The Gookin Family Crest

The first English ancestor of that family whose name has been preserved was Arnold Gokin, of county Kent (tempo. Henry VII.), the father of Thomas Goolkyne of Bekesbourne, both named in the Heralds' Kent Visitation for 1619. The family seat was transferred to Ripple Court, always in county Kent, by John Gookin, son of the above, and father of Daniel Gookin, the emigrant (in Virginia, 1621-22). Major General Daniel Gookin, who resided in Virginia from 1630 to 1644, was a son of the preceding, and the ancestor of all the American Gookins. He settled finally, and died, at Cambridge, Mass. (1648-1686). A Charles Gookin, of the same family, was, under William Penn, Acting Proprietary Governor of Pennsylvania, in 1709.

Family

Gookin

Blazon

On A Mural Coronet, Argent, A Cock, Or, Beaked, Barbed, And Membered, Gules.

Source

America Hereldica