Peerage Record – 34521

     Lt.-Gen. William Goffe was the son of Reverend Stephen Goffe and Deborah West.² He married Frances Whalley, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Edward Whalley and Judith Duffell.¹ He died in 1679 at Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S.A.^G.¹ He was also reported to have died in 1680 at New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.^G.¹
     He was a salter’s apprentice when young at London, England^G.¹ In 1642 he was imprisoned for agitation in support of Parliament against King Charles I.¹ He was commissioned on 18 February 1644/45 with the rank of Captain, in the service of the Colonel Harley’s Regiment, New Model Army.¹ He was a judge trial at the trial of King Charles I in 1648.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the Cromwell’s Army.² He fought in the Battle of Dunbar on 3 September 1650.¹ He fought in the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General.¹ On 12 December 1653 expelled remnant of ‘Barebones’ Parl.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Yarmouth from 1654 to 1655.¹ He was one of the Major-Generals charged with regional supervision, having responsibility for Berkshire, Hampshire and Sussex on 9 August 1655.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hampshire between 1656 and 1658.² On 20 January 1657/58 he was called to Cromwell’s ‘Other House’ as ‘William Lord Goffe.¹‘ In November 1658 he was granted by Protector Richard Cromwell Irish lands worth £500 p.a.¹ On 27 July 1660 he fled to Boston, Massachusetts.² On 29 August 1660 he was excepted from the Act of Indemnity as a regicide.¹ He also had three elder sons.¹

     James Goffe was the son of Reverend Stephen Goffe and Deborah West.² He died after 17 January 1656/57.¹
     He was a leather-seller at London, England^G.¹

     Timothy Goffe is the son of Reverend Stephen Goffe and Deborah West.²

     Maj.-Gen. Edward Whalley married, firstly, Judith Duffell, daughter of John Duffell.¹
     He was a cousin of Cromwell.¹

     Frances Whalley is the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Edward Whalley and Judith Duffell.^2,1 She married Lt.-Gen. William Goffe, son of Reverend Stephen Goffe and Deborah West.¹
     Her married name became Goffe.

     Richard Goffe was the son of Lt.-Gen. William Goffe and Frances Whalley.² He married Hannah Chamberlain, daughter of Jonas Chamberlain, in 1681.¹
     He lived at Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland^G.¹

     Jonas Chamberlain lived at Poulmarle, County Wexford, Ireland^G.¹

     Hannah Chamberlain was the daughter of Jonas Chamberlain.² She married Richard Goffe, son of Lt.-Gen. William Goffe and Frances Whalley, in 1681.¹
     From 1681, her married name became Goffe.

     Jacob Goff was born in 1695.¹ He was the son of Richard Goffe and Hannah Chamberlain.² He married Mary Fade, daughter of John Fade, on 7 September 1721.¹ He died from 1 January 1750 to 17 January 1752.¹
     He lived at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹

     John Fade gained the rank of Officer in the Captain Dubourguy’s Regiment.¹