IMMIGRANT TO VIRGINIA, 1621
BURGESS TO THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES FOR UPPER NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, JAN 1641-42
CAPTAIN OF THE TRAINED BAND, CAMBRIDGE, MA
DEPUTY FOR CAMBRIDGE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY GENERAL COURT, MAY 1649, SPEAKER, MAY 1651
COMMISSIONER TO THE INDIANS, 1656
ASSISTANT FOR MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, 1652-1686
SGT. MAJOR OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY REGIMENT, MAY 1676-OCT 1680
MAJOR GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1681-1686
FOUNDER OF WORCESTER, MA
APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL--COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ALL THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COLONY, 1681
AUTHOR
ADVOCATE OF 'NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION'
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A BIO OF MAJ. GEN. DANIEL GOOKIN, by Laurence Overmire, May 2007:
Destined to become a distinguished figure in American history, Daniel probably grew up in Ireland where his father had business interests and immigrated to Virginia with him in 1621. Daniel's first wife is unknown. He married Mary Dolling in London in 1639. In 1641, he again returned to Virginia with his brother John, possibly pushed out of Ireland by the Irish Rebellion. He moved to Maryland in 1643, found the papist rule there incompatible and arrived in Boston May 20, 1644. In 1648, the family moved to Cambridge, where he became a prominent member of the colony. Highly educated, Daniel is believed to have been a scholar of Hebrew. As commissioner to the Indians, Gookin worked to protect them from persecution.
BURGESS TO THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES FOR UPPER NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, JAN 1641-42
CAPTAIN OF THE TRAINED BAND, CAMBRIDGE, MA
DEPUTY FOR CAMBRIDGE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY GENERAL COURT, MAY 1649, SPEAKER, MAY 1651
COMMISSIONER TO THE INDIANS, 1656
ASSISTANT FOR MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, 1652-1686
SGT. MAJOR OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY REGIMENT, MAY 1676-OCT 1680
MAJOR GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1681-1686
FOUNDER OF WORCESTER, MA
APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL--COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ALL THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COLONY, 1681
AUTHOR
ADVOCATE OF 'NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION'
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A BIO OF MAJ. GEN. DANIEL GOOKIN, by Laurence Overmire, May 2007:
Destined to become a distinguished figure in American history, Daniel probably grew up in Ireland where his father had business interests and immigrated to Virginia with him in 1621. Daniel's first wife is unknown. He married Mary Dolling in London in 1639. In 1641, he again returned to Virginia with his brother John, possibly pushed out of Ireland by the Irish Rebellion. He moved to Maryland in 1643, found the papist rule there incompatible and arrived in Boston May 20, 1644. In 1648, the family moved to Cambridge, where he became a prominent member of the colony. Highly educated, Daniel is believed to have been a scholar of Hebrew. As commissioner to the Indians, Gookin worked to protect them from persecution.
IMMIGRANT TO VIRGINIA, 1621
BURGESS TO THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES FOR UPPER NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, JAN 1641-42
CAPTAIN OF THE TRAINED BAND, CAMBRIDGE, MA
DEPUTY FOR CAMBRIDGE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY GENERAL COURT, MAY 1649, SPEAKER, MAY 1651
COMMISSIONER TO THE INDIANS, 1656
ASSISTANT FOR MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, 1652-1686
SGT. MAJOR OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY REGIMENT, MAY 1676-OCT 1680
MAJOR GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1681-1686
FOUNDER OF WORCESTER, MA
APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL--COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ALL THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COLONY, 1681
AUTHOR
ADVOCATE OF 'NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION'
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A BIO OF MAJ. GEN. DANIEL GOOKIN, by Laurence Overmire, May 2007:
Destined to become a distinguished figure in American history, Daniel probably grew up in Ireland where his father had business interests and immigrated to Virginia with him in 1621. Daniel's first wife is unknown. He married Mary Dolling in London in 1639. In 1641, he again returned to Virginia with his brother John, possibly pushed out of Ireland by the Irish Rebellion. He moved to Maryland in 1643, found the papist rule there incompatible and arrived in Boston May 20, 1644. In 1648, the family moved to Cambridge, where he became a prominent member of the colony. Highly educated, Daniel is believed to have been a scholar of Hebrew. As commissioner to the Indians, Gookin worked to protect them from persecution.
BURGESS TO THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES FOR UPPER NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, JAN 1641-42
CAPTAIN OF THE TRAINED BAND, CAMBRIDGE, MA
DEPUTY FOR CAMBRIDGE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY GENERAL COURT, MAY 1649, SPEAKER, MAY 1651
COMMISSIONER TO THE INDIANS, 1656
ASSISTANT FOR MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, 1652-1686
SGT. MAJOR OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY REGIMENT, MAY 1676-OCT 1680
MAJOR GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1681-1686
FOUNDER OF WORCESTER, MA
APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL--COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ALL THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COLONY, 1681
AUTHOR
ADVOCATE OF 'NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION'
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A BIO OF MAJ. GEN. DANIEL GOOKIN, by Laurence Overmire, May 2007:
Destined to become a distinguished figure in American history, Daniel probably grew up in Ireland where his father had business interests and immigrated to Virginia with him in 1621. Daniel's first wife is unknown. He married Mary Dolling in London in 1639. In 1641, he again returned to Virginia with his brother John, possibly pushed out of Ireland by the Irish Rebellion. He moved to Maryland in 1643, found the papist rule there incompatible and arrived in Boston May 20, 1644. In 1648, the family moved to Cambridge, where he became a prominent member of the colony. Highly educated, Daniel is believed to have been a scholar of Hebrew. As commissioner to the Indians, Gookin worked to protect them from persecution.
Inscription
Here lyeth interred ye body of Major Daniel Gookin aged 75 years who departed this life ye 19th of March 1687
