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Daniel Gookin (Sheriff)
Daniel Gookin
was the first
sheriff
of
Worcester County, Massachusetts
.
He was
born
about 1687/8, at
Cambridge, Massachusetts
, the son of
Samuel Gookins
and his
wife
née
Mary
Larkin
, and the
grandson
of
Major-General
Daniel
Gookin
.
Gookin was
appointed
the first sheriff of
Worcester County
,
Massachusetts
on
June 30
,
1741
.
Death
Gookin
died
in
June
1743
.