Goff Group-
I have received a lot of responses to my inquiry of John W. Goff of Frankfort, MI. Yes, I would like to get his address from the nice person who offered to send it to me. In the meantime, I will pass along a quick synopsis of my reasons for interest in the Goffe family.
My family dates back to early English times, some claim as far back as Wyamarus Whalley, a standard bearer for William the Conqueror in 1066. Probably wishful thinking but nevertheless, the Whalley family occupies a central
My name is Robert Whaley and I have been researching the WHALLEY and GOFFE families including William Goffe and Edward Whalley, the regicides. I recently came across an article titled 'Research into the Parentage of John Goffe (1649-1716) Cordwainer of Boston' contributed by John. W. Goff of Frankfort, MI. This article is extremely intriguing to me in light of my research of the Whalley and Goffe connections in America, England and Ireland, and I would like to make inquiries about some of the information
The current status of the mailing lists for variations of the Goff/Gough
surnames are....
GOFF - 238 members
GOUGH - 33 members
MCGOUGH - 13 members
MCGEOUGH - 18 members
Those of you new to the lists should know that originally the GOFF list
handled all variations of the name, however last April Rootsweb decided
to create variant lists for each spelling. I handle all the lists for
the surname.
Therefore, persons may belong to the larger GOFF list (which still
handles all variations) and/or the smaller s
Clarice-
The two articles I referenced by John W. Goff, Frankfort, MI, are located at the following two sites:
www.inmind.com/people/dcooper/su99cordwainer.html
www.inmind.com/people/dcooper/sp99thomas.html
Both articles are very well written and researched.
Robert Whaley
Rochester,NY
Looking for parents of Willis Goff (listed as Gough in 1860 census) and wife
Nancy.
Census shows Willis as born in South Carolina (one census says he was born
in NC).
He was probably born around 1810 to 1815.
Don and Mary in Wyoming
Looking for any information on the Gough family in Shelby Co., Ky, early
1800's. William Gough m: Rachel Roney 19 Oct 1814, Joshua Gough m: Sunna
Spears 12 may 1818, Mary Ann Gough m: Thomas Horrel 04 Oct 1819 and Louisa
Gough m: Francis Mudd 10 Jan 1820. All were m: in Shelby County, they may
have later lived in Oldham Co., KY. Any information on these families would
be appreciated