Individual Details

Birth

The date of birth is just a guess considering hie was a witness to a will of a well known merchant of Philadelphia. The legal age to be a witness was 12 years old

Will

John Goheen witnessed the will of Richard Prigg a inn holder and merchant in Philadelphia.

I for about Richard Prigg;
Passenger and Immigration lists Index 1500's-1900
Richard Prigg arrived 1661 in Maryland p #375 of Skordas, Gust, editor, The early settlers of Maryland: an Index to names of Immigrants, compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the hall of Records, Annapolis, MD. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1968. Reprint 1986
Primary Immigrant: Prigg, Richard
Annotation: Index from Manuscript by Arthur Trader, chief clerk in Maryland Land Commission, 1917. See Numbers 4507-4511, Land notes

Marriage

Anna Goheen was named the administrator of John Goheen estate. It is assumed that Anna was his wife from this evidence.
Some Genealogies indicate that Anna Prigg who married Timothy Millard and living in Coventry twp, Chester County in 1740 was John Goheen's wife, this is not true she was married to Mr Millard and producing children at the time Ann (John Goheen) wife was producing children. Someone just made an assumption without any evidence. I also though this may be true but further investigation proved otherwise

Property

John signed a petition along with other residents of East Nantmeal for a road in Upper Merion county [sic]

Miscellaneous

In September, 1739, the citizens of the two ends (of Nantmeal) chose persons to divide the township, being Thomas Miradah and Matthey Robertson, of the east side, Arthur Graham and John Pierson, of the west. They could not agree, and called in John Goheen as umpire

Miscellaneous

John Goheen yeoman of Chester County was administrator of estate of Walter Griffith.

Note

Chester ss At the Court of Private Sessions held at Chester for the said
County the 25 th day of March in the sixteenth year of the Reign of
our -- Sovereign Lord George the Second over Great Britain -- Anno
Dom 1743 for Ordering and Aff------ Overseers of the Poor for the
Respective Townships within the sd County. According to the Direction
of an Act of General Assembly of the Province Inhabited on Act for their
Relief of the Poor and for Appointing Supervisors of the Highways
and taking the Return of the Old Constables and Electing New
Ones for the Envining Year ------------

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Township Constables

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East Nantmell _________ John Goheen
West Nantmell ________ John Potter

Death

John Goheen, June 21, 1746 Adm to Anne Goheen
No 387 Anne Goheen's Admon bond on John Goheens estate filed 24 June 1746 No. 981
Know all men by the presents of Anne Goheen, Edw Goheen and Thomas Evans all of Chester County and Providence of Pennsylvania ye are held firmly bound unto William Plumfled Reg Genll for the Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of admon in and for ye Province aforsd in the sum of four hundred pounds Lawful money of America to be paid to the Registrar general his Ers Adm or assignes to which Laymen well truly to be made we bind our selves our heirs Es adm and Every of them in ye whole and for whole joynlly and Severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals dated twenty forth day of June anno Domino 1746
The Condition of the obligation is such that if Ye above bounded Anne Goheen Adm of all and Singular the goods Chattles and Creditts of John Goheen Deced to make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods Chattles and creditts of the decead which have r shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of any other person or persons for and the same so made exhibitt or cause to be exhibittdd into ye Reg office for the County on or before the twenty first day of August next ensuing same goods chattles and creditts of the sd deceased at the time of his deat or which any time after shall come to ye hands possession or knowledge of any other person or persons for here to well ad truly administer according to law and further do made or cause to be and be made a true and just accot of her admon when legally thereunto required and all the rest and residue of the sd chattles and creditts which shall be found remaining unto the sd adm acct the same being first examined and allowed to the Orphans Court of the County of Chester shall deliver and pay to such person or persons respectively as ye Court by its decree or sentence pursuant to law shall Amill and appoint and if this shall hereafter after appears that any Last Will testament was made by the deceased and ye Ex or Ex therein named to exhibit unto ye reg office for ye County making request to have the same allowed and approved of the sd Anne Goheen being thereunto requested or render and deliver up the sd letters to adom approbation of such testament being first had and made at the sd office then this obligation to be Void otherwise to be remain in full force and verhie
Ann Goheen Her mark
Edward Goheen
Thomas Evans