Reverend Stephen Goffe

The Rev. Stephen Goffe, the puritanical minister of Stanmer, Sussex, was educated at Magdalen Coll. Oxford, B.A. 1595, M.A. 1599, Fellow 1598, was Rector of Bramber 1603, and of St. Botolph 1605, but deprived 1607.

Family

From https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/goff/3124/

Rev Stephen Goffe, Rector of Stanmer, Sussex, England and Deborah West; married 7 May 1604.(FHL IGI Index for Sussex)

Five sons born to Stephen & Deborah Goffe:

1. Stephen (1605-1681);
2. John (1610?-1661);
3. William (1614-1679-80?);
4. James (-1656);
5. Timothie (1626- ).

Sources: (DNB Goffe pp.69-74; Burkes Peerage & Baronetage, 99th ed. (1949) pp 838;Eng. Hist Rev. (1892) vol vii pp 717-720;FHL IGI Index for Sussex.)

References

• Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Page 855. GoogleBooks