Elijah Gove
(1752-1816)
Sarah Mills
(1754-1814)
Captain Jonathan Gove
(1782-1840)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Polly Fisher

Captain Jonathan Gove

  • Born: 28 Dec 1782, Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
  • Marriage (1): Polly Fisher on 3 May 1810
  • Died: 27 Sep 1840, Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire at age 57
  • Buried: Old cemetery in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
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bullet  General Notes:

per Wm Little's History of Weare, NH Oliver was " a land surveyor..a member of the governor's council ...(and) ..of the state legislature and held many other positions of trust..."
A cousin of Oliver's rem to Wisconsin. (Elijah born 1801)
Surname: GOVE
Source: History of Acworth with the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical
Records and Register of Farms by Rev. J. L. Merrill, Town of Acworth, 1869, page 219
JONATHAN, JOHN M. SAMUEL, SQUIERS, POLLY, and SARAH GOVE, children of Elijah Gove of Wear, settled in Acworth. Their grandfather's name was Jonathan, and their great-grandfather is supposed to have been Jonathan, brother of Edward, member of the General Assembly of the Province of New Hampshire, imprisoned in the tower of London for three years, for heading an attempted revolution against the arbitrary proceedings of Governor Cranfield in 1682.
POLLY - married Moses Barnard (see Barnard family).
SARAH - married Hilliard Cram (see Cram family).
SAMUEL - settled in Acworth about 1800 - married Delia Welsh; only his oldest child Nancy is a native of Acworth. Nancy married Parker Boynton, residence Weare - children,
1. Frank P.SQUIERS - settled in Acworth in 1810; remained but a few years.
JONATHAN settled in Acworth in 1808; was widely known on account of the many public offices he held and also on account of his services being much required as a skillful and accurate land surveyor. He was elected Treasurer of the county of Cheshire, when Sullivan County was part of it; was chosen several times Representative to the Legislature, and twice a member of the Governor's Council. His natural abilities were of a superior order; and on account of his common sense, affability and genial nature, he was very popular in all public stations;
- married first Polly Fisher - children,
I. Emeline - died young
II. Lucy Ann - married J. W. Morse of Weare - children, 1. John G. 2. Charles M.
3. Mary E. - residence Bradford.
III. Oliver - married Eliza M. Straw, residence Unity - children,
1. Henry A. - died young 2. Sarah J.
IV. Polly E. - married Hiram Blanchard (see Blanchard family).
JONATHAN- married second Eunice Bingham - children,V. James - died young
VI. Jonathan S. - married Mary A. Nichols, residence Boston - children,
1. William S. 2. Cora E. - died young 3. Edward N. 4. son, - died young
VII. James B. - married Elizabeth H. Connor, residence Henniker - children,
1. Helen E. 2. Charles F. - died young 3. Lizzie E.
VIII. Charles C. - married Mary E. Barnes, residence Jersey City - children,
1. ______ - died young 2. Charlie B. 3. Arthur L. 4. Frederic W. 5. Mary G.
____ All dead.
IX. Eliza M. - married George Hilliard of Peterboro, Province of Ontario children,
1. Adelaide E. 2. George G. 3. Charles S. 4. Clara - died young 5. Wm. Franklin
6. Lillie - died youngX. Henry - died young

cemetery records give DOB 27 Jan 1783


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Jonathan married Polly Fisher, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 3 May 1810. (Polly Fisher was born on 2 Jun 1778 in Francestown, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, died on 27 May 1817 in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire and was buried in Old cemetery in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.)




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