Abijah Gould (1735 - 1818)

Born 12 Dec 1735 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Spaulding) Gould — married 29 Oct 1766 in Chemlsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1818 at age 82 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

ABIJAH GOULD, b. at Chelmsford, 12 Dec 1735 son of Adam Gould and Elizabeth Butterfield;^[1] d. at Hollis, NH, 2 Jan 1818;^[2] m. at Chelmsford, 29 Oct 1766,^[3] Sarah Spaulding, b. at Nottingham West, NH, 9 Aug 1740 daughter of Phineas and Mary (Hamlet) Spalding;^[4][5] Sarah d. at Rochester, NY 1821 at her son’s home.^[6]

Abijah and Sarah resided in New Ipswich, Temple, and Hollis, New Hampshire. On 12 February 1767, Abijah Gould and Sarah his wife then of Windham joined Sarah’s siblings Daniel Spalden, Mary Spalden, Lydia Spalden, and Phineas Spalden in a conveyance of a 61-acre tract in Nottingham West to Robert Stewart.^[7]

Abijah was of Temple in 1777 when he enlisted in the company of Capt. Gershom Drury.^[8] The company was under the regimental command of Lt. Col. Thomas Heald and marched to reinforce the Continental army at Ticonderoga. Abijah was credited with three days service.^[9]

Abijah headed a household of four persons at Temple in 1790: one male 16 and over, two males under 16, and one female.^[10] On 15 April 1794, Abijah Goold husbandman of Temple with his wife Sarah, in consideration of £150, conveyed an 80-acre tract in Temple which was the tenth lot of the first range to Daniel Clark of Townsend, Massachusetts.^[11]

The family was two persons at Hollis in 1810: one male 45 and over and one female 45 and over.^[12] On 11 November 1815, Abijah Goold and his wife Sarah of Hollis, in consideration of $900, conveyed to Phillips Wood of Hollis a tract of land in the northerly part of Hollis.^[13]

Children

Abijah and Sarah were parents of five children.

i Sarah Gould (1767-1776), b. at New Ipswich, 10 Jul 1767; d. at Temple, NH, 16 Mar 1776.

ii William Gould (1769-1776), b. at Temple, 1 Mar 1769; d. at Temple, 23 Mar 1776.

iii Abijah Gould (1771-1776), b. at Temple, 11 Nov 1771; d. at Temple, 15 Mar 1776.

iv Abijah Gould (1777-abt.1848), b. at Temple, 20 May 1777; d. at Rochester, NY, about 1848; m. 1st at Hollis, 10 Oct 1804, MARY SHATTUCK, b. at Hollis, 9 Mar 1776 daughter of Zachariah and Elizabeth (Farley) Shattuck; Mary d. at Hollis, 7 May 1806. Abijah m. 2nd at Hollis, 17 Sep 1807, MARY TUCKER SARGENT, b. at Milford, NH, 2 Oct 1785 daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Marsh) Sargent; Mary d. at Rochester, NY, Oct 1874. Abijah was a clockmaker.

v Samuel (Gould) Goold (1783-1783), b. at Temple, 4 Sep 1783; d. 19 Sep 1783.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-YXXQ : 20 May 2022), Abijah Goold, 12 Dec 1735; citing Birth, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934227.
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 76080743
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCWL-S2S : 4 December 2014), Abijah Goold and Sarah Spaulding, 29 Oct 1766; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0962548 IT 1.
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDN6-5BM : 18 January 2020), Sarah Spalding, 1740.
5. ↑ New Hampshire Birth Records; https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/953844?mark=fac16d7ab7fdd37c912f50a273fc7a946b0cae9e63a61173cdcfeedc74f12056
6. ↑ Chandler, The History of New Ipswich, p 447
7. ↑ New Hampshire Land Records, Hillsborough County, 71:11
8. ↑ Chandler, The History of New Ipswich, p 447
9. ↑ New Hampshire, Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835; Fold3
10. ↑ The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Series: M637; Roll: 5; Page: 323; Family History Library Film: 0568145
11. ↑ New Hampshire Land Records, Hillsborough County, 97:249
12. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Roll: 24; Page: 595; Image: Nhm252_24-0170; FHL Roll: 0218685
13. ↑ New Hampshire Land Records, Hillsborough County, 132:425

• Chandler, Charles Henry, and Sarah Fiske Lee. 1914. The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914: With Genealogical Records of the Principal Families. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing Company.