[562] Selectman sixteen years, between 1636 and 1655; Treasurer of Middlesex Co. 1657-8; Commissioner (or Magistrate) to settle controversies for a less amount than forty shillings, seven years, between 1648 and 1658; Representative, 1646, 1650. He was a large landholder, and one of the most wealthy men in the town. His homestead contained thirty-two acres, bounded southerly on the old road into the neck, easterly on and of Joseph Cooke (near the present Ellery Street); northerly on the Danforth estate; and westerly on the parsonage. His dwelling-house stood at the S. W. corner of his farm, very near the junction of Main and Harvard streets. Vestiges of the old garden, extending into Beck's Park, were visible within the memory of some now living.
2. Samuel, s. of Edward (1), m. Hannah Barnard, of Watertown, 25 June 1656; she d. Ap. 1679, and he in. Mary, wid. of Thomas Saxton, 9 Nov. 1682. His children were, Hannah, b. 12 May. 1657; Edward, b. 28 Nov. 1658; Deborah, b. 22 Jan. 1660-1, d. 27 Dec. 1690; Samuel, b. 1 Jan. 1662-3; Lydia, b. 7 Jan. 1; 664-5, i. Rev. Thomas Barnard of Andover, 20 July 1704, and d. abt. 1743; John, b. 11 Nov. 1668; Elizabeth, b. 6 Oct. 1668, d. 15 Jan. 1690-91; Edmund, b. about 1670; Nathaniel, b. 9 Ap. 1675; Joseph, b. 23 May 1677. Samuel the f. was a farmer, inherited the homestead, and d. 15 Jan. 1705-6, a. 75. In younger life, Mr. Goffe had been adopted by Rev. Elmund Brown of Sudbury, as a son and heir.
3. Edward, s. of Samuel (2), m. Mary, dau. of John Biscoe of Watertown, and had Mary, b. 11 May 1687, m. Thomas Trowbridge of Newton, and became the mother of Judge Edmund Trowbridge, and of Lydia the wife of Richard Dana, Esq., and grandmother of Chief Justice Francis Dana. Ed — Ward the f. was a tanner, and d. here before 20 Ap. 1691, when ad administration on his estate was granted to his w. Mary. See Thomas Trowbridge.
4. Samuel, S. of Samuel (2), a shoemaker, appears to have d. here in Feb. 1699-1700, prob. s. p.
5. John, s. of Samuel (2), was prob. the soldier of that name at Piscataqua, who had leave from the General Court, 4 Nov. 1690, to return home. He d. before 1706, as Edmund, when appointed administrator on the estate of their father, Samuel, is styled ‘the only surviving son.’
6. Edmund, s. of Samuel (2), was the principal heir to his father's estate, and res. on the homestead. He grad. H. C. 1690, and is said to have been a lawyer; but his time was chiefly devoted to public affairs. He was sheriff of Middlesex 1715-17; Selectman of Cambridge 1717, 1718, Representative 1716, 1721, and often rendered service on important committees. As early as 1710 he was Lieut.-colonel in the expedition against Port Royal; and was commissioned Colonel of Troopers in 1724, in which office he was actively employed against the Indians. About 1697 he m. Hannah, dau. of Simon Lynde of Boston, who had previously been the w. of John Bigg of Bos. and of Jonathan Mitchell of Camb.; site d. and he m. 24 July 1728, Mary dau. of John Legg of Marblehead, who had been the w. of Capt. Edward Brattle and of Col. Nathaniel Norden, both of Marblehead. Col. Goffe d. s. p. 16 Oct. 1740. It is worthy of note that in 1725 Col. Goffe was appointed guardian to Edmund Trowbridge (grandson of his brother Edward), then a minor, afterwards a famous Judge. In 1740, Judge Trowbridge was appointed guardian to Col. Goffe, who had become incapable of managing his affairs. Thus they alternately had guardianship of each other,--a case of rare occurrence, if it has a parallel.
Goodman, Richard, was here in 1633, freeman 1634, but soon rem. to Hartford, where he ‘was townsman in 1641 and in 1646; surveyor of common lands and fences in 1647; fence-viewer in 1649; member of the civil court in 1637; juror in 1643 and 1645; and held other offices. He was a valuable citizen.’ （Hinman.) A Deacon of the same name, probably the same person, was slain by the Indians, at Hadley, 1676.
Goodwin, William, was here in 1632, and res. at the easterly corner of Harvard and Holyoke streets. he rem. to Hartford with Hooker, in whose church he was a ruling elder, and was a prominent person both in Church and
