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For a more extended aecount of the Gates family, see Borry's Ilist. Fram- ingham.
GAY, JOHN, of Wrentham, Miller, bought of Gov. Belcher, 8 Feb. 1733, a part of the estate at the N. E. corner of Brighton and Mount Auburn streets; and afterwards purchased the remainder, which had been owned by the heirs of Edmund Angier, or of John Hovey. This was the original Blue Anchor Tavern stand; it does not appear, however, whether Mr. Gay pursued the business of an inn-holder. His wife, whom he prob. m. before he removed here, was Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Nutting. They had no children. He d. between 18 Dee. 1753 and 14 Jan. 1754; she d. 1772.
2. HANNAH, m. Owen Warland, 3 Ap. 1679. Rev. EBENEZER, of Suffield, Conn., mn. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Angier, 5 July 1742. Rev. BUNKER, of Hinsdale, N. H., mn. Abigail, dau. of Henry Prentice, 22 Sept. 1763.
GEARNER, EDMUND, in 1635, owned house and land at the S. W. eorner of Brighton and Winthrop streets. He removed before 1642.
GIBSON, JOHN, in 1635, owned a house on the easterly side of Sparks Street not far southerly from Vassall Lane; and soon after he added three aeres more, so that his estate extended across to Garden Street. By his w. Rebecca he had five children, all bap. here : Rebecca, b. about 1635, m. Charles Stearns 22 June 1654, and within two years afterwards was griev- ously afflicted with a mental disorder, imagining herself to be under the power of witchcraft; Mary, b. Mar. 1637-8, mn. John Ruggles of Rox, 3 Ap. 1655; and d. 6 Dee. 1674; Martha, b. Ap. 1639, m. Jacob Newell of Rox. 3 Nov. 1657; John, b. about 1641; Samuel, b. 28 Oct. 1644. His w. Rebecca was buried at Rox. 1 Dec. 1661, and he m. Joanna, wid. of Henry Prentice, 24 July 1662. He signed a petition to the King in 1688, and d. in 1694, a. 93.
2. JOHN, S. of John (1), in. Rebecca Errington 9 Dec 1668, and had Rebecca, b. 4 Oet. 1669, and perhaps others. He d. 15 Oct. 1679, a. 38; his w. Rebecca d. 4 Dec. 1713, after having long been a pensioner on the bounty of the Church.
3. SAMUEL, s. of John (1), m. Saralı Pemberton 30 Oet. 1668; she d. 10 Oct. 1676, and he m. Elizabeth, wid. of John Stedman, 14 June 1679; she d.
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about 1680, and he m. Abigail -, who survived him. His children were, Sarah, b. 30 Mar. 1670, m. John Stedman 9 Ap. 1691, and d. 1 July 1754; Martha, b. 12 Dec. 1671, m. - Rolfe; Samuel, b. 6 May and d. 14 Sept. 1676; Samuel, b. 2 Oct. 1690; Elizabeth, b. - , who, with her mother Abigail, sold the original homestead, 4 May 1711, to Jacob Hill. SAMUEL the f. was a glover, and d. 20 Mar. 1709-10.
GIRLING, or GURLING, RICHARD, a mariner, 25 Aug. 1635, bought 100 acres of Simon Willard, 75 acres of John Bridge, and 25 acres of Dolor Davis. all on the south side of the River, at or near the present S. W. corner of Brighton District. He d. shortly afterwards. Under date of 19 Sept. 1637, the General Court "ordered, that Mr. Joseph Weld and Mr. John Benjamnin (being authorized), should make sale of Mr. Gurling's land, for satisfaction of the creditors, in proportion if it came short, and if an overplus be, that to remain in the hands of Mr. Benjamin." The land was accordingly sold to William Andrew, and the sale confirmed by the Court, 6 Mar. 1637-8. At the Quarterly Court, 4 June 1639. " Mr. Benjamin gave in the account of Richard Gurling, whereby four shillings only appeareth remaining due to widow Gurling." It is not known whether any children survived. Mr. Girling was probably the same who was Master of the ship Ilope of Ipswich, in 1634, in which Shepard embarked, with his friends, for New England, but was driven back, and narrowly escaped destruction. Shepard says, " The master of it, a very able seaman, was Mr. Gurling, who professed much love to me, who had got this ship, of 400 tons, from the Danes, and, as some report, it was by some fraud. But Le denied it ; and being a man very loving and full of fair promises of going at the time appointed, and an able seaman, hence we resolved to adventure that time, though dangerous in regard of the approach- ing winter." Autobiography, p. 45, ed. 1832.
GLEASON, THOMAS, by w. Susanna, had Mary, b. here 31 Oct. 1657. He is said to have res. previously in Wat. and subsequently in Chs. and to have d. abont 1684.
2. WILLIAM, perhaps s. of Thomas (1), by w. Abiel, or Abiah, had Wil- liam, b. 15 Ap. 1679; Esther, b. 13 and d. 27 Sept. 1688. WILLIAM the f. d. here, and adm. was granted to w. Abiel, 6 Ap. 1691. He seems to have res. at the Farms.
3. WILLIAM, prob. s. of William (2), by w. Thankful, had Experience, b. 18 Jan. 1707-8.
4. DAVID, by w. Merey, had David, b. 2 Aug. 1744; Mary (bap. Mercy), b. 31 Jan. 1745-6.
GLOVER, REV. JOSE, was Rector of Sutton, in Surrey, Eng. In 1638 he made preparations for emigrating to New England; and, among other things, provided a printing press, types, and furniture, and contracted with Stephen Daye 7 June 1638, to embark with him, and devote his services as he should direct. This was the first printing press established in the British American Colonies. Mr. Glover is understood to have embarked, and to have died on the passage. Shortly before his departure from England, being then in Lon- don, he executed a will, from which it appears that he had then living a wife and five children; it also appears that he had already purchased estates in New England, and possessed, in both Englands, a considerably large property. His widow arrived here in 1638, with the children, and a stock of merchan- dise, which from time to time she replenished, under the superintendenee of John Stedman, her agent or steward, until 22 June 1641, when she became the wife of President Dunster. Her residence was on the westerly side of Winthrop Square, the estate extending from Mt. Auburn Street to Winthrop Street. She d. 23 Aug. 1643, and her estate, after tedious and vexations litiga- tion, was settled by her surviving husband. As an illustration of the manner in which justice was administered more than two hundred years ago, it may be mentioned, that, on the final settlement of his account by the court Pres. Dunster was required to pay for the use of all the property he had by his wife, and to surrender every article, or its equivalent, to her children; but, on the other hand, he was allowed payment for his expenses in providing for the
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children while in his family, and also for " disbursements for the maintenance of Mrs. Glover. for diet and apparel in sickness and health, two years and two months, after her marriage to Mr. Dunster until her death, with a maid to attend her, at £30 per annum, £65"; for medical attendance £15; and for funeral charges £10. Mr. Glover was twice married; his first wife (as in- scribed on her monument, erected 24 May 1629, by her husband, in the church of which he was Rector), was Sarah, dau. of " Mr. Roger Owfield, citizen of London," by whom he " had three children, viz., Roger, Elizabeth, and Sarah. She died July 10, 1628." See Glover Memorials, p. 563. His second wife was Elizabeth Harris, by whom he had John and Priscilla. Of his children, Roger is said to have been a captain, slain at the taking of Edin- burgh castle about 1649; Elizabeth, m. Adam Winthrop about Mar. 1643-4; and after his death she m. John Richards; Sarah, m. Deane Winthrop about 1648; Priscilla, m. John Appleton of Salem, Oct. 1651; John, grad. H. C. 1650, M. D. at Aberdeen, and d. unm. about 1668. The date of his gradua- tion is assumed,to be 1650 (rather than 1651 when his namesake graduated), because this best agrees with one of the items in Mr. Dunster's account : - "maintenance of the children after the death of their motlier, viz, John Glover's liberal education, for diet, apparel and schooling, mostly at the college, for seven years and two months, at 20/. per annum, 143.3.4." The mother (Mrs. Dunster) d. in Aug. 1643; seven years and two months would expire in Oct. 1650. The Christian name of Mr. Glover has appeared in vari- ous forms, such as Joseph, Jose, Josse, Jesse, Joss, and Joas; and antiquari- ans have doubted which was the trne name. Proof has at last been presented by J. Hammond Trumbull, LL. D., that his widow and Mr. Dunster wrote the name Josse ; but that he himself wrote it Jose, three times in his last will. He adds, "comparison of the forins Josse, and Joas, with the autograph Jose, shows that the name was pronounced as a monosyllable, and that the first vowel was moderately long." See N. Eng. Hist. and Gen. Register, xxx. 27.
GODDARD, EDWARD, of Norfolk Co., England, a farmer, mn. - Doyley, and had William, John, Richard, Edward, James, Vincent, Benjamin, Thomas, Josias, and three daughters, who reached maturity. Goddard Gen., p. 5.
2. WILLIAM, s. of Edward (1), was a grocer in London, m. Elizabeth Miles, and had William, Joseph, Robert, and three others who d. young. He came to N. Eng. in 1665; his w. and chil. followed him in 1666. He had in Watertown, besides three who d. young, Benjamin, b. 17 Aug. 1668 ; Josiah, b. about 1672, resided on the homestead, and d. 14 Nov. 1720 ; Edward, b. 24 Mar. 1674-5, m. Susanna Stone, was a schoolmaster in Boston, rem. to Fram- ingham, was Selectman, Town Clerk, Representative nine years, member of the Council three years, and d. 9 Feb. 1754. Goddard Gen., pp. 8-10; Bond's Hist. Wat., pp. 237, 238.
3. BENJAMIN, S. of William (2), m. Martha, dau. of John Palfrey, 30 May 1689, and had Nathaniel, b. 19 Aug. 1692, m. Mary, dau. of Deac. Samuel Cooper, removed to Weston, and d. without issue about 1770; Benjamin, b. 26 Aug. 1696, d. 29 Dee. 1702; Elizabeth, b. 20 Aug. 1699; Martha, b. 12 Aug. 1702, mn. Walter Cooper 7 June 1722, and d. 10 Ap. 1768; Benjamin, b. 8 Aug. 1705, was a carpenter, mn. Mary, dau. of Samuel Kidder, 9 Dee. 1731, removed to Grafton, and d. here, on a visit 10 Dec. 1759, leaving children Josiah, Benj., Nath., James, Eliz., Sam., Mary, and Hannah; John, b. 18 May 1709; Thomas, b. in Chs. 14 Aug. 1712; William, bap. here - Aug. 1716. BENJAMIN the f. was a earpenter, and res. at the S. W. corner of Mt. Auburn and Holyoke streets until about 1712, when he rem. to the estate opposite to Porter's Hotel, which was then a part of Charlestown. His w. Martha d. 26 Nov. 1737, a. 67, and he m. Anne Oldham (pub. 16 May 1738), who survived him. He d. 24 Oct. 1748, a. 80.
4. JOHN, s. of Benjamin (3), mn. Elizabeth, dan. of Edmund Frost, 19 Feb. 1734-5, and had John, bap. 26 Sept. 1736, d. young; Martha, bap. 6 May 1739; Stephen, bap. 6 Sept. 1741 ; Elizabeth, bap. 5 Sept. 1743, m. - Norton, and d. Dee. 1834, a. 91; Ruth, bap. 10 Aug. 1746; John, bap. 12 Aug. 1750. JOHN the f. was a cordwainer, and d. 12 May 1751, a. nearly 42; at the divis-
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ion of his estate 1767, only two children, Stephen and Elizabeth, appear to have been living. His w. Elizabeth d. 4 Ap. 1786, a. 74.
5. THOMAS, s. of Benjamin (3), m. Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Gove, 3 Jan. 1738-9, and had Kezia, bap. 25 Nov. 1739; Hannah, bap. 11 Ap. 1742, m. Jonas Prentice 1 Dec. 1785; Benjamin, bap. 12 Aug. 1744; Thomas, and Na- thaniel, twins, bap. 12 July 1747. THOMAS the f. was a carpenter, inherited the homestead, then in Chs. now in Camb. His estate was divided 22 Nov. 1768, to his widow Hannah (who d. 18 Mar. 1799, a. 82), and cliil. Benjamin, Thomas, Nathaniel, and Hannah.
6. STEPHEN, S. of John (4), m. Mary, d. of Rev. David Goddard of Leices- ter, and had Mary, b. 23 Nov. 1769, d. 10 Oct. 1798; John, b. 2 May 1771, d. young; Stephen, b. 3 Feb. 1773, d. 25 Dec. 1774; Sarah, bap. 22 Jan. 1775, d. unm. 26 May 1859, in the almshouse, - a pattern of patience and Cliristian trust; Stephen, bap. 18 May 1777, in. Charlotte Hawes of Canton, 26 Nov. 1801, removed to Leicester; David, bap. 22 Aug. 1779, m. Hannalı Brown of Con- cord, 13 June 1805, was a wheelwright here, and a Baptist clergyman at Wendell; Isaac, bap. 27 Jan. 1782, m. Catherine Johnson 3 Aug. 1806, and d. in Boston 14 Mar. 1823; Benjamin, bap. 4 Ap. 1784, m. Persis Fullerton 25 Sept. 1808; Elizabeth, b. 24 Ap 1788, d. young; STEPHEN the f. was a wheelwright, and res. on North Avenue, nearly opposite to Porter's Hotel. He d. 31 Jan. 1820; his w. Mary d. 8 Oet. 1798, a. 54.
7. BENJAMIN, s. of Thomas (5), was a wheelwright and res. nearly op- posite Porter's Hotel, on the old homestead, at the easterly corner of North Avenue and Beech Street, and d. unm. July 1828, a. 74.
8. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (5), m. Hepzibah Prentice 11 Dec. 1777, and had Thomas, b. 11 June 1778, d. 20 Sept. 1805; James, b. 27 July 1780; John, b. 17 May 1783; Daniel, b. 11 July 1787, d. unin. 10 Nov. 1836; Mary, b. 25 Mar. 1792, m. John Kent of Framingham, 9 June 1816; Charles ; Hannah, b. 27 Nov. 1797, d. 3 Dee. 1799. THOMAS the f. was a blacksmith, and res. on the estate now occupied by Porter's Hotel; he d. 15 or 17 Mar. 1830, a. 82; his w. Hepzibah d. 17 Aug. 1836, a. 82.
9. NATHANIEL, s. of Thomas (5), was a shoemaker and res. on the westerly side of Beech Street. He d. s. p. in Jan. 1830; his w. d. in July 1828, a. 75.
10. JAMES, S. of Thomas (8), m. Rebecca, dau. of Nathaniel Frothingham, 17 Nov. 1806, and had Rebecca Austin, b. 12 Sept. 1807; Thomas Austin, b. 30 May 1811, merchant in Boston, d. 16 July 1868; Matilda, b. 21 July 1814; James, b. 24 Feb. 1818, d. 24 Mar. 1838 ; Charles, b. 20 Nov. 1820, d. young; JAMES the f. res. in Boston, and d. 4 June 1845; his w. Rebecca d. 30 Oct. 1859, a. 78.
11. JOHN, s. of Thomas (8), m. Euniee Cook, dau. of Henry Dickson, 21 Dec. 1806; she d. - , and he m. Anna Peirce 18 Mar. 1824; she d. Nov. 1836, a. 74, and he m. Almira Sanderson of Waltham, 30 Ap. 1837. His second wife was much older than himself. His chil., all by the first wife, were Charles Henry, John, and Hannah, who m. Elhanan W. Russell, 18 Oet. 1838. JOHN the f. was a farmer, res. on the southerly side of North Ave- nue, near Cedar Street, and was killed on the Fitchburg Railroad track, 3 Feb. 1853.
GOFFE, EDWARD, embarked with Shepard in 1634, for N. Eng. and nar- rowly escaped shipwreck. The next year, he was more successful, and ar- rived safely, with his wife and two (or three) children. His w. Joyce d. in Nov. 1638, and he ni. Margaret His chil. were Samuel, b. in England about 1630 ; Lydia, b. in England about 1632, m. John Sprague of Malden, 2 May 1651 ; Nathaniel, b. Feb. 1637-8, d. 23 Aug. 1645; Deborah, b. 15 Dec. 1639, d. 21 Nov. 1660 Hannah, b. 23 Mar. 1643-4, m. Jolin Moore of Windsor, Conn., 21 Sept. 1664 ; Abiah, b. 1 Ap. 1646, m. Henry Woolcott, of Windsor, Conn., 12 Oct. 1664. A dau. Mary d. 23 Ap. 1646. EDWARD the f. d. 26 Dec. 1658; his w. Margaret m. John Witchfield, of Windsor, Conn., in Dee. 1662, and d. in Cambridge, " about the end of the 4th mo. 1669." She was sister to Jane, the first wife of Edward Winship, as appears by her will; but their name before marriage is not known. Mr. Goffe was a prominent eitizen,
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Selectman sixteen years, between 1636 and 1655; Treasurer of Middlesex Co. 1657-8 ; Commissioner (or Magistrate) to settle controversies for a less amount than forty shillings, seven years, between 1648 and 1658; Representa- tive, 1646, 1650. He was a large landholder, and one of the most wealthy men in the town. His homestead contained thirty-two acres, bounded southerly on the old road into the neck, easterly on land of Joseph Cooke (near the present Ellery Street); northerly on the Danforth estate; and westerly on the par- sonage. His dwelling-house stood at the S. W. corner of his farm, very near the junction of Main and Harvard streets. Vestiges of the old garden, ex- tending into Beck's Park, were visible within the memory of some now liv- ing.
2. SAMUEL, s. of Edward (1), m. Hannah Barnard, of Watertown, 25 June 1656 ; she d. Ap. 1679, and he in. Mary, wid. of Thomas Saxton, 9 Nov. 1682. His children were, Hannah, b. 12 May 1657; Edward, b. 28 Nov. 1658; Deborah, b. 22 Jan. 1660-1, d. 27 Dec. 1690; Samuel, b. 1 Jan. 1662-3 ; Lydia, b. 7 Jan. 1664-5, m. Rev. Thomas Barnard of Andover, 20 July 1704, and d. abt. 1743 ; John, b. 11 Nov. 1666 ; Elizabeth, b. 6 Oct. 1668, d. 15 Jan. 1690-91; Edmund, b. about 1670; Nathaniel, b. 9 Ap. 1675 ; Joseph, b. 23 May 1677. SAMUEL the f. was a farmer, inherited the homestead, and d. 15 Jan. 1705-6, a. 75. In younger life, Mr. Goffe had been adopted by Rev. Ed- mund Brown of Sudbury, as a son and heir.
3. EDWARD, s. of Samuel (2), m. Mary, dau. of John Biscoe of Watertown, and had Mary, b. 11 May 1687, m. Thomas Trowbridge of Newton, and became the mother of Judge Edmund Trowbridge, and of Lydia the wife of Richard Dana, Esq., and grandmother of Chief Justice Francis Dana. ED- WARD the f. was a tanner, aud d. here before 20 Ap. 1691, when administra- tion on his estate was granted to liis w. Mary. See THOMAS TROWBRIDGE.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (2), a shoemaker, appears to have d. here in Feb. 1699-1700, prob. s. p.
5. JOHN, s. of Samuel (2), was prob. the soldier of that name at Piscataqua, who had leave from the General Court, 4 Nov. 1690, to return home. He d. before 1706, as Edmund, when appointed administrator on the estate of their father, Samuel, is styled " the only surviving son."
6. EDMUND, s. of Samuel (2), was the principal heir to his father's estate, and res. on the homestead. He grad. H. C. 1690, and is said to have been a lawyer; but his time was chiefly devoted to public affairs. He was sheriff of Middlesex 1715-17; Selectman of Cambridge 1717, 1718, Representative 1716, 1721, and often rendered service on important committees. As early as 1710 he was Lieut .- colonel in the expedition against Port Royal; and was commissioned Colonel of Troopers in 1724, in which office he was actively em- ployed against the Indians. About 1697 he m. Hannah, dau. of Simon Lynde of Boston, who had previously been the w. of John Bigg of Bos. and of Jonathan Mitchell of Camb .; she d. and he m. 24 July 1728, Mary dau. of John Legg of Marblehead, who had been the w. of Capt. Edward Brattle and of Col. Nathaniel Norden, both of Marblehead. Col. Goffe d. s. p. 16 Oct. 1740. It is worthy of note that in 1725 Col. Goffe was appointed guardian to Edmund Trowbridge (grandson of his brother Edward), then a minor, afterwards a famous Judge. In 1740, Judge Trowbridge was appointed guardian to Col. Goffe, who had become incapable of managing his affairs. 'Thus they alternately liad guardianship of each other, - a case of rare occur- rence, if it has a parallel.
GOODMAN, RICHARD, was here in 1633, freeman 1634, but soon rem. to Hartford, where lie "was townsman in 1641 and in 1646 ; surveyor of common lands and fences in 1647; fence-viewer in 1649; member of the civil court in 1637; juror in 1643 and 1645; and held other offices. He was a valuable citizen." (Hinman.) A .Deacon of the same name, probably the same person, was slain by the Indians, at Hadley, 1676.
GOODWIN, WILLIAM, was here in 1632, and res. at the easterly corner of Harvard and Holyoke streets. He rem. to Hartford with Hooker, in whose church he was a ruling elder, and was a prominent person both in Church and
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State. During the unpleasant dissension in the Hartford Church, after Hooker's death, he rem. to Hadley; but he subsequently returned to Connect- ieut, and d. at Farmington, 1673. leaving a large estate to his only child, a daughter, who m. John Crowe. See Hinman.
GOOKIN, DANIEL, is said to have emigrated, with his father, from the County of Kent to Virginia in 1621. He is supposed to have arrived in Bos- ton 1644, in which year he was admitted freeman. He resided for a short time in Boston and Roxbury, but rem. to Camb. about 1647, and here dwelt during the remainder of his life. By his wife Mary,1 he had Mary, b. prob. in Virginia, mn. Edmund Batter of Salem 8 June 1670, and was living in 1685; Elizabeth, b. at Rox. 14 Mar. 1644-5, m. Rev. John Eliot, Jr., 23 May 1666; he d. 1668, and she m. Edmund Quiney of Braintree 1680, and d. there 30 Nov. 1700; she was mother of Edmund Quincy, Esq., who d. in London 1738, and the aneestor of many distinguished persons of that name; Hannah, bap. at Rox. 9 May 1647, d. there and was buried 2 Aug. 1647; and in Camb., Daniel, b. 8 Ap. 1649, d. 3 Sept. 1649; Daniel, b. 12 July 1650; Samuel, b. 22 Ap. 1652; Solomon, b. 20 June and d. 16 July 1654; Nathaniel, b. 22 Oct. 1656. His w. Mary d. after 4 Oct. 1681, and he m. Hannah, wid. of Ilabijah Savage of Boston, and dau. of Edward Tyng, who survived him, and d. 28 or 29 Oet. 1689, a. 48. Gen. Gookin, for about forty years, was one of the most active citizens of Camb. Ile was Lieenser of the Printing-press, 1663; Selectman, from 1660 to 1672; Representative 1649, 1651, in which last year he was Speaker of the House; an Assistant from 1652 to 1686 ex- eepting 1676, in which the prejudice against the Praying Indians, whom he be- friended, prevented his election. He was elected Captain of the Cambridge band, or military company, before 1652, and was described by Johnson as a " Kentish souldier," " a very forward man to advance martial discipline, and withal the truths of Christ." He became Major of the Middlesex Regiment in 1676, and was very active in raising and furnishing troops in Philip's War. In 1681 he was appointed Major-general of all the military foree of the Colony, and was the last who held that office under the old charter. He was trusted by Oliver Cromwell as a confidential agent, and was selected by him to assist in executing his favorite projeet of transplanting a colony from New England to Jamaica. He visited England twice, partly at least on public service. On his last return to this country, the two regieides, Goffe and Whalley, were his fellow passengers, and accompanied him to Camb. He was therefore de- nouneed by Randolph as their friend and protector, and as the custodian of their seanty funds. In the troublesome contest which commenced soon afterwards, upon the restoration of Charles II., Major Gookin was among the foremost defenders of the chartered rights of the colonists. Side by side with Thomas Danforth, he steadfastly resisted the eneroachments of arbitrary power. If Danforth was the acknowledged leader of the party, Gookin was one of his most active and reliable associates. He was as resolute in the maintenance of religious, as of civil privileges, and when the Quakers dis- turbed the peace of the Church, he was among the sternest of their judges .?
1 J. Wingate Thornton, Esq., of Boston, one of the posterity of Gen. Gookin, com- munieates this note: "Col. Chester of Lon- don writes that, 11 Nov. 1639, the Bishop of London granted a marriage-license for Daniel Gookin, of St. Sepulehre Parish, London, gentleman, widower, aged 27, and Mary Dolling, of St. Dunstan in the West, London, spinster, aged 21, whose parents were dead."
2 Onee in his life he was summoned before the tribunal as a transgressor. I copy from the Files of the County Court: "To the Constable of Cambridge, or his Deputy. You are hereby required in his Majesty's name to attach the goods, or in want thereof the person of Major Daniel Gookin, of Cam-
bridge, and take bond of him to the value of twenty pounds, with sufficient surety or sureties for his appearance at the next County Court holden at Charlestown the 19 day of December next, then and there to answer the complaint of Caleb Grant of Watertown, in an action of defamation, for charging of him for stealing of his horse, and for pulling of him by the hair and neek- eloth, and punching of him with his staff, and all this in the King's highway, and shaking of his staff over his head, and say- ing. Sirrah, get you out of the highway, and coming back again several rods to the said Caleb Graut, with many threatening words, saying, I have had better men than you or your father to wipe my shoes; and
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He took a deep interest in the eonversion of the Indians, and rendered valu- able assistance to Eliot, in his apostolieal labors. Under the authority of the General Court, he aeted for many years as general superintendent of Indian affairs, visiting their villages, holding eourts among them, appointing offieers, and generally making provision for their welfare. Gen. Gookin probably res. several years on the easterly side of Holyoke Street, between Harvard and Mount Auburn streets. But he afterwards established himself on what is gen- erally styled the Winthrop Estate, on the southerly side of Arrow Street, near the easterly angle of Bow Street. Here he elosed his long and useful life 19 Mar. 1686-7, a. 75 years.
2. DANIEL, s. of Daniel (1), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Quiney of Braintree, in 1681; she d. 2 Jan. 1690-91, and he m. Bethia Collieutt 21 July 1692. His children were Daniel, b. 7 July 1683; Mary, b. 16 Oct. 1685, 11. Thomas Paine of Newcastle 23 Jan. 1706-7; Edmund, b. 31 Mar. 1688; Elizabeth, b. 20 May 1690, m. Isaae Hinkley of Barnstable 6 June 1712; Bethia, b. 7 Oet. 1693, d. 1 Mar. 1694-5; Nathaniel, b. 5 June 1695, d. 9 Aug. 1695; Richard, b. 12 July 1696. DANIEL the f. grad. H. C. 1669, was or- dained at Sherburne 26 Mar. 1685, where he d. 8 Jan. 1717-18. " He was eldest son of the honorable Daniel Gookin, Esq .; a good seholar and solid di- vine; was many years Fellow of Harvard College and a Tutor. From his ordination he continued our minister about 34 years, being diligent in liis study, tender of his floek, and exemplary in his life. The vicinity of Natiek gave him the opportunity of preaching lectures to the Indians there. And al- though by great pain and indisposition of body he was taken off from his work for some considerable time, he died lamented." Boston News Letter, Jan. 20, 1717-18.
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