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Families covered: Gooch of Benacre Hall, Gooch of Ilketshall, Gooch of Mettingham

                               
Possibly nephew of Thomas Gooch of Great Peringland was ...
Peter Gooch of St. Margaret Ilketshall, Suffolk (bur 07.11.1558)
1. Thomas Gooch of St. Margaret Ilketshall (bur 09.1570)
  A. Robert Gooch of Bungay, Ilketshall & Mettingham (Suffolk)
  m. Frances Bulwer (dau of Roger Dallyng alias Bulwer of Norfolk) mother of at least William
  i. William Gooch of Mettingham (b 1571)
  m. Martha Layer (dau of Christopher Layer of Norwich)
  a. William Gooch of Mettingham (d 1685)
  m. Elizabeth Baspole (dau/heir of Richard Baspole of Bungay St. Mary by Margaret Flower of Wissett)
  (1) William Gooch (dvp 1655)
  (2) Richard Gooch of Mettingham (dvp 1682)
  m. Anne Colman (dau of Arthur Colman of St. John's)
  (A) Frances Gooch (a 1664)
  (3) Thomas Gooch (d 1688, alderman of Yarmouth)
  m. Frances Lone (d 25.07.1696, dau of Thomas Lone of Worlingham)
  (A) Sir William Gooch, 1st Bart (b 12.10.1681, dsp 1751, Brigadier General)
  m. Rebecca Stanton (d 04.1775, dau of William Stanton of Hampton)
  (B) Sir Thomas Gooch of Benacre Hall, Bishop of Bristol then Norwich then Ely, 2nd Bart (d 14.02.1754)
  m1. Mary Sherlock (dau of William Sherlock, Dean of St. Paul's, sister of Thomas, Bishop of London)
  (i) Sir Thomas Gooch of Benacre Hall (Suffolk), 3rd Bart (b 23.07.1720, d 10.09.1781)
m1. (1743) Anne Atwood (dau/heir of John Atwood of Yarmouth)
  (a) Sir Thomas Gooch, 4th Bart (b 1745, d 07.04.1826)
  m. (23.12.1766) Anna Maria Hayward (d 28.09.1814, dau/heir of William Hayward of Weybridge)
  ((1)) Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, 5th Bart of Benacre Hall (b 02.11.1767, d 18.12.1851, MP)
  m. (12.05.1796) Marianne Whittaker (d 04.1856, dau of Abraham Whittaker of Lyston House, sister of Countess of Stradbroke)
  ((A)) Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, 6th Bart of Benacre Hall (d 09.11.1856) had issue
m1. (23.01.1828) Louisa Anna Maria Prescott (d 24.02.1837, dau of Sir George Beeston Prescott, Bart)
  m2. (01.03.1839) Harriet Vere (d 17.10.1883, dau of James Hope Vere of Craigie, m2. Major John St. Leger)
  ((B)) Charles John Gooch (b 17.07.1803, d 25.06.1876, rector of South Cove & Toppesfield) had issue
  m. (17.07.1832) Agatha Hanbury (18.11.1867, dau of Charles Hanbury of Slee Farm)
  ((C)) Thomas Lewis Gooch (b 11.04.1807, Vice Admiral) had issue
  m. (23.02.1829) Anne Europa Gardner (d 08.09.1839, dau of Gen. Hon. William Henry Gardner)
  ((D)) Marianne Anna Maria Gooch (d 05.11.1855)
  m. (01.02.1823) Andrew Lawson of Aldborough Manor
  ((E)) Charlotte Matilda Gooch (d 16.08.1852)
  m. (17.06.1824) Stephen Clissold (rector of Wrentham)
((F)) Georgiana Anne Gooch (d 25.03.1878)
  m. (30.05.1838) Philip Scholfield (vicar of Coulceby)
  ((2)) William Gooch (b 11.12.1769, d 14.10.1851, Lt. Colonel)
  m. (12.1797) Jane Wilkinson (dau of James Wilkinson of Newcastle)
  ((A)) William Gooch (b 18.09.1798, d 27.02.1876, canon of York, rector of Benacre, vicar of Stainton) had issue
  m. (09.07.1822) Anne Jarrett (d 1885, dau of Herbert Newton Jarrett of Grove Place)
  ((B)) Maria Jane Gooch (b 18.09.1798)
((C)) Dulcibella Gooch
  m. (18.05.1841) Rev. Henry L'Estrange Milles-Astley
  ((D)) Matilda Mary Gooch
  m. (11.07.1814) William Venables Vernon Harcourt of Nuneham Park (canon of York Cathedral)
  ((3)) Thomas Gooch (b 25.04.1773, dsp 14.03.1849, Lt. Col., 4th son)
  m. (10.1801) Hannah Barker (dau of Sir Robert Barker, CIC East Indies, widow of Philip Webb of Milford House) @@ see here @@
  ((4)) Sophia Gooch
  m. (10.03.1818) George William Manby of Great Yarmouth (Captain RN)
((5))+ other issue - John Joseph (b 16.04.1772, d unm 03.05.1794), Richard (b 24.12.1781, d 22.03.1873, rector of North Cove), Elizabeth (d unm c1831), Matilda (d unm 17.12.1834), others (d young)
  (b) William Thomas Gooch of Edwinstow, Nottinghamshire (b 08.1749, d 04.01.1833)
  m. (13.05.1775, div 1781) Elizabeth Sarah Real (dau of William Villa Real of Edwinstow)
  ((1)) William Gooch (b 1776, dsp, Captain)
((2)) Henry Robert Gooch of Southwold (dsp 30.09.1829, Captain)
  m. (11.1822) Eliza Wayth (dau of Samuel Wayth of Southwold)
  (c) John Gooch (b 07.06.1752, d 14.07.1823, archdeacon of Sudbury)
  m. (24.02.1791) Barbara Sneyd (dau of Ralph (not Walter) Sneyd of Keele Hall)
((1)) Henry Edward Gooch (b 25.12.1793, dsp 18.01.1867, Lt. Col., 2nd son)
  m. (23.01.1857) Frances Knight (dau of Robert Knight of Studley)
  ((2)) Frederick Gooch (b 10.04.1804, d 29.10.1887, rector of Bagington, 4th son) had issue
  m. (28.07.1853) Matilda Katherine Peel (d 28.06.1861, dau of William Yates Peel)
  ((3)) Caroline Barbara Gooch (d 05.1827)
  m. (1818) Rev. Walter Davenport Bromley (formerly Davenport) of Ellaston & Capesthorne
  ((4))+ other issue (d unm) - John Lewis (b 18.11.1792, d 19.07.1846, rector of Binegar), George Thomas (b 27.01.1797, RN)
  (d) Matilda Gooch (d 06.12.1826)
m. (20.04.1776) Paul Cobbe Methuen of Corsham House
  (e)+ other issue - Robert (b 25.09.1762, d 14.07.1796, RN), Anne (d 13.09.1760)
  m2. (11.1772) Phoebe Norton (d 01.06.1793, dau of Isaac Norton of London, widow of Horatio Birttes)
  (g) Georgiana Gooch
  m. Thomas Farr of Eccles
  m2. Hannah Miller (d 03.1746, dau of Sir John Miller, Bart of Lavant)
  (ii) John Gooch (b 08.1729, d 1804, rector of Ditton, prebendary of Ely, 3rd son?)
  m. (24.05.1751) Mary Sayer (d 1804, dau of George Sayer of Serle Street, Middlesex)
  (a) Mary Gooch
  m. (08.01.1793) Houstoune Radcliffe (archdeacon of Canterbury)
  (b) Rachel Gooch (d 03.12.1839)
  m. (19.08.1778) Richard Beadon, Bishop of Gloucester then Bath & Wells
  (iii)+ other issue - John (bpt 16.07.1728, d 17.07.1728), William (bpt 147.06.1732, d 26.06.1732)
  m3. (sp) Mary Compton (d 19.04.1780, dau of Maj. General Hatton Compton, son of Sir Charles, son of Spencer, 2nd Earl of Northampton)
  (C) Elizabeth Gooch (dsp)
  m. _ Townshend
(D) Matilda Gooch
  m. Matthew Postlethwaite (archdeacon of Norwich, rector of Denton)
  (E)+ other issue - Ann, Frances
  (4) Martha Gooch (d 1707)
  m. Richard Vinor
  (A)+ issue (a 1664) - John, Richard, Anne
  (5) Barbara Gooch
  m. Roger (Robert) Rogerson
  b. Barbara Gooch
  m. Sir Henry Bacon, Bart (d c1671)
  c.+ other issue - Thomas, Robert
  ii.+ 8 sons and 5 daughters
  B. Margaret Gooch (a 04.1585) probably of this generation
  m. William Gosling of Bedingham (d 1561)
  C.+ other issue
2.+ other issue

Main source(s): BP1934 (Gooch of Benacre) with a very little support/input from Visitation (Suffolk, 1664, Gooch of Mettingham)
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