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WikiTree Pages of Interest

>LNAB as "Cutter" not supported
>Birth as "about 1580 in London, England" not supported
>Spouse as "Isaac Wilkinson" not supported; he should be "Unknown Wilkinson."
>Isaac's birth as 14 Apr 1588 in , England is not supported.
>Daughter Margaret's birth as "about 1600 in Jarrow, Durham, England" not supported (her first child recorded 1639; last in 1646). Odd location not explained.

Bibliographic Notes

2015. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640: A Concise Compendium (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 374, for “Wilkinson, Isabel: Unknown; 1638; Cambridge"; works consulted as "CaBOP 56, 62, 94, 332, 336, 340; CaTR 64, 66, 68, 97; Rodgers 1:242-44, 353; GM 2:7:486.”

2011. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 481-488 (Edward Winship) at 486; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

2003 Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 92- 99 (Edward Goffe); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

1995. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2042-2044 (John Witchfield) at 2043; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

1995. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated continuously (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1276-1278 (John Moore) at 1277 (vi--John Moore); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

1981. George Selement and Bruce C. Woolley, eds., "Thomas Shepard's Confessions" in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 72 vols. (Boston : The Society, 1895-___), 58 (1981):147 (Jane Wilkinson Winship), 147-149 ([96] [35.] Brother Wiinship's Wife); web version, The Society, for the supplemented brief biographical content, editors cite "Harris, 15. Savage, 4:597. Town Book, 98. Middlesex County Wills no. 25278. Church Records, 22. Gozzaldi, 828."

  • Harris, 15
  • Savage, 4:597--James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the first settlers of New England ..., 4 vols. (Boston : Little, Brown and company, 1860-1862), 4:597 (Edward Winship); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Town Book, 98--The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly New-towne) Massachusets. 1630-1703 (Cambridge, 1901), 96-98 (9th . 4 mo. . 1652) at 97, 98; digital images, InternetArchive, for select entries, "23. Wi: Wilkerson," 60 acres; "49. Edw. Wenship," 200 acres, and "53. Edw. Goffe," 450 acres.
  • Middlesex County Wills no. 25278--Edward Winship 1689 probate, case 25278 in "[Middlesex County, Massachusetts], Probate Records 1646-1924"; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 432086, digital collection 7553844 ("Probate papers 25209-25339"), images 790-795 of 1311.
  • Church Records, 22--Stephen Paschall Sharples, Records of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New England, 1632-1830 ... (Boston: E. Putnam, 1906), 22 (Edward Winship, wives and children); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Gozzaldi, 828--Mary Isabella Gozzaldi and Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 ... (Cambridge : Cambridge Historical Society, 1930), 828 (Winship); digital images, HathiTrust.

2004. Roger Thompson, "Edward and Joyce Goffe: New Information about their Origins," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 158 (2004):101-104; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

1993. Gary Boyd Roberts, "A Genealogical Bibliography of Middlesex County, Massachusetts Testators 1649-1660," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 153 (1999):344-358 at 358 (Isabel _____ Wilkinson); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, for related works, "Paige, 691; Gozzaldi, 814; Fallass 109-110."

  • Paige, 691--
  • Gozzaldi, 814--Mary Isabella Gozzaldi and Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 ... (Cambridge : Cambridge Historical Society, 1930), 814 (Wilkinson); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Fallass 109-110--Lura Alexander, Genealogy, descendants of William and Dorcas Fallas of Boston... (1929),
    • 109-110 (Winship); digital images, InternetArchive, reports Edward Winship married (1) "Jane Wilkinson, dau. of wid. Isabelle W. from Newcastle on Tyne, cousin of Wm and Richard Cutter. His w. Jane d. at Cambridge, 28th Feb. , 1656." GJ Note--Cutter relationship not documented; the death date for Jane continues a known error in print.
    • 110 (Wilkinson); digital images, InternetArchive, reports Isabell died 23 February 1655

1959. Edith Bartlett Sumner, Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine ... (Los Angeles, Calif., Am. Offset Print., 1959), 320-321 (Winship); digital images, HathiTrust.

1928. Connecticut: Vital Records 1630-1870 (from original typescripts, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection, 1928), Windsor:296 (Witchfield, Witcfell, Witchfeld) of 303; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, select entries,

  • [Witchfield ...], -----, w. Elder [_____], d. Apr. 26, 1659; bd. the 27th
  • [Witchfield ...], -----, Mrs., d. July 27, [16]69
  • [Witchfield ...], -----, Mr., communicant from Dorchester; living in Windsor Dec. 22, 1677
  • [Witchfield ...], -----, Mr., . Mar. 16, [16]78; bd. [Mar.] 18, [16]78

1914+ Thomas Baldwin, Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 2 vos. (Boston, Mass. [Wright & Potter Print. Co.] 1914-1915), for select entries, as below. See also WikiTree's Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850.

Winship(p)--
  • 1:773-775 (Winship births) at 775; digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Sarah, d. of Edward and Jane, Apr. ----, 1638."
  • 1:773-775 (Winship births) at 775; digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Mary, d. of Edward and Jane, July 2, 1641."
  • 1:773-775 (Winship births) at 774; digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Ephraim, s. Edward and Jane, June 29, 1643."
  • 1:775 (Winshipp births); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winshipp] Joanna, d. of Edward and Jane, Aug. 1, 1645."
  • 1:775 (Winshipp births); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winshipp] Edward, s. Edward and Jane, June 8, 1648."
  • 1:774 (Winship births); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Elizabeth, d. of Edw[ard] and Elizab[eth], Apr. 15, 1662." Anderson (2003) reports as 15 April 1662 writing, "year date published as 1662" and then her marriage, in Watertown, 18 November 1672, Joseph Sherman. See AmericanAncestors (by subscription).
  • 2:429-431 (Winship marriages); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • 2:429-431 (Winship marriages) at 429; digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Edward and Rebecca Barsham, May 14, 1683."
  • 2:429-431 (Winship marriages) at 429; digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Ephraim and Hannah Cutter, June 17, 1708."
  • 2:431 (Winshipp marriages); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • 2:798 (Winship deaths); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Edw[ar]d, Lieut., Dec. 2, 1688, a. abt. 76 y."
  • 2:798 (Winship deaths); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Edward, s. Edward and Jane, bur. June 8, 1648.
  • 2:798 (Winship deaths); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Elizabeth, w. Edward, Sept. 19, 1690, in her 58th yr."
  • 2:798 (Winship deaths); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winship] Joanna, Nov. 19, 1707, a, 62 y."
Goffe--
  • 1:294 (Goffe births); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Goffe] Deborah, d. Edmund and Margaret, Dec. 15, 1639."
  • 1:294 (Goffe births); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Goffe] Hannah, d. Edmund and Margaret, Mar. 23, 1643."
  • 1:294 (Goffe births); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Goffe] Abiah, d. Edward and Margaret, Apr. 1, 1646."
  • 1:294 (Goffe births); digital images, HathiTrust,
    • "[Goffe] Nathaniel, s. of Edmund and Joyce, Feb. --, 1637."
    • "[Goffe] Nathaniel, s. Edward and Joyce, Aug. 23, 1645."
  • 2:165 (Goffe marriages); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Goffe] Margarett and John Witchfeild, Dec. ---, 1662."
  • 2:573-574 (Goffe deaths) at 574; digital images, HathiTrust, "Goffe, Deborah, Nov. 21, 1660."
  • 2:573-574 (Goffe deaths) at 574; digital images, HathiTrust, "[Goffe], Edward, Dec. 26, 1658."

1906. Stephen Paschall Sharples, Records of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New England, 1632-1830 ... (Boston: E. Putnam, 1906),

  • Winship
    • iv-v (Preface) at v (B. Winships wife [Jane]); digital images, HathiTrust.
    • 22 (Edward Winship, wives and children); digital images, HathiTrust.
    • 572-573 (Winship in Index) especially 573; digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Goffe
    • 5; digital images, HathiTrust, "Edward Goffe lately deceased (viz on Decemb. 26 1658.) was a member with us in full Communio[n] So was and is also Margaret his wife."
    • 6; digital images, HathiTrust, [Edward Goffe's] children by Margaret now living are ... Deborah, Hannah, Abiah ... all baptized in this Church."

1905. Ernest Byron Cole, The Winship family in America, giving the line of descent from Edward Winship ... (Indianapolis, Ind., 1905), 4 (Edward Winship); digital images, HathiTrust. Note: Known errors in print--reverses the relationship between Jane Wilkinson and her mother, Isabel, and writes, "She died in Cambridge February 28, 1656. He married, second, Elizabeth ----- ... in 1657." The latter date seems the source of Jane's erroneous death date reported by others; likely it is alternate reading of Isabel's death.

1898. Edwin Stanley Welles, Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford, Conn. : Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898).

  • 22; digital images, HathiTrust, "July 27, 69, Mrs. Witcfell dyed."
  • 29; digital images, HathiTrust, "mr witchfeld dyed, marc 16, 78."

1848+ David Pulsifer (vol, 2-8), William B. Trask, (vol.9-13), eds., "[Early] Records of Boston" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,

  • 4 (1850):181-183 at183 (Winship); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • 9 (1855):165-172 at at 168 (Winshipp); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • 9 (1855):165-172 at at 169 (Winshipp); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Sarah Winship 1638 birth, David Pulsifer (vol, 2-8), William B. Trask, (vol.9-11), eds., "[Early] Records of Boston" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 4 (1850):181-183 at183 (Winship); digital images, HathiTrust, "Sarah the daughtr of Edward Winship & Jane his wife was borne (2 [mo]) 1638."
  • Mary Winship 1641 birth, David Pulsifer (vol, 2-8), William B. Trask, (vol.9-11), eds., "[Early] Records of Boston" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 4 (1850):181-183 at183 (Winship); digital images, HathiTrust, "Mary the daughtr of Edward Wiship & Jane his wife was borne 2 . (5 [mo]) 1641."
  • Ephraim Winship 1643 birth, David Pulsifer (vol, 2-8), William B. Trask, (vol.9-11), eds., "[Early] Records of Boston" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 4 (1850):181-183 at183 (Winship); digital images, HathiTrust, "Ephraim the sonne of Edward Winship & Jane his wife was borne 29 (4 [mo]) 1643."
  • Joanna Winshipp 1645 birth, David Pulsifer (vol, 2-8), William B. Trask, (vol.9-11), eds., "[Early] Records of Boston" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 9 (1855):165-172 at at 168 (Winshipp); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winshipp] Joanna dau. of Edward & Jane borne 1 (6) 1645."
  • Edward Winshipp 1648 birth and burial, David Pulsifer (vol, 2-8), William B. Trask, (vol.9-13), eds., "[Early] Records of Boston" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 9 (1855):165-172 at at 169 (Winshipp); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Winshipp] Edward sonne of Edward & Joane borne & bur. 8 (4) 1648."
  • Deborah Goffe 1639 birth, David Pulsifer (vol, 2-8), William B. Trask, (vol.9-13), eds., "[Early] Records of Boston" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 4 (1850):56 (Goffe) ; digital images, HathiTrust, "Deborah the daughter of Edmund Goffe & Margaret his wife was born 15 (10) 1639."
  • Hannah Goffe 1643 birth, David Pulsifer (vol, 2-8), William B. Trask, (vol.9-13), eds., "[Early] Records of Boston" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 4 (1850):56 (Goffe) ; digital images, HathiTrust, "Hannah the daughter of Edmund Goffe & Margaret his wife was born 23 (1) 1643."
  • Abiah Goffe 1646 birth, David Pulsifer (vol, 2-8), William B. Trask, (vol.9-13), eds., "[Early] Records of Boston" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 9 (1855):165-172 at 168, digital images, HathiTrust, "Abiah dau. of Edward & Margaret borne 1 (2) 1646."

1656. Widow Isabell Wilkinson 1656 inventory, case 24930, in "[Middlesex County, Massachusetts], Probate Records 1646-1924"; digital images, FamilySearch, FSL film 521761, digital collection (DGS) 007554513 ("Probate records (originals) v. 1-3 1654-1673"), images 52-53 of 560.

  • "The Inventory was Deposed by Edward Goffe in Court 3 (2) 1656 to be all ye estate whereof his Mother in Law Isabell Wilkinson Dec'd _____, to his best Knowlege, and that if any do appeare, he will timely & truely Deliver the same, to be added here unto. --Thomas Danforth, Recorder ... "

1656. Izabell, Isabell Wilkinson 1656 probate, case 24930 (4 pp.), Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

1658. Edward Goffe 1658 probate, case 9283, in "[Middlesex County, Massachusetts], Probate Records 1646-1924"; digital images, FamilySearch, FSL film 397073, digital collection (DGS) 7553467 ("Probate papers 9179-9298"), images 1090-1099 of 1203; will at 1091; inventory at 1092-1099 .

1658. Edward Goff/Goffe 1658 probate, case 9283 (10 pp.), Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

166[9]. Margratt Witchfield 166[9] probate, case 25377, in "[Middlesex County, Massachusetts], Probate Records 1646-1924"; digital images, FamilySearch, FSL film 432087, digital collection (DGS) 7553845 ("Probate papers 25340-25451"), images 519-521 of 1309; will of "Margaret Witchfeild" at 520; inventory at 521.

1904+ Charles William Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 3 vols. (Hartford, Conn., Peck & co., printers, 1904-1906), 1 (1635-1700; Hartford District):257-258 (Mrs. Margaret Witchfield); digital images, HathiTrust.

1689. Edward Winship 1689 probate, case 25278 in "[Middlesex County, Massachusetts], Probate Records 1646-1924"; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 432086, digital collection 7553844 ("Probate papers 25209-25339"), images 790-795 of 1311.

Directory, 2015

Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640: A Concise Compendium (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), ___ (Isabel Wilkinson), for “Wilkinson, Isabel: Unknown; 1638; Cambridge"; works consulted as "CaBOP 56, 62, 94, 332, 336, 340; CaTR 64, 66, 68, 97; Rodgers 1:242-44, 353; GM 2:7:486.” See Sources used in the Great Migration series.

  • CaBOP--The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the "New towne" and the town of Cambridge (Cambridge, [J.Wilson & co.], 1896),
    • 56 (Izebell: Wilkinson in Proprietors Records, 21 September 1639); digital images, InternetArchive.
    • 62 (John Trumble); digital images, InternetArchive, "Bought of Isbell Wilkinson one house & yard ..." ,
    • 94 (Isabell Wilkerson and Edward Winship; Isabell Wilkerson); digital images, InternetArchive.
    • 332 (Widdowe Wilkinson); digital images, InternetArchive.
    • 336 (Isbell Wilkerson); digital images, InternetArchive.
    • 340 (Sister Wilkerson); digital images, InternetArchive.
  • CaTR--The Records of the Town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts, 1630-1703 (Cambridge 1901),
    • 64 (Wid. Wilkinson); digital images, HathiTrust.
    • 66 (Widow wilkerson); digital images, HathiTrust.
    • 68 (Ed. Goffe & widow wilkerson); digital images, HathiTrust.
    • 97 (Wid: Wilkerson); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Rodgers--Robert H. Rodgers, Middlesex County in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New England: Records of Probate and Administration, Volume One, October 1649­ December 1660 (Boston 1999), ... Volume Two: March 1660/61-December 1670 (Boston 2001) and ... Volume Three, Feb­ruary 1670/71-June 1676 (Rockport, Maine, 2005)
    • 1:242-44--
    • 1:353--
    • Unable to access Rodgers, but see Anderson (2011) for "On 1 April 1656, 'Edward Goffe is granted administration on the estate left by his mother-in-law Isabell Wilkinson deceased,'" citing "Rogers 1:242-44," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 481-488 (Edward Winship) at 486; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • GM 2:7:486--Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 481-488 (Edward Winship) at 486; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

Savage

James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the first settlers of New England ..., 4 vols. (Boston : Little, Brown and company, 1860-1862),

  • 2:267 (Edward Goffe); digital images, HathTrust.
  • "A vexatous rec. in Geneal. Reg. IX. 169 makes Nathaniel, b. 23 Aug. 1645 by his w. Joyce, wh. d. near seven yrs bef. when he was, of course, s. of Margaret ... (see other comments)
  • 4:552 (wid. Isabel W[ilkinson]); digital images, HathTrust.
  • 4:597 (Edward Winship); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • 4:617-618 (John Witchfield); digital images, HathiTrust.

Pope

Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts ... (Boston, C.H. Pope, 1900), 498 (Wilkinson); digital images, HathiTrust, reports Isabel died 23 February 1655, presumably 1655[/6], but a corresponding entry has not yet been located in Cambridge records.

[Wilkinson, Wilkerson], Isabel, widow, Cambridge propr. 1637-8, She d. Feb 23, 1655. Edward Winship and Edward Goffe m. her daughters.

Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts ... (Boston, C.H. Pope, 1900), 498 (Witchfield); digital images, HathiTrust.

New England Marriages

Winship-[?Wilkinson] 1638 marriage, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 3:1697 (Winship); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, he is Edward Winship (1613-1688); she is his first wife, Jane [?Wilkinson] (____-1648/1651; marriage is "by 1638"; location reference is Cambridge; works consulted as "Hartford Prob. 1:258; Lexington 2:763; Davis-Everett 44; DePew 137, 138; Winship 4; Fallass 104; Farr Anc. 320; Brown (1931) (ms) 18." See Sources-Torrey.

  • Hartford Prob. 1:258--Charles William Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 3 vols. (Hartford, Conn., Peck & co., printers, 1904-1906), 1 (1635-1700; Hartford District):257-258 (Mrs. Margaret Witchfield); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Lexington 2:763;
  • Davis-Everett 44;
  • DePew 137, 138;
  • Winship 4--Ernest Byron Cole, The Winship family in America, giving the line of descent from Edward Winship ... (Indianapolis, Ind., 1905), 4 (Edward Winship); digital images, HathiTrust. Errors.
  • Fallass 104--[???] Lura Alexander, Genealogy, descendants of William and Dorcas Fallas of Boston... (1929), 104; digital images, InternetArchive.
  • Farr Anc. 320--Edith Bartlett Sumner, Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine ... (Los Angeles, Calif., Am. Offset Print., 1959), 320-321 (Winship); digital images, HathiTrust, Edward Winship married first "Jane Wilkinson, the daughter of widow Isabella Wilkinson of Newcastl-on-Tyne, where Jane was born. She was a cousin of William and Richard Cutter."
  • Brown (1931) (ms) 18

Goffe-[Wilkinson?] 1638 marriage, New England Marriages to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. 1:627 (Goffe); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, he is Edward Goffe (____-1648), ae 64), her first husband; she is Margaret [Wilkinson?], m/2, John Witchfield, 1662; marriage is ca Feb 1638/9; location reference is Cambridge; works consulted as "Watertown 257; Cutter 18; DePew 138; Dillon Anc. 57; Fallass 110." See Sources-Torrey.

  • Watertown 257--Henry Bond, Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts ..., 2 vols., paginated continuously (Boston, Little, Brown & Co.; 1855), 1:257 (Edward Goffe); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Cutter 18--William Richard Cutter, A History of the Cutter Family of New England (Boston, Printed by D. Clapp & Son, 1871), 18-19 (2-Joyce Cutter); digital images, HathiTrust, reporting about the "Supposed children of Elizabeth Cutter," including "Joyce," married Edward Goffe as his first wife; he marries (2) Margaret, daughter of Isabella Wilkinson."
  • DePew 138;
  • Dillon Anc. 57;
  • Fallass 110----Lura Alexander, Genealogy, descendants of William and Dorcas Fallas of Boston... (1929),
    • 109-110 (Winship); digital images, InternetArchive, reports Edward Winship married (1) "Jane Wilkinson, dau. of wid. Isabelle W. from Newcastle on Tyne, cousin of Wm and Richaard Cutter. His w. Jane d. at Cambridge, 28th Feb., 1656." GJ Note--Edward Winship had children with his second wife, Elizabeth, in early 1652.
    • 110 (Wilkinson); digital images, InternetArchive, reports Isabell died 23 February 1655. GJ Note--The date 28 Feb 1656 has a interesting visual similarity to 23 Feb 1655 .... ; the 23 February 1655 date appears in Pope, but has as yet not been confirmed by a Cambridge record.

Witchfield-Goffe 1662 marriage, New England Marriages to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. 3:1702 (Witchfield); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, he is John Witchfield, she is Margaret (?Wilkinson) Goffe (____-1669?), w. Edward; marriage is December 1662; location reference is Cambridge; works consulted as "Hartford Prob. 1:257; Cutter 18; Windsor CT 2:793." See Sources-Torrey.

  • Hartford Prob. 1:257--Charles William Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 3 vols. (Hartford, Conn., Peck & co., printers, 1904-1906), 1 (1635-1700; Hartford District):257-258 (Mrs. Margaret Witchfield); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Cutter 18--
  • Windsor CT 2:793--Henry Reed Styles, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, 2 vols. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1891–92), 2:793-794 (Witchfield); digital images, HathiTrust.

Research Notes

Arrival. In 2011, Robert Charles Anderson indicated Isabel had arrived in 1637, but in 2015, he reported she arrived in 1638.

  • For the earlier date, see Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 481-488 (Edward Winship) at 486; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, for "Isabel Wilkinson {1637, Cambridge}."
  • For the later date, see Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640: A Concise Compendium (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 374, for “Wilkinson, Isabel: Unknown; 1638; Cambridge"; works consulted as "CaBOP 56, 62, 94, 332, 336, 340; CaTR 64, 66, 68, 97; Rodgers 1:242-44, 353; GM 2:7:486.”

LNAB Cutter not proven. Various internet familyfiles, including FamilySearch FamilyTree report she was Isabel Cutter (PID G3LH-9M7).

Proof of Children.

  • Margaret's husband, Edward Goffe, was appointed administrator on the estate of his "mother-in-law, Isabell Wilkinson, deceased ..." 1 April 1656. Reference--Citing "Rogers 1:242-44," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 481-488 (Edward Winship) at 486; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • In his 26 June 1657 will (signed 2 April 1657; proved 28 December 1658), Edward Goffe included a bequest to his "loving wife Margaret Goffe ..." and mentions the "estate I have of her mothers Isabell Wilkynsonne deceased ..." Reference--Citing "MPR 1:155-58, Case 9283," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 92- 99 (Edward Goffe) at 95; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • Jane's sister, then "Margarett Witchfeild" provided in her will (written 21 April 1663; proved 5 October 1669) such that, in the event her daughters Hannah Goffe and Abial Goffe should die without issue, then to "the children of my sister Jane Winship deceased ..." Reference--Citing "MBR Case #25377; Hartford PD Case #6152; Manwaring 1:257-58," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 481-488 (Edward Winship) at 486; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

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