I am hoping to find my Goff line in the New Year. I recently seen a post from Goff's. There are several Goff DNA surname projects and though or "local" Goff lines daughtered out, I found a third cousin (perhaps at one remove) in the direct male line in ND and he recently did the DNA testing for us! We found that we connect to the Bristol, MA (now RI) Goff line! There were several unrelated Goff lines in the are and when I started research I though it was such an uncommon name it would be easy..lol. So my Samuel Goff b. 1795 who was b. in Washington Co., moved to Oxford in Chenango Co. some of his ch. were in Madison Co. and Samuel Goff settled til his death in Onondaga Co. I know there were other Goff's in Madison Co., including a M.D. and two of Samuel's sons were M.D.'s. One attended the academy in Madison Co. So lots of connections but no link. Hoping the new info on being descended from the Bristol MA/RI Goff's may help. I think there may be 2 generations "missing" to connect us into that line solid. Thanks for any help in advance. Sharon Goff Garrett