John GOULD

1635 - 1710  (74 years)

• Name	John GOULD
  Born	21 Jun 1635	Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Migration	1638	Charlestown [Boston], Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Immigrant?	Y
  Buried	1710	Pine Grove Cemetery, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Died	21 Jan 1710	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I40452	Main
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Zaccheus GOULD,   b. 1 Oct 1589, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 30 Mar 1668, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Phebe DEACON,   b. 3 Apr 1597, Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 20 Sep 1663, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 66 years)
  Married	Abt 1618	Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
  Family ID	F2920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah BAKER,   b. 9 Mar 1641, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Jan 1709, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 67 years)
  Married	14 Oct 1660	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Capt John GOULD,   b. 1 Dec 1662, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Nov 1724, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 61 years) + 2. Capt Samuel GOULD,   b. 9 Mar 1670, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Nov 1724, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2020
  Family ID	F28387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 14 Oct 1660 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  John Gould was born in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England. In the town was an abbey and a register of the convent dates its foundation to 1133. A court book of a manor there says it was founded by the Doyleys and augmented by the Missendens pursuant to a vow. Sir William de Missenden gave the manor to the abbey and much later it became the House of Brudenells. Family tradition says an Uncle of John's was Master of the House of Brudenells, possibly Henry. A letter dated March 3, 1678, says "Mrs. Mary Gould is yet living and remains single still. Henry Gould is dead almost a year since." In 1638, John and his parents arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Baker October 14, 1660 and they had eight children, John, Sarah, Thomas, Samuel, Zaccheus, Priscilla, Joseph, and Mary. About 1668, John became a stockholder in an iron foundry and eventually became a prominent resident of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Prior to the Salem Witch Trials, his nephew, John Wilde, wrongly accused him of treason. John was known to be a very outspoken patriot against the oppression of King Charles II. He was jailed by the colonial governor in Boston for his disloyalty to the crown, but was later released. In 1675-1676, John served during King Phillip's War, in the "Three-County Troop" under the command of Captain Hutchinson and later Captain Wheeler. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and put in command of the Topsfield Company of militia. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 77703842.