Rowland Gooch

Source for the following info is Thanks to Daniel Mahar web site at www.geocities.com/hartland/farm/4162. He is a Gooch Researcher who has done tons of work on the Gooch Families - his email address is mahard@jps.net:

"Rowland Gooch (died 1822; Granville Co., NC)"

"Rowland Gooch is identified as the son of John Gooch of Caroline County, Virginia and of Granville County, North Carolina who left a will in 1793 in Granville. This will names Rowland as John's son. Rowland Gooch left numerous public records and current genealogical reserch indicates that he is an ancestor who is attracting a lot of attention. Most of the Gooch researchers that I have come across descend from Rowland. Despite the wealth of information and the current interest in his branch, there is a marked lack of detailed family history or private papers that might tell us more about Rowland and his descendants. Almost all of his children left Granville County in the first quarter of the 19th century leaving little in the way of local recollections concerning this family. There is also the added confusion of poorly done research and the understandable confusion with the duplication of a handful of names among several branches of the Gooch family and among several generations of the Granville Gooch family.

Rowland Gooch of Granville is often confused with Rowland Gooch and his son Rowland of Louisa County, Virginia. This confusing is worthy of note, since names like Rowland, Gideon, and John are also used in the Louisa branch of the family and though yet undocumented, the connection between these two families is certainly close. Like many of his brothers, Rowland Gooch is first mentioned in the Amelia County, Virginia tax books when he was polled in that county from 1765 to 1767 in the household of his brothers John and William Gooch. At this time, Rowland appear to have neither land or slaves. In April of 1767, Edward Thweatt of Amelia deeds to "Roland Gooch of Amelia" 145 acres along Flat Rock in neighboring Lunenburg County, Virginia [ref: Amelia DB 9, pg. 170]. In 1770, Rowland, now "of Dinwiddie County, Virginia" sell the 145 acres along Flatrock Creek to Thomas Tabb [ref: Lunenburg DB 12, pg. 23]. In this 1770 deed, no wife signs for release of her dower share, indicating that Rowland is still unmarried. In 1771, Edward Thweatt deeded land to his daughter "Lively Gooch", suggesting that Rowland married Thweatt's daughter. This marriage is later corroborated by Edward Thweatt's will that names Rowland Gooch. The Tweatt connection is important, since Rowland eventaully follows the Thweatts to Granville County, NC and establishes his family there. Rowland was the first of the Gooch men to settle in Granville and his first deed is dated the 17th of December 1772. "

William Gooch (married Euphemia Bailey) Daniel F?T? Gooch (married? Mary Green) Sarah Gooch (married William Goss) Mary "Polly" Gooch (married Tyree Harris) (also issue by 1st cousin Amos Gooch) John Gooch (married? Nancy Adams) Martha "Patsy" Gooch (married William Spraggins) Pomfret Gooch (married Rebecca Williams) Thomas Gooch (married Jamima Hester) Rachel Gooch (married Abner Adcock) Susannah Gooch (married Abraham Landis) James T. Gooch (married Susannah Chambliss)

• ***** Rowland Gooch (c1739-1822), son of John Gooch married about 1767 to Lively Thweatt, daughter of Edward & Katy (St. John) Thweatt. Rowland is found in Amelia County in the 1760s, Mecklenburg County in the 1770s and came to Granville, NC about 1772. He owns land in Island Creek District, but later is found in the Southern part of the county. There is a 1790 marriage bond for Rowland to Martha Walker, but it is unclear if he marries; she is dead by the time he writes his will. In 1805 he joins and is elder of the Cedar Fork Baptist church and around 1812 appears to move to Orange County. His will is probated in Granville County in 1822. His children are: William, Daniel, Sarah, Mary, John (no issue); Martha married William Spraggins and removed to SC; Pomfret; Thomas; Rachel; Susannah; and James T.

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