Mary (Prince) Gould (1685 - 1770)

Born 2 Dec 1685 in Hull, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph (Gould) Goold — married 18 Dec 1713 (to 21 Dec 1769) in Hull, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1770 at age 84 in Hull, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

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Biography

Mary was born on 2 December 1685 in Hull, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony to parents Isaac Prince and Mary (Turner) Prince.^[1][2]

She married Joseph Gould on 18 December 1713 in Hull.^[3][2]

She died on 7 Feb 1769/70 in Hull, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Her husband Joseph had died shortly before on 21 December 1769. ^[4]

In Hull, "Mary, w. of Joseph, Feb. 7, 176- (1769-70, t.c)." T.C. indicating from a town copy.^[4]

Is this the right date? Her husband wrote his will 23 Sept 1769, before the alleged date of her death, but left her nothing and did not mention her name.^[5][2]

Children (Gould/Goold) born Hull:^[6][2]

1. Joseph Gould, b. 27 January 1715
2. Samuel Gould b. 21 November 1717
3. Elisha Gould, b. 07 September 1719
4. Mary Gould, b. 21 May 1721
5. Jean Gould, b. 20 February 1722/3
6. Caleb Gould, b. 20 December 1724
7. Joshua Gould, b. 26 February 1727/8

Research Notes

Note the Mayflower Society has accepted descendants of Mary through this marriage, but notes that an unidentified Mary Prince married at Boston 28 April 1705 Reginald Odell and apparently died soon without issue.

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Hull, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. [Wright & Potter printing company], 1911), p. 31
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Merrick, Barbara Lambert, Mayflower Families in Progress William Brewster of the Mayflower and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his Son Jonathan, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999) pp 56, 57; digital images, AmericanAncestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/51963/56/0 : accessed March 2023)
3. ↑ Baldwin, VRs of Hull, p. 47.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Baldwin, VRs of Hull, p. 66.
5. ↑ Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48699/14752-co1/0
6. ↑ Baldwin, VRs of Hull, pp. 18-19 (Goold)

See also:

• Prince, George. Elder John Prince of Hull, Mass. : a memorial, biographical & genealogical. Boston : G. Prince, 1888, page 23.

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