Hello,
This message isn’t related to the farmhouse, although that is a fascinating story. But I hope to contact some people with interest in the Gooch family.
I too am researching the family of John Nance Gooch of Suffolk in the late eighteenth - mid nineteenth century. I think he had sisters who made a quilt that the Quilters Guild of Great Britain has acquired for its museum collection. I am a member of the Guild and an amateur genealogist, and I have volunteered to do some research to see what I can find out about the family.
If anyone is interested in corresponding about this, I would love to hear from you.