This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarilynRoth58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.goff/593.608.781.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I tried the e-mail address, KKJANDSS@aol.com, but it didn't work. I suspected it might have been changed. The Ancestry card catalog (at the bottom of the search menu) has a History of Cambridge, MA. This says that Edmund GOFFE was the principal heir to his father's estate and resided on the homestead. John, son of Samuel, was probably the soldier at Piscataqua, who had leave to return home 4 Nov. 1690 & died before 1706, as Edmund, when appointed administrator on the estate of their father Samuel, is styled the only surviving son. This eliminates John GOFF of New Jersey as son of Samuel of Cambridge, MA (if correct). I suspect that John GOFF of New Jersey was the one who married Ann EDWARDS, 22 May 1701, East Hampton, Suffolk, (Long Island), NY. FamilySearch.org has the date. However, John EDWARDS had bpt. at East Hampton, NY: Ann, Hannah, John, Joseph, & William, all on 23 Apr. 1710. This seems to conflict with the son John being born in New Jersey in 1702, but I haven't found proof that the first John was there before he recorded his cattle mark in 1710. Perhaps the children were baptized before the family moved to New Jersey. It's also possible that John & Ann returned to visit her family and for godparents for their children. There might not have been a church of their preferred denomination in Cape May. I didn't find any other GOFF records in East Hampton, but there are many EDWARDS records there. William EDWARDS had a will, pr. 1685, naming wf. Ann, son John & John's sons William & Josiah and son Thomas and his sons William and Ephraim (& other heirs). One Ephraim sold land in East Hampton in Sept. 1701, dower released by wf. Sarah, & quitclaim by Thomas EDWARDS, heir & eldest son of the eldest son of Wm. Ephraim was named tax collector in Cape May in 1713, his estate pr. 2 Jan. 1715/6 . There are multiple records at Cape May for Ephraim and Josiah EDWARDS, names which seem to link those from East Hampton, NY, to Cape May, NJ. Does anyone have further clues about the first John GOFF, who was of New Jersey by 1710? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>