Josiah Goddard (1701 - 1758)

Born 12 Jul 1701 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Biglow) Parker — married 15 Oct 1730 (to 21 Oct 1758) in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Died 21 Oct 1758 at age 57 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Josiah Goddard was the son of William and Elizabeth (Miles) Goddard. (p. 242) ^[1] He married at Watertown, Rachel Davis, daughter of William and Jane Davis. ^[2] Their son Josiah was born July 12, 1701 at Watertown and baptized there on July 13, 1701. ^[3]

Josiah married Oct. 15, 1730, Mary Bigelow of Newton, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Livermore ) Bigelow. She was born Sept. 12, 1707 at Marlborough, MA. (p. 238; p. 33) ^[4](p. 38) ^[5] He died Oct. 21, 1758 at Newton and was buried in the Center Street Cemetery. (p. 165) ^[6] He was a Selectman in 1758 at Newton. (p. 293/4) ^[7] After his death his widow married Oct. 1759, Ebenezer Parker as his third wife. (p. 164) ^[6]

• Births, Marriages, Deaths

Watertown Births/Baptisms

GODDARD, Josiah, s. Josiah and Rachel (Davis), July 12, 1701. (p. 18)

GODDARD, Josiah s. of Josiah Goddard, baptized July 13, 1701. (p. 133)

Watertown Marriages

Josiah Goddard of Newton, and Mary Biglow of Watertown were joyned in marriage by ye Rev. Mr Warham Williams Minister of ye Gospel in sd Watertown. Oct. 15, 1730. (p. 87)^[8]

Marlborough Births

BIGLO, Mary [Biglow. CR], d. Thomas and Mary, Sept. 2, 1707. (p. 30)^[9]

Newton Marriages

GODDARD, Josiah and Mary Biglow, Oct. 15, 1730. In Watertown. (p. 242; p. 290)

Goddard, Mary and Ebenezer Parker, Oct. 19, 1759. (p. 290)

Newton Deaths

GODDARD, Josiah Oct. 21, 1758. [ a. 58 GR] (p. 452)^[10]

[Note: Texts list Mary Bigelow's mother as Mary Flagg & Mary Livermore?]

Sources

1. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 53, 1899 . New England Historic Genealogical Society. (1899)
2. ↑ Samuel Davis, of Oxford, Mass., and Joseph Davis, of Dudley, Mass., and Their Descendants By George Lucien Davis 1884
3. ↑ Vital Records of Watertown Massachusetts 1635-1849
4. ↑ Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town by Henry Bond, Horatio Gates Jones New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860
5. ↑ Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America: From the Marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the Year 1890 by Gilman Bigelow Howe C. Hamilton Printer, Worcester, 1890
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants, with the Best Wishes of the Author by John William Linzee, S. Usher Private Printing 1918
7. ↑ A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639-1800: With a Genealogical Register of Its Inhabitants, Prior to 1800 by Francis Jackson, Stacy and Richardson, Newon, 1854
8. ↑ Vital Records of Watertown 1635-1849
9. ↑ Vital Records of Marlborough Massachusetts to the End to the Year 1849 Publ. by Franklin. P Rice Boston 1908
10. ↑ Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 New England historic genealogical society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, 1905 - Newton