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Residence* 1800 Charlemont, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, 1 Male under 10, 1 Male 45+, 1 Female 45+

Note that it is reported that Nathan's son Gilbert Gould, daughter, Lydia Gould Young and son-in-law Robert Young made the trip from Charlemont to French Creek in October and November 1811.

Nathan Gould was in Captain Woolcotts' Co. in 1757, and was in the campaign
against crown point in 1775.

The birthdate of Nathan Gould is variously reported as 8 January and 18
January 1734. The date of his marriage has been alternately seen listed as
1756.

Nathan left Charlemont, Massachusetts for Virginia (West Virginia) in 1816. He
traveled with Aaron Gould (who, I believe, was his cousin... the son of his
Uncle Moses). Nathan was 82 years old when he made the trip... and he died
within two weeks of arriving.

His brother, Jonathan Gould, fought and died in the Revolutionary War.

His son, Paschal Paoli, was named for the Corsican General (but died young).

In 470 Years of Service, Stanley H. Fidler writes:

Nathan and Martha Gilbert Gould moved to Charlemont, Massachusetts
in 1782 or shortly after the death of Martha's mother Ester
Perkins, aged ninety-one (91). They settled in what was later
known as Gould Hollow. Nathan's father Samuel went with him but
died in 1791, and his body was taken back to Brookfield and buried
beside his wife. Before moving to Charlemont, Nathan, with his
brother Samuel, served in Colonel Nathaniel Wolcott's company made
up in Brookfield in the French and Indian War and fought at the
battle of Crown Point. Martha Gilbert, Nathan's wife, had two
brothers in the Revolutionary War, one of them Captain Daniel
Gilbert lived to be ninety-six (96) years of age, the other Joseph
was a Colonel and fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. When war
first broke out and the alarm at Lexington was sounded by Paul
Revere April 19th, 1775, Colonel Joseph Gilbert headed a company
of minute men and marched to Roxbury.

Church Records of Charlemont, Massachusetts, Church of Christ.

October 30, 1788. The following members of the Gould family
signed the article of the confession of faith approved and voted
by the Church of Christ in Charlemont.

Nathan Gould and Martha, his wife, Aaron Gould, Lydia Gould,
Jeremiah Gould and Nathan Gould, Jr.

A list of church members in 1832, same church, does not show any
Goulds. Conclude they had all moved away although in 1807 over 70
Goulds were living in Gould Hollow at one time.

Under date of August 25, 1791, records state Nathan Gould, Jr.
Olive, the wife of John Gould, Lydia Gould, were received into
fellowship and communion of the church. States also that the
following persons wee received in consequence of letters of
recommendation from the church in Heath.

Nathan Gould and his wife.
Jeremiah Gould, Aaron Gould and wife.
John Gould and wife Lydia.
April 27, 1792, Nathan Gould was admitted
May 13, 1792 Nathan Gould was admitted.

Samuel Gould and Aaron Gould, Jr. and wife Lydia and Robert Young
were admitted.

February 6, 1799 the following were among those signing request
for Mr. Eastman to become pastor and Nathan Gould headed the
committee to notify Mr. Eastman. Another Nathan Gould and Nathan
Gould, Jr., also Jeremiah Gould. Mr. Eastman declined, however,
and October 15, 1799 Jeremiah Gould, Nathan Gould, and Aaron Gould
signed a call to Mr. Field.

December 13, 1807 Samuel and Aaron Gould were admitted.

September 1, 1816. The church voted a recommendation of Mr.
Nathan Gould, Mr. Nathan Gould, Jr., and Ester his wife for their
use in their intended migration from this place.

June 29, 1817, upon a request from certain brethren residing at
Randolph, Virginia, for letters to enable them to unite with
others dwelling in their own vicinity in church relation. The
request coming from Randolph, Virginia, dated June 2, 1817. voted
to defer matter to Lord's day after next.

July 13th, 1817, attended to the request alluded to in the above
vote and voted to recommend Lydia the wife of Robert Young.

In Charlemont Massachusetts, Frontier Village and Hill Town, authored by Allan
Healy and published in 1965, the following is written about Nathan Gould:

The 1774 town list shows many other men whose names are still
today borne in the town: Ebenezer Fales; Jeremiah Gould;
Nathaniel Stephen, and Valentine Harris; William Hartwell;
William, Samuel, and Abner Negus; Job Warfield; John, Gershom, and
Nahum Ward, who lived on Buckland side - and Wards are still
prominent in Buckland.

Most of these men came with the Lancastrians - Warfield came from
near Hingham. Joseph Wilder, Jr. owned land along the West Oxbow
Brook, called Wilder's River on the old maps. Goulds settled up
Hartwell's Brook - it was called Gould Hollow. Aaron, Jeremy, and
Nathan Gould came here shortly before the Revolution. Aaron build
a frame house in 1777 and had a tanner in the meadow to its rear.
The old vats and the stone which trundled on the bark to mash it
are still there on Warren Albees's farm. Nathan had a saw mill on
the brook. They were supposed to have been engaged in
counterfeiting and one night in 1808, after hearing that they were
to be arrested, they packed up all they owned and moved out, with
their pigs in their ox carts and their cows tied behind. They
settled in French Creek, Virginia. The church there wrote back to
the Charlemont Church for letters recommending them and copies of
their confessions.

Research needs to be done to ascertain the above dates. If Nathan left
Charlemont in 1808 with Aaron and Aaron arrived in French Creek in 1808, but
Nathan did not arrive until 1816... where was Nathan in the intervening years?

Note that it is reported that Nathan's son Gilbert Gould, daughter, Lydia
Gould Young and son-in-law Robert Young made the trip from Charlemont to
French Creek in October and November 1811.