Ensign William GOODRICH

Male Abt 1605 -


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  • Name William GOODRICH  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • John and William Goodrich, brothers, located first at Watertown, Mass., where it has been said six tracts of land were granted to William, but they were evidently granted to another William Goodrich with wife Margaret, who died in 1647, which is proved by the fact that he was holding them after 1644. (Bond's Watertown, p, 777; Watertown Records, 1 p. 102, of lands, etc.) he was among the very first settlers at Wethersfield, being one of a small party known as the adventurers who wintered there before the arrival of the main body. The next year, 1636, the Watertown Company or the larger part of it, including his brother John, migrated to the site of the new town and there planted themselves anew. In the distribution of the town lands among the settlers, he had several lots assigned to him. He drew land in the allotment of 1670, but his homestead of 6 acres he bought of Thomas Ufford, which was on the west side of Main Street, diagonally across from the meeting house. He also bought 117 acres from Ufford on the east side of the river. (Stiles Ancient Wethersfield.) He was Freeman, May 15, 1656; Deputy to the General Court for five sessions from May, 1662 to October, 1666, inclusive, a member of the Grand Jury in May, 1662, and Ensign of the Wetherfield trainband in May, 1665; one of Mason's Army in the Pequot War of 1637. [1]
    Prefix Ensign 
    Birth Abt 18 Apr 1605  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I25602  Main Tree
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2022 

    Father John GOODRICH,   b. 1587 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Marjorie HOWE,   b. 1588 or 1591 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1615  [6
    Family ID F19746  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah MARVIN,   b. 1632, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1702, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 04 Oct 1648  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. William GOODRICH,   b. 08 Aug 1649, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +2. Sarah GOODRICH,   b. 8 Aug 1649   d. Abt 1700 (Age 50 years)  [Birth]
     3. Mary GOODRICH,   b. 13 Nov 1651, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1723 (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
    +4. John GOODRICH,   b. 20 May 1653, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Sep 1730 (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
     5. Elizabeth GOODRICH,   b. 1658, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1697/8, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Birth]
     6. Lieut. William GOODRICH,   b. 08 Feb 1660/1, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1737, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Birth]
     7. Abigail GOODRICH,   b. 05 Jun 1662, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1684 (Age 22 years)  [Birth]
     8. Capt. Ephraim GOODRICH,   b. 02 Jun 1663, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1739, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Birth]
    +9. Col David GOODRICH, Sr.,   b. 04 May 1667, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1755, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F13678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 18 Apr 1605 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 04 Oct 1648 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    2. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).

    3. [S02483] Information from Beverly Mayhugh.

    4. [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).

    5. [S02484] Information from Bill Thompson.

    6. [S04348] Yates Publishing, Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).

    7. [S03414] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Hartford.

    8. [S01765] Ancestry.com: Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut.