From Biography of Jay Gould (from America's Succesful Men of Affairs, 1895):
"Mr. Gould was a descendant of two notable families of New England. Major Nathan Gold, the pioneer, was a man of great force of character, who came from St. Edmondsbury, England, to Fairfield, Conn., about 1646. His son, Nathan Gauld, jr., rose from town clerk of Fairfield to become Deputy Governor in 1706 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State in 1724. Several of the family were soldiers in the American Revolution. The wife of Col. Abraham Gold, Jay Gould's great grandfather, was Elizabeth Burr, whose ancestor was John Burr, an emigrant to America in 1630 with Governor Winthrop, and one of the eight founders of Springfield, Mass. The Burrs included many soldiers, judges, and public officials of good repute. Col. Abraham Gold, the first of his line to spell his name Gould, was killed at the head of his regiment, the 5th Connecticut, at Ridgefield, Conn., while repelling the British raid on Danbury. . .Capt. Abraham Gould, his son . . .settled in 1780 in Roxbury, N. Y. John Burr Gould, his son, the first male white child born in Roxbury, was a man of [p.266] sturdy character, and showed his fibre in 1844 by resistance to the fanatics of the anti-rent agitation. While defending his home against the anti-renters, he found an enthusiastic supporter in his boy, Jay. . He married Mary More, the grand-daughter of John
"Mr. Gould was a descendant of two notable families of New England. Major Nathan Gold, the pioneer, was a man of great force of character, who came from St. Edmondsbury, England, to Fairfield, Conn., about 1646. His son, Nathan Gauld, jr., rose from town clerk of Fairfield to become Deputy Governor in 1706 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State in 1724. Several of the family were soldiers in the American Revolution. The wife of Col. Abraham Gold, Jay Gould's great grandfather, was Elizabeth Burr, whose ancestor was John Burr, an emigrant to America in 1630 with Governor Winthrop, and one of the eight founders of Springfield, Mass. The Burrs included many soldiers, judges, and public officials of good repute. Col. Abraham Gold, the first of his line to spell his name Gould, was killed at the head of his regiment, the 5th Connecticut, at Ridgefield, Conn., while repelling the British raid on Danbury. . .Capt. Abraham Gould, his son . . .settled in 1780 in Roxbury, N. Y. John Burr Gould, his son, the first male white child born in Roxbury, was a man of [p.266] sturdy character, and showed his fibre in 1844 by resistance to the fanatics of the anti-rent agitation. While defending his home against the anti-renters, he found an enthusiastic supporter in his boy, Jay. . He married Mary More, the grand-daughter of John
From Biography of Jay Gould (from America's Succesful Men of Affairs, 1895):
"Mr. Gould was a descendant of two notable families of New England. Major Nathan Gold, the pioneer, was a man of great force of character, who came from St. Edmondsbury, England, to Fairfield, Conn., about 1646. His son, Nathan Gauld, jr., rose from town clerk of Fairfield to become Deputy Governor in 1706 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State in 1724. Several of the family were soldiers in the American Revolution. The wife of Col. Abraham Gold, Jay Gould's great grandfather, was Elizabeth Burr, whose ancestor was John Burr, an emigrant to America in 1630 with Governor Winthrop, and one of the eight founders of Springfield, Mass. The Burrs included many soldiers, judges, and public officials of good repute. Col. Abraham Gold, the first of his line to spell his name Gould, was killed at the head of his regiment, the 5th Connecticut, at Ridgefield, Conn., while repelling the British raid on Danbury. . .Capt. Abraham Gould, his son . . .settled in 1780 in Roxbury, N. Y. John Burr Gould, his son, the first male white child born in Roxbury, was a man of [p.266] sturdy character, and showed his fibre in 1844 by resistance to the fanatics of the anti-rent agitation. While defending his home against the anti-renters, he found an enthusiastic supporter in his boy, Jay. . He married Mary More, the grand-daughter of John
"Mr. Gould was a descendant of two notable families of New England. Major Nathan Gold, the pioneer, was a man of great force of character, who came from St. Edmondsbury, England, to Fairfield, Conn., about 1646. His son, Nathan Gauld, jr., rose from town clerk of Fairfield to become Deputy Governor in 1706 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State in 1724. Several of the family were soldiers in the American Revolution. The wife of Col. Abraham Gold, Jay Gould's great grandfather, was Elizabeth Burr, whose ancestor was John Burr, an emigrant to America in 1630 with Governor Winthrop, and one of the eight founders of Springfield, Mass. The Burrs included many soldiers, judges, and public officials of good repute. Col. Abraham Gold, the first of his line to spell his name Gould, was killed at the head of his regiment, the 5th Connecticut, at Ridgefield, Conn., while repelling the British raid on Danbury. . .Capt. Abraham Gould, his son . . .settled in 1780 in Roxbury, N. Y. John Burr Gould, his son, the first male white child born in Roxbury, was a man of [p.266] sturdy character, and showed his fibre in 1844 by resistance to the fanatics of the anti-rent agitation. While defending his home against the anti-renters, he found an enthusiastic supporter in his boy, Jay. . He married Mary More, the grand-daughter of John
Inscription
This Stone is Erected by JASON GOULD
in memory of his honored Father
Col. ABRAHAM GOULD who fell in defence of his country
at RIDGEFIELD April 27th 1777 aged 44 years
And of his deceased Brothers JOHN BURR GOULD died at Sea June 2d 1784 aged 20 years
HEZEKIAH GOULD drowned at NEW YORK Oct. 30th 1789 aged 30 years
and DANIEL GOULD drowned on the coast of FRANCE Dec. 28 1796 aged 20 years
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