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James Gosman

b. 1727 · Scotland  |  d. 1 Apr 1777 · Edinburgh, Scotland

Most distant known ancestor in this line

Events

Birth
1727 · Scotland[1]
Death
1 Apr 1777 · Edinburgh, Scotland
Burial
· Gaelic Chapel, Ease, Edinburgh, Scotland[1]

Family

Spouse: Margaret Wright

Children:

  1. George Gosman (1754–1820)
    m. Jeannette Duncan (1765–1823) · New York City, New York
    Children: George Wright Gosman (1785–1815); Robert Gosman (–1880)
  2. Robert Gosman (14 Jan 1756–10 Jan 1841)
    m. Elizabeth Steinhour (24 May 1761–10 Feb 1784) · 11 Jul 1780 · New York City, New York
    Children: James Gosman (1781–1831); John Gosman (1784–1865)
    m. Joanna Blake (11 May 1757–26 Feb 1838) · 9 May 1785 · New York City, New York
    Children: Jane Gosman (1786–1786); Jonathan Blake Gosman (1787–1862); Eliza Gosman (1789–1866); Margaret Wright Gosman (1792–1853); George Wright Gosman (1795–1796)
  3. Ann Wright Gosman (1758–1885)
  4. James Gosman
    m. Smith
  5. Margaret Gosman
    m. Henry Sinclair · England
    Children: Henry Sinclair (–1865); Jane Sinclair (–1865); Agnes Sinclair
    m. David Auchinvoe · England
    Children: Margaret Auchinvoe; James Auchinvoe (–1865)

Notes

From "Genealogy of the Gosman Family and History of Some Lineal Families" by Lillian May Briggs Gosman, Nov, 1963, page 1: "GOSMAN is a Scotch name meaning the goose man, tender of geese by occupation. The earliest known settlement was at Edinburgh, Scotland, tho 'tis said they came from Norway with the Vikings at the time the Island invited aid of the Norsemen to assist them in repelling invasion of the Picts. The name GOSMAN was recorded in Ediburgh, Scotland 1539. The prgenitors of the branch of the Gosman family of which I shall write were genuine Scotch and was originally known in the very early years as GODSMAN. The French branch has kept that name but the other branches thought the name was sacriligeous and dropped the D. The German branch added an S instead of the D --- Gossman; the Scotch branch left it as GOSMAN. It has been impossible to trace the family all through the centuries that have passed. Many interesting historical facts have not been recorded. It is my intention in writing this lineage of the various descendants of my husband's ancestors and collateral families to give reliable data upon which future generations may base a complete history without the extensive research that has been necessary in this work. My earliest record is of James Gosman, born 1727 in Scotland, who died April 1, 1777 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was laid to rest in the Chapel of Ease in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Sources

  1. Genealogy of the Gosman Family and Collateral Ancestry . December, 1963 · p. p. 2