of Sir Vincent Gookin, Knt., to whom 3'our corre- 

 spondents refer. 



Mr. Tliornton explains tlie omission of the de- 

 scendants of Vincent and Daniel in the pedigree 

 found in Berry's Kent, p. 113., nnd which is from 

 the original visitation in Heralds' College, by the 

 fact, that they probably went to the co. Cork, and 

 Daniel from thence to Virginia. He cites un- 

 doubted proof that Daniel arrived in Virginia in 

 November, 1621, and was one of twenty-six 

 patentees to whom, in 1620, King James granted 

 a patent of land in that colony, they having 

 " undertaken to transport gi-eat multitudes of 

 pei'sons and cattle to Vii-ginia." In 1626 this 

 Daniel is described in a deed as of " Carygoline, 

 in the county of Cork, within the kingdom of 

 Ireland, Esquire." In February 1G30 a deed is 

 recorded, made by "Daniel Gookin, of Newport 

 Newes, Virginia, the younger. Gentleman." Upon 

 the records of the Court of James City, held 

 Nov. 22, 1642, Captain John Gookin is mentioned. 

 Mr. Thornton infers that the elder Daniel returned 

 to Ireland, and that Daniel the younger, and 

 Captain John Gookin, were his sons. During the 

 religious troubles which arose in Virginia, Daniel, 

 junior, and Mary his wife, left for New England, 

 where they arrived on May 10, 1644, and where he 

 became, as he had been, a person of considerable 

 influence. He was promoted to the rank of 

 Mnjor-General in the colony, and died March 19, 



1686-7, set. 75. For further mention of him, see 

 Carlyle's Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, 

 Let. 143. and Note; Thurloe's State Papers, vol.iv. 

 pp. 6. 440. 449.; vol. v. p. 509.; vol. vi. p. 362. 

 He is spoken of, says j\Ir. Thornton, by an authority 

 of the time, as a " Kentish soldier." Colonel 

 Charles Gookin, whom Penn sent as a governor to 

 his colony, is described by the latter in a letter, 

 dated London, Sept. 28, 1708, as "of years and 

 exj^erience," "and of what they call a good family, 

 his grandfather Sir Vincent Gookin having been 

 an early great planter in Ireland, in King James 

 First's and the first Charles's days." Governor 

 Gookin assumed his duties in Pennsylvania in 

 1708, and was recalled in 1717. He was never 

 married. 



In a letter dated Philadelphia, Nov. 28, 1709, 

 Governor Gookin writes to a grandson of Major- 

 General Daniel Gookin, of New England : " I 

 assure you that the account you gave me of that 

 part of our family settled in America was extremely 

 satisfactory;" and again, Nov. 22, 1710, to the 

 same he says : " By a letter from Ireland I am in- 

 formed two of our relatives are lately dead, viz. 

 Robert Gookin, son of my uncle Kobert, and 

 Augustine Gookin, eldest son of my uncle Charles." 

 He subscribes himself " cousin," &c. 



From Mr. Thornton's account, and the remarks 

 of your correspondent, I think I may venture to 

 deduce the following table : — 



Sir Vincent G., Kt., 

 Lived at High- 

 field House, Bit- 

 ton, Gloucester, 

 which he pur- 

 chased in 1 627, 

 d. 1637, and bu. 

 at Bitton. 



married Judith, dau. of xx. Wood, 

 d. 164'J, bu. at Bitton. 



Daniel, married 

 who went 

 to Virgi- 

 nia. 



Samuel, Vincent, married Mary x. 



buried at publishes his 

 Bitton, pamphlet in 



1635. 1634, left Bit- 



ton in 1646, 

 living in 1655. 



Robert, 

 conveys Bitton 

 in 1 646. 



Frances, 



baptized 



at Bitton, 



1637. 



Robert. Charles. 



Maj.-G. Daniel, John. 

 married Mary 



XX. 



Philadelphia, July 2. 1851. 



Robert, Auoustine, Daniel, Samuel, 



d. 1710. eldest son, Nathaniel, &c., 



d. 1710. some of whose 



descendants still 



live in New 



England. 



Edwaed Armstrokg, 



Recording Secretary of the Historical 

 Society of Pennsylvania. 



