See also
| Husband: | John * GOVE (1606-1648) | |
| Wife: | Sarah MOTT (1601-1628) | |
| Marriage | 1625 | England1 |
| Name: | John * GOVE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | unknown * GOVE (1570-1607) | |
| Mother: | Mary * SALES (c. 1585-1656) | |
| Birth | 26 Jan 1606 | St. Giles, London, Middlesex, England1 |
| Baptism | 26 Jan 1606 (age 0) | St. Giles Cripplegate |
| London, Middlesex, England | ||
| Immigration | 1635 (age 28-29) | to Boston, Middlesex, MA, US from England2,3 |
| Occupation | brazier | |
| Death | 28 Feb 1648 (age 42) | Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, US |
| Name: | Sarah MOTT | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1601 | London, Middlesex, England |
| Death | 1628 (age 26-27) | Smithfield, London, Middlesex, England |
From "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire," page 279, found online at Ancestry.com. Note I put names in caps:
First entry:
JOHN [GOVE], brazier, Charlestown. Of St. Giles Cripplegate, London, he m. 6 Feb. 1630-1 MARY SHARD (HUMPHREY, clothworker), in the par. where she was bap. 25 Feb. 1609-10, St. Nicholas Cole Abbey. Assisted by loan of £3 from Socy. for Propagation of the Gospel, repaid here, he bro[ugh]t his fam. over and bo[ugh]t in Charlest. in Sept. 1647, his first record here, tho ch. warden accts., St. Nich. Cole Abbey, 1642, show £3 loaned to help transport his two ch. to N. E.; same accts. 1644, 6d. paid for making JOHN GOVE's bond; 1647, 6s. 8d. paid for MARY GOVE's lodging for two months. Will 22 Jan. 1647-8–13 Apr. 1648, gives dau. Mary to RALPH MOUSALL and w., ‘their own ch. forever,’ a silver porringer to Ralph M. and £5 out of the ho.; 50 s. each to two sons, out of brass in his ho. or to come out of Eng.; residue to w. Debts from 3s. to £5, some in Duxbury and Dedham.
In 1653 JAMES ASTWOOD's est. (Suff.) was indebted to Mr. J. G. Wid. m. 2d John Mansfield, goldsmith, Charlest., by whom she had twins, ag. 8 in 1656, John Mansfield, put out to his aunt Mrs. Robt. Keayne, Elizabeth Mansfield, put out to Rev. Saml. Whiting. She was [p.279] ±64 in Dec. 1671. Aft. J. M. d. in Charlest. 26 June 1674, she liv. with s. Edw. in Hampt. and d. there 4 Mar. 1681-2, Old Widow M. Gove ch.: JOHN [GOVE, Jr.], Cambridge, bp. St. Botolph's, London, 25 Mar. 1631-2, m. 1st MARY ASPINWALL, 2d MARY WOODHEAD, 3d 2 Dec. 1700 ELIZABETH (SANDERS) (BATSON 1) Walden. He d. 24 Dec. 1704; she liv. 1725. 6 + 4 ch. HUMPHREY, bp. 30 Mar. 1634, bur. St. Paul's Ch. Yard 27 Nov. fol. EDWARD, b. ±1639-1640, bap. not found. MARY, bp. 19 Sept. 1641 at St. Nich. Cole Abbey.
Second entry:
Ensign JOHN(2) [GOVE], apprent. to Wm. PARTRIDGE. Carpenter and built a house north of his father's, burned in 1913, the site now marked by a monument with names of owners 1713-1913, all Goves. He was implicated, in the Rebellion, convicted of treason, and pardoned, partly thru Wm. PARTRIDGE, who promised work on Gov. CRANFIELD's ho. in consid. of his pardon. Jury 1694; Constable 1696-97; six times Selectm. 1698-1712. Soldier 1708, called Ensign 1709. Lists 55a, 63, 64, 392b. In 1734 he ptn. for relief against a deed his son had obtained from him clandestinely. Adm. 15 Oct. 1737 to Jos. Norton.
Wife Sarah. Ch.: Mary, b. 29 Oct. 1687, m. 14 Oct. 1705 Capt. Nehemiah Heath, master mariner; she d. 16 Apr. 1715, he m. 2d Mar. 1716-7 Joanna Dow; d. 14 Jan. 1717-8. 2 ch. John, Quaker, b. 29 May 1689, d. 23 Mar. 1759, m. 22 Mar. 1719-20 Ruth Johnson (Edmund 24), who surv. Liv. Hampt. F. Selectm., hog constable, highway surv. 7 ch. Hannah, b. 1 Apr. 1691, m. John Cass(3). Jonathan, b. 2 May 1695, d. 6 Aug. 1760. Liv. Hampt. F., Quaker. Selectm., highway surv., overseer, constable. He m. 1st 21 July 1720 Mary Lancaster (Thos.), 2d 23 Mar. 1729-30 Hannah Worthen, who m. 2d Abner Philbrick. 3 + 11 ch. Sarah. Abigail, m. 6 Jan 1721 Joseph Norton.
| 1 | "US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT). |
| 2 | "Passenger and Immigrations Lists Index 1500-1900". |
| 3 | Carol Tyler King, "Our Second Boat Ship List". |