Person:Abner Goff (1)

Name	Abner Goff
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	9 Jul 1721	Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	24 Aug 1753	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United Statesto Ruth Bailey
Death^[2]	Jan 1808	Queensbury, Warren, New York, United States

References

↑ Rounds, H. L. Peter. Vital records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992)
p. 32.

[torn]bner ye Son of Anthony Goff & Elisabeth his [w]ife was born July ye 9th 1721.
↑ Holden, Austin Wells. A history of the town of Queensbury, in the state of New York: with biographical sketches of many of its distinguished men, and some account of the aborigines of northern New York. (Albany [New York]: J. Munsell, 1874)
p. 191.

"In January, 1808, a terrible calamity befel him. His [Elder Rufus Bates] house, with nearly all its contents, was consumed by fire. His father-in-law, the venerable Abner Goffe, perished in the flames. At the same time all the minutes and records of the church were destroyed."