331. John1 Gould;228 born at England;228 married Mary Unknown;228 died 1690 at Reading, MA.228
He "JOHN GOULD1 was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Colony, May 2, 1638. He lived in Charlestown; not on the peninsula, to which the name is now confined, but in that section of the old town which was known as "Charlestown-End," and was incorporated as the town of Stoneham, Dec. 17, 1725. He was probably one of the earliest inhabitants of Stoneham.
There was a John Gould, who, with his wife Grace, each of the age of 25 years, embarked for America in the Defence from London, July 7, 1635. They were from Towcester, in Northamptonshire. It has been supposed that this John Gould was the father of the Gould family of Stoneham. This is by no means certain. The officer whose duty it was to record the names of the emigrants from Old to New England, in 1635, would hardly have made the mistake of writing Grace, instead of Mary, as the name of John Gould's wife. Yet, if any of the readers of this Sketch should be inclined to think that the father of the Stoneham Goulds brought with him from London a wife GRACE, in 1635; that she died shortly after their arrival; and that he then married a second wife, MARY; there is certainly nothing to forbid the supposition. The matter must be left in doubt: the probabilities are perhaps equal on both sides.
MARY, the wife of John Gould, died Sept. 28, 1642. [Charlestown Records.] He then married JOANNA (???), who survived him, and died, Aug. 27, 1697, aged ONE HUNDRED YEARS.??
?? Her age is thus given on the Charlestown Records, with this note, added by the
transcriber: "This age is demonstrated to have been about ten years less." We
respect the judgment of the transcriber, as an experienced genealogist, but we cannot
accept of his "demonstration" in this case. He believed the husband of this
old lady to be the same person as the John Gould, who embarked in the Defence,
in 1635, being then 25 years of age, and on this ground, apparently, discredited
the positive statement of the Charlestown Records. But we have shown that this
supposition is not clear of difficulties; and we know, from other sources, that Joanna
Gould was about one hundred years old in 1697.
John Gould--or Gold, as the name appears in his will--seems to have died in the year 1690. His will is dated Jan. 3, 1688-9; proved, July 2, 1690; recorded, Midd. Prob. 7 : 85. He says nothing of his wife, though living. He speaks of his sons John Gold, Daniel Gold, and Thomas Gold. The last (Thomas) seems to have deceased, some time before; for he is mentioned only in connection with the testator's "grandson, Thomas Gold, son of my son Thomas Gold," then under 21 years of age. The testator's son-in-law, John Birbene, is also mentioned. His estate is bounded, in part, by Thomas Cutler's fence--"that is the north line;" "south on ye River; east on ye Pond." As Thomas Cutler lived in Stoneham, near the line of South Reading, there can be no doubt that JOHN GOULD,1 the testator, also lived in the present territory of Stoneham.
His children were--by first wife, Mary--
2. Mary,2 bap. Jan. 29, 1636-7.
3. Sarah,2 bap. Dec. 15, 1637; m. April 2, 1660, John Burbeen, of Woburn.
She d. May 14, 1670. Children--
Mary, b. July 2, 1661. John, b. Aug. 9, 1663. James, b. May 15, 1668.
4. Elizabeth,2 bap. Feb. 17, 1640.
5. Abigail,2 bap. Sept. 26, 1642; m. April 1, 1669, William Rogers. They
probably lived in Stoneham; as we find a William Rogers, either the
same, or their son, who was taxed there in 1726.
By second wife, Joanna--
6. Hannah,2 b. Oct. 26, 1644; m. Thomas Elliot, June 10, 1675.
7. John,2 b. Jan. 21, 1646-7; d. March 8, 1647.
8. (+)John,2 b. Aug. 5, 1648; m. 1, (???); 2, Martha (???).
9. Thomas,2 b. (???); had a son Thomas,3 as mentioned in the will, already
quoted.
10. (+)Daniel,2 b. 1653; m. Doreas (???)."228 He " JOHN, Charlestown, had w. Mary in 1636,
wh. d. 28 Sept. 1642, and d. Mary, bapt. 29 Jan. 1637; Sarah, 15 Dec. 1637;
Eliz. 17 Feb. 1640; Abigail, 26 Sept. 1642; by ano. w. Hannah, wh. d.15 May
1647, had Hannah, 26 Oct. 1644; and John, 21 Jan. 1647, d. soon. By the same
rec. he is favor. with ano. John, 5 Aug. 1648, prob. by ano. w. Joanna, both
f. and s. liv. 1678. He may have been one of the early sett. at Reading. *."61
Children of John1 Gould and Mary Unknown were:
332. Mary2 Gould (John1);83 baptized 29 Jan 1637 at Charleston, MA;61 married Nathaniel Cutler, son of John Cutler and Mary Unknown, 29 Sep 1655;144 died 2 Feb 1708 at Cambridge, MA, at age 71.144
Children of Mary2 Gould and Nathaniel Cutler were: