Rev. Nathaniel GOOKIN

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He was ordained 15 Nov 1710 at Hampton. Rev. Nathaniel Rogers of Portsmouth gave the charge. The inscription on his headstone reads in part: "...He was A Judicious DIVINE, A Celebrated Preacher, A most Vigilant & faithfull PASTOR, a bright Ornament of learning and RELIGION & An excellent Pattern of PIETY, CHARITY, 7 HOSPITALITY"

Nathaniel married Dorothy COTTON on 21 Dec 1710 in Hampton, New Hampshire. Dorothy (daughter of Rev. John COTTON and Anne LAKE) was born on 16 Jul 1693 in Hampton, New Hampshire; died on 12 May 1748 in Hampton, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nathaniel was the youngest of the nine children. He was a man of fine ability and was greatly mourned when he died, on August 7, 1692, in his thirty-sixth year. He was then the beloved pastor of the First Church in Cambridge. His wife, whom he married August 3, 1685, was Hannah, daughter of his step-mother by her first husband, Habijah Savage.

He graduated 1675 at Harvard College and was ordained 15 Nov 1682. He succeeded Rev. Urian Oakes as minister of the First Church in Cambridge.

Nathaniel married Hannah SAVAGE on 3 Aug 1685 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Habijah/Abijah SAVAGE and Hannah TYNG) was born on 27 Aug 1667 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died on 14 May 1702 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachuetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]