Jarvis Gould (1605 - 1656)

Born 1605 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Gould — married before 1645 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 27 May 1656 at about age 51 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Jarvis Gould migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 123) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Jarvis was born about 1605, based on his age of 30 in 1635.^[1] Anderson, in Jarvice's Great Migration Article lists no origin or parents for Jarvis. No place and no one is mentioned by Benjamin Gould in Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.

Because Clement Bates came from Lydd, it is believed that Jarvis, his servant may also have come from Lydd. However, so far researchers have not found any records in Lydd for Jarvis or any family by the name of Gould.

Jarvice Gold, age 30, servant to Clement Bate, tailor, embarked on the Elizabeth (Mr. Wm. Stagg master) for New England on April 6, 1635. On the 9th of April Edward Gold, age 28, also embarked on the Elizabeth. ^[1] For this reason, it is often assumed that they were brothers, although there is no direct evidence.^[2] Jarvis Gould immigrated in 1635 to Hingham, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts from Kent Co., England. He came on the Elizabeth "Theis p'ties imbarqued in the Eliz: Mr. Stagg bound for New England p'r Cert from the Justice and Ministers of ye p'ish." Clement Bates and wife both age 40 and their 5 children, Jo: Wynchester, age 19 and Jervice Gold "Servantes," age 30. "The scribe made a brace against Jo: Wynchester, and began to write servant against that name, but stopped when he had written se and wrote servants against Jervice Gold." ^[3]

Jarvis, a shoemaker or cordwainer, settled first at Hingham, but by 1646, he had moved to Boston. He had several parcels of land in Hingham the first being a five acre houselot on 3 July 1636,^[2] on Town Street (south near Hersey Street) Hingham, Massachusetts which he afterwards sold to Thomas Lincoln, the weaver, as appears by the will of the latter. Whether Jarvis was a resident here for any length of time is somewhat doubtful. The early records of Boston, however, designate him as of the church of Hingham. ^[4]

Jarvis had a wife Mary, who was admitted to the Hingham church and then recommended to the church in Boston, August 1646.^[2]

Jarvis Goold died 27th - 3rd month 1656 (1655/56) (27 May 1656), in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts^[5] An inventory of his estate was taken, 4 July 1656 and totalled £66 8s 7d. Subsequent to his death land in Boston, belonging to Jarvis was sold to benefit his heir John Gold.^[2]

"Inventory of the goods of Jarvis Gould, deceased, of Boston, shoomaker, 4th July 1656. Amt. £66. 08. 07. Jn| Parke, Alexander Adams, Henry Bridgam & Edward Goodwin, deposed 8 July 1656." ^[6]

His four joint administrators and executors bought of Thomas Clarke of Boston, 7 Feb 1656/7, a piece of land for the use of John Gold, Jarvice's son and heir, paying for it in personal estate. This son John was then ten years old, and it may be inferred that neither the younger son, Joseph, nor his mother Mary were then living. ^[7]

Children:

1. John Gould, bp Boston 30 August 1646, about 33 days old.^[2]
2. Joseph gould bp Boston 25 March 1648/9, about 14 days old; no further record^[2]

Birth

 ? Birth place. Sources are not reliable.

Place: Lydd, Kent, England

Source: #S43

Source: #S63

Place Hawkhurst, Kent ^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Likely Christening record for Jarvis.- Gervnase Gould christened 16 Aug 1601 Smarden, Kent, England (just over 23 miles from Lydd and less than 4 miles from Biddenden.) ^[8]

Did Jarvis possibly have a first wife and son who died in England before he came to America?

Possible wife (first?) of Jarvis Gould (aka Gervace Gold) Marriage to Elizabeth Allard 21 Jan 1629 in Biddenden, Kent, England.^[9][10]

Male child of Geruare Golde burial 15 Feb 1630 in Biddenden, Kent, England.^[11]

Possible christening record for Elizabeth Allard (dau. of Robert Allard) 8 Jul 1610 in Mersham, Kent, England.^[12]

There is also a burial record for a female Allard 7 Oct 1631 in Biddenden, Kent, England.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. London: John Camden Hotten, 1874. (p. 48)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, volume III: G–H. (Boston: NEHGS, 2003): pages 123-124]. AmericanAncestors.org link.
3. ↑ [Founders of New England, NEHGR, vol. 14, pg. 305].
4. ↑ History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol II, p.275
5. ↑ "Early Records of Boston." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 10:220. Boston: NEHGs 1856.
6. ↑ [Abstracts of Early Wills, NEHGR, vol. 9, pg. 225].
7. ↑ [Suffolk Deeds. Boston: Rockwell and Churchhill, City Printers, 1885. Lib. III., 130b].
8. ↑ Name: Gernase Gould Event Type: Christening Event Date: 16 Aug 1601 Event Place: Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Smarden, Kent, England Gender: Male Reference ID: p 36 GS Film Number: 1752160 Digital Folder Number: 007566239 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I06966-1 System Origin: EASY Record Number: 127 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N189-GMR : 19 March 2020), Gernase Gould, 1601.
9. ↑ Name: Gervace Gold Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 21 Jan 1629 Event Place: Biddenden, Kent, England Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Allard Spouse's Gender: Female GS Film Number: 001473743 Digital Folder Number: 004991027 Image Number: 00328 "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ6-SVS3 : 8 December 2017), Gervace Gold and Elizabeth Allard, 21 Jan 1629; citing Marriage, Biddenden, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,473,743.
10. ↑ Name: Gervace Gold Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 21 Jan 1629 Event Place: Bethersden, Kent, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Biddenden, Kent, England Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Allard Spouse's Gender: Female Reference ID: 270-2 GS Film Number: 1736525 Digital Folder Number: 004021499 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01901-6 System Origin: EASY Record Number: 393 "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNWN-1Y6 : 13 March 2020), Elizabeth Allard in entry for Gervace Gold, 1629.
11. ↑ Event Type: Burial Event Date: 15 Feb 1630 Event Place: Biddenden, Kent, England Gender: Male Father's Name: Geruare Golde Other information in the record of UNKNOWN Event Type: Burial Event Date: 15 Feb 1630 Event Place: Biddenden, Kent, England Gender: Male Father's Name: Geruare Golde GS Film Number: 001473743 Digital Folder Number: 004991027 Image Number: 00329 "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ6-SM8F : 8 December 2017), Geruare Golde in entry for MM9.1.1/QKJ6-SM88:, 15 Feb 1630; citing Burial, Biddenden, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,473,743.
12. ↑ Name: Elizabeth Allard Event Type: Christening Event Date: 8 Jul 1610 Event Place: Mersham, Kent, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Mersham, Kent, England Gender: Female Father's Name: Robert Allard Reference ID: item 1 GS Film Number: 1751980 Digital Folder Number: 004003795 Image Number: 00089 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02924-9 System Origin: EASY Record Number: 34 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1ZR-K87 : 24 March 2020), Robert Allard in entry for Elizabeth Allard, 1610.
13. ↑ Name: Allard Event Type: Burial Event Date: 07 Oct 1631 Event Place: Biddenden, Kent, England Gender: Female GS Film Number: 001473743 Digital Folder Number: 004991027 Image Number: 00330 "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ6-SD8D : 8 December 2017), Allard, 07 Oct 1631; citing Burial, Biddenden, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,473,743.

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• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37145137/jarvis-gould#source Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/37145137/jarvis-gould : accessed 20 June 2021), memorial page for Jarvis Gould (1605–27 May 1656), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37145137, ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown.