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Anthony Goffe of MA ancestors

Anthony Goffe of MA ancestors

Posted: 12 Dec 2006 4:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Goffe, Goff
I am searching for information about Anthony Goffe's lineage. I am descended from his son, LT Samuel Goff. Anthony was born abt. 1640, died 1727.
Thanks,
-Tom

Re: Anthony Goffe of MA ancestors

Posted: 18 Jun 2008 10:16PM GMT
Classification: Query
hi i am following the anthony line through warren goffe s/o squire s/o comfort s/o robert brother of samuel- anthony born 1656 married sarah polley 1685 there are a few conflicting stories one says anthony was born in london england another says he was born the s/o lawrence goff in puerto rico usa- haven't quite figured out which yet- still working on finding who's who
thanks kathy

Re: Anthony Goffe of MA ancestors

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 7:02PM GMT
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Cromwell, Goffe, Whalley
ATTENTION.. Mr Thomas Goffe...No, I'm not the "Anthony Goffe" you're looking for, but maybe some facts may help... There may or may not be a common ancestor for the New World Goffe's...a WILLIAM GOFFE, PARLIAMENTARIAN IN OLIVER CROMWELL'S "Barebones" Parliament in 1653, (married to Francis Whalley, Cromwell's niece), and formerly a Lt.-General in the Parliamentary army), was declared a Regicide (those who signed the Death Warrant of CharlesI, roughly), WHEN the late King's son, (CharlesII), was restored to the throne in the late 1660's. William was sheltered by Protestant sympathizers in Holland, and it seems that he made his way to New England; the New Haven, Conn. area, to be exact. At the age of 70, it is said that on a quiet Sunday morn in 1675, Col. Goffe (sheltering in the Minister's house), spied a band of Indians who were preparing to attack the worshippers in the village of Hadley,... he appeared suddenly, and marshalled the successful defense of the village. Disappearing as quickly as he had come, the astonished villagers were left to think that this "strange old man, with long white beard, in ancient garb", was an angel(Angel of Hadley) sent to deliver them from their enemy... It is said that he continued to live reclusively up to his death in 1679, New Haven, Conn.(where there is a Goffe St.) A lot of Goffe's dropped the "E" from their names in fear of CharlesII's reprisals.. this is where the Goff's of W. Virginia get their claim of being related to William..... In my family, which has its genesis in a John (family name) Beecham Goffe from Barbados, reaching Jamaica in 1832....(there is also a "JOHN Goffe's mill" somewhere in New England) ... The experience of my Great-Uncle, Alfred Constantine Goffe, is chroniclred in a book by his Grand-son, Leslie Anthony Goffe, "When Banana was King" (amazon.com).. a good read about the islands' fruit trade at the end of the 19th Cent. w/the Baltimore, Maryland area...whew!.. hope you find the other Anthony............keep in touch.

Re: Anthony Goffe of MA ancestors

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 6:01PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Goffe
Cousin! Honestly... I'm decendent of Anthony Sr. -> Anthony Jr. -> Nathan etc. Actually my first name is NAthan... we've kept the family names alive for a long time. :)
Shoot me an e-mail at alex(at)renopages.com

This says it all...
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~streeter/g...
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