Mary (Makepeace) Goold (1691 - aft. 1751)

Born 22 Mar 1691 in Freetown, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel (Goold) Gould — married before 4 Nov 1717 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 25 Jan 1751 after age 59 in Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary, daughter of William Makepeace and Abigail Tisdale his wife, was born 22 Mar 1691, in Freetown, Plymouth Colony.^{[1] [2]}

Mary Makepeace married Nathaniel Gould before 4 Nov 1717. On that date, William Makepeace of Taunton gave 300 acres, in Taunton, to his daughter Mary Gould and her husband Nathaniel of Taunton. He also sold a piece of land to Nathaniel Gould of Taunton, feltmaker, on that day.^[3]

Mary and Nathaniel Gould lived in Union, Connecticut, by 1733 when their daughter was born there.^[2]

Mary inherited land from her father in 1736. 15 Nov 1750 Nathaniel Gould of Union, hatter, and his wife Mary, sold this land in Taunton for £20 "which peice of Land was Given by ye above said William Makepeace to seven of his Daughters by his Last Will and Testament." They both acknowledged this deed 25 Jan 1750/1.^[4]

Mary was named in the 1750 will of her brother-in-law Joseph Godfrey, spouse of her deceased sister, Susannah.^[5]

Nathaniel and Mary left no probate records and only the birth of one daughter was recorded. Fortunately, their other children were documented in various deeds.^[2]

Mary died after 25 Jan 1750/1, the date she and Nathaniel acknowledged a deed. ^[2]

Children of Mary Makepeace and Nathaniel Gould^[6]

• William Gould b. probably before 1729, since he was and adult in 1750. John Gould sold his the rights to land that had belonged to his father Nathaniel. Nathaniel Gould, the father made several deeds that named William as his son.
• Nathaniel Gould, b. probably before 1726, an adult in 1747. 10 Sep 1747 Nathaniel Gould of Union sold land to his "Sun Nathaniel Goold of Union.
• Mary "Polly" Gould d. 22 Oct 1786, b. prob bef. 1724, and adult in 1745. 17 April 1745 Nathaniel Gould for £5 leased land to his daughter Mary Goold.
• John Gould probably b before 1729, an adult in 1750. 15 Mar 1749, John Gould of Union, yeoman, sold to William Gould the rights he had to land of his father Nathaniel Goold of Union.
• Seth Gould probably b before 1729, an adult in 1750. In 1753, Nathaniel Gould leased land to his son Seth.
• Phebe Gould b. 2 Aug 1733

Speculation: Several of the children seem to have gone to Vermont. Did perhaps the parents go along in their old age, which would explain finding no records in Connecticut.

Unsourced death: 5 May 1753 Godfrey, Bibb, Georgia. Seems rather far-fetched.

Sources

1. ↑ Freetown town records Book I page 1, published in The Genealogical Advertiser; a quarterly magazine of family history (Cambridge, Mass., Lucy H. Greenlaw, 1901) Vol 4. p. 33

   mary makepes born march 22: 1691

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Baker, Peggy M. (2013 Revision) Originally by Alice Westgate. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Family of Thomas Rogers Volume 19 second edition. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2013. pp 351-353
3. ↑ Mayflower Families citing Bristol Land Records 11:446-47
4. ↑ Mayflower Families citing Bristol Land Records 38:145-46
5. ↑ Bristol Probate Records Abstracts Accessed at Ancestry ($)
6. ↑ Mayflower Families Citing various Union Ct Town & LR on microfilm.

See also:

• William Makepeace, The genealogy of the Makepeace families in the United States : from 1637 to 1857 (Boston: D. Clapp, 1859)

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