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Margaret Elizabeth Gooch 1685–1756 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1685

Birth Location: Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States

Death Date: 1756

Death Location: Argyle, Washington, New York, United States

Father: Maj. 12

Mother: Ursula Claiborne

Spouse(s): Col. Avent

Children(s): Sarah Avent

Margaret Elizabeth Gooch was born in 1685 in Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States, the child of Maj William Gooch 12 And Ursula Lucy Claiborne. Margaret Elizabeth Gooch married Col Thomas Avent, and had children including Sarah Avent. Margaret Elizabeth Gooch passed away in 1756 in Argyle, Washington, New York, United States.

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Biography

  • Margaret Elizabeth Gooch was born in 1685 in Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States, the child of Maj William Gooch 12 And Ursula Lucy Claiborne.
  • Margaret Elizabeth Gooch married Col Thomas Avent, and had children including Sarah Avent.
  • Margaret Elizabeth Gooch passed away in 1756 in Argyle, Washington, New York, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Maj. 12
1656–1714
Birth Location: New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America
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Ursula Claiborne
1650–1710
Birth Location: Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States
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Spouses(s)

Col. Avent
1671–1757
Birth Location: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
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Children(s)

Sarah Avent
1713–1779
Birth Location: Of, King William Co, VA, USA
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Margaret Gooch's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Gooch
1685–1756
Birth Place: Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States
Parents
Maj. William Gooch 12
1656–1714
New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America
Ursula (Lucy) Claiborne
1650–1710
Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
John (Gooch) 13
1623–1683
England
Millicent (Goodwin) Kinsey
1625–1655
London, England
Lt. (Col. William) Claiborne
1636–1682
York or James City (later New Kent), Colony of Virginia, Virginia, USA
Catherine (Elizabeth) Wilkes
1636–1687
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Jr.
1580–1655
Elizabeth Baspoole
1590–1670
Peter Goodwin
1588–1665
Sarah Hillard
1590–1661
Col. Claiborne
1600–1678
Jane Butler
1610–1681
John II
1619–1700
Catherine Sheppey
1619–1672
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Gought
1571–1601
Martha Layer
1575–1601
Richard Baspole
1575–1630
Margaret Flowers
1550–1630
Robert Westminster
1560–1610
Jane Dollin
1564–1660
John merchant
1530–1619
Elizabeth Bright
1530–
Thomas Cleyborne
1566–1607
Sara James
1570–1607
John (Botelier)
1568–1632
Jane Elliott.
1576–1667
John Wylkes
1592–1653
Magdalen Wight
1603–1658
Thomas Shippey
1603–1655

Margaret Gooch's Descendants

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Margaret (Elizabeth) Gooch (1685–1756) m. Col. (Thomas) Avent (1671–1757)
  1. 1. Sarah Avent 1713–1779 m. William Fox 1710–1764 m. William (Henry Fox) (III?) 1710–1764
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Fox 1730–1769 m. Peter Rives 1721–1790
      1. 1. Selah Rives 1755–1815 m. Thomas (Heath) 8 1743–1820
        1. 1. Nancy Heath 1780–1852 m. John (William) Lewis 1777–1831
      2. 2. Richard Rives 1750–1791

Margaret Gooch's Timeline

2 Records

1685
1685
Birth of Margaret Elizabeth Gooch in Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States
Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States
1756
1756
Age 71
Death of Margaret Elizabeth Gooch in Argyle, Washington, New York, United States
Argyle, Washington, New York, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1685
    Event Place: Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1756
    Event Place: Argyle, Washington, New York, United States
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