Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Goheen, Thomas (1753-1838)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Thomas Goheen Sr.
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1753-1838
History
Thomas Goheen Sr. (1753-1838) was born in Buck's County, Pennsylvania and was the first of the Goheen family to move to Canada. On 3 Mar 1780 Thomas married Rebecca Clark. The couple had five children: Thomas Jr. (1781-1860), Charles (1783-?), Elizabeth (1788-?), Samuel (1792-1877), and Jesse (1800-1886). In 1808 Thomas Sr. was granted land in the District of Newcastle on Lot 35 Concession 2. At least three of the Goheen children moved to the Hamilton / Hope Township area with their parents, all buried in Port Hope. Thomas Goheen Sr. died in 1838 and was buried in Port Hope.