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William Goldsmith (1725 - 1812)

William Goldsmith
Born in Wenham, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New Englandmap
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Husband of — married 11 Apr 1745 in Ipswich, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Husband of — married 28 May 1754 in Ipswich, Massachusettsmap
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Died at age 86 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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This profile is part of the Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study.

William Goldsmith was born on 8 Oct 1725, in Wenham in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the only child of Zacheus Goldsmith, Jr., and Tabitha Dodge.[1]

His mother died in 1726, when he was only a year old.[2] His father remarried in 1729,[3] when William was three. So, his step-mother, Mehitable Kimball, raised him.

William married Margaret Cogswell, daughter of Gifford and Sarah Cogswell of Ipswich, on 11 Apr 1745, at the Chebacco Parish Church, in Ipswich.[4][5] After their marriage, William and Margaret resided in Ipswich and were part of the Chebacco Parish community. They had five children baptized at the Chebacco Parish Church:

  1. Gifford Goldsmith (bp. 27 Apr 1746)[6]
  2. William Goldsmith (bp. 31 Jul 1748,;[7] d. before 9 Feb 1751/2)
  3. Tabitha Goldsmith (bp. 30 Jul 1749)[8]
  4. William Goldsmith (bp. 9 Feb 1751/2)[9]
  5. Margaret Goldsmith (bp. 24 Feb 1754)[10]

After the death of his first wife Margaret, William married Hannah Burnham on 4 July 1754 at Ipswich.[11] Likely related to property derived from the estate of his late wife Margaret, William was named guardian to his minor children with Margaret on 23 October 1754.[12]

William died at Andover in 1812 at age 87.[13]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Gouldsmith, William, s. Zacheous and Tabitha, Oct. 8, 1725:" Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts, p. 42. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  2. ↑ "Gouldsmith, Tabitha, w. Zacheas, jr., d. William and Prudenc [sic] Dodge, Nov. 8, 1726:" Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts, p. 201. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  3. ↑ "Gouldsmith, Zacheus, Jr., and Mehittabell Kimball, May 15, 1729:" Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts], p. 126. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  4. ↑ "Goldsmith, William, of Wenham, and Margaret Cogswell, Apr. 11, 1745," citing Chebacco Parish Church records; intention also recorded: Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, p. 187. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  5. ↑ "Goldsmith, William, and Margaret Cogswell of Ipswich, at Ipswich, Chebacco Parish, Apr. 11, 1745;" intention also recorded: Vital Records of Wenham], Massachusetts, p. 124. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  6. ↑ "Goldsmith, Gifford, s. William and Margaret, bp. Apr. 27, 1746," citing Chebacco Parish Church records: Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Volume I: Births, p. 161. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  7. ↑ "Goldsmith, William, s. William and Margaret, bp. July 31, 1748," citing Chebacco Parish Church records: Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Volume I: Births, p. 161. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  8. ↑ "Goldsmith, Tabitha, d. William and Margaret, bp. July 30, 1749," citing Chebacco Parish Church records: Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Volume I: Births, p. 161. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  9. ↑ "Goldsmith, William, s. William and Margaret, bp. Feb. 9, 1751-2," citing Chebacco Parish Church records: Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Volume I: Births, p. 161. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  10. ↑ "Goldsmith, Margaret, d. William and Margaret, bp. Feb. 24, 1754," citing Chebacco Parish Church records: Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Volume I: Births, p. 161. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-BDM2 : Wed Oct 25 14:45:05 UTC 2023), Entry for William Goldsmith and Hannah Burnam, 28 May 1754.
  12. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 11071
  13. ↑ Goldsmith, William, Feb. 21, 1812, a. 86 y. [a. 87 y. C.R.2.] Andover Vital Records, Volume 2, p 452; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofan02ando/page/452/mode/2up
  • Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I: Births, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
  • Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume iI: Marriages and Deaths, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
  • Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1904.
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-BDM2 : 2 March 2020), William Goldsmith and Hannah Burnam, 28 May 1754; citing Marriage, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009712.
  • "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK9-79F : 15 January 2020), William Goldsmith in entry for Benjamin Goldsmith, 1755.
  • "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKQ-B7M : 15 January 2020), William Goldsmith in entry for Isaac Goldsmith, 1778.
  • "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7N4-T9R : 2 March 2021), William Goldsmith in entry for Mary Burnham, 12 Aug 1859; citing Essex, Massachusetts, v 129 p 120, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,175.




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Patricia Abbott
Goldsmith-1758 and Goldsmith-1181 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same William Goldsmith who married first Margaret Cogswell and who married second Hannah Burnham.
posted by Patricia Abbott
Audrey Allen
I find this profile very confusing. I am unsure if she was actually married to William Goldsmith. Both her and William's profiles are a mess on Family Search. Many of the dates are off by 20 plus years. I am leaning toward that she was only married to Francis Burnham. Also that several profiles of William Goldsmith have been merged incorrectly.
posted by Audrey Allen
S Gouzoules
I'm looking at a SAR Patriot application on Ancestry. It mentions "William Goldsmith was born in Chelmsford, MA 1725 and died in Andover? 1812 married first Margaret Cogswell and second Hannah Burnham. From the first marriage several children including Jeremiah Goldsmith, a Revolutionary soldier, who married Sarah Converse. From his second marriage he had a daughter, "Betsey" Goldsmith who married Deacon Nathan Brown of Whitingham VT. They had children : Rev. Nathan Brown, Sophia Burnham Brown, William Goldsmith Brown, Isiah M Brown, and Nancy E Brown. The applicant's father was Rev. Nathan Brown.
posted by S Gouzoules
Patricia Abbott
There were two different William Goldsmiths (father and son) both of whom married a woman named Hannah Burnham -- the marriages being 20 years apart. William Goldsmith baptized 9 Feb 1751/52 (son of William and Margaret) and died in 1841 married Hannah Burnham born on 18 April 1754, their marriage on 29 August 1774.

William Goldsmith born 1726 who died in 1812 married Hannah Burnham born in 1734 as his second wife, their marriage being in 1754.

William Goldsmith father and son both married women named Hannah Burnham.

posted by Patricia Abbott

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