Permelia (Abbot) Goss (1796 - 1872)

Born 1 Feb 1796 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Goss Jr. — married 7 Nov 1816 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

Died 1872 at about age 75 in Pewaukee, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States of America

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Biography

PERMELIA ABBOT, b. at Concord, 1 Feb 1796 daughter of Benjamin Abbot and Sarah Brown;^[1] d. at Pewaukee, WI, 1872;^[2] m. at Concord, 7 Nov 1816,^[3] NATHANIEL GOSS, b. at Greenland, NH, 3 Nov 1788 son of Nathaniel and Mary (Nye) Goss;^[4] Nathaniel d. at Pewaukee, 7 Jul 1855.

Permelia and Nathaniel had their four children in New Hampshire, but Nathaniel lost his property in New Hampshire and the family with four adolescent children headed to Wisconsin.^[5] In 1850, Nathaniel and Permelia were in Pewaukee in the home of their son B. F. Goss with son N. S. Goss also in the home.^[6]

Son Nathaniel Stickney Goss married but was early widowed and had no children. In his will written 22 August 1889 (probate 13 March 1891), he made bequests related to his extensive bird collection donating his specimens to the State of Kansas. Following detailed instructions related to this bequest, he directs that the remainder of the estate be sold, held in trust, and that semi-annual payments of the interest be made to his three siblings: sister Mrs. Sarah L. Clark and her husband T. L. Clark of Neosho Falls, Kansas, sister Mrs. Mary N. Waterman and her husband J. H. Waterman of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, and brother Captain B. F. Goss and his wife Abby B. Goss of Pewaukee, Wisconsin.^[7]

Children

i SARAH ABBOT GOSS, b. at Greenland, NH, 7 Jan 1818; d. at Neosho Falls, KS, 8 Nov 1890; m. 7 Jul 1840, TIMOTHY LYMAN CLARK, b. in Vermont, 27 Aug 1813 son of Asa and Naomi C. (Lyman) Clark; Timothy d. at Neosho Falls, 17 Oct 1897.

ii MARY NYE GOSS, b. at Greenland, 28 Mar 1820; d. at Pewaukee, WI, 1893; m. 25 Jun 1844, JAMES HENRY WATERMAN, b. at Lee, NY, 11 Jul 1813 son of West and Sophia (Bartlett) Waterman; James d. at Pewaukee, 1894.

iii BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GOSS, b. at Lancaster, NH, 24 Apr 1823; d. at Pewaukee, WI, 6 Jul 1893; m. at Pewaukee, 21 Jan 1851, ABBY BRADLEY, b. at Cayuga County, NY, 6 Oct 1832 daughter of Lyman and Elizabeth (-) Bradley; Abby d. at Pewaukee, 2 Nov 1916.

iv NATHANIEL STICKNEY GOSS, b. at Lancaster, NH, 7 Jun 1826; d. at Neosho Falls, KS, 10 Mar 1891; m. at Waukesha, WI, 26 Oct 1854, his first cousin, EMELINE F. “EMMA” BROWN, b. in New Hampshire, about 1834 daughter of William J. and Lydia Emeline (Goss) Brown; Emma d. at Waverly, IA, 1856. Nathaniel Stickney Goss was known as the Kansas Audubon for his extensive identification and collection of bird species.^[8]

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL26-TTP : 12 December 2014), Pemelia Abbot, 01 Feb 1796; citing Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 91151231
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLXM-JTY : 26 September 2017), Nathaniel Goss and Permelia Abbot, 07 Nov 1816; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,261.
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDFK-P78 : 12 December 2014), Nathaniel Jr. Goss, 03 Nov 1788; citing Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire; FHL microfilm 2,168,698.
5. ↑ Jackson, Mary E. “Col. N. S. Goss”, Topeka Pen and Camera Sketches. GW Crane, 1890, pp 124-130.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4DR-ZBX : 12 April 2016), Pamela Goss in household of B F Goss, Pewaukee, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 1057, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ Kansas, Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1987, Will Record, Vol B, 1884-1903, pp 245-247
8. ↑ Lantz, D. E. "A List of Birds Collected by Col. N. S. Goss in Mexico and Central America." Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science, 16 (1897): 218-24. doi:10.2307/3623718.