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Nathan Gold (December 8, 1663 – October 3, 1723), was an American colonial leader and deputy governor of the
Gold married Hannah Talcott on October 29, 1650. She was the daughter of Major John and Helena Wakeman Talcott, who were early founders of Hartford, Connecticut. He and Hannah had six children, Abigail, John, Nathan, Samuel, Hezekiah, and Sarah. Hannah died on March 28, 1696. He married Sarah Burr Cook about 1698. He and Sarah had five children, Sarah, Onesimus, David, Martha, and Joseph. His wife, Sarah, died on October 17, 1711.
Gold died on October 3, 1723, and is interred at the Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Colony of Connecticut
The Connecticut Colony, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636, as a settlement for a Puritan congregation of settlers ...
from 1708 until his death in 1723.
Early life
Gold was the only son of Major Nathan Gold and Sarah Phippen Gold and succeeded to the paternal estate inFairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull, Easton, Connecticut, Easton, Weston, Connecticut, W ...
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Major Nathan Gold was a leading man of Fairfield, and a petitioner for the Connecticut Charter of 1662. He raised Gold's Dragoons of the Fairfield Militia.
Career
Gold served the Colony in various offices. He was a chief magistrate atFairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull, Easton, Connecticut, Easton, Weston, Connecticut, W ...
in 1677 He was Ensign of the Fairfield trainband in April, 1690 and Capt. in Oct., 1695. He was Deputy Governor from 1708 to 1723. He also served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1712.
Personal life
Gold married Hannah Talcott on October 29, 1650. She was the daughter of Major John and Helena Wakeman Talcott, who were early founders of Hartford, Connecticut. He and Hannah had six children, Abigail, John, Nathan, Samuel, Hezekiah, and Sarah. Hannah died on March 28, 1696. He married Sarah Burr Cook about 1698. He and Sarah had five children, Sarah, Onesimus, David, Martha, and Joseph. His wife, Sarah, died on October 17, 1711.
Gold died on October 3, 1723, and is interred at the Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
See also
*List of lieutenant governors of Connecticut
The lieutenant governor of Connecticut is the second highest Executive (government), executive officer of the government of the U.S. state, U.S. State of Connecticut. The Lieutenant governor (United States), lieutenant governor acts as Presiden ...
* Major Nathan Gold father of Nathan Gold Jr., signatory of Charter of Connecticut, raised Golds's Dragoons of the Fairfield Militia.
*Lt.Col. Abraham Gould grandson of Nathan Gold Jr., Killed in action at the head of his regiment,the 4th Connecticut Militia, at the Battle of Ridgefield 1777.
*Jay Gould
Jason Gould (; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould family, Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the Robber baron (industrialist), robber bar ...
financier, descendant of Nathan Gold, and great-grandson of Abraham Gould.
*Anna Gould
Anna Gould (June 5, 1875 – November 30, 1961) was an American socialite and heiress as a daughter of financier Jay Gould.
Early life
Anna Gould was born on June 5, 1875, in New York City. She was the daughter of Jay Gould (1836–1892) and ...
Duchess of Talleyrand, socialite, descendent of Nathan Gold,
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gold, Nathan 1663 births 1723 deaths People from colonial Connecticut