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John Goss

Birthdate:
Death: February 16, 1644 (33-34)
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Goss
Husband of Sarah Blake Goss
Father of Philip Goss, I

Label: Founder of Watertown, MA
Managed by: Wendy Sue Hall
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About John Goss

John Goss and Sarah are inferred parents of Philip. For example, from the History of Littleton, New Hampshire:

1. John Goss, with wife Sarah, came to America with Gov. Winthrop, 1630. He was admitted freeman May 18, 1631, d. at Watertown, Mass., 1644.

2. Philip Goss, son of John, b. probably in Watertown. m. Hannah Hopkins, then of Roxbury, Mass., and earlier of Dorchester, Mass. He d. in Lancaster, Mass., 1698. Administration granted May 26, 1698.

3. Philip Goss, son of Philip2, b. Roxbury, Mass., 1676/7, baptized Feb. 16. ra. in Concord, Mass., Aug. 30, 1699. Judith Hay ward, b. April 9, 1675, dau. of John and Anna (White) Hayward, of Concord. He res. in Lancaster.

4. Philip Goss, son of Philip8, b. in Lancaster, 1720. He m. 1748, Hannah Ball, of Bolton, Mass. He remained in Lancaster until 1760, when he removed to Winchester, N. H., taking letter of commendation from the church in Lancaster to the church in Warwick, Mass., an adjoining town. He served one enlistment in the Revolution and d. in Winchester, April 17, 1804.

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John Goss's Timeline

1610
1610
1644
February 16, 1644
Age 34
1651
1651
Roxbury (within present Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Present USA)