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    Gosnold is a town that encompasses the Elizabeth Islands in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, the town population was 70...
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    Bartholomew Gosnold (1571 – 22 August 1607) was an English barrister, explorer and privateer who was instrumental in founding the Virginia Company in...
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  • Gosnold is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bartholomew Gosnold (1571–1607), English lawyer, explorer, and privateer Henry Gosnold...
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    Netherhall Manor. John Gosnold at first rented what became Otley Hall. By the sixteenth century Otley Manor was vested in the Gosnold family building, and...
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    a historical problem, as Gosnold and his companions are believed to have been the first English to land in America. Gosnold made a point of describing...
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  • John Gosnold (by 1507 – 1554), of Otley, Suffolk and London, was an English lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich in 1547...
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  • Henry Gosnold or Gosnell (c. 1560 – c. 1658) was an English-born lawyer who spent most of his very long life in Ireland. He sat in the Irish House of...
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    which they are separated by Vineyard Sound, and constitute the town of Gosnold in Dukes County, Massachusetts. The island's creation was caused by different...
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  • people. The earliest use of the word dates to the 17th century, in Paul Gosnold's A sermon Preached at the Publique Fast the ninth day of Aug. 1644 at St...
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    home to the village of Cuttyhunk. It lies entirely within the town of Gosnold. Cuttyhunk is about a mile and a half long, and three-quarters of a mile...
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