. The journal of American history. ary Gooch, born in Hopkinton, May 29, 1743. After the death ofHester Plaisted, James Gooch, Jr., married a third wife, Elizabeth Craister,March 8, 1761. James Gooch, Jr., born October 12, 1693, lived in Boston, whereGooch Street was named after him. Pie then took up a portion of theWilliam Crown land in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, where he built a houseand established a large estate. Unfortunately, the house was burned Sep-tember 2, 1743, and two negro children lost their lives in the flames. Hissecond wife, Plester, would not return to Hopkinton to live, and h
. The journal of American history. ary Gooch, born in Hopkinton, May 29, 1743. After the death ofHester Plaisted, James Gooch, Jr., married a third wife, Elizabeth Craister,March 8, 1761. James Gooch, Jr., born October 12, 1693, lived in Boston, whereGooch Street was named after him. Pie then took up a portion of theWilliam Crown land in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, where he built a houseand established a large estate. Unfortunately, the house was burned Sep-tember 2, 1743, and two negro children lost their lives in the flames. Hissecond wife, Plester, would not return to Hopkinton to live, and he soonafter sold the place to Sir Charles Harry Frankland who built his famousManor House on the back of the site of the Gooch house. This housewas burned January 23, 1858. Another house on this site was built bythe Nasons, and a few years ago this one also shared the fate of theothers. Nothing now remains of this once famous place but a few old M | IM m\\\\ l(t w\ M\\\\ QhM m Jr /All / li )TV 3UB?arrIf?a tntn Ammratt StamtbatimtH. m PROVINCE HOUSE—Residence of Sir Charles Hobby in Boston—His daughter Mary was born here in February, 1702 (fe^^^ elms, the old barn and outhouse and a few of the old rose bushes. JamesGooch was quite an important man both in Boston and Hopkinton. Hisname frequently occurs in the Boston Records. He had his own portraitpainted; that of his wife, Elizabeth Hobbey, a beautiful woman; HesterPlaisted, who was highly cultured in appearance ; two daughters by his firstwife, Elizabeth and Hannah ; all supposed to have been painted by Smybert,Copleys teacher.
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