Lucinda GODFREY

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• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Sandstone, jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Sandstone, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Sandstone, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Sandstone, Jackson Co., Michigan

Lucinda married Jacob RHINES before 1850. Jacob was born on 2 Feb 1804; died on 20 Jan 1886; was buried in Chapel Cemetery, Sandstone, Jackson Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Vega J. RHINES was born in 1850 in Michigan; died on 27 Sep 1876; was buried in Chapel Cemetery, Sandstone, Jackson Co., Michigan.
2. Emmet RHINES was born on 11 Jan 1852 in Michigan; died in Nov 1932; was buried in Chapel Cemetery, Sandstone, Jackson Co., Michigan.

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• Census: 1850, Living in Stafford, Genesee Co, New York
• Census: 1860, Living with son, George, in Parma, Jackson Co., Michigan

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Elijah Godfrey lived in the vicinity of Bloomingburg until 1826 when he moved to Stafford, Genessee Co., N.Y. For the next quarter century his activities centered here and in Batavia, N.Y., where he built a flour mill, the foundations of which are still standing. The old millstone can still be seen and the place is known as Godfrey's Pond. About 1850, he and his wife removed to southern Michigan where the majority of his family had settled.

Elijah's family all showed strong mental ability to an unusual degree. to quote from a letter of one of his descendants: "One of the strongest characteristics of that earlier generation of Godfreys was a remarkable memory. Even to this day the 'Godfrey memory'[ is a classic allusion at all family gatherings. They were all great readers, especially fond of history and politics. the story is told of John King Godfrey, who, after a busy day in the field, would sit up all night reading the NEW YORK TRIBUNE, a candle in one hand and his paper in the other. Of course it was a weekly and he could not wait until the next day after its arrival to digest its contents from cover to cover."

In 1887, Elijah Godfrey's children held a reunion which led to the formation of the Godfrey Family Association; annual meetings were held continuously until present war conditions interfered.

Elijah married Catharine SLAWSON on 24 Sep 1807. Catharine (daughter of Nathan SLAWSON and Hannah SLASON) was born on 30 Mar 1791 in Salem, Westchester Co., New York; died on 30 Sep 1870 in Jackson County, Michigan; was buried in Campbell Cemetery, Parma, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Stafford, Genesee Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with son, George, in Parma, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living with daughter, Lucinda Rhines, in Sandstone, Jackson Co., Michigan

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• Fact: Son of David Godfrey and Priscilla Baker

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The most accurate information that we have of Capt. David Godfrey is from a brief sketch of his life, written by his grandson, George Porter Godfrey, and read before a reunion of the Godfrey Family Association in Michigan at their first meeting in 1887: "...He and his brother, with ten or twelve other families emigrated from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia soon after the close of the French and Indian War in consequence of land bounties and other privileges offered by the king of England. there he lost his first wife and married our grandmother, Elizabeth Harris. Following this, he, and a part of the families who had accompanied him, abandoned their land and in 1769, procured an old sloop and turned its prow toward the Colonies. In his youth he was a sailor and made fourteen voyages to the west Indies and several to South America---how many as Captain we have no means of ascertaining..." Capt. David settled near what is now the town of Otisville where he built a house which is still standing in a good state of preservation.

David Godfrey was a soldier in the Continental Army, serving as a Private in Capt. Abraham Cuddeback's Company, Col. James McClaghery's 2nd Regiment of Ulster County Milita. On Aug. 17, 1790, he was included in a large group of men several of whom were Revolutionary soldiers, who, by right of occupancy, were granted a 7000-acre tract of land in the town of Mamakating, ulster county. A Survey return, dated Sept. 10, 1791, lists him as one of the group owning 200 acres.

The records of the OldSchool Baptist Church show that Elizabeth Godfrey was one of the original constituent members when it was organized in 1785.

David married Elizabeth HARRIS about 1765 in Horton, Nova Scotia. Elizabeth (daughter of Lebbeus HARRIS and Alice RANSOM) was born on 22 Feb 1746 in Colchester, New London Co. Connecticut; was buried in New Vernon Old School Baptist Church Cemetery, Otisville, Orange Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From "Captain David Godfrey of Orange Co., NY and some of His Descendants: Catherine's father, Nathan, was a Revolutionary soldier, serving in 1777, as a Private in the Connecticut troops at the burning of Danbury. He was taken prisoner and confined in the old Sugar House prison in New York City but escaped by swimming the East River.

Nathan married Hannah SLASON in 1788. Hannah (daughter of Ebenezer SLASON and Catherine Ann SELLECK) was born on 24/26 Feb 1765 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Jun 1819 in Waterlo, Albany Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]