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James Nelson Goff 1809–1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 May 1809

Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 14 Feb 1879

Death Location: Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Sylvester Goff

Mother: Rebecca Bliss

Spouse(s): Mary Hicks

Children(s): Henry Goff, Eliza Goff, James Goff, Harriet Goff, Sylvester Goff, Mary Goff, Rebecca Goff

In 1809, James Nelson Goff entered the world in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, born to Sylvester Goff And Rebecca Bliss. James Nelson Goff married Mary E Hicks, and had children including Eliza Augusta Goff, Harriet A Goff, Henry Hamilton Goff, James Howard Goff, Mary Josephine Goff, Rebecca B Goff, Sylvester Wilson Goff. James Nelson Goff passed away in 1879 in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1809, James Nelson Goff entered the world in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, born to Sylvester Goff And Rebecca Bliss.
  • James Nelson Goff married Mary E Hicks, and had children including Eliza Augusta Goff, Harriet A Goff, Henry Hamilton Goff, James Howard Goff, Mary Josephine Goff, Rebecca B Goff, Sylvester Wilson Goff.
  • James Nelson Goff passed away in 1879 in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sylvester Goff
1765–1837
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
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Rebecca Bliss
1771–1839
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
RB

Spouses(s)

Mary Hicks
1825–1886
Birth Location: Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
MH

Children(s)

Henry Goff
1848–1917
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Eliza Goff
1850–1922
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
EG
James Goff
1846–1923
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Harriet Goff
1853–
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
HG
Sylvester Goff
1860–1911
Birth Location: Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
SG
Mary Goff
1847–1900
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
MG
Rebecca Goff
1855–1857
Birth Location: Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
RG

James Goff's Ancestors

Self
James Goff
1809–1879
Birth Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Sylvester Goff
1765–1837
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Rebecca Bliss
1771–1839
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Samuel (Goff) Jr.
1731–1775
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Meriam Bowen
1730–1761
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Nathan Bliss
1736–1820
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Joanna Bowen
1737–1823
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Goff
1694–1771
Rachel Toogood
1693–1780
Jabez Bowen
1696–1770
Joanna Salisbury
1702–1775
John Bliss
1711–1752
Rebecca Whittaker
1712–1778
Jabez Bowen
1696–1770
Joanna Salisbury
1702–1775
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Anthony Goff
1656–1727
Sarah Polly
1670–1727
Nathaniel Toogood
1645–1704
Martha Bliss
1663–1735
Richard Bowen
1658–1737
Mercy Titus
1665–1747
Samuel Salisbury
1666–1757
Jemima Martin
1672–1785
Jonathan
1673–1746
Mehitabel Whittaker
1674–1767
John Whittaker
1663–1744
Mehitabella Peck
1671–1718
Jemima Martin
1672–1758

James Goff's Descendants

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James (Nelson) Goff (22 May 1809–14 Feb 1879) m. Mary (E) Hicks (31 January 1825–4 May 1886)
  1. 1. Henry (Hamilton) Goff 1848–1917 m. Almira (Ellen) Horton 1858–1941
    1. 1. Ralph (Washington) Goff 1895–1936 m. Beryl (Esther) Rose 1892–1978 m. Fannie (Putnam Lufkin "Ex) Wife" 1895–1988
      1. 1. Dorothy (Faustina “Nana”) Goff 1933–2006 m. Louis (Burton "Grandpa") Wood 1916–1982
      2. 2. Ralph (Winston) Goff 1930–2002 m. Eleanor (Loretta) Lenney 1928–2022
      3. 3. Betty (Lorraine) Goff 1929–2019 m. Roscoe (Wayne) Thompson 1920–1979
        1. 1. Daniel (Cephas) Thompson 1949–1956
    2. 2. Elsie (Josephine) Goff 1898–1964 m. Myron (Otis) Reed 1895–1987
      1. 1. Grace (Ellen) Smith 1921–2000
      2. 2. Ethel (Louise) Reed 1926–2003
      3. 3. James (William) Reed 1922–2001 m. Eleanor Hillier 1930–1988
      4. 4. Elwood (Emerson) Reed 1924–1997 m. Eleanor (Marilyn) Barney 1928–1997 m. Dorothy Sisson 1919–1967
      5. 5. Helen (Loretta) Reed 1923–2011 m. Robert (S) Richmond 1918–1978
      6. 6. Gladys (Rose) Reed 1930–2012 m. Paul (Maynard) Rice 1926–1978 m. William Bilodeau 1927–2002
      7. 7. Lewis (George Reed) Sr 1929–2005 m. Marion (Lea) Jean 1935–2015
      8. 8. Ernest (Allen) Reed 1928–2007 m. Margaret (M.) Kearns 1934–2010 m. Florence (Eleanor) Johnson 1926–2015
      9. 9. Nancy (May) Reed 1933–2017 m. Charles (Leon Thatcher) Jr. 1923–1999
      10. 10. Ada (Ruth) Reed 1919–2003 m. Wallace (Henry) Martin 1906–1967
        1. 1. Hilda ("Ruth") Martin 1940–2020 m. James (F.) Thornley 1940–2022
      11. 11. Henry (Russell "Hank") Reed 1918–1990 m. Lillian (Jessie) Stott 1920–2009
      12. 12. Otis (Mason Reed) Sr. 1917–1990 m. Florence (Louise) Lee 1918–1982
        1. 1. Robert (Lee) Reed 1939–1995
        2. 2. Margaret (Ann) Reed 1950–2004 m. Charles (Richard Henley) Sr. 1937–2013
        3. 3. Herbert (Albert) Reed 1940–2012
        4. 4. Alice (M.) Reed 1943–2022 m. Donald (Haven) Oliver 1940–2003
      13. 13. Eleanor (Elsie) Reed 1916–1996 m. Joshua Hicks 1903–1954
        1. 1. Joshua (P.) Hicks 1941–2013
    3. 3. Leroy (Hamilton) Goff 1886–1946
    4. 4. Seth (Warren) Goff 1881–1969 m. Dora (Ann) Easterbrooks 1880–1967
    5. 5. Irving (Mason) Goff 1883– m. Avis (F.) Luther 1903–
      1. 1. Lawrence (E) Goff 1927–2002 m. Joretta (Shirley) Lopez 1931–1994
      2. 2. George (I) Goff 1922–2007
      3. 3. Gladys (Avis) Goff 1924–2004
    6. 6. Archibald (Harrison) Goff 1889–1960 m. Florence (Ella) Ormsbee 1889–1957
      1. 1. Myrtle (Louise) Goff 1917–2001 m. Edwin (Otis) Wilson 1914–1998
        1. 1. Beverly (Ellen) Wilson 1938–2021 m. Richard (Bradford) Crosby 1935–2011
    7. 7. Ada (Mae) Goff 1892–1961 m. Myron (Hubert) Baker 1888–1966
      1. 1. Daphne (May) Baker 1912–1981
      2. 2. Nancy (Shirley) Baker 1913–1993 m. Herman (Francis) Robinson 1906–1980
      3. 3. Kenneth (Emerson) Baker 1928–1986
      4. 4. Arthur (Lewis) Baker 1915–1957 m. Eleanor (M.) Baker 1923–
      5. 5. Myron (Francis) Baker 1920–1921
      6. 6. Ralph (Horton) Baker 1925–1944
      7. 7. Glenys (Marie) Baker 1919–2004
      8. 8. Harold (Earl) Baker 1922–2010 m. Margaret (Shirley) Morgan 1922–2012
      9. 9. Eleanor (R.) Baker 1924–
      10. 10. Ruth (Frances) Baker 1927–2015 m. Thomas (Aubyn) Ransley 1900–1955 m. Russell (Douglas) Leonard 1921–1995
    8. 8. Herbert (W E) Goff 1879–1897
    9. 9. Ernest (A) Goff 1898–1962
  2. 2. Eliza (Augusta) Goff 1850–1922
  3. 3. James (Howard) Goff 1846–1923 m. Isabelle (E) Horton 1860–1939
    1. 1. Harry (Clinton) Goff 1896–1968 m. Fannie (Madeline) Parker 1897–1994
      1. 1. Walter (Everett) Goff 1917–1998 m. Marjorie (Louise) Thrasher 1919–2007
        1. 1. John (Allan) Goff 1949–1987 m. Linda (Ann) Lima 1949–1987
        2. 2. Walter (Everett Goff) Jr. 1938–2015
        3. 3. Nancilia Goff 1945–1946
      2. 2. Barbara (Ann) Goff 1929–2003
    2. 2. Chester (W) Goff 1881–1929
    3. 3. Howard (E) Goff 1886–1918
    4. 4. Elmer (Wilson) Goff 1888–1946
    5. 5. Ida (C) Goff 1891–
    6. 6. Raymond (E) Goff 1893–1937
    7. 7. Florence (I) Goff 1900–
    8. 8. Maude (G) Pierce 1883–1955 m. Harold (Leslie) Pierce 1885–1965
      1. 1. Bessie (May) Pierce 1922–2007 m. Clyde (Weston) Horton 1910–1984
      2. 2. Emma (Florence) Pierce 1918–2001 m. William (S Duarte) Sr 1917–2002
        1. 1. William (S Duarte) Jr 1938–2006
        2. 2. Robert (Leonard) Duarte 1940–2024
      3. 3. Alzada (Isabelle) Pierce 1916–
  4. 4. Harriet (A) Goff 1853–
  5. 5. Sylvester (Wilson) Goff 1860–1911 m. Grace Grant 1868–1920
  6. 6. Mary (Josephine) Goff 1847–1900 m. William (H.) Luther 1846–1914
    1. 1. William (H) Luther 1872–1949 m. Ella (Frances) Sherman 1872–
      1. 1. Marion (Viola) Luther 1904– m. Harold (Nelson) Horton 1902–1969
        1. 1. Ethelyn (Harriet) Horton 1924–2003 m. John (Jacintho) Souza 1924–1994
        2. 2. Harold (Nelson Horton) Jr. 1926–1993
        3. 3. Irving (Wilbur) Horton 1928–2004
        4. 4. Mildred (Hamilton) Horton 1933–1992
        5. 5. Donald (Robert) Horton 1939–1998
      2. 2. Avis (F.) Luther 1901–
      3. 3. Edward (E.) Luther 1918–
    2. 2. Frederick (B.) Luther 1866–1927
    3. 3. Freeborn (S.) Luther 1874–1938
  7. 7. Rebecca (B) Goff 1855–1857

James Goff's Timeline

2 Records

1809
22 May 1809
Birth of James Nelson Goff in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1879
14 Feb 1879
Age 70
Death of James Nelson Goff in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 May 1809
    Event Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Feb 1879
    Event Place: Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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