Judith (Hayward) Goss (1675 - 1748)

Born 9 Apr 1675 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Philip Goss Jr. — married 30 Aug 1699 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1748 at age 73 in Brookfield, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Judith Hayward was born on 09 April 1675 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the daughter of John and Anna (White) Hayward. ^[1]

She married Philip Goss on 30 August 1699 in Concord,^[2] the son of Philip and Hannah (Hopkins) Goss. He was baptized in Roxbury on 16 February 1678/9. ^[3] He may have been born in Roxbury on 16 December 1676.^[4]

Philip died in Brookfield on 13 September 1747 in his 70th year.^[5]

Judith died on 18 April 1748 in Brookfield in her 74th year, "widow of Capt. Philip."^[6] She was buried in the Old Indian Cemetery in West Brookfield with her husband where their gravestone still stands.^[7]

On 01 May 1748, Thomas Goss, clerk of Bolton, was granted administration on the estate of the widow Judith Goss, late of Brookfield. In August 1748, a distribution of the estate of Philip Goss, late of Brookfield, gentleman, named Mrs. Judith Goss, his widow; second son John; (grandson) Philip Goss, son of the eldest son Philip deceased; son Rev. Thomas Goss; heirs of eldest son Philip Goss deceased; Judith Gilbert, wife of Thomas Jr.; Hannah Rich, wife of Experience; Thankful White, wife of John; and Mary Walker, wife of Daniel.^[8]

Children:^[9][10][8]

1. Judith, m. Thomas Gilbert 1718
2. Philip, m. Keziah Cooley 1723
3. Hannah, m. Experience Rich 1723
4. John, b. 10 Jan 1710/1 Brookfield; m. Mary Gilbert 1730
5. Thankful, b. 13 Dec 1713 Brookfield; m. John White 1732
6. Mary, m. Daniel Walker 1728
7. Thomas, b. 6 Jul 1716.

Sources

1. ↑ Concord, Massachusetts, Births Marriages & Deaths 1635-1850 (Concord, MA: Town of Concord, 1895), p. 18.

   "Judath daughter of John heaward & ann, his wife borne, 9 april 1675."

2. ↑ Concord, Massachusetts, Births Marriages & Deaths 1635-1850 (Concord, MA: Town of Concord, 1895), p. 50.

   "Phillip Goss of Lancaster & Judeth Hayward of Concord were marryed by y^e Rever^nd m^r Joseph Estabrooke August 30th, 1699."

3. ↑ Essex Institute, Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926), Vol. 1:152, citing church records of First Religious Society (Unitarian).

   "Gos, Phillip, s. Phillip, bp. 16:12m:1678/9."

4. ↑ Wakefield, Mayflower Families, White, p. 30, citing Hartford times, 01 Aug 1942 A⁷09.
5. ↑ Brookfield VRs, p. 492.

   "Goss, Capt. Philip, h. Judeth, Sept. 13, 1747 [in 70th y. per gravestone]"

6. ↑ Vital records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, Mass: F.P. Rice, 1909)p. 492, citing gravestone in Old Cemetery, West Brookfield.

   "Goss, Judith, wid. Capt. Philip, April 18, 1748, in 74th y."

7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 14 November 2019), memorial page for Judith Hayward Goss (24 Apr 1675–18 Apr 1748), Find A Grave: Memorial #40439807, citing Old Indian Cemetery, West Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by jandal (contributor 47013996). (Includes gravestone photo.)
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1925," images, FamilySearch : 11 August 2014), Worcester > Case no 24866-24948, Gorham, John-Gould, Curtis, 1731-1881 > image 412 of 1140; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston. Worcester County Probate Records files #24898-99
9. ↑ Brookfield VRs," p. 106 (b. John, Thankful, Thomas).
10. ↑ Temple, Josiah Howard, History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts. : Preceded by an account of old Quabaug, Indian and English occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield records, 1686-1783 (North Brookfield : Pub. by the town [Boston, printed], 1887) pp. 604-5.

See also:

• "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch : 22 May 2014, Middlesex > Deeds 1712-1714 vol 16 > image 26 of 679; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex County Land Records, Deeds Vol. 16:45],(John Hayward Sr to John Hayward Jr)
• "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch : 22 May 2014, Middlesex > Deeds 1714-1716 vol 17 > image 199 of 351; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex County Land Records, Deeds Vol. 17:352 (John Hayward Jr to John Willard)
• Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) pp. 12, 29-30.

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