Major General Daniel Gookin

Abt 1612 - 1687  (~ 75 years)

• Name	Daniel Gookin
  Prefix	Major General
  Born	Abt 1612	Ripple, Dover, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	L6XS-FMZ
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6XS-FMZ
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	43209244
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43209244
  Group	Immigrant Ancestors
  	Immigrant Ancestors of New England Halls
  Died	19 Mar 1686/87	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Buried	Aft 19 Mar 1686/87	Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I18743	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	31 May 2020

  
  

  Family	Mary Dolling,   b. Abt 1618, England ,   d. 27 Oct 1683, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	11 Nov 1639	London, Middlesex, England
  Children	1. Elizabeth Gookin,   b. 14 Mar 1644/45, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 Nov 1700, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 55 years)   2. Captain Samuel Gookin,   b. 21 Apr 1652, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Sep 1730, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	31 May 2020
  Family ID	F8896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - Abt 1612 - Ripple, Dover, Kent, England Married - 11 Nov 1639 - London, Middlesex, England Died - 19 Mar 1686/87 - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Buried - Aft 19 Mar 1686/87 - Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Immigrant Ancestor of Halls of New England

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: MMIGRANT TO VIRGINIA, 1621 BURGESS TO THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES FOR UPPER NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, JAN 1641-42 CAPTAIN OF THE TRAINED BAND, CAMBRIDGE, MA DEPUTY FOR CAMBRIDGE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY GENERAL COURT, MAY 1649, SPEAKER, MAY 1651 COMMISSIONER TO THE INDIANS, 1656 ASSISTANT FOR MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, 1652-1686 SGT. MAJOR OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY REGIMENT, MAY 1676-OCT 1680 MAJOR GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1681-1686 FOUNDER OF WORCESTER, MA APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL--COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ALL THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COLONY, 1681 AUTHOR ADVOCATE OF 'NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION' --------------- A BIO OF MAJ. GEN. DANIEL GOOKIN, by Laurence Overmire, May 2007: Destined to become a distinguished figure in American history, Daniel probably grew up in Ireland where his father had business interests and immigrated to Virginia with him in 1621. Daniel's first wife is unknown. He married Mary Dolling in London in 1639. In 1641, he again returned to Virginia with his brother John, possibly pushed out of Ireland by the Irish Rebellion. He moved to Maryland in 1643, found the papist rule there incompatible and arrived in Boston May 20, 1644. In 1648, the family moved to Cambridge, where he became a prominent member of the colony. Highly educated, Daniel is believed to have been a scholar of Hebrew. As commissioner to the Indians, Gookin worked to protect them from persecution.