Background
Gold was the only son of Major Nathan and Sarah Phippen Gold and succeeded to the paternal estate in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Gold was the only son of Major Nathan and Sarah Phippen Gold and succeeded to the paternal estate in Fairfield, Connecticut.
He and Hannah had six children, Abigail, John, Nathan, Samuel, Hezekiah, and Sarah. Hannah died on March 28, 1696. He and Sarah had five children, Sarah, Onesimus, David, Martha, and Joseph.
Gold served the Colony in various offices.
He was Ensign of the Fairfield trainband in April, 1690 and Captain in October, 1695. He was Deputy Governor from 1708 to 1723.
He also served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1712. Gold died on October 3, 1723, and is interred at the Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.