Ancestors and Descendants of Benjamin Goss-[29539]
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Goss, Charles-[26942]
(Bef 1655-Abt 1715)
Du Toit, Pierre-[26915]
(1671-Abt 1726)
De Bonnet, Barbara-[26928]
(Bef 1675-Abt 1738)
Goss, James-[29560]
(Abt 1715-1788)
Du Toit, Marianne-[29561]
(1697-1794)
Goss, Benjamin-[29539]
(1742-1813)

 

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Hamilton, Elizabeth-[29542]

Goss, Benjamin-[29539] 186

  • Born: 2 Oct 1742, Manakin, King William Parish, Goochland, VA
  • Marriage: Hamilton, Elizabeth-[29542] on 14 Apr 1764 in , Buckingham, GA
  • Died: 11 Nov 1813, , Elbert, GA at age 71

bullet  General Notes:

AFN: K76D-Q4
Notes for Benjamin Goss, Sr.:
From the book, Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and to th e S ettlement at Manakin-Town, by R. A. Brock, Richmond, VA : V A Historical Society, 1886, page 97, we find the birt h of B enjamin Goss, Sr. recorded: "The 2d 8ber, 1742, wa s born Bi njamen Joss, son of Jamse Joss and of Mariane, hi s wife." ( Note: Benjamin Goss was born in 1742 not 1743 a s many genea logists report. His birth was taken from the r ecord book i n King William Parish, Manakin-Town, Goochlan d Co., VA. Th e record book was written in French and trans lated into Eng lish. Misspellings/mistranslations occurred . Joss should b e Goss.)
In Henry William Clark's book, Genealogies of the Davis a n d Goss Families in Two Parts, we find this entry: John Pr es ton Goss, Sr. (1847-?), of Richmond, VA and who made th e ge nealogy of the Goss family a study for many years said : " I heard my father, John W. Goss, grandson of Benjamin , Sr. , say that Benjamin was a son by the second marriag e of hi s father, and that he, Benjamin, had two half-broth ers olde r than himself that went to North Carolina.....I w ill menti on that my father said his great grandfather, th e father o f Benjamin, Sr., died in England, having gone th ere to atte nd to some business, sickened and died there. " (Source: Cla rk, Henry William, Genealogies of the Davi s and Goss Famili es in Two Parts, Montgomery, AL, 1905, p . 2)
Benjamin Goss, Sr. was a Colonial Virginia planter in Gooc h land, Albemarle, and Buckingham counties; he was 5ft. 8 1 / 2 in. tall.
In 1761, when he was 20 years old, he enlisted, from Bucki n gham Co., Virginia, in Major Andrew Lewis' Company and se rv ed four months in the French and Indian War in Colonel W ill iam Byrd's Regiment, 2d Virginia. (Source: 1st Volume , Virg inia Historical Papers, Virginia State Library, Rich mond, V A, p. 382 and Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776 , Richmon d, VA: Southern Book Co.,]
He received a land grant in Buckingham County, VA for serv i ces in the French and Indian War. (Source: Book of Grant s , Indian and French War, Land Office, State of Virginia , Ri chmond, VA)
His wife's father, James Hamilton was a cousin of Alexand e r Hamilton (1757-1804), American statesman and the firs t Se cretary of the Treasury, 1789-97, who was killed i n a due l with Aaron Burr.
Benjamin and Elizabeth resided in Buckingham County, Virgi n ia until 1803, when, with most of their children, they mo v e to Elbert County, Georgia, where they spent the remind e r of their lives. [Source: Clark, Henry William: Genealog ie s of the Davis and Goss Families, Montgomery, AL, 1905 , p 2}


Will Book "K" 1812-1816 Elbert County, Georgia. Page 195.
Goss, Elizabeth - "Being porely of body" , To son Charle s G oss' four children, Martha Matilda, Mary SophaJohn Colb er t and Chas., Lot #125 in Wilkinson County, drawn by Isha m G oss. To son Chas. $1.00, To son Jesse a slave Priscilla . T o son Horatio J. Goss two slaves Charles and Robin. T o dau . Elizabeth Andrews, personalty. To dau. Mary Bragg $ 1.00 . Residue to my children as follows, Benjamin, John, I sham,
Micha H. Goss and Anna Webb, John W. Bragg and Isham G. Ro g ers. To Reuben Brown $1.00. Sons Isham and Horatio J. Gos s , Excrs. Signed May 15, 1815 Probated July 3, 1815. Geor g e Wyche, Edmond Lowry, Sarah Dillard, Test

Children of Benjamin Goss and Elizabeth Hamilton are:
+ 16 i. Charles Simeon6 Goss, born 23 February 1765 in B u ckingham Co., VA; died Aft. 1815 in Greene Co., GA.
17 ii. Rev. Jesse Hamilton Goss, born 28 March 176 7 i n Buckingham Co., VA; died 06 April 1839 in Clarksburg , Har rison Co., VA (now WV). He married (1) Martha Medon M ajor 2 4 December 1798 in Orange Co., VA; born Abt. 1770. H e marri ed (2) Mrs. Preston Aft. 1799; born Abt. 1768 in Ha rrison C o., WV.
More About Rev. Jesse Hamilton Goss:
Fact 1: Second wife, Mrs. Preston, of Harrison Co., Va., n o w WVA.
Fact 2: No children.
Fact 3: Emigrated to Georgia with his parents but return e d to VA.


+ 18 iii. Benjamin Goss, Jr., born 29 April 1769 in Buck i ngham Co., VA; died 01 October 1817 in Sandtown/Newborn , Ne wton/Morgan Co., GA.
+ 19 iv. Nancy Ann Goss, born 22 May 1771 in Buckingha m C o., VA; died 1859.
20 v. Elizabeth Goss, born 29 November 1773 in Bucking h am Co., VA; died July 1774 in Infancy; lived for eight mo nt hs, Buckingham Co., VA.
+ 21 vi. Rev. John Goss, born 13 July 1775 in Buckingh a m Co., VA; died 04 July 1838 in Stony Point, Albemarle Co . , VA.
+ 22 vii. Rev. Isham Goss, born 08 November 1777 in Buck i ngham Co., VA; died 28 April 1840 in Newton Co., GA.
+ 23 viii. Elizabeth Goss, born 14 January 1780 in Bucki n gham Co., VA; died 17 April 1839 in Elbert Co., GA.
+ 24 ix. Mary G. (Polly) Goss, born 20 February 1782 i n B uckingham Co., VA.
+ 25 x. Micah Hamilton Goss, born 16 February 1784 in Bu c kingham Co., VA.
+ 26 xi. Sarah R. (Sally) Goss, born 15 July 1786 in Buc k ingham Co., VA; died 12 June 1819 in Elbert Co., GA.
+ 27 xii. Rev. Horatio James Goss, Sr., born 10 Octobe r 1 788 in Buckingham Co., VA; died 21 March 1851 in Hart C o. , GA.


Benjamin married Elizabeth Hamilton-[29542] [MRIN:4433], daughter of Samuel Hamilton-[29907] and Unknown, on 14 Apr 1764 in , Buckingham, GA. (Elizabeth Hamilton-[29542] was born on 12 May 1743 in Goochland, Buck, VA and died on 3 May 1815 in , Elbert, GA.)


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