Benjamin Goddard (1704 - 1754)

Born 15 Aug 1704 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Grace Fiske — married 25 Sep 1733 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 28 Jan 1754 at age 49 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Benjamin Goddard was born on August 15, 1704^[1][2] in Watertown, Massachusetts and was an early settler in the area that would become the Township of Shrewsbury.^[3] Land grants began there in 1717 and the town became incorporated under its present name in 1727.^[4] Benjamin Goddard and Grace Fiske of Watertown were married September 25, 1733 in Watertown, Massachusetts.^[5][6][7] Benjamin Goddard died in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts January 28, 1754 in his 50th year.^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 26
2. ↑ Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: N.E. Historic-Genealogical Society, 1860. pg 239.
3. ↑ Ward, Andrew H. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829. Boston, MA: S.G. Drake, 1847. pp 283, 285-286.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1904. pp Introduction.
5. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 95
6. ↑ Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1904. pp 155.
7. ↑ Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: N.E. Historic-Genealogical Society, 1860. pg 239.
8. ↑ Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1904. pp 252.
9. ↑ Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: N.E. Historic-Genealogical Society, 1860. pg 239.

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• Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: N.E. Historic-Genealogical Society, 1860. pp 239, 253-254.
• Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1904. pp 39-41, 155-156, 252.
• Ward, Andrew H. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829. Boston, MA: S.G. Drake, 1847. pp 283, 285-286.
• Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737. Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society. Watertown, MA; Press of Fred G Barker; 1900. Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org
• Find A Grave: Memorial #37498589: Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts