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From: "Phil Goff" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Migration out of St. Mary's Co., MD
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:00:37 -0400
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Norma,

This is very interesting because it places a Turton family in the right
place at about the right time. John Turton Goff married Monica Carrico and
it is believed she is part of the Carrico family of Charles Co., MD. Your
help is much appreciated. Thanks,

Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norma Lundgren" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Migration out of St. Mary's Co., MD


> Some relevant data -- Maybe! I have in my database for Charles County, one
> Dorothy Semmes d/o Francis and Elizabeth Semmes who was married to a Goff.
> She
> had a sister Catherine that I believe was married to John Turton.
>
> http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/stagser/s500/s538/html/s538-30.html
> Abstracts of Maryland Wills by Carson Gibb
> Liber 30, folio 837
> 22 Nov. 1751
> TURTON, JOHN, Charles Co., school master.
> To son John Turton, at age 21, a gold mourning ring for my decd. aunt Mary
> Deverel, a silver spoon, & my desk & books in print or writing.
> To son William Turton, at age 21, a silver spoon.
> To dau. Mary Ann Turton, at age 16 or mar., my pyed cow, her grdmother
> Elizabeth
> Sims' gold ring, 2 silver spoons, pewterware, & an iron pot.
> To wife & extrx., Catherine Turton, for widhood, the residue, but if she
> mar.,
> to sd. chldn. as they arrive at their respective ages.
> Contrary to the custom in Maryland of taking orphans of Protestant fathers
> away
> from Roman Catholic widows, my 3 sd. chldn are to stay with their mother,
> sd.
> sons to be bound out at age 14 & sd. daus. to stay with their mother.
> Witn: Wm. Dement, Mary Sims.
> 19 ----- 1760, sworn to by both witn., Dement saying the will is in the
> hand of
> the decd.
>
> Maryland Calendar Of Wills; 1753-1760; Vol 11; Family Line Publications;
> Westminster, Maryland; 1992; p. 264
> TURTON, JOHN, Charles Co. 22 Nov, 1751; 19 ---, 1760
> Son John Turton at age 21, a mourning ring for sake of my decd,. Aunt
> Mary
> Deverel.
> Son William Turton at age 21.
> Dau. Mary Ann Turton, gold ring that belonged to her grandmother Elizabeth
> Sims,
> at age 16 or day of marriage.
> Wife Catherine, rest of estate.
> Wife Catherine, extx.
> [Statement in the will implies the testator was Protestant while the wife
> was
> Roman Catholic.]
> Wit: Wm. Dement, Mary Sims. 30.837
>
> Maryland Calendar Of Wills 1748-1753 Volume 10 Continuing The Series Begun
> By
> Jane Baldwin Cotton., p. 81
> SIMES, ELIZABETH, Charles Co. 23 March 1749/50; 7 Apr 1750
> To son Francis Simes, ex., 1 s.
> To son William Simes, 1 s.
> To son John Simes, 1 s.
> To dau. Dorithy Gaff, 1 s.
> To dau. Catrine Tusten, 1 s.
> To dau. Elizabeth Nalrona(?), 1 s.
> To son Thomas Semes, heifer, bed, colt and 4 shoats, an iron pot.
> To dau. Mary Simes, remainder of personal estate.
> Wit: William Hagen, Jane Boarman. 27.241
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Goff" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 11:51 PM
> Subject: [MDSTMARY] Migration out of St. Mary's Co., MD
>
>
>> List,
>>
>> John Turton Goff (d. 1803 probably present-day Preston Co., WV) and two
>> of his
>> three brothers made their first known recorded appearance in Loudoun Co.,
>> VA
>> 1765/1766, probably at about age 25. They lived there until ca. 1773.
>> According to a grandson, John Turton Goff's mother's maiden name was
>> Turton.
>> Besides this nothing is known about their parents. Last year, Mike Gough
>> and I
>> discovered that the family of the four Goff brothers (including John
>> Turton
>> Goff) is genetically related to the family of Stephen Gough (d. 1700 St.
>> Mary's Co., MD). We have not yet discovered the precise connection, but
>> that
>> is the topic of this post.
>>
>> By way of further background, when Roy Lockhart and I wrote The Four Goff
>> Brothers of Western Virginia book, we searched for clues as to their
>> origin in
>> a variety of ways, including a thorough review of the lives of their
>> Loudoun
>> Co., VA neighbors. Interestingly, in the book we wrote:
>>
>> "Like about one-third of all Loudoun County citizens, the Goff brothers
>> lived
>> in or close to the Catoctin Mountains. The Goff brothers did not own
>> land, but
>> likely resided eight miles southwest of Leesburg, near Hogback Mountain.
>> Gilbert Simpson (ca. 1730-1794) was perhaps the closest neighbor of the
>> three
>> Goff brothers. Simpson, who grew up near George Washington's family in
>> eastern
>> Virginia, owned 150 acres in the Catoctin Mountains at the headwaters of
>> Sycolin Creek, west of Carolina Road. Ignatius and Patrick Burns,
>> Catholics
>> from St. Mary's County, Md., also lived in the vicinity. Another
>> neighbor,
>> John Jones, was likely related to the Simpson and Burns families. A
>> community
>> of Quakers lived in the nearby Goose Creek area. The Goff brothers came
>> in
>> contact with at least three members of this community, Samuel and Joel
>> Cheshire, probably brothers, and storekeeper Israel Janney."
>>
>> Now that we know of the genetic relationship to Stephen Gough of St.
>> Mary's
>> Co., MD, I keep thinking about Ignatius and Patrick Burns. They
>> represented
>> James Goff, brother of John Turton Goff, in court, were on the same road
>> crews, appear near each other in tithable records, etc. The Goff brothers
>> and
>> Burns/Byrnes brothers clearly knew each other, but only from being
>> neighbors
>> in Loudoun Co., VA or perhaps a prior connection?
>>
>> Here's my question: other than the later Catholic migration to KY, has
>> anyone
>> studied the migration of Catholic families out of St. Mary's Co, MD? If
>> so,
>> what are the time periods and what were were the general migration paths.
>> I'm
>> trying to understand if Ignatius and Patrick Burns were off on their own
>> or
>> part of a larger migration out of St. Mary's Co., MD. If part of a larger
>> migration, this may indicate that the Goff brothers were part of the same
>> migration and perhaps also lived in St. Mary's Co., MD. Any thoughts on
>> migration patterns would be much appreciated. Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Phil Goff
>>
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