The Family Tree of the Gookins of Kent

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Arnold Gokin b. ~ 1480 Ickham, co. Kent

1. Thomas Goolkyn of Bekesbourne, Kent b. ~ 1518

m.(1) Amy Durant (John, Joan of Littlebourne, co. Kent) ~ 1538

1.1 John Goolkyn (or Gokeyn), Lord of Ripple Court, co. Kent b. ~ 1546

m. Catherine Denne (William, Alice Essehunt) Oct. 28, 1566 Bekesbourne, Kent

1.1.1 Ann Gookin bp. Aug. 28, 1567 Bekesbourne, Kent

1.1.2 Amy Gookin b. ~ 1568 (possibly Amy is Ann above)

m. Ingram Joule (or Jewell) of Capel-le-Ferne, Kent Sept. 1586

1.1.3 Mary b. ~ 1569

m.(1) Richard Marsh July 12, 1586

m.(2) Thomas Grant of Eythorne June 1615

1.1.4 Thomas Gookin bp. Jan. 13, 1571/72 Ripple, co. Kent

m. Jane Thurston

1.1.4.1 Catherine b. ~ 1600

m. William Warren June 1, 1619

1.1.4.2 John b. ~ 1605

m. Elizabeth Wood July 10, 1630

1.1.4.3 Mary b. ~ 1608

1.1.4.4 Anne b. ~ 1611

m. James Honeywood July 26, 1630

1.1.4.5 Thomas bp. Nov. 20, 1614 Ripple, Kent

m. Jane Edolph (Sir Thomas)

1.1.4.6 Elizabeth b. ~ 1616

1.1.4.7 Margaret bp. Apr. 1, 1618

Thomas d. January 1624/25

1.1.5 Elizabeth Gookin b. ~ 1573 bur. July 25, 1575

1.1.6 John Gookin bp. Aug. 17, 1575 Ripple, Kent

m. Anne Brett (John Brett)

John d. July 29, 1636

1.1.7 Elizabeth Gookin bp. Nov. 30, 1578 Ripple, Kent

m. Clement Swinforde Jan. 13, 1595/6

1.1.8 Daniel Gookin bp. Mar. 31, bur. Oct. 25, 1580/1 Ripple, Kent

1.1.9 Daniel Gookin bp. Oct. 28, 1582 Ripple, co. Kent

See The Gookins of Cork Family Tree

1.1.10 (Sir) Vincent Gookin b. ~ 1585

See The Gookins of Cork Family Tree

1.1.11 Catharine Gookin bp. Oct. 1587 Northbourne, Kent

m. Thomas Milton (of London) Nov. 4, 1605

1.1.12 Margaret Gookin bp. Dec. 7, 1589 Northbourne, Kent

m. Thomas Marshe Sept. 4, 1610

Margaret bur. Mar. 20, 1640 Abchurch, London

John d. June 23, 1623

1.2 Joanne (Goolken) m. John Sanders Oct. 28, 1566 Bekesbourne, Kent

1.3 Amy b. ~ 1540 m. Robert Syme

1.4 Thomasin m. Robert Cowper (or Cooper) bef. 1560

1.5 Elizabeth m. Thomas Long

1.6 Cicely bp. Jan. 8, 1558/59 Ickham (buried there the same month)

Amy bur. Feb. 15, 1580/81 Bekesbourne, Kent

Thomas m.(2) Sybbell Blacke of Boughton-Aluph June 22, 1583

Sybbell bur. Aug. 29, 1598 Bekesbourne, Kent

Thomas Goolkyn bur. June 14 , 1599 Bekesbourne, Kent

Arnold Gokin d. ?

Primary Sources:

History and Genealogical Sketch of the Gookin Family, Richard N. Gookins, 1952
Major General Daniel Gookin 1612 – 1686/87, Frederick William Gookin, 1912
Old World Colony: Cork and South Munster 1630-1830, David Dickson, Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 2005
Political Thought in Seventeenth-century Ireland: Kingdom or Colony, Jane H. Ohlmeyer, Cambridge University Press, 2000 (p. 60, 61)
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Bernard Burke, Edition 5, Published by Harrison, 1871

I verified many of the above entries at:

http://www.sewellgenealogy.com/p96.htm#i3894

and

http://www.robertsewell.ca/denne.html

and

The Peter and Beverly Cannon Genealogy Pages (note this site does require you to register with them first)