William Gooch, of York County

William Gooch is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society.

William Gooch

• Born: 1626 in England
• Died: 29 Oct 1655 at about age 29 in York, Virginia Colony
• Buried: Old York Village Parish Church Site, York County, Virginia
• Parents: William Gooch and Elizabeth Baspoole

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William Gooch served as a Justice of the Peace and a Member of the House of Burgesses from York County. He was also appointed to the Governer's Council shortly before his death.

Family

Major William Gooch's daughter Ann, married Captain Thomas Beale, the son of Colonel Thomas Beale and Ann. Tomas Beal was a member of the Virginia Council. [8]

Henry Gooch, who was also a magistrate of York county, Va., was manager of the estate of Major William Gooch, Esq., member of the Council, whose tomb is at "Temple Farm," where Cornwallis surrendered. This latter, who seems to have been an uncle of Governor William Gooch, and who died in 1655, left a daughter Ann, who married Captain Thomas Beale, of York and Richmond counties. Probably Ann Gooch, mentioned among Major Goodwin's head rights, was the wife of William Gooch, and the mother of Anne Beale. [9]

Notes

URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=357&last=&g_... llection=LO Patent
Title Vaulx, Robert.
Publication 9 June 1655.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Grantee(s): Gooch, William and Vaulx, Robert .
Description: 6000 acres. .
Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 357 (Reel 2).

1643-1651 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 2; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 199

LEWIS BURWELL, Gent., 1,600 acs. Northumberland Co., 17 Oct. 1650, p. 250. Upon the S. side of Potomeck Riv. & E. side of Machotick River alias Trent, beg. on the S. side of a valley or marsh dividing this from land of William Gooch, up sd. river S. S. W. to a cr. issuing out of sd. River Trent dividing this from land of Mr. Richard Lee. Trans. of 32 pers: Thomas Wakin, Sam. Benford (or Beuford), Eliz. Watley, John Jackson, 2 Negro men, one woman, Geo. Epherby, Henry Wright, Phan. Parney, Xtopr. Sadleway, Sara Cowley, Tho. Hardy, Symon Varly, Henry Sanderson, John Roggers, Eliz. Closby, Grigory Maine, Edward Digby, Mary Farr, Dyana Fryth, Samuell Moseley, Eliz. Moseley, Jone his daughter, Tho. Broughton, Ann Williams, Edw. Dawson, John Garner, James Parney, Tobyas Cowley.

1653-1656 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 3; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 311

WILLIAM GOOCH, Esq., one of the Councell of State, & ROBT. VAULX, Merchant, 6,000 acs. Westmoreland Co., 9 June 1655, p. 357. On S. side of Petomeck Riv, behind the cliffts of Corowoman, beg. at Wwd. side of a great deep run, being the head of great Rappa. Cr. & opposite lower end of 1200 acs. surveyed for Thomas Broughton &c. Trans. of 120 pers.*

1655-1664 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 4; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page410

ROBERT VAULX, Merchant, 6000 acs. Westmoreland Co., 1 Mar. 1655,
p. 5, (7). On S. side of Petomecke Riv. behind the cliffs of Corowoman, beg. on W. side of a great deep run being the head of great Rapahack. Cr. & opposite lower end of 1200 acs. of Tho. Broughton. Sd. land granted jointly with Major Gooch 9 June 1655, which sd. Gooch being since deceased the land according to the law of England is due sd. Vaulx. Renewed 28 Mar. 1662

Gooch Family: The William and Mary Quarterly (1896)

Burial

Old York Village Parish Church Site, York County, Virginia

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7558706/william-gooch

Inscription:

"Major William Gooch of this Parish Dyed October 29 1655. With in this tomb there doth interred lie no shape but substance true nobility it self though young in yeares just twenty-nine yet grac'd with vertues morall and divine. The church from him did good participate in cousell rare fit to adorn a state"

This is the second eldest legible tombstone inscription to survive in Virginia.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_County,_Virginia In 1643 Charles River County and the Charles River (also named for the king) were changed to York County[4] and York River, respectively. The river, county, and town of Yorktown are believed to have been named for York, a city in Yorkshire.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorktown,_Virginia Yorktown was named for the ancient city of York in Yorkshire, Northern England. It was founded in 1691 as a port on the York River for English colonists to export tobacco to Europe.
• “Gooch Family.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 1896, pp. 110–12. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1914906. Accessed 31 Dec. 2022.
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2697... shows Bridgett as his wife
• William Gooch, Virginia, U.S., Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923 < AncestrySharing > Name William Gooch Gender Male Death Age 29 Birth Date 1626 Death Date 29 Oct 1655
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gooch-187 cites

1. Jamestowne Society - Qualifying Ancestors, George - Goodrich < link > Gooch, William - A3009; York Co.: 1654-55 (Burgess), 1655 (Councillor). accessed 31 December 2022.
2. "Gooch Family," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, 1st Ser., Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):110-112. Digital version at JSTOR [1]
3. "Temple Farm" by Lyon G. Tyler in The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 1 (July 1893) pp. 3-21
4. Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Colonial Virginia Register. Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1902. Pages 37, 71
5. "Temple Farm" by Lyon G. Tyler in The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 1 (July 1893) pp. 3-21
6. Gooch arms - per pale ar & sa a chef. between 3 talbots pass counterchanged,on a chef gu as many leopards heads ar. described in "Temple Farm" by Lyon G. Tyler in The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 1 (July 1893) pp. 3-21 which, if actually a description of the arms on the grave stone, links William Gooch with the Mettingham, Suffolk family.
7. "The Oldest Tombstone" in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, 1st Ser., Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1896): 195. Digital version at JSTOR [2]
8. "Temple Farm" by Lyon G. Tyler in The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 1 (July 1893) pp. 3-21
9. Goodwin Families in America p:7 William & Mary College Quarterly [3]
10. Goodwin Families in America p:6 William & Mary College Quarterly [4]
11. Find A Grave Memorial# 7558706 page=gr&GRid=7558706
12. William Gooch Tomb and York Village Archeological Site from Wikipedia [5]
13. Find A Grave Memorial# 7558706 originally created by: kimshockey (reb) and maintained by: James G. Bigwood [6] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7558706/william-gooch
14. Journal Article "Temple Farm" by Lyon G. Tyler in The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul., 1893), pp. 3-21 Pub: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture DOI: 10.2307/2937010 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2937010
15. Gooch Family, The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct., 1896), pp. 110-112 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/1914906 : accessed 7 Jan 2021)
16. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine Allen County Public Library 3 1833 01740 3384 Genealogy 975.502 W67WM 1897 Supplement. Goodwin Families in America [7]
17. The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine (Eben Putnam, Danvers, Mass., 1916) Vol. 3: Dec. 1915 - Sept. 1916, Page 111 < GoogleBooks >

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M76Q-PLK cites

1. Virginia Heraldica, Crozier, p 34 Major Willian Gooch b 1626, England. d 29 Oct. 1655, Age 29. Buried Williamsburg. Daughter, Ann, married Thomas Beale. Gooch represented York in the House of Burgess, and was a member of Governor's council.