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For those of you breathlessly awaiting this information here is a time-line researched by John W. Goff for Major General William Goffe, supported by the factual sources:
1.1604:Parents: Rev Stephen Goffe, Rector of Stanmer, Sussex, England and Deborah West; married 7 May 1604. (FHL IGI Index for Sussex)
2.1605-1626: Five sons born to Stephen & Deborah Goffe:
Stephen (1605-1681); John (1610?-1661); William (1614-1679-80?); James ( -1656); Timothie (1626- ). Sources: (DNB Goffe pp.69-74; Burkes Peerage & Baronetage, 99th ed. (1949) pp 838; Eng. Hist Rev. (1892) vol vii pp 717-720; FHL IGI Index for Sussex.)
3.1634: William Goffe apprenticed July 15, 1634 to the Grocer, William Vaughn in London. Source: (Temple, RKG; The English Regicides (1988) pp A-24. Guildhall Library, London, Guildhall MS. 11593/1 f.48.)
4.1642: William Goffe arrested and imprisoned in London for petitioning for Parliament’s control of the civilian militia: (DNB, William Goffe, pp 71.)
5.1642-43: William Goffe; quartermaster in a regiment of Foot in 1642; (Wood, Anthony, Fausti oxoniensis, 2nd pt. 1642-1691 (1820 ed) pp136.) In 1643 Goffe was captain in Barclay’s regiment of Foot. (Firth & Davies, Regimental History of Cromwell’s Army, (1940) vol 1, pp 359). Goffe captain in Harley’s regiment of Foot in 1645; (Spriggs Army List of 1645)
6.1645? –1650: William Goffe married to Frances Whalley, dau of Col. Edward Whalley, before 1650, exact date unknown; (Jagger, G. The Fortunes of the Whalley Family of Screvton Notts (1973) pp114, fn 2 PRO) The daughters born to this marriage were: Elizabeth, Frances, Judith (Coll Mass Hist. Soc. (1868) 4th ser. Vol viii pp 122-225) ; and a son, Richard, (Burkes Peerage & Baronetage, 99th ed. (1949) pp 838).
7.1647: William Goffe made Lt. Colonel; (Woodhouse, ASP; Puritanism and Liberty, pp19)
8.1649: William Goffe appointed a judge in the trial of King Charles I and signs the death warrant. (Ashley, M. Cromwell’s Generals, (1954) pp 160.)
9.1649-50: William Goffe stationed in London guarding Whitehall. (Cal.State Papers Domestic: 1649-50)
10.1650: Lt Col William Goffe appointed to Cromwell’s staff for the Scottish Campaign (Firth & Davies Reg Hist Cromwell’s Army (1940) pp 329.) Made full Colonel and given command of the Ironsides Foot. (Ibid pp 330)
11.1653: Daughter, Frances, born Dec 11, 1653 in London. (CFI LDS London P001601 36796)
12.1655: Col. William Goffe made Major General by Cromwell for governing Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire: (Hill, C. Cromwell pp 145; Thurloe Papers (1742) vol IV)
13.1656: Maj Gen William Goffe elected to Parliament from Hampshire: (State Papers John Thurloe, vol V pp 329)
14.1657: William Goffe appointed to Cromwell’s House of Lords and made William. Lord Goffe. (State Papers John Thurloe, vol II, pp668)
15.1658: Wiiliam, Lord Goffe granted lands in Ireland by Richard Cromwell. (State Papers John Thurloe, vol VII pp 504)
16.1660, May: Charles II restored to the throne of England; Goffe and Whalley take ship for Boston, Mass Bay Colony. (Welles, LA; History of the Regicides in New England (1927) pp 23-24.)
17.1661, Feb 26; Goffe and Whalley leave Boston for New Haven, Conn and reside with Rev. John Davenport and others. (Welles, LA; History of the Regicides in New England (1927) pp31). Aug 19th they moved to Micah Thomkin’s house and resided with him for two years. (Ibid pp 58).
18.1664. Oct 13: Goffe and Whalley left New Haven and traveled to Hadley, Mass. where they resided with Rev. John Russell. (Ibid pp 74; Stiles, Ezra; History of Three of the Judges of King Charles ! (1794) pp 26 ; Welles, LA; History of the Regicides in New England (1927) pp 74).
19.1665, Feb.: Goffe and Whalley visited for six weeks in Hadley by the regicide, Col John Dixwell (Welles, LA; History of the Regicides in New England (1927) pp 75).
20.1671-Apr 1678; William Goffe continues his correspondence from Hadley with his wife, Frances Goffe, in England, and with others, some twelve letters surviving, William’s and Frances’s letters attesting to the deep and sincere love for each other that nothing could diminish. (Coll Mass Hist. Soc. (1868) 4th ser. Vol viii pp 122-225)
21.1674-5; Edward Whalley dies; Hadley attacked by Indians and Goffe rallies the citizens in defending their town. (Thomas Hutchinson Papers (1865) vol 2 pp 188-9;
Judd. S. History of Hadley (1905) pp 138).
22.1676, July; Goffe leaves Hadley and travels to Hartford and lives with Thomas Bull. (Welles, L. History of the Regicides in New England (1927) pp 98).
23.1678, Goffe recognized in Hartford and nearly arrested but escapes. (Welles pp 101-102; Proc Mass Hist Soc. (1856) Vol III, Ser I, pp 60-63.).
24.1679-80; Goffe simply disappears and no reliable record of his fate or whereabouts is ever found. It is presumed by some that he died, however many rumors of his whereabouts surface and persist. (Whalley, S. English Record of the Whalley Family (1901) pp 76-79; Dwight, Timothy; Travels in New England and New York (1822) Vol I pp 256; Stiles, Ezra :History of the Three Judges (1794) Chap IV; Proc Mass Hist Soc (1879-80) Vol XVII, Ser I, pp 55-56).
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