Goody Charles Moss

BORN England
DIED Colonial British America
BURIED Colonial British America

Biography

Little is known of John Moss’ wife except that she was called "Goody" [3] which certainly was not unusual in those days. Her maiden name may have been Charles (or not) due to a brother--in-law relationship. We have no primary source for her first name, consequently the name of the wife of John Moss has not been determined.[5] In 1648 he was attorney for his " brother-in-law," John Charles, a seafaring man who lived in Branford and Saybrook. Possibly her maiden name was Charles or they married sisters.

The English ancestry of John Moss is unproven, but there is a family tradition that he was connected with that of Charles Moss, Bishop of St. David* in 1766 and Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1774, whose son, Charles, was Bishop of Oxford, in 1807. He was surely of a former generation. The name was an honorable one in England, and was borne by several other distinguished men. John Moss of New Haven and Wallingford was a " cousin " of John Beach of the latter town and so calls him in a deed in 1689. In 1648, while living in New Haven, he gave land to Richard Beach, and perhaps the same land called that year " Richard Beeches wives lot" The connection between these two families is unknown to us. Moss, John (1604-1707) (John Charles "bro-in-law") & ____ [Charles?]; by 1639(40?); New Haven/Wallingford, CT

Parents
William Charles Jr.

Siblings
John Charles bpt. 1608 in Stanford, Eng. m. Sarah
Philip Charles
Gilbert Charles
Margaret Charles
Eleanor Charles
NO Abigail

Spouse
John Moss

Children 11x
John Moss prob. 1/5/1640- died young
Samuel Moss 4/4/641- died young
Abigail (Moss) Doolittle 4/10/1642–1710 m Abraham Doolittle
Joseph Moss Prob. 11/5/1643–1727 m 1) Mary Alling 2) Sarah Peck, widow of Matthew Gilbert
Daniel Moss
Ephraim Moss 11/16/1645- died young
Mary (Moss) Peck 11 Apr. 1647- m John Peck
Mercy Moss 4/1/1649- a man who m Elizabeth Curtis
John Moss Jr. bapt. 10/20/1650–1717 m Martha Lathrop
Elizabeth "Eliz" Moss Hitchcock bapt. 10/7/1652 m Nathaniel Hitchcock
Esther/Hester Moss Royce 1/2/1653/4–1677 m Nathaniel Royce
Isaac Moss bapt. 11/301655-died young

Notes

Immigrant Cpl. John Moss, son of John Moss, born 1604 in England, died 31 March 1707, aged 103, at Wallingford, New Haven Co., Ct. Married Unknown possibly Charles, who was possibly brother of John Charles. John Moss, immigrant from England to Connecticut, the ancestor of all who bear the name in these parts, was one of the earliest settlers of New Haven colony.

There is an unsubstantiated theory in the book Charles Family History, Nancy Wach says that John Geer and his wife Sarah (Moss) Geer, her brother, John and John Charles and his sisters all set sail for the New World on the same ship, the Winterhee. The Winterhee was wrecked and the survivors ended up in Barbados, later they continued they journey. John Geer was lost at sea during or before this event.

Not the same as Abigail Charles through=6000000001402094720 Name *UNKNOWN*: DO *NOT* USE FINDAGRAVE AS A "SOURCE" there is no image of a tombstone and none recorded by Hale. There is no primary documentation of her name at all

We should really change the name of Abigail (Charles) Moss to either Unknown Unknown, Unknown Charles or perhaps best with what we currently know Goody Charles sister of John Charles the brother in law that

References

1. https://www.shelaghlewins.com/other_stuff/moss_history_04.php

2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Moss_%288%29 No son Daniel on the list of children here.

3. https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-86bbb19d59bd26d7b52981e3e... (Abigail Charles Moss)

4. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/868027:7836?tid=&...

4. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, 9 volumes in 3 (Baltimore 1974; originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes 1 through 8 [New Haven 1922-1932]; these were the first 8 volumes of TAG) 5:1219-21

5. Boardman, William F. J. The ancestry of William Francis Joseph Boardman, Hartford, Connecticut: being his lineage in all lines of descent from the emigrant ancestors in New England. (Hartford, Conn.: Priv. print., 1906), 230.

6. Stonington Hist. 482; New Haven Gen. Mag. 1219; Mack 1324; Peabody Anc. 115; Maltby Anc. 100; Boardman Anc. 230} Torrey

Previously asserted as Abigail Charles

• Born 1606 in England
• Daughter of Unknown
• Wife of John Moss — married 18 Jan 1639 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
• Mother of John Moss, Samuel Moss, Abigail (Moss) Doolittle, Joseph Moss, Daniel Moss, Ephraim Moss, Mary (Moss) Peck, Mercy Moss, John Moss Jr., Elizabeth (Moss) Hitchcock, Esther (Moss) Royce and Isaac Moss