Capt.
Edmund
Goodenow
aka Goodnow
Born about in Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Goodenow
[uncertain]
and Ursula (Unknown) Goodenow
[uncertain]
Brother of
Ralph Goodenow, John Goodenow, Simon Goodenow, Nathaniel Goodenow, Thomas Goodenow, Ward (Goodenow) Goodnow, Dorothy (Goodenow) Ruddick and Ursula Goodenow
Husband of
Anne (Unknown) Goodenow
— married
about 1634 in England
Descendants 
Father of
John Goodenow, Thomas Goodenow, Hannah (Goodenow) Pendleton, Sarah (Goodenow) Kettel and Joseph Goodenow
Died
at about age 77
in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Disputed Association
A prior version of this profile reported Edmund Goodenow's wife as Ann Barry. This was not supported by reliable sources, and her profile was updated in 2021 to Ann _____. See Research Notes.
Biography
Edmund was born about 1611 in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England.[1][2] He was mentioned in the 1617 will of his father Thomas Goodenow.
According to Torrey's "New England Marriages to 1700" he married Anne Unknown by about 1634 in England, an estimate supported by the 1635 birth of their first known child. Torrey said this:
GOODENOW, Edmund1 (1611-1688) & Anne/Hannah? ____ (-1675); in Eng, ca 1634[3]
"Edmund, his wife Anne Unknown and sons John and Thomas came to America on the "Confidence" out of Donhead St Andrew, England via London, immigrating on 24 April 1638" arriving into Boston from Southamptonm, England.[4][1][5] On the same ship were five other members of the Goodenowe family including three brothers, John (42), Thomas (30) and Edmund (27), and their sisters, Ursula and Dorothy. The brothers had lived nearby each other in England: John in Semley, Thomas in Shaftsbury, and Edmund in Dunhead, in the neighboring shires of Dorset and Wilts. [6][7]
Shortly after their arrival, they joined others to settle in Sudbury, the 19th town in Massachusetts where he was a Freeman,[8] and on 13 May 1640 he was appointed constable there.[9] He was appointed Ensign 12 August 1645; and Captain of the Foot Company 27 May 1674,[10] serving in King Philips (Indian) War.[11]
"He served in all government posts (30 in all) in Sudbury, where he had been a founder."[12] "He was Deputy to the General Court for a number of years."[13]
Edmund and Anne were the parents of 6 children,[14]
- John born 1635 in Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England
- Thomas baptized 26 November 1637 in Donhead St Andrew[15]
- Hannah, born 28 November 1639 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
- Mary, born 25 August 1640 in Sudbury
- Sarah, born 17 March 1642 in Sudbury and
- Joseph, born 19 July 1645 in Sudbury.
Edmund died on April 6, 1688, was buried at Wayland, Massachusetts. His flat cement marker reads:[16]
- "Here Lyeth Pretions
- of the emimant servant
- of God Cap Enund Good
- enow who Dyed ye 77
- of His Ayge April ye 6. 1688"
Research Notes
A prior version of this program reported his wife was Ann Barry, born Wiltshire England, 1607, citing Edmund West, Family Data Collection. This association was not supported by reliable sources. His wife was updated to "Ann Unknown" in 2021. Ancestry.com also gave a marriage date of 1633 based on the auto-aggregated and unsourced "International Marriage Index", that date was changed back to "about 1634" to match Torrey's "New England Marriages to 1700".
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918. The Pioneers of Massachusetts: a Descriptive List, Drawn From Records of the Colonies, Towns And Churches And Other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston: C.H. Pope, 1900. pg 191
- ↑ Cutting, Alfred Wayland. An historical address delivered in the First Parish Church, Wayland, Mass. : Sunday, June 25, 1911. Boston: Press of G.H. Ellis Co., printers, 1991. pg 13
- ↑ 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. Vol 1. p. 631
- ↑ Quoted from Find-A Grave Find A Grave Memorial# 29452588.
- ↑ Drake, Samuel. Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England: Made in the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860. Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register (1860), p. 58.
- ↑ Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Confidence Vol 4: https://immigrantships.net/v4/1600v4/confidence16380424.html
- ↑ Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Confidence Vol 1: https://immigrantships.net/1600/confidence380424.html
- ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686. Boston: William White (1853), Vol. 1, p. 377.
- ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686. Boston: William White (1853), vol. 1, p. 296.
- ↑ Bodge, George Madison. Soldiers in King Philip's War. Boston: 1906. Original Archve.org
- ↑ Bodge, George Madison. Soldiers in King Philip's War. Boston: 1906. Original Archve.org
- ↑ Quoted from Find-A Grave Find A Grave Memorial# 29452588.
- ↑ Quoted from Find-A Grave Find A Grave Memorial# 29452588.
- ↑ Find-A Grave Find A Grave Memorial# 29452588.
- ↑ Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. $subscription and free image from ancestry.com
- ↑ Find-A Grave Find A Grave Memorial# 29452588.
- See Also:
- Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration DIrectory. New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), p. 134.
- Find-A Grave Find A Grave Memorial# 29452588
- Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638-1889. 1968 Reprint. Original Town of Sudbury, 1889. p. 28 p. 34
- Richardson, Douglas. English Origins of The Goodenow Family, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1976) Vol. 52, Page 209 $
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (dod 5 Apr 1688 in Sudbury, MA); by subscription, Ancestry.com, cites "...Holbrook Research Institute."
- Goodenows Who Originated in Sudbury, MA 1638 AD; published Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1994,
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Birth: 1610, England
Death: Apr. 5, 1688 Wayland Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
Husband of Anne Barry. This is a flat cement marker which reads:
"Here Lyeth Pretions of the emimant servant of God Cap Enund Good enow who Dyed ye 77 of His Ayge April ye 6. 1688"
Edmund, his wife Anne and sons John and Thomas came to America on the "Confidence" out of Dunhead, England via London, immigrating on 24 April 1638.
They settled in Sudbury where he was a Freeman, 13 May 1640, appointed Ensign 12 August 1645. Appointed Captain of the Foot Company 27 May 1674, serving in King Philips (Indian) War.
He was Deputy to the General Court for a number of years.
He served in all government posts (30 in all) in Sudbury, where he had been a founder.
Edmund and Anne were the parents of 6 children:
John born 1635 in Dunhead, England Thomas baptized 26 November 1637 in Dunhead Hannah, born 28 November 1639 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Mary, born 25 August 1640 in Sudbury Sarah, born 17 March 1642 in Sudbury and John, born 19 July 1645 in Sudbury.
Family links: Spouse: Anne Barry Goodenow (1609 - 1675)
Children: John Goodenow (1635 - 1721)* Hannah Goodenow Pendleton (1639 - 1688)* Joseph Goodenow (1645 - 1676)*
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Burial: North Cemetery Wayland Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
posted 16 Feb 2012 by Jim Lhamon Sr
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- Should Edmund Goodenow's wife Anne be PGM? Aug 26, 2021.
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Please add Goodenow-277 as a child so merge can be completed. Thank you.
The marriage date was changed to "1633" and a "see also source" as an English record or record group at Ancestry.com (paywall) was also added to Edmund's profile, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900."
The link added is http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=478351&indiv=try
Might someone with access to that particular record or record group provide more detail -- what does the record actually say.
Thank you.--Gene
It's the usual auto-aggregated garbage with no actual source. It says this:
Birth Place: En Birth Year: 1612 Spouse Name: Anne Berry Spouse Birth Year: 1608 Marriage Year: 1633
Torrey says only "about 1634" in England, i've added that as a source and changed the marriage date/location to match.
(1) Sure seems Edmund's linked wife, Anne, should be PGM--see item (2) below. Also, seems her LNAB should be changed to Unknown:
- (a) See profile of linked wife, Anne (Barry) Goodenow, for subsections, "Disputed Parents" and "Fictional Narrative." As well comments of "4 months ago" and "6 November 2020," both asking for her LNAB to be changed to Unknown.
- (b) See comment in Edmund's narrative (added today?), "Edmund's wife was known as Anne/Anna Barry, also known as Hannah. Noted in Family Data Collection - Births, as Anne Barry dob 1607 in Wiltshire, England." This may refer to the Edmund West, "Family Data Collection"--specifically not a reliable PGM source, see "PGM Unreliable Sources."
(2) Edmund's PGM status seems confirmed by two records.
- (a) Edmund, Anne (wife), children John and Thomas, and Richard Sanger (servant) enrolled for passage aboard Confidence, 30 April [1638] ("Lord Treasurers Warrant of 11 April 1638"); Citing "Colonial Papers, America and West Indies, v, 375--," Charles Edward Banks, The planters of the commonwealth ... (Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930), 196; digital images, InternetArchive.
- (b) Two records of "13th 3 mo 1640" [13 May 1640];
- (i) Freemen list, "Edmund Goodnor"; see Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts bay in New England, multiple vols., 1:377; digital images, InternetArchive.
- (ii) Made constable of Sudbury. See Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts bay in New England, multiple vols., 1:286; digital images, InternetArchive.
I agree completely. She should be PGM adjunct, at the very least. Her maiden name should be changed to Unknown. I have already changed the birth place to simply England.
I think PGM. Separate from being enrolled for passage, four children were born at New England, beginning 1639.
Book: The Planters of the Commonwealth and the ships that brought them 1620-1640, Author: Charles Edward Banks, Riverside Press, 1930, pp 195-198; SHIP: Confidence, of London, 200 tons, John Gibson, Master, sailed from Southampton by vertue of the Lord Treasurers warrant of the 11th of April 1638; Edmund Goodenow age 27 of Donhead, county Wilts, destination, Sudbury, Mrs. Anne Goodenow, John Goodenow age 3, Thomas Goodenow age 1, Richard Sanger age 18, servant, page 196. My copy number 67 of 787 numbered copies. Daughter Hannah Goodenow 1639-1688 was the 2nd wife of James Pendleton 1628-1709-see History of Stonington, Connecticut.
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Categories: Puritan Great Migration | Confidence, sailed April 1638 | Sudbury, Massachusetts | King Philip's War | North Cemetery, Wayland, Massachusetts
Wife, Anne Barry Goodenow (1609-1675)is also buried at the North Cemetery, Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA