Elizabeth (Edwards) Goodrich (abt. 1625 - 1670)

Born about 1625 in England [uncertain]

Wife of John Goodrich — married about 1645 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1670 at about age 45 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Her LNAB should be changed to Unknown, since Thomas Edwards of Wethersfield probably was not her father. He was about the same age as Elizabeth and many sources doubt his parentage. One theory is she was a sister of Katherine, wife of Thomas Read and whose son Thomas Jr. married Elizabeth's daughter Mary.^[1]

Elizabeth married John Goodrich before 1645 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.^[2]Elizabeth and John had at least six children: Elizabeth, John, Mary, Joseph, Jonathan, and Hannah.^[3] Elizabeth died 5 Jul 1670 in Wethersfield.

Name

Elizabeth Edwards Goodrich^[3]

Birth

February 4, 1622 Drayton, Warwick, England ^{[citation needed]}

Elizabeth's birthdate is a deduction. She would have been at least 16 when she married about 1644-1645, and she would not have been more than a year or two older than her husband John. So she was born between approximately 1621-1629, with the midway point being 1625. When a valid source for her birthdate is located, please list it and delete this note.

Marriage

bef 2 NOV 1645 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut^[3]

Husband: John Goodrich

Child: Mary Goodrich

Child: Elizabeth Goodrich

Death

5 JUL 1670 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/gdrch_index.html#notes
2. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Case, Lafayette Wallace. The Goodrich Family in America (Fergus Printing Co., 1889) Page 33.

• Wethersfield Vital Records, In Land Records, Vol. 2, The American Genealogist (1933) Vol. 10, Page 106.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #48786348
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1862)
• Stiles, Henry R. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut (Grafton Press, New York, 1904) Page 370-71.
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
• Ancestral File Number: ZXC5-XK, 1V4Z-9C2, B09Q-X4

See also:

• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [1]

John GOODRICH

Marriage 1645

Location Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Original Text GOODRICH, John (-1680) & 1/wf Elizabeth ____ [Edwards (no)](?sis Katherine, wf of Thomas READ); by 1645; Wethersfield {Hale (1952) 553; Wethersfield 2:235, 314, 370; Middletown Upper Houses 536; Booth (1910) 231; Crafts 64; Goodrich 33; Parker (,9) 255; T

Spouse Elizabeth UNIDENTIFIED

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