John Gould (abt. 1585 - bef. 1633)

Born about 1585 in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Judith (Langley) Gould — married 5 Apr 1603 in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died before 11 Jul 1633 before about age 48 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England

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Disputed Associations

New England immigrants Thomas Gould (abt.1607-bef.1674) and John Gould (1610-1690) were previously associated as the children of this John Gould and his wife, Judith _____ (aka Judith Langley, Judith De Langley, Judith Marks). These associations were severed in 2021. See Research Notes and the related G2G discussions, (a) Proposal to sever Thomas Gould from parents and (b) John Gould-317, proposal to sever conflicted parents.

Biography

John Gould was born, perhaps Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, about 1585, the son of Richard Gould,^[1] who died of Bovingdon before 25 May 1597.^[2]

John Gould married Judith _____ (named in his will)

John Gould was buried at Kings Langley, 11 July 1633.^[3] His will dated 30 June 1633 was proved 18 July 1633.^[4]

Then "of Kings's Langley," his widow married again, by license dated 27 July 1639, Simon Gold of Bovingdon, said her first husband's second cousin,^[5] and whom she survived.

Judith was buried at Watford, Hertfordshire, 15 May 1650, ^[6] leaving a will dated 6 May 1650, proved 3 September 1650.^[7]

Will of John Gould

As published by Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1895),^[8]

In the name of God amen, I John Goulde of the prishe of Kingslangley in the county of Hertf. Yeoman, Do ordaine and make this my Laste will and Testament in manner and forme following.

First and principally I comment and bequeath my Soule into the hands of Allmighty God, my alone Savior and redemer in Jesus Christ and my body to be buried in the Church yerd of Langley in an assured hope of a Joyfull resurrection to everlasting Gloroy and blisse with my Christ in heaven for ever, and for those my Temporrall goods with the lord in greate mercy hath leut me, I give and bequeath in maner and forme folowing:

Itm: I give and bequeth unto my eldest son John Gould the Som of twenty pownds to be paide unto him at the age of fower and twenty yeares.

Itm: I give and bequeath unto the rest of my Children namely; Joseph; Sarah; Hannah; Mary; Sacheus; Nathan; Abell; Lidia; and Elizabeth Gould; each of them tenn pounds a pece, to be paid unto them when they shall accomplish ther age of on & twenty yeares.

All the rest of my goods Chattels and moveables whattsoever my funerall and legacies discharged, I give and bequeath unto my Dere and Loving wiffe Judith Goulde whome I make my sole executrix of this my Last will and Testament and do intreate and apointe for my overseers my Loving frends Thomas Childe, gent. of the prishe of Abbots Langley; Ralph King of Watford; and John Saye of Hempsted to be my overseers assisting my Loving wiffe with theire best Counsel and advise according to her severall ocations, as nede shall require, and to this my last will and Testament I have hereunto set my hand and Seale this day Last day of June in the yeare of Lord 1633.

Witnessed by us Ralph King

Abstracts of this will were published separately by Walter Goodwin Davis (1959)^[9] and Donald Lines Jacobus (1960).^[10]

Will of Judith Gould

Judith's will was dated 6 May 1650, proved 3 September 1650. As abstracted by Walter Goodwin Davis,^[11]

Judith Gould of Watford, co. Hertford, made her will May 6, and it was proved Sept. 3, 1650. She left to her son Abel £400 and a little box at the house of her cousin Gase and all that was in it. To her daughters Lydia and Elizabeth, £300 each. To Hannah and Elizabeth, daughters of her daughter Hannah, £40 between them. Her son in law George Younge owed her £100 of which her executors should claim only £40. To the own children of her son Nathan in New England, £40. To the children of her daughter Sarah, £60 if her [the testatrix's] son Nathan had not divided the goods her son Zacheus left him when he died equally between him and his sister Sarah, but, if they were equally divided, then this £100 [sic] was to be equally divided for the use of their children. If her son Abel should die before coming of age, £300 should be divided between her daughter Lydia and Elizabeth, £50 given to her daughter Hannah, £20 to her daughter Marie, and £30 sent to New England to be equally divided between the own children of her son Nathan and her daughter Sarah. To Master Goodwinge, minister at Watford, £5. Residue to her executors; son Abel and daughters Lydia and Elizabeth. Witnesses: Ralph King, Thomas Barrabee.

Family

Children of John Gould and his wife/widow, Judith. Given her in the order listed in the will of John Gould,^[12]

1. John Gould, presumed the son baptized Sarratt, Herfordshire, England, 7 July 1611.^[13] Mentioned as the eldest son in his father's 1633 will, but not mentioned in his mother's 1650 will. No further record.
2. Joseph Gould, born after 1612. Named in his father's 1633 will; not named in his mother's 1650 will. No further record.
3. Sarah Gould, born after 1612, "of New England in 1650, married and had issue mentioned in mother's will."^[14]
4. Hannah Gould, born after 1612; mentioned in the will of her mother, as are her two daughters.
5. Mary Gould, born after 1612; mentioned in her mother's will.
6. Sacheus Gould, born after 1612; aka Zaccheus; died at New England without issue; "administration to sister Elizabeth 1650 Sept. 12."^[15]
7. Nathan Gould, born after 1612; mentioned in his mother's will. See Research Notes
8. Abell Gould, baptized Kings Langley, 8 August 1632; mentioned in his mothers will.^[16]
9. Lidia Gould, born after 1612; coexecutor of her mother's will.^[17]
10. Elizabeth Gould, born after 1612; she and her two daughters mentioned in her mother's will; coexecutor with sister Lidia.^[18]

Research Notes

No immigrant son Thomas, no immigrant son John.

(a) A previous version of this profile associated immigrant Thomas Gould (abt.1607-bef.1674) as a son of John and Judith. No such son Thomas was reported in the will of either parent, and no other contemporaneous support was found for this relationship. It was severed in 2021. See G2G, Proposal to sever Thomas Gould from parents.

(b) A previous version of this profile associated immigrant John Gould (1610-1690) as the son of John and Judith. Their son John is presumed the child baptized Sarratt, Hertfordshire, 7 July 1611. He was mentioned in the 1633 will of his father, but not in his mother's 1650 will. Their son, John Gould is more likely to have died between 1633 and 1650 than to have been the man who immigrated New England. The parent-child relationship was severed in 2021. See G2G, John Gould-317, proposal to sever conflicted parents.

Davis and Jacobus. Both Walter Goodwin Davis (1959)^[19] and Donald Lines Jacobus (1960)^[20] wrote about the family of John and Judith _____ Gould; both authors included abstracts of their wills.

John Gould's 1633 will calls out his wife Judith and ten children--eldest son John (to receive £20 at the age of 24), Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Sacheus [Zaccheus], Nathan, Abell, Lidia and Elizabeth (all to receive £10 upon reaching 21).

Judith Gould's 1650 will names eight children. She does not mention a son John; she does not mention a son Joseph..

Two Nathans Walter Goodwin Davis identified the Goulds' son Nathan as Nathan Gould (abt.1614-1693) of Salisbury.^[21]

Donald Lines Jacobus argues that this son was Nathan Gold (1623-1694) of Fairfield, not Salisbury, as Davis had reported.^[22][23]

These identifications are separately disputed. See

• G2G "John Gould ... two Nathans."
• Two Nathans

Daughter Hannah. In 1895, Benjamin Apthorp Gould reported daughter Hannah was not mentioned in her mothers will; that she had died between 1633 and 1650.^[24] Abstract of Judith's will, published by Walter Goodwin Davis, however, includes entry, "£50 given to daughter Hannah ..." Likewise, abstract by Donald Lines Jacobus reports her mention.

Pedigree work by Horatio Gates Somerby. A lengthy Gould pedigree was published in 1895 Benjamin Apthorp Gould, in The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield, who writes of,^[25]

Several years of investigation ... when in 1860 my friend, the late Horatio G. Somerby, discovered in the registry at Peterborough a collection of unindexed wills which had been proved in the court of the archdeaconry of Huntindonshire, and among which were a large number of those persons dying in Herts. These begin with 1470 ... several which proved to be of value for our quest ...

See the WikiTree category page, "Horatio Gates Somerby Fraud."

In his Gould sketch, Walter Goodwin Davis, referring to the work by Horatio Gates Somerby, "searching the appropriate probate registry, [Somerby] found some ten wills of this Gould family ... and constructed from them a pedigree which is, in all probability, sound, but the Goulds were prolific and, in my opinion, further research, which I am not prepared to do, might strengthen it ...Because [Richard Gould's] parentage is the weakest link in the published pedigree, this account begins with Richard Gould ["late of Bovington" in 1604].""

Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ... The source cited as "Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine Families ... is actually a reorganized reproduction and combination of a great number of works published by Davis. In the case of Davis' Gould work, it was originally published as The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820 ...^[26]

Sources

1. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ... (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1959), 102; digital images, Hathi Trust.
2. ↑ Referencing Richard Gould ("Richard Goulde") estate administration record, citing "Archdeaconry of Huntington Act Book, II, p. 62--abstract by Mr. A. Vere Woodman," Read H. Putnam, "Priscilla, Wife of John Putnam," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 119 (1965):174-176, in particular p. 175; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors; includes abstract.
3. ↑ Without further reference, Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ... (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1959), 102; digital images, Hathi Trust.
4. ↑ Citing "Commissary of London, Essex and Herts," Donald Lines Jacobus, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt. The Elm Tree Press, 1960), 194 (Nathan Gould: Fairfield, Connecticut); digital images, Hathi Trust.
5. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt. The Elm Tree Press, 1960), 194-195 (Nathan Gould: Fairfield, Connecticut); digital images, Hathi Trust.
6. ↑ Without further reference, Donald Lines Jacobus, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt. The Elm Tree Press, 1960), 194-195 (Nathan Gould: Fairfield, Connecticut); digital images, Hathi Trust.
7. ↑ Citing "Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Pembroke 145," Donald Lines Jacobus, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt. The Elm Tree Press, 1960), 194-195 (Nathan Gould: Fairfield, Connecticut); digital images, Hathi Trust.
8. ↑ Without further reference, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Lynn, Mass. : Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 20-21 (62. John^4 Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
9. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ... (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1959), 102-103; digital images, Hathi Trust.
10. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt. The Elm Tree Press, 1960), 194 (Nathan Gould: Fairfield, Connecticut); digital images, Hathi Trust.
11. ↑ Citing Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 143 Pembroke," Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ... (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1959), 102-103; digital images, Hathi Trust.
12. ↑ Without further reference, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Lynn, Mass. : Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 20-21 (62. John^4 Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
13. ↑ John Gould 1611 baptismal record, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"; database (only), FamilySearch; parents as John Gould and Judeth.
14. ↑ Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Lynn, Mass. : Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 21 (62. John^4 Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
15. ↑ Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Lynn, Mass. : Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 21 (62. John^4 Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
16. ↑ Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Lynn, Mass. : Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 21 (62. John^4 Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
17. ↑ Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Lynn, Mass. : Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 21 (62. John^4 Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
18. ↑ Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Lynn, Mass. : Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 21 (62. John^4 Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
19. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ... (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1959), 102-103; digital images, Hathi Trust.
20. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt. The Elm Tree Press, 1960), 194 (Nathan Gould: Fairfield, Connecticut); digital images, Hathi Trust.
21. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ... (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1959), 102-103; digital images, Hathi Trust.
22. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield ([New Haven, Conn., Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor] 1930), multiple vols, 1: 3: 228-230 (Nathan Gold, Fairfield); digital images, Hathi Trust.
23. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt. The Elm Tree Press, 1960), 194 (Nathan Gould: Fairfield, Connecticut); digital images, Hathi Trust.
24. ↑ Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Lynn, Mass. : Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 21 (62. John^4 Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
25. ↑ Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Lynn, Mass. : Thos. P. Nichols, 1895), 1; digital images, Hathi Trust.
26. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, ''The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1959). 101-106 (VIII. Gould, of Topsfield); digital images, Hathi Trust.

See also--

• Benjamin Apthorp Gould, "Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould" (dateline in preamble, 6 June 1870), Essex Institute Historical Collections 11 (1872):115-221; digital images, Hathi Trust.
• David Webster Hoyt, The old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury ... (Providence, R.I. : [Snow & Farnham, printers], 1897-1917), three vols. in 13 parts, plus supplement, 1:1:178-179 (Nathan Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
• John Adams Vinton, The Giles memorial : genealogical memoirs of the families bearing the names of Giles, Gould ... ( Boston : H. W. Dutton & Son, 1864), 169-180 (Gould Family of Stoneham); digital images, InternetArchive.
• Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966) A reprinting ... (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1996).
• William Edwin Selleck, Selleck and Peck genealogy (Chicago, Priv. print, 1912), 34-38 (Major Nathan Gold); digital images, InternetArchive.
• William Richard Cutter, Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County ... (New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co., 1908), 4 vols, 4:1649-1653 (Gould); digital images, Hathi Trust.
• Supplement to Section 1 of The Heroes of the American Revolution ... ([New York] The Heroes of the revolution publishing co., 1897[-99]), 176-188+ (Gould in "Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt--Moulton,"); digital images, hathi Trust.
• John Gould, memorial 184603173; FindAGrave.
• Thomas Goolde 1626 baptismal record, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"; database (only), FamilySearch; baptized at Saint Peter, Berkhampstead, Hertford, England, 2 Apr 1626, father as John Goolde; cites FHL microfilm Q942.58 V27 V. 3.

Sources previously cited where the link is no longer productive--

Previously cited for the wills of John Gould (1633) and Judith Gould (1650). https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=adgedge&id=I12470, Owner: Chris Kraft Home Page: Alice Ament Davidson Gedge