GOODHUE
I don’t know much about William Goodhue (1612 – 1699), my 9th
great grandfather, which is sad because I descend from all three of his
children. I don’t know his English
ancestry, nor do I know when he came to New England. He settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts and was
a freeman on 7 December 1636. He had three children with his wife, Margery
Watson, and was married two more times but appears to have had no more
children.
William Goodhue was a selectman and deacon of the church in
1658 in Ipswich. He was a representative
to the General Court in 1666 and a few more times after that. He died in 1699 when he was 86 years old.
The daughter of William Goodhue, Mary, married Thomas
Giddings in 1658.
The elder son, Joseph Goodhue, married first to Sarah
Whipple in 1661. She had ten children
and then died delivering twins. In a long
letter written to her husband on 14 July 1681 she wrote out her wishes in case
of her death at the time of this birth.
I have a transcription of this poignant letter at this blog post: http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/03/amanuensis-monday-1681-letter.html This letter spells out what should happen to
her children and how they should be raised.
It’s a tear jerker. She must
have known it was going to be a difficult pregnancy and that she might not
survive.
The youngest son, William Goodhue lived on the family farm
in Chebacco Parish. He was a deacon at
the Chebacco Parish church. In 1687 Governor Andros imposed a tax on the people
of Massachusetts in violation of their charter, not to be taxed without an
assembly’s consent. The minister of
Ipswich and two men, one was William Goodhue, Jr., conferred a town meeting
against this tax. William and five
Ipswich men were arrested and jailed in Boston.
The town of Ipswich paid their fines.
In 1704 Ipswich granted William Goodhue land for his losses. This tax revolt was almost 100 years before
the Revolutionary War.
Some GOODHUE sources:
One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, by John Osborne Austin,
Salem, Massachusetts; 1893 (reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Company in
1977)
History and Genealogy of the Goodhue Family in England and America to
the Year 1890, by Reverend Jonathan E. Goodhue, Rochester, NY: 1891.
New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Volume 112, page 143
A Partial List of the Descendants of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of
Bocking, Essex County, England, by Henry Burdette Whipple, 1965.
My GOODHUE genealogy:
Generation 1: William Goodhue, born about 1612 in England,
died 7 September 1699 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts; married
first about 1635 to Margery Watson, daughter of Joseph Watson. She was born about 1612 and died 28 August
1668 in Ipswich; married second on 7 February 1670 to Mary Morton; married
third to Bethiah Rea, widow of Captain Thomas Lothrop; married fourth to Remember
Gott, widow of John Fisk. Three children
with Margery Watson, and I descend from all three!
Lineage A:
Generation 2: Mary
Goodhue, born about 1637, died before 1685; married on 23 February 1658 in
Ipswich to Thomas Giddings as his first wife.
He was born about 1638 and died 19 June 1681 in Ipswich, the son of
George Giddings and Jane Lawrence. Three
children.
Generation 3: William
Giddings, died after 1757; married on 19 September 1698 in Lynn, Massachusetts
to Sarah Hitchings, the daughter of Daniel Hitchings and Eleanor Unknown (also
my 8th great grandparents in another lineage). Three children.
Generation 4: Thomas
Giddings m. Martha Smith
Generation 5: Sarah
Giddings m. Amos Burnham
Generation 6: Judith
Burnham m. Joseph Allen
Generation 7: Joseph
Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears
Generation 9: Joseph
Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda
Hitchings (my grandparents)
Lineage B:
Generation 2: Joseph
Goodhue, born about 1639 in Ipswich, died 2 September 1697 in Ipswich; married
on 13 July 1661 to Sarah Whipple, daughter of John Whipple and Susannah
Clark. She was born 3 November 1641 in
Ipswich and died 23 July 1681 in Ipswich. Nine children. He married second on 4 July 1692 to Mercy
Boynton, and had one son.
Generation 3: Mary Goodhue, born about 1664 in Ipswich, died
after 30 April 1719; married Bonus Norton, son of William Norton and Lucy
Downing. He was born about 1657 in
Ipswich and died 30 April 1719 in Hampton, New Hampshire. Eight children.
Generation 4:
Elizabeth Norton m. Benjamin Swett
Generation 5:
Elizabeth Swett m. David Batchelder
Generation 6: Elisha
Batchelder m. Sarah Lane
Generation 7: Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson
Generation 8: George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke
Generation 9: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson
Generation 10: Carried Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer
Allen (see above)
Lineage C:
Generation 2: William
Goodhue, born about 1645, died 12 October 1712 in Ipswich; married on 14
November 1666 in Ipswich to Hannah Dane, the daughter of Reverend Francis Dane
and Elizabeth Ingalls. She was born
about 1648 in Andover, Massachusetts. Eleven children.
Generation 3: Bethiah Goodhue, born about 1683 in Ipswich,
died 28 March 1752 in Ipswich; married after 24 November 1711 in Ipswich to
Benjamin Marshall, the son of Benjamin Marshall and Prudence Woodward. He was born 15 November 1684 in Ipswich, and
died 2 October 1747 in the Chebacco Parish.
Five children.
Generation 4: Elizabeth Marshall m. David Burnham
Generation 5: Amos Burnham m. Sarah Giddings (see above)
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