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Capt. Edward Gove[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]

Male Abt 1639 - 1691  (~ 52 years)


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  • Name Edward Gove 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Birth Abt 1639  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Property 16 Apr 1657  Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    bought a right of commanage from Josiah Cobham
    Appointed 18 Mar 1669  [1] 
    general attorney in New England for his friend Samuel Hall of Langford, county Essex, yeoman
    Accused 1673 
    "shooting and killing a hawk on the lord's day"
    Court Sep 1674  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    representing Hampton at the Court of Assistants
    Freeman 4 Dec 1678  [1] 
    Appointed 1680  [1] 
    representative
    Appointed 1682  [1] 
    selectman
    Appointed 14 Nov 1682  [1] 
    representative to the First Assembly
    • When Cranfield dismissed the Assembly and his men tried to impose taxes on the New Hampshire citizens without their consent and approval, the irate people beat off the officers with clubs and boiling water "with true Antimonian spirit". The unfair taxes and the dissolution of the Assembly caused much resentment.
    Event 1682/3  [14, 15, 16] 
    arrested for the rebellion against Gov. Cranfield
    • Gove was jailed with ten of his followers, one of whom was his son John. All, except Edward, were soon freed. He was tried and found guilty of high treason, and sentenced February 15 by the judge, Major Walderne, anxious to make an example of him, to be "hanged, drawn and quartered". He was then sent to England in irons.
    Event 27 Jan 1682/3  [1] 
    headed the move to overthrow the royal government in "Gove's Rebellion"
    • He was a fearless, outspoken patriot, and when he felt himself or his country wronged, he reacted with forceful language and impetuous action. Boldly declaring for "liberty and reformation", Gove distinguished himself by his courageous opposition to tyranny, but the attempted insurrection failed.
    Event 29 Jan 1682/3 
    sent a letter to the Justices of the court of Sessions from prison on Great Island


    • To the much hon'd Justices of the Peace, as you call yourselves by your indictment, in which eleven men's names subscribed: namely, Ed. Gove, John Gove, Jo. Wadly, John Wadly, Rob. Wadly, Ed. Smith, Will. Ely, Tho. Rawlins, John Sleeper, Mark Baker, John Young. Gentlemen, excuse me. I cannot petision you as persons in authority, by the name of Justises of the peace, for now I am upon a serious account for my Life and the Life of those that are with me. Therefore pray consider well and take good advice of persons in Government, from whence you came. I pray God that made the Heavens, the earth, the sease, and all that in them is, to give you wisdom and courage in your places, to discharge such duty as God requires of you; and secondly, I heartily pray God to direct you to do that which our grasious king Charles the Second, of blessed memory, requires of you. Gentlemen, it may be I may be upon a mistake, but, according to what I know and believe, I am falsely indited, and I am abused notwithstanding by another Inditement, by being in irons, by Capt. Barefoot's order, which irons are called bilbose, exceeding large. Pray consider we are men like yourselves, made of the same earth, and I know who made the difference.

      And I verily believe that the holy righteous just God will have an accounty of you for your justis in this matter. Pray consider. When this last change was, I writ to one man in this Province. I tould him we were a happy people, if all was right in the Bottom. Time was that I said all was right in the bottom. I believed it, but now I see otherwise. Who knows what shall be on the morrow? Though it bee appointed a solemn day of fasting, I know that when it was appointed there was not the election of cries and tears that will appear when the day comes. If ever New-England had need of a Solomon, or David, or Moses, Caleb or Joshua, it is now. My tears are in my eyes, I can hardly see.

      Yet will I say I do believe how it will com. You and they with siths and groanes, must outdo the ministry. The Ministry must endeavor to outdo you, but if you and they do any thing in hipocrisy, God will find you out, and deliverance will com some other way.

      We have a hard prison, a good keeper, a hard Captain, irons an inch over, five feet and several inches long, two men locked together; yet I had, I thank God for it, a very good night's lodging; better than I had fourteene or fifteene nights before. I pray God direct you and let me hear from you by a messenger that your Honors shall imploy, and consider I am your Honors' humbly servant, in all duty to be commanded.

      EDWARD GOVE."
    Event From Jun 1683 to Sep 1685  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    imprisoned in the Tower of London
    • He was the first in New Hampshire to suffer punishment for adhesion to the principle of liberty. In 1685, he petitioned King James II for pardon.
    Event Sep 1685  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    pardoned
    • The order for his pardon dated September 14, 1685, is still preserved. Once freed, he was then returned home.
    Occupation husbandman  [5]
    Death 29 May 1691  Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 15, 17, 18, 19] 
    Burial Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Cemetery:
    Pine Grove Cemetery
    Person ID I7555  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2014 

    Father John Gove,   b. Abt 1601, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1647/8, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Mary Shard,   b. Abt 1609/10   d. 4 Mar 1681/2, Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Marriage 6 Feb 1630/1  [1, 11, 20, 21, 22] 
    Family ID F3044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Partridge,   b. Abt 1640/1   d. Bef 26 Mar 1712 (Age ~ 71 years)  [11, 13, 23, 24] 
    Marriage Abt 1660  Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 11] 
    Children 
    +1. Ens. John Gove,   b. 19 Sep 1661, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1737, Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. William Gove,   b. 21 Oct 1662, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1663, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. Hannah Gove,   b. 5 Mar 1663/4, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef PROB 1716 (Age < 51 years)
     4. Mary Gove,   b. 14 Apr 1666, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Abigail Gove,   b. 23 Jul 1667, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1667, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. Penuel Gove,   b. 10 Jul 1668, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1671, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     7. Abigail Gove,   b. 17 Apr 1670, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1751, Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +8. Ebenezer Gove,   b. 23 Jun 1671, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1758, Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     9. Edward Gove,   b. 13 May 1673, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1675, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     10. Jeremiah Gove,   b. 3 Oct 1674, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1692, Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
     11. Rachel Gove,   b. 26 Jan 1675/6, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Feb 1675/6 (Age 0 years)
     12. Ann Gove,   b. 9 Jan 1676/7, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1722/3, Exeter, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     13. Sarah Gove,   b. 5 Nov 1678, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1639 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - bought a right of commanage from Josiah Cobham - 16 Apr 1657 - Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1660 - Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCourt - representing Hampton at the Court of Assistants - Sep 1674 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - imprisoned in the Tower of London - From Jun 1683 to Sep 1685 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - pardoned - Sep 1685 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 May 1691 - Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Pine Grove Cemetery - - Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 278, 00218.

    2.  2.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 180, 00466.

    3.  3.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 288, 00191.

    4.  4.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 160, 00219.

    5.  5.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 166, 00219.

    6.  6.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 76:A-xi, 00390.

    7.  7.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, Suffolk:Wyman's Genealogies:Charlestown:Vol. 1:429, 00596.

    8.  8.  [S576] TGMSP, Josiah Cobbett, 00516.

    9.  9.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 51:61, 00390.

    10.  10.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 6:60, 00390.

    11.  11.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 164:17, 00390.

    12.  12.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 113, 00466.

    13.  13.  [S1263] Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 34:14, 01023.

    14.  14.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 752, 00466.

    15.  15.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 289, 00191.

    16.  16.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 164:19, 00390.

    17.  17.  [S307] Vital Records of Hampton, NH, Vol. 1, 8, 00583.

    18.  18.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 164:21, 00390.

    19.  19.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 7376023, 00974.

    20.  20.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 165, 00219.

    21.  21.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 155:29, 00390.

    22.  22.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 99:77, 00390.

    23.  23.  [S83] Robert Clements, Volume I, 70, 00456.

    24.  24.  [S1162] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, 3:1384, 01011.