April 3, 1718, daughter of John and Phebe French, granddaughter of Ensign Thomas French who died in 1696. Children, born at Topsfield : 1. John. 2. Mary. 3. Nathaniel. 4. Sarah. 5. Hannah. 6. Dan- iel. 7. David. 8. Solomon, mentioned below. 9. Lydia.
(IX) Ensign Solomon Gould, son of En- sign John Gould (8), born in Topsfield, March 19, 1704, died December 15, 1762. He married first, December 19, 1734, Elizabeth, died April 24, 1749, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Cummings) Robinson, and grand- daughter of John Cummings and John and Dorothy (Clark) Robinson. Dorothy was a daughter of Daniel Clark, the immigrant. John Cummings, father of Elizabeth, married Eliza- beth, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Brackett) Kingsley; was son of John and Sarah (Howlett) Cummings and grandson of Isaac Cummings. Samuel Kingsley was son of Elder Stephen Kingsley, the immigrant. Hannah Brackett was a daughter of Captain Richard Brackett, and Sarah Howlett was a daughter of Ensign Thomas Howlett. Chil- dren of Ensign Solomon Gould and his first wife : I. Elizabeth. 2. Solomon. 3. Na- thaniel. 4. Lydia. 5. John, mentioned be- low.
(X) John Gould, son of Ensign Solomon Gould (9), was born in Topsfield, February 20, 1746. He was a soldier in the revolution: He married first, February 9, 1769, Eliza- beth Bradstreet, died October 18, 1775, daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth (Fisk) Bradstreet. He married second, June 3, 1777, Bethiah, widow of Josiah Fitts (and formerly widow of Daniel Boardman), daughter of John and Bethia (Giddings) Burnham, granddaughter of Deacon Solomon and Sarah (Burnham) Giddings. Deacon Solomon was son of Lieu- tenant Solomon and Margery (Goodhue) Gid- dings, and grandson of Lieutenant John L. and Sarah (Rand) Giddings. Sarah was daughter of Francis Rand; Margery Goodhue was daughter of Captain William and Han- nah (Dane) Goodhue, and granddaughter of Deacon William and Margery Watson Good- hue. Hannah Dane was daughter of Rev. Francis Dane, granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Ingalls) Dane and great-grand- daughter of Edmund Ingalls. George Gid-
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dings, the immigrant, was father of Lieuten- ant John Giddings. Sarah (Burnham) Gid- dings was a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Perkins) Burnham, granddaughter of John Burnham, and great-granddaughter of Lieu- tenant Thomas Burnham and Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Deacon Thomas Welles. Elizabeth (Perkins )was a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Wainwright) Perkins, granddaughter of John Perkins, and great-granddaughter of John Perkins. Sarah (Wainwright) Perkins was the daughter of Francis Wainwright. Children of John and Bethia Gould : I. David, died young. 2. Rebecca. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. David died young. 5. Elsey. 6. David. 7. Martha.
(XI) John Gould, son of John Gould (10), was born August 29, 1785; married Novem- ber 30, 1800, Mary, daughter of Elijah Aver- ill, and descendant of Lieutenant Isaac Aver- ill, who served in the war for independence. Elijah Averill married a daughter of Major Joseph Gould, also a revolutionary soldier, son of Captain Joseph and Priscilla (Perkins) Gould, grandson of the redoubtable Captain John Gould (7), mentioned above. Captain Tobijah Perkins, father of Priscilla (Perkins) Gould, married Sarah Dennison, daughter of John Dennison of Ipswich and Topsfield.
Lieutenant Isaac Averill married Priscilla, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bradstreet) Peabody, and descendant of the immigrant, Francis Peabody, through Isaac and Sarah (Estes) Peabody. Sarah was doubtless daughter of Mathew Estes, immigrant, born May 28, 1645, died July 9, 1723, son of Rob- ert and Dorothy Estes, of Dover, England ; married June 14, 1676, Philadelphia (Jenkins) Hayes, widow of Edward Hayes, and daugh- ter of Reginald and Ann Jenkins of Kittery, Maine ; Mathew Estes was a Quaker, and cap- tain of the sloop "Unity," of Boston.
Elizabeth (Bradstreet) Peabody was a de- scendant of Governor Simon Bradstreet and his wife Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, the poet, daughter , of Governor Thomas Dudley. Through various lines of descent the present Goulds are also descended from many other prominent families, including those of Apple- ton, Glover, Capen, Bass, Jackson, Hovey, Foster, etc. Major John, son of Samuel Ap- pleton, the immigrant, married Priscilla, daughter of Rev. Joses Glover, who left Lon- don in charge of the first printing press brought to America, and died on the passage. His widow married Henry Dunster, first presi- dent of Harvard College. Children of John and Mary (Averill) Gould : I. Mary Averill.
2. Lucy Peabody. 3. Sarah Friend. 4. Eliza- beth Averill. 5. John Averill, mentioned be- low. 6. Adeline Wallace.
(XII) John Averill Gould, son of John Gould (II), was born in Topsfield, March 6, 1819. He was educated in the public schools and Topsfield Academy, afterwards teaching school in North Reading, Manchester, and other towns of the vicinity. In 1853 he en- gaged in the manufacture of "Porter's Patent Burning Fluid," in partnership with his uncle under the firm name of John Porter & Com- pany, and resided in Woburn from 1850 to 1863, and in Chelsea until 1894, when he re- moved to Boston. Subsequently he resided with his daughters in the Aberdeen district, where he died January 30, 1906.
He married, October 5, 1845, Elizabeth Cheever Leach, born January 7, 1825, died in Chelsea, November 17, 1893, daughter of Captain (7) Benjamin and Susan (Cheever) Leach, both of Manchester, Massachusetts. She was a lineal descendant in the eighth gen- eration of Lawrence Leach (1) through Rob- ert and Alice-Leach (2), Samuel (3) and Arabella (Norman) Leach, Richard (4) and Abigail (Woodbury) Leach, Benjamin (5) and Emma (Knowlton) Leach, Captain Ben- jamin (6) and Sarah (Knowlton) Leach, and Captain Benjamin Leach (7). Captain Ben- jamin Leach (6), born 1749, served in the revolution with distinction; was captured by the British and confined several years in the Mill Prison. Mrs. Elizabeth C. (Leach) Gould is descended from Ezekiel Cheever, the most famous master of the Boston Latin School, through Rev. Samuel Cheever, first minister of Marblehead, Massachusetts, and his son Rev. Ames Cheever, first minister of Manchester, both graduates of Harvard College. Rev. Samuel Cheever married Ruth Angier, daugh- ter of Edmond and Ruth (Ames) Angier of Cambridge. Ruth Ames was the daughter of Rev. Dr. William and Joanne (Fletcher) Ames, Dr. Ames was born in Ipswich, Eng- land in 1576, and was a noted clergyman of that time having been a "Fellow" of Christ College, Cambridge and B. A. in 1607. A portrait of him hangs in Memorial Hall, Harvard College. Rev. Ames Cheever mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Captain Thomas and Mary (Varney) Choate, and their son Ezekiel married Susannah, daughter of William and Sarah ( Marshall) Butler. Sarah was daugh- ter of John Marshall. Ezekiel and Susannah (Butler) Cheever were the grandparents of Elizabeth Cheever (Leach) Gould.
Captain Thomas Choate was son of John
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Choate, first of the name in Essex county, and ancestor of Rufus Choate, the famous lawyer, of Joseph H. Choate, ambassador to England, and other distinguished men. Mary (Var- ney) Choate was granddaughter of William Varney and of John Proctor, both noted men. Susannah (Butler) Cheever was daughter of William Butler and granddaughter of William Butler Sr. and Susanna (Cogswell), who was a daughter of Captain John and Elizabeth (Wainwright) Cogswell, mentioned above. Captain John Cogswell was the son of Wil- liam and grandson of John Cogswell, the im- migrant. The two last mentioned were pas- sengers on the ill-fated ship "Angel Gabriel," wrecked on the coast of Maine in 1635. Wil- liam Cogswell (2) married Susannah, daugh- ter of Adam Hawkes (I).
Lieutenant William Butler, father of Wil- liam, Sr., married Sarah Cross. John Mar- shall, father of Susan (Marshall) Butler, was a descendant of Edmond and Millicent Mar- shall. His parents were Benjamin and Pru- dence (Woodward) Marshall; his mother, daughter of Ezekiel and Anne (Beamsley) Woodward, and granddaughter of William Beamsley, an early benefactor of Harvard Col- lege. Sarah Perkins (Marshall) was daugh- ter of Isaac Perkins, granddaughter of John Perkins, and great-granddaughter of John Sr. and Judith Perkins, the immigrant ancestors. Isaac Perkins married Hannah Knight, daugh- ter of Alexander Knight who died in 1664.
Children of John Averill and Elizabeth Cheever (Leach) Gould: I. John, born Jan- uary 7, 1847, died September 2, 1848. 2. Elizabeth Porter, born June 8, 1848, died July 28, 1906, well-known writer. 3. Susan Cheever, born June 27, 1849. 4. George Lambert, born February 6, 1852; mentioned below. 5. Ada Pitman, born January 15, 1854, married Will E. Harding, of Newton, Massachusetts. 6. Hattie Florence, born March 15, 1858. 7. Anna Leach, born Octo- ber 2, 1859, married Henry A. Jenks, of Mel- rose. 8. Mary Averill, born July 17, 1861 ; died September 10, 1902, married Ernest Mead, of Wellesley Farms.
(XIII) George Lambert Gould, son of John Averill Gould (12), was born in Wo- burn, February 6, 1852. He attended the public schools of Woburn and Chelsea, and at the age of fifteen years entered the employ of John Porter & Company, Boston, receiving careful training under the direction of his father. In due time he became manager of the business, and occupies a leading position in the paint and oil trade. For nearly twenty
years he has been president of the Gould & Cutler Corporation, extensive dealers in paints, oils, varnishes, etc., formerly at 69 to 75 Union street, and now at 105 North street, Boston, and under his management and through his connection with the manufactur- ing concern of Benjamin Moore & Company, Brooklyn, Chicago and Toronto, the business has expanded to large proportions.
Mr. Gould resided since coming from Chel- sea in 1877, in the Maplewood district of Malden, and since 1899 has occupied a hand- some residence on Alpine street, in the west end of the city. Although not an active parti- san in politics and having no aspirations for public office, he has rendered able and faithful service to the city in various positions of trust and responsibility. He has been a member of the Malden water board, one of the sinking fund commissioners for six years, and was a member of the committee appointed by the town to draft the city charter. He was one of the organizers and for a number of years president of the Malden Co-operative Bank. He is a charter member and former president of the New England Paint and Oil Club, and president of the National Paint, Oil and Var- nish Association, having been respectively second and first vice-president. He is a mem- ber of the Society of Colonial Wars by vir- tue of the service of nine ancestors; of the Sons of the American Revolution; of the An- cient Order of United Workmen ; of the Royal Arcanum ; of the Kernwood Club of the Unit- ed Order of the Golden Cross, and the First Congregational Church of Malden. He is a life member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society ; director and vice-presi- dent of the Malden Historical Society, and a member of the Historical Society of Tops- field, in which town, on account of his an- cestry, he feels a keen interest. In 1895 he erected upon the ancestral estate of the Goulds in Topsfield a beautiful summer home which contains many interesting pieces of antique furniture, household utensils, etc., and he took special pains to restore and preserve an old barn built by one of his ancestors in 1749. In various ways he has assisted in forwarding the general welfare of the town of Topsfield, and in 1900 served on the executive committee for the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its settlement. Gover- nor Crane, Lieutenant-Governor Bates, Sena- tor Lodge, Justice William H. Moody, Con- gressman Augustus P. Gardner, Postmaster General George Von L. Meyer and other dis- tinguished men participated in the ceremonies
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and festivities, and the affair was eminently successful. Mr. Gould has traveled exten- sively in the United States and Canada, Eu- rope and South America, and in 1905 made a trip to Alaska.
He married, June 23, 1875, Lizzie Lawrence Cooke, born in Boston, May 3, 1856, daughter of Dr. McLaurin Furber and Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Cooke. She removed to Chelsea with her parents in 1860, and lived there until 1877 when she removed to Malden with her husband. She received her education in the public schools of Boston. (See Cooke family). Mr. and Mrs. Gould have had six children, of whom four are living, two sons having died: I. Warren Furber, born June 28, 1876; has been engaged in the paint and white lead business for the past twelve years with the Gould & Cutler Corporation and the Carter White Lead Company. 4. Bertram Cheever, born. March 17, 1881, who has been associat- ed for last nine years with the Corona Kid Manufacturing Company and the Bristol Pat- ent Leather Company, South street, Boston. Also two daughters now living with their par- ents : 5. Miriam, born November 19, 1882, and (6) Rosamond, born July 24, 1887.
The first Cook in the vicinity of COOKE Dover, New Hampshire, was Peyton Cook, who came about 1635 to Saco. He and Nathaniel Wallis made a deposition at Falmouth, Maine, July 5, 1659. Nothing is known of his descendants, if he had any. The only other settler in the vicinity be- fore 1700 was Richard Cook, mentioned be- low.
England. Children: I. Elkanah, or Elhanan, born June 30, 1636, died November following. 2. Dr. Elisha, born September 16, 1637; (H. C. 1657) not father of John, mentioned be- low. 3. Elkanah, baptized April 12, 1640. 4. Joseph, born May 2, 1642; (H. C. 1666). 5. Benjamin, baptized August 4, 1644, died young.
(II) John Cooke, progenitor of the family of this sketch, may have been the kinsman John mentioned in the will of Richard (I), and doubtless his nephew, though he may have been a grandson, but what was his fath- er's name is not definitely known. The name Richard is preserved among the descendants of John. John seems to have been born as early as 1660. He certainly married (by Rev. Mr. Pike) at Dover, New Hampshire, No- vember 26, 1686, .Mary Downs. Children: I. John, born May 5, 1692. 2. Peter, married Abigail and lived in Dover. Perhaps others. (III) John Cooke, son of John Cooke (2), born in Dover, May 5, 1692, was known as "Great John Cook." He married Lydia , born November 9, 1694. They settled in Dover. Children, born in Dover : I. Mercy, born June 21, 1716. 2. Hezekiah, born Jan- uary I, 1717-8; mentioned below. 3. Mary, April 1, 1720. 4. Ebenezer, born April 26, 1723, died on passage home from Cape Bre- ton, August 17, 1745. 5. John, born. No- vember 6, 1725. 6. Richard, born December 21, 1727. 7. Phebe, born March 17, 1729-30. 8. Daniel, born September II, 1732.
(IV) Hezekiah Cooke, son of John Cooke - (3), was born in Dover, January 1, 1717-8. He lived and died in Madbury, about one-half mile from where "Great John Cook" lived in Dover. All of his children were born in Mad- bury. His wife's name is not known. Among his children was Jedediah, mentioned below.
(I) Richard Cooke or Cook, was born in 1610, in England ; a tailor by trade, coming to Boston from Gloucestershire; was admitted a freeman March 4, 1635; member of the artil- (V) Jedediah Cooke, son of Hezekiah Cooke (4), born 1758, died in Madbury, No- vember 16, 1806. He married Catherine Tut- tle, born February 6, 1765, died October II, 1842, in Dover, daughter of Thomas (born 1723) and Sarah (Hanson) Tuttle, grand- daughter of Thomas Tuttle, of Dover, born March 15, 1699-1700. Ensign John Tuttle, Jr., father of Thomas Tuttle, was killed by the Indians, leaving a widow Judith Tuttle, daughter of Richard and Rose (Stoughton) Otis; Richard was son of Stephen Otis and Rose (daughter of Anthony) Stoughton. En- sign Tuttle's father was John Tuttle (2), born 1642 died 1720, a prominent man, holding (1), was the pioneer who settled at Dov- lery company in 1643, lieutenant 1656. He removed to York, Maine, and Dover, New Hampshire, adjoining. He was one of the trustees for the children of Joshua Scottow in York County, May 6, 1665. He was a deputy to the general court from Dover in 1670, ac- cording to Savage. His wife Elizabeth re- ceived three pounds from the town of Boston, October 29, 1660, for her services in curing Spanish captives. His will was proved in Suffolk county, December 25, 1673, bequeath- ing to wife Elizabeth, son Elisha, kinsman John Cook and kinswoman Eleanor Cook ; Millicent, wife of Andrew Neale; to college at Cambridge (Harvard) ; to children of his . many offices ; and his grandfather, John Tuttle brothers William and Walter Cook, then in
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er Neck and died in 1662. Sarah (Han- son) Tuttle, born May 27, 1737, was daughter of John, born January 17, 1712, mar- ried Phebe Austin, daughter of Nathaniel and Catherine (Neale) Austin. Nathaniel, born February 1, 1687, was son of Thomas and Anne Austin. John Hanson, father of John and grandfather of Sarah, married Elizabeth -, May 23, 1703, was son of Thomas Hanson, who was born about 1643, and taxed in Cocheco 1664-79, and grandson of Thomas Hanson (who died 1666) and his wife Mary, who was killed by the Indians June 28, 1689.
(VI) Thomas Cooke, born in Medbury, February 13, 1788, died in Farmington, Feb- ruary 14, 1871, son of Jedediah Cooke (5), settled in Farmington, New Hampshire. He married, September 27, 1818, Nancy, daughter of Levi and Rosamond (Fabyan) Furber, granddaughter of Deacon John Fabyan. Wil- liam Furber, her immigrant ancestor, born about 1614, came to America in 1635 in the ill- fated "Angel Gabriel," wrecked off Pema- quid. He married Elizabeth -. William Furber (2), born 1646, died September 14, 1707, son of William (I), married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain John Heard. She died November 19, 1703. William Furber (3), son of William (2), born 1673, died March 20, 1757, settled in Nottingham, New Hampshire ; married Sarah Elizabeth Nute, born 1676, died March 21, 1762. Nehemiah Furber (4), son of William (3), born January 21, 1710, married December 5, 1732, Abigail Leighton, born January 14, 1710. Levi Furber (5), born 175I, died January 19, 1829, son of Nehemiah (4), married Rosamond Fabyan. Their daughter Nancy, born June 10, 1793, died No- vember II, 1875, married, September 27, 1818, Thomas Cooke (6), born February 13, 1788, died February 14, 1871.
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(VII) Dr. McLaurin Furber Cooke, son of Thomas Cooke (6), was born in Newing- ton, New Hampshire, January 5, 1821. He was educated in various district schools and academies and in Dartmouth College, where he was graduated in the class of 1847, study- ing his profession in the Harvard Medical School where he graduated in 1855 with the degree of M. D. But he preferred teaching to the practice of medicine, and became mas- ter of the Hancock School of Boston, resign- ing on account of ill health in 1870. He died in Chelsea, November II, 1875. Dr. Cooke married, in 1855, Mary Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 12, 1831, died June 14, 1856, daughter of Dr. Edward Buckman and Elizabeth (Law- in Dover; married widow Sarah (Taylor) rence) Moore. (See Moore family).
(I) Jonathan Moore, a retired British offi- cer, settled in New England.
(II) William Moore died in Stratham, Sep- tember II, 1747, was son of Jonathan Moore (I).
(III) William Moore, son of William Moore (2), settled
Stratham, New Hampshire, and lived
to be eighty- four years old. He
married Abigail Gilman, born August 19, 1707, daughter of Colonel John Gilman of Exeter, and his wife, Elizabeth (Coffin), daughter of Hon. Peter and Abigail (Starbuck) Coffin. Hon. John Gilman, father of Colonel John, and son of Edward Gilman, the immigrant, married Elizabeth Treworgye, daughter of James and Catherine (Shapleigh) Treworgye, Cather- ine's father being Alexander Shapleigh, agent for Sir Fernando Gorges. Hon. Peter Cof- fin was the son of Tristram (born 1609) and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin, granddaughter of Robert Stevens, and of Peter and Joan (Kem- ber) Coffin, of England. Abigail (Starbuck) Coffin was daughter of Edward Starbuck, of Dover, New Hampshire, who with Tristram Coffin helped found the colony at Nantucket, and who died on that island, October 2, 1681.
(IV) Dr. Coffin Moore, son of William Moore (3), was born in Stratham, 1739. He married Comfort Weeks, daughter of Major Joshua and Mary (Lunt) Wingate, of Hamp- ton, New Hampshire. Mary Lunt was daugh- ter of Henry and Jane (Brown) Lunt, of Newbury, Jane being daughter of Abra- ham and Jane (Skipper) Brown.
Captain John Wingate Weeks, congress- man from Massachusetts, and now closing his second term, one of Boston's most promi- nent bankers, former mayor of Newton, and also John Wingate Weeks, member of con- gress 1829 to 1883, were also descendants of Dr. John and Martha (Wingate) Weeks.
Captain Joshua Weeks, born June 30, 1674, father of John, lived in Greenland, New Hampshire; was son of Leonard Weeks and Mary (Haines), daughter of Deacon Samuel Haines, who was also a passenger in the "Angel Gabriel," wrecked in 1635. Captain Joshua Weeks married Comfort, daughter of Richard and Martha (Allen) Hubbard, and granddaughter of William and Ann (Good- ale) Allen, and great-granddaughter of Rich- ard and Dorothy Goodale, the immigrant an- cestors who settled in Newbury, Massachu- setts, 1637, and removed to Salisbury 1639-40. John Wingate, father of Major John, resided Canney, daughter of Anthony Taylor.
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(V) Coffin Moore, son of Dr. Coffin Moore (4), was born September 30, 1768. He mar- ried Molly (or Polly) Bucknam, who was the first white girl born in Lancaster, New Hamp- shire, daughter of General Edwards Bucknam, a pioneer in that town, born in Athol, Massa- chusetts, June 21, 174I. General Bucknam married Susannah Page, born in Petersham, Massachusetts, April 17, 1751, daughter of David Page (4), (David (3), John (2), who married Faith Dunster, John (I), Page, Wat- ertown, the immigrant), founder of Lunen- burg, Massachusetts, and Priscilla (Boynton), his wife, daughter of Hilkaiah and Priscilla (Jewett) Boynton, the Jewetts and Boyntons having been early settlers of Rowley, Massa- chusetts. General Bucknam received his com- mission as brigadier general in 1799 from the governor of New Hampshire. He was son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Edwards) Bucknam, married at Hamilton, Massachusetts, removed to Athol prior to 1740. Daniel was son of David Bucknam and grandson of Joses Buck- nam, Jr., born 1666-7, died April 5, 1741 ; married Hannah Peabody, of Boxford. Joses Jr. was son of Lieutenant Joses Bucknam, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, July 3, 1641, and his second wife, Judith (Worth), daughter of Lionel Worth, the immigrant, and his wife, Susannah (Whipple,) Lieutenant Joses Bucknam was son of William Bucknam, first of the name in America, coming from Ipswich, England, in the Winthrop fleet in 1630, and settled in what is now Everett, near the Malden line, becoming a prominent and influential citizen. His first wife, Sarah (Knower) came in the same ship with Rev. Joseph (or Joses) Glover, an ancestor of George L. Gould, mentioned above, and her son Joses Bucknam was probably named for the clergyman.
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