Gove Genealogy Book on eBay
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"The Gove Book 1922" is a 690 page book on the Family Genealogy of descendants of John Gove born in England in 1604 and came to America in 1635. The author (William Henry Gove states "Presumably,the surname name Gove was spelled Goff, and was pronounced as though the vowel O was given its long sound as in clothe." This book notes other Goves back to the 1200's. The preface is done by Sidney Perley - Salem,Mass. October 9, 1922, who states "Interest in the preparation of the Gove genealogy was aroused to a very limited extent nearly a hundred years ago; but Humphrey Nichols Gove (No.468) was the first person known to have begun such a compilation."