JOHN JEFFREY Goche/Gouge/Guiche

<font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Matthew Gooch of Alvingham, 1st son and heir, aet. 28 at his father&#39;s death &quot;about&quot; 7 Feb. 1593-4. When the American Colonists were settling the new world in the early seventeenth century, there lived in Lincolnshire, England one Matthew Gooch. He was the father of 8 sons and 5 daughters. In those days the name was spelled in many ways - Goch, Goche, Gouge, Gough, Googe, and Gooch. The two most usual ways were Gough and Gooch. Mathew Gough (Gooch) was the eldest son of Barnabe Gooch I and Mary Darrell, but there is no special interest attached to his life and character. Two researchers of the Gooch Family have left information that the father of our Henry Gooch in the colony of Virginia was a Matthew Gooch. A Miss. Frances K. Gooch, born in Kentucky, and a faculty member of Agness Scott College in Georgia at the time of her retirement, (now deceased) said that a Matthew Gooch, father of Henry Gooch to Virginia, was &quot;of Lincolinshire, Norfolk, England&quot;. Miss Gooch was a thorough researcher. Unfortunately her notes and proof were destroyed after her death. Some information survived in the form of letters to others in the Gooch family. The other researcher, Mr. William Humphreys, a freshman at Yale University in 1958/9, found primary evidence on the Gooch family in the extensive holdings of the Yale University Library. He researched a term paper for a freshman history class, on the Gooch Family, as his mother was a Gooch from the early family in Virginia. The English background has been taken from his manuscripts. After the death of Mathew Gooch (abt 1624) his younger sons, Robert,Thomas, John, Matthew, William, Jeffery, and Henry vanished from Alvingham. Sixteen years later in Virginia are found the names Mathew, William, Jeffery, Henry, and John in New England. After the death of Barnabe Gooch II in 1626, following that of his brother Matthew, and the transfer of the Alvingham estate to Barnabe Gooch and his wife Pascha, the younger sons of Matthew - viz. Robert, Thomas, John, William, Matthew, Jeffery, and Henry, vanished from Alvingham. Sixteen years later there is found in Virginia a Matthew Gooch, a William Gooch, a Jeffery Gooch, and a few years later Henry Gooch, and in New England, a John Gooch.&quot; </font>

<p style="text-indent: 1em">May : 7 : <span>1667 </span>: In the name of god Amen/</p> <p>The last Will &amp; Testament of Mr <span>John </span>Gouch Senjor now liueing in Wells, In the Province of Mayn/</p> <p style="text-indent: 1em">I bequeath my soule to god that gaue It in hopes of a Joyfull resurrection, through Jesus Christ my Saujo<span>r</span>, &amp; my body to the earth from whence It was taken to bee honorably burjed by my executrix/</p> <p style="text-indent: 1em">I do make my Loueing wife Ruth <span>Gooch </span>my soole executrix / And first I do bequeath vnto her that Prcell of Marsh at ye Yland, which Marsh I bought of Samell Austine, w<span>&deg;</span>h lyeth on the Northeast side of the aforesd Yland, which lyeth before my now &#39;dwelling house/ I do also bequeath to my executrix my Oarchard, W<span>&deg;</span>h is adioyneing to my sd dwelling house/ furthermore I do bequeath vnto my executrix all my Cattle, &amp; horse kind, sheepe &amp; swine, &amp; all my househould goods, &amp; all my moueable goods, all which is to bee at her Lyberty to dispose off, as shee shall see Cause, &amp; all the rest of my Lands (except w&#39; is vnderwritten) I do give &amp; bequeath vnto my sun <span>John </span>Gouch, vidz&#39;: My land which I now Hue vpon &amp; Marsh belonging therevnto, which is to bee his own with in six Moenths after my death/ &amp; my executrix to haue the vsse of the dwelling house as shee shall see Cause dureing her life, &amp; the sd <span>John </span>Gouch is to pay to my executrix towards her liuelyhood yearely, &amp; euery yeare seaven pounds dureing her life In M<span>r</span>chandable gvission, or other pay as shee shall accept off/</p> <p>Allsoe I do will &amp; bequeath vnto my sun <span>John </span>Gouch, all my right &amp; priuiledg to &amp; in that swampe lijng on the North east side of my house, &amp; all my houseing except y&#39; before excepted/</p> <p>And I do will &amp; bequeath to my sun James <span>Gooch </span>a Certen pcell of Land wch I bought of William Hanionds, Namely an Oachard Garden &amp; house being in a place Called<span> Slymbridge, In ould England with all Rents dues, &amp; Arreas therevnto belonging/</span></p> <!-- Content from Google Book Search, generated at 1272505554796397 --> <div> <div> <p style="text-indent: 1em">I do will &amp; bequeath vnto my sunn James, a certen Prcell of vpland, lijng on the South West side of the aboue mentioned Yland, next the Mussell Ridge &amp; soe to ye Sea Wall, <em>&amp; </em>soe Joyneing to the Marsh W<span>&deg;</span>h I formerly gaue to my sun James/</p> <p style="text-indent: 1em">I do will &amp; bequeath to my grandchildren Elizabeth Donell, Mary Weare, <em>&amp; </em>Hannah Weare tenn shillings a peece, to bee payd within three years after my death, by my executrix : And the other of my grandchildren Phoeby Weare, Peter Weare Nathaniell Weare, <em>&amp; </em>Ruth Weare, &amp; Elizabeth Austin I give to them fiue shillings a peece, to bee pd by my executrix or her Assignes, w<span>n</span> they come of age/ And I do giue my grandchild <span>John Gooch </span>fiue shillings to bee pd w&quot; hee is of age by my executrix/</p> <p style="text-indent: 1em"><span>John Gooch </span>Senjo<span>r</span></p> <p style="text-indent: 1em">I do make Mr William Symonds, and my brother William Hammonds my supervisors or ouerseers to see this my Will Prformed, &amp; soe I give them tenn shillings a peece/ In witness wrvnto I haue subscribed my hand &amp; seale the day <em>&amp; </em>yeare aboue mentioned/</p> <p>Signed <em>&amp; </em>sealed <span>John Gooch </span>Senjor ( JjJ, )</p> <p>In ye Presence of us, <br>William Hamonds/ <br>Jonathan Hammonds/ </p> <p>Sworn to by both attesting witne-wes 12 July <span>1667; </span>recorded 27 July <span>1667. </span></p> </div> </div> <!-- Content from Google Book Search, generated at 1272505554799349 --> <p>Court Records, G, 29.</p>

<span>John Gooch, </span>was at York as early as 1640, when his wife, Ruth, was summarily dealt with by the Court for her improper relations with the Rev. George Burdett of unsavory memory (1 Maine Historical Society&#39;s Collections, edition of 1865, i. 365, 366); was a freeman, 1652; removed to Wells, where he was a Selectman in 1653 (Massachusetts Colony Records, iii. 334) ; and died early in <span>1667. </span>Bourne says that he first settled at Newbury (History of Wells and Kennebunk, Maine, p. 78. <em>Cf. </em>Massachusetts Colony Records, i. 266). His will, dated 7 May and proved 12 July, <span>1667, </span>mentions wife Ruth, sons <span>John </span>and James, and several grandchildren, and bequeaths to his son James a house, garden, and orchard in Slimbridge, in the hundred of Berkeley (the birthplace of Dr. Edward Jenner), Gloucestershire, England, which he had bought of William Hammond (Maine Wills, pp. 32, 33); from which it is inferred that the emigrant came hither from Slimbridge.

<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em"> <p style="text-align: center">yorke the 13<span>th</span> <span>1667 </span></p> <p>Whereas M<span>r</span> <span>John </span>Goch late of Wells decesed made a Will wherevnto he made his wife Executrix : Itt is muttually Agreed Betwext M<span>ra</span> Reuth <span>Gooch </span>and her sonn <span>John Gooch </span>that the will shall stand in full force/</p> <p>Only the said <span>John </span>Goch by his Mothars Consent is to haue the Percell of Marsh at the Hand that is Exprest in the Will att his mothers desease/</p> <p style="text-indent: 1em">And alsoe as for the orchard it is concleuded</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em"> <p>Euth <span>Gooch </span>t<span>na</span>t <span>J<span>o</span>hn </span>Goch shall haue it as his owne after</p> <p style="text-indent: 1em">&amp; Jn&#39; <span>Gooch </span>Two years is Expiared only shee is to haue</p> <p>libartie to moue Tenn treees if shee Please.</p> <p style="text-indent: 1em">Itt is alsoe Concluded that forty shillings p ano is to be abated vnto <span>John </span>Goch out of the seueu Pounds Rent that is Expresed in the will: That this is. our Conclusion and agrement to the said Reuth Goch and <span>John </span>Goch doe herevnto sett our hands the day &amp; yeare first aboue written/ Signed &amp; deliuered to Each other in the presents</p> <p>of Isaacke Walker Reuth <span>Gooch </span></p> <p style="text-indent: 1em">Peter Weare/ <span>John Gooch </span></p> <p>This mutuall agreement Betwene M&quot; Reuth <span>Gooch </span>and Jo<span>&quot;</span> <span>Gooch </span>her sonn aboue written is owned in Court by p boath partjs this 13<span>th</span> Jully <span>1667. </span></p> <p>This aboue written is a true Coppy transcribed out of the oridginall this 22<span>th</span> of June 1670 : p Peter Weare Re Cor</p> </div>

<span style="font-variant: small-caps"><span>John </span></span><span style="font-variant: small-caps"><span>Gooch </span></span><span style="font-variant: small-caps">And </span><span style="font-variant: small-caps">William </span><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Hamonds.</span>&mdash;There was a <span>John Gooch </span>who appeared early in New England during the great emigration of the 17th century. He was at Wells, Maine, as early as 1650, where he lived seventeen years or more, till his death in <span>1667. </span>He made his will ,7 May, <span>1667, </span>in which occurs the following clause :&mdash;&quot; To son James, a parcel of land I bought of William Hamonds namely an orchard garden and house being in a place called Slymbridge (Co. Gloucester) in Ould England.&quot; He names wife Ruth, sons <span>John </span>and James, and several grandchildren, in this will, which was proved in court 12 July, <span>1667. </span>He appointed &quot;brother Will Hamonds&quot; one of the supervisors of it, doubtless the person from whom he had purchased the Slymbridge property. Information concerning this <span>Gooch </span>and Hamonds, who were probably of Slymbridge, is solicited.