Thomas Goodrich
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Thomas Goodrich (bef. 1615 - bef. 1679)

Lt-Col Thomas Goodrich
Born before in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1645 (to 3 Apr 1679) in Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died before at about age 63 in Rappahannock, Virginiamap [uncertain]
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See also freespace pages William Goodrich DNA Research and William Goodrich Research Notes are to capture both DNA and Genealogical research efforts about William Goodrich (bef.1609-bef.1645) of Hessett, Suffolk, England and Watertown, Massachusetts (Goodrich-391) and his likely cousins through shared grandfather William Goodrich (1542-1631) brothers John Goodrich (1618-1680) and William Goodrich (1622-1676) of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England and Wethersfield, Connecticut and their connections to Clement Chaplin (1593-1656) early immigrant to New England who returned to England before his death. A proposed second cousin, Thomas Goodrich, early immigrant to Virginia by shared great-grandfather Robert Goodrich of Felsham, Suffolk is also relevant to this research.

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Biography

Thomas Goodrich, son of John Goodrich and Martha Smith, was baptized 14 Apr 1615 at St. Mary Parish in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. [1]

1938-1939 Research at Bury St. Edmunds of Lillian Jane Redstone (1885-1955)

Thomas was the youngest of the surviving children named in the 30 Jun 1625 will of his father, Mr. John Goodrich, Gentleman; Alderman and prosperous feltmaker of Bury St.Edmunds. [2]

Immigrant Thomas Goodrich, Gentleman, probably arrived in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia by 1645, and probably soon afterward Thomas married Ann. Thomas Goodrich was attested in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia in a 16 Jun 1651 court, acting as an attorney for Job Beasley in the matter of a confiscated boat with oars that was lost, with a request for 300 lbs. of tobacco for restitution of damages to Job Beasley; [3] possibly this was one means by which Thomas Goodrich was earning money to buy properties during his earlier years in Virginia. Arranging passages to Virginia was another means of obtaining property, and sometimes named the same individuals repeatedly, so that a given passage date did not necessarily indicate the date of immigration for the individuals involved, [4] including as one example the 1653 passage of Thomas Goodrich and Ann Goodrich with sponsor Peter Sexton. [5]

Thomas Goodrich immigrated to America, arriving by 1645 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia and then by April 1656, [6] he had moved to Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, where he was a large landowner [7] with the title, Mr. Thomas Goodrich. [8]

Clement Thresh sold to Major Thomas Goodrich 500 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River, between Tignor's Creek and Duke Street in Tappahannock, [9] on 14 Apr 1656, [10] which was the same date that Thomas Goodrich; son of Mr. John Goodrich, was baptized at Bury St. Mary on 14 Apr 1615. These 500 acres had been sold to Mr. Clement Thresh by Bartholomew Hoskins on 01 Aug 1652, [11] after Hoskins acquired the land on 01 Jan 1645, [12] with patent renewals on 01 Jan 1648, [13] and on 12 Aug 1651. [14] An additional 100 acres was granted to Thomas Goodrich on 10 Jun 1657 for sponsoring the voyage of two settlers to Virginia. [15]

Clement Thresh sells patent for 500 acres to Major Thomas Goodrich (14 Apr 1656)
Bartholomew Hoskins sells patent for 500 acres to Mr. Clement Thresh (01 Aug 1652)

Thomas Goodrich later acted as an attorney on behalf of John Green, who bought, on 13 Oct 1655, [16] the 600 acres adjacent north of the 500 acres bought by Clement Thresh on 01 Aug 1652, and then attempted to sell this land in a deed dated 31 Jul 1662, [17] with a payment due date of 31 Jul 1663. After expiration of the due date, Lt-Col. Thomas Goodrich bought the rights and was assigned the 600 acres patent on 18 Sep 1663. [18]

600 Acres Land Patent Acquired by Lt-Col. Thomas Goodrich (18 Sep 1663)

Thomas Goodrich, owner of the 600 acres, then drafted another deed of sale dated 03 Feb 1663/4 that was a second purchase option for the original intended buyer; [19] however, the sole owner of the 600 acre south, 600 acre north portions in the end was Lt-Col. Thomas Goodrich. In his 15 Mar 1678/9 will, Thomas Goodrich bequeathed 200 acres of his south 600 acres of this land to his oldest son Benjamin Goodrich. [20] The 150 acre portion farthest south was part of property patented by Epaphroditus Lawson in 1650. [21]

Distribution of an Original 1,350 Rappahannock Land Patent of Bartholomew Hoskins

Thomas Goodrich was a wealthy landowner titled: "gentleman," and left a will dated March 15, 1678/9, proved on April 3, 1678 that bequeathed about 10,000 acres of land to his wife and his six children. The children of Thomas and Anne Goodrich; all named in his 15 Mar 1678/9 will; the first three sons likely born in Lower Norfolk, Virginia and the last son and 2 daughters all minors born in Old Rappahannock County, [22] included: [23]

1. Benjamin Goodrich; b. about 1647; m. Alice _____; d. before 27 Apr 1695.

2. Joseph Goodrich; b. about 1650; d. before 10 May 1694.

3. Charles Goodrich; b. about 1652; m. Elizabeth ____; d. 14 Jun 1726.

4. Anne Goodrich; b. after 1658; m. John Lightfoot; d. before 05 Nov 1708.

5. Peter Goodrich; b. about 1662.

6. Katherine Goodrich; b. about 1663.

Thomas and his eldest son Benjamin joined other planters in Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676. The planters were protesting government corruption, depressed tobacco prices and oppressive taxes, and attacks by Native Americans that the Royal Governor, Sir William Berkeley, was handling ineffectively. The planters, led by Nathaniel Bacon, took matters into their own hands and attempted to overthrow the Royal Governor before order was restored, in the first American civil war. [24]

Y-DNA

"Y-SNP markers E-L1019 and E-L1020, discovered on 14 Feb 2012, and found initially in the Y-DNA descendants of immigrants Ensign William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Connecticut and Colonel Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, Virginia, were found in a Y-DNA descendant of immigrant William Goodridge of Watertown, Massachusetts ....Y-DNA test results have proven that Thomas Goodrich of Rappahannock co-descended from the Felsham Goodrich ancestry and link him to County Suffolk. Thomas stated in 1654 his age was 40. Of three Suffolk Goodrich men with a son Thomas baptized in 1614-1615, one carried the title Mr. John Goodrich, Alderman of Bury St. Edmunds." (Documentation of father)

Y-DNA test results have proven that Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, Virginia, co-descended from the Felsham Goodrich ancestry, and link him to County Suffolk. A definitive scientific advance in Y-DNA testing, that had been available to the public since 2013, [25] finally intervened in 2015, in the form of next-generation-sequencing (NGS) Y-SNP tests of Y-descendants of ...

- William Goodrich of Wethersfield, CT - G18 [26]
- William Goodrich III; later known as William-1 Goodridge of Watertown, MA - G50 [27]
- Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, VA - G62. [28]

The results of the testing showed that ...

  1. G62, G50 and G18 all shared the Y-SNP mutation E-L1019.

Sources

  1. Register of St. Mary Parish, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England by Lillian J. Redstone (1938-1939).
  2. Will of John Goodrich of Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk, England: 30 Jun 1625; proved 01 Mar 1625/6.
  3. Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Court Records, Book B (1646-1652) page 179a
  4. P. S. McCrary, Wilson Families in Colonial Virginia (Maryland: Heritage, 2007) page 160.
  5. Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666, George Cabell Greer, (Richmond, VA: W.C. Hill, 1912), page 131
  6. Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents-Grants, 1623-1800, (1934), p 347 (4:99)
  7. P. S. McCrary, Wilson Families in Colonial Virginia (Maryland: Heritage, 2007) p158-161.
  8. Goodrich Family Association Quarterly vol. 9 issue #4 (Sep 2013) page 92
  9. "The Establishment of Tappahannock," Essex County Historical Society, Number 1 (Nov 1971), page 3
  10. Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents-Grants, 1623-1800, (1934), p 347 (4:99)
  11. Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents-Grants, 1623-1800, (1934), p 259 (3:98)
  12. "The Establishment of Tappahannock," Essex County Historical Society, Number 1 (Nov 1971), page 3
  13. Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents-Grants, 1623-1800, (1934), p 182 (2:172)
  14. Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents-Grants, 1623-1800, (1934), p 219 (2:338)
  15. Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents-Grants, 1623-1800, (1934), p 347 (4:99)
  16. Essex (Old Rappahannock) County, Virginia Land Records, volume 3, pages 161-166
  17. Essex (Old Rappahannock) County, Virginia Land Records, volume 3, pages 186-187
  18. Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents-Grants, 1623-1800, (1934), p 500 (5:327)
  19. Essex (Old Rappahannock) County, Virginia Land Records, volume 3, pages 161-166
  20. P. S. McCrary, Wilson Families in Colonial Virginia (Maryland: Heritage, 2007) page 169
  21. "The Establishment of Tappahannock," Essex County Historical Society, Number 1 (Nov 1971), page 3
  22. Will of Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, Virginia; dated: 15 Mar 1678/9; proved 03 Apr 1679
  23. P. S. McCrary, Wilson Families in Colonial Virginia (Maryland: Heritage, 2007) pages 157; 211-213
  24. Goodrich Family Association Quarterly vol. 9 issue #4 (Sep 2013) page 92
  25. https://isogg.org/wiki/Y-DNA_next_generation_sequencing
  26. Full Genomes Corp. Y-Elite 2.0 test 7YZ53; YFull tree kit YF05423.
  27. Full Genomes Corp. Y-Elite 2.0 test 8YQRA; YFull tree kit YF05422.
  28. Full Genomes Corp. Y-Elite 2.0 test N2L2C; YFull tree kit YF05421.

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch-Documentation of birth, death, spouse, parents, grandparents, and children, including brief biography

  • [2] "Goodrich Family Association/Goodrich Gospel" newsletter, Volume 9, Issue 4, page 92, by Stephen Dean Goodrich, Ph.D.

"U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s" Documentation of arrival to Virginia, from England, 1653

"THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE" Old Rappahannock Courthouse Marker: Inscription: "About half a mile northeast stood the old courthouse and clerk’s office of Rappahannock County, 1665–1693. To this courthouse Thomas Goodrich and Benjamin Goodrich, ordered to appear with halters around their necks, came to express their penitence for taking part in Bacon’s Rebellion in l676." Erected 1928 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number N-18.) Location. 37° 58.932′ N, 76° 57.575′ W. Marker is in Caret, Virginia, in Essex County.

Genealogies of Virginia Families By Tylers Quarterly Historical and Geneological Magazine Pg 23.

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posted by Scott McClain
Goodrich-418 and Goodrich-6874 appear to represent the same person because: Though Mr. Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia; Gentleman (1615-1679), was long thought to be a descendant of the titled Goodricke ancestry due to his title, Thomas was proven in 2008 to be a co-Y-descendant of the Felsham, Suffolk, Goodrich Y-ancestry of Ensign William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Connecticut (1622-1676); in 2011 William Goodrich/Goodridge of Watertown, Massachusetts (1609-1645; Goodrich-391) was also proven to be a co-Y-descendant. William of MA and William of CT were first cousins, sharing paternal grandfather William Goodrich of Hessett (~1545-1631; Goodrich-188); they were second cousins of Thomas Goodrich by paternal great-grandfather Robert Goodrich (~1505-1570; Goodrich-197).

In 2012-2013, the new next-generation sequencing Y-SNP tests have proven that the (first-discovered) Y-SNP mutation in Y-DNA haplogroup E that William of MA, Thomas of VA and William of CT share is E-L1019 (there are 37 others after E-Z16242), and the Y-SNP mutation that William of MA shares with William of CT, that is not shared with Thomas of VA, is E-FGC44079. Thomas was the son of Mr. John Goodrich, Gentleman; Alderman and a prosperous feltmaker of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England (1568-1626; Goodrich-6873) and his wife Martha Smith and Thomas was a grandson of Adam Goodrich of Felsham (~1536-1597; Goodrich-6818); principal heir of Robert Goodrich of Felsham and an older brother of William Goodrich of Hessett (~1545-1631).

Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, Virginia was married to Anne Thresh; daughter of Clement Thresh, in whose 1657 will son-in-law Thomas and daughter Anne were named.

Also, Goodrich-514, Goodrich-418, and Goodrich-6981 are all the same person, whose sourced family and biographical details are found in Goodrich-6874.

More sourced details can be found at the following websites:

http://goodrichfamilyassoc.org/Newsletters/Documents/September_2013.pdf (pages 91-96).

http://goodrichfamilyassoc.org/Newsletters/Documents/June_2016_archive_version.pdf (pages 16-28).

http://goodrichfamilyassoc.org/Newsletters/Documents/Sept_2016_archive_version.pdf (pages 43-49).

Steve Goodrich, Ph.D.

Manager, Goodrich Surname DNA Project

Editor, Goodrich Family Association Newsletter

posted by Steve Goodrich
edited by Steve Goodrich
Goodrich-418 and Goodrich-6874 appear to represent the same person because: Though Mr. Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia; Gentleman (1615-1679), was long thought to be a descendant of the titled Goodricke ancestry due to his title, Thomas was proven in 2008 to be a co-Y-descendant of the Felsham, Suffolk, Goodrich Y-ancestry of Ensign William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Connecticut (1622-1676); in 2011 William Goodrich/Goodridge of Watertown, Massachusetts (1609-1645; Goodrich-391) was also proven to be a co-Y-descendant. William of MA and William of CT were first cousins, sharing paternal grandfather William Goodrich of Hessett (~1545-1631; Goodrich-188); they were second cousins of Thomas Goodrich by paternal great-grandfather Robert Goodrich (~1505-1570; Goodrich-197).

In 2012-2013, the new next-generation sequencing Y-SNP tests have proven that the (first-discovered) Y-SNP mutation in Y-DNA haplogroup E that William of MA, Thomas of VA and William of CT share is E-L1019 (there are 37 others after E-Z16242), and the Y-SNP mutation that William of MA shares with William of CT, that is not shared with Thomas of VA, is E-FGC44079. Thomas was the son of Mr. John Goodrich, Gentleman; Alderman and a prosperous feltmaker of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England (1568-1626; Goodrich-6873) and his wife Martha Smith and Thomas was a grandson of Adam Goodrich of Felsham (~1536-1597; Goodrich-6818); principal heir of Robert Goodrich of Felsham and an older brother of William Goodrich of Hessett (~1545-1631).

Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, Virginia was married to Anne Thresh; daughter of Clement Thresh, in whose 1657 will son-in-law Thomas and daughter Anne were named.

Also, Goodrich-514, Goodrich-418, and Goodrich-6981 are all the same person, whose sourced family and biographical details are found in Goodrich-6874.

More sourced details can be found at the following websites:

http://goodrichfamilyassoc.org/Newsletters/Documents/September_2013.pdf (pages 91-96).

http://goodrichfamilyassoc.org/Newsletters/Documents/June_2016_archive_version.pdf (pages 16-28).

http://goodrichfamilyassoc.org/Newsletters/Documents/Sept_2016_archive_version.pdf (pages 43-49).

Steve Goodrich, Ph.D.

Manager, Goodrich Surname DNA Project

Editor, Goodrich Family Association Newsletter

posted on Goodrich-6874 (merged) by Steve Goodrich
edited by Steve Goodrich
Hi folks.

For such an important gateway ancestor, it feels like the profile could use some work.

For example, it appears that much of the biography prose for this profile is direct copy-and-paste from copyrighted works. We should improve the citations and formatting to clarify what is original writing for/by WikiTree profile managers, and what is borrowed from which sources. In-line citations would be a huge help. There are a lot of claims embedded in the biography which are not connected to sources, so not verifiable.

Aside from the random Ancestry links and secondary-source books, do we have any actual primary source evidence proving what we are publishing here is historically factual? I am concerned given the number of "heavy hitter" English aristocratic profiles up-pedigree from this gateway, that we make this emigrant profile as robust as possible. In essence, he connects millions of living people to tens of thousands of medieval (and more ancient) ancestors. Each link in the chain, but especially the emigrants, needs to be forged of fact.

Cheers

posted by Isaac Taylor
edited by Isaac Taylor
Is this profile on the Magna Carta Surety Baron gateway ancestor to-do list?
posted by Isaac Taylor
Goodrich-6981 and Goodrich-418 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate please merge thank you
posted by Andrea (Stawski) Pack
Goodrich-418 and Goodrich-514 appear to represent the same person because: Both men are Thomas Goodrich and both men have a daughter named Anne Goodrich and both men are married to Anne Goodrich. The Goodrich-514 profile is more complete and has the data and documentation that should also be shown for Goodrich-418.
posted by Carol Wilder
removed instead of changed category, since the target profile for the proposed merge has the correct category.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Goodrich-1024 and Goodrich-514 appear to represent the same person because: basic born/died info matches & same wife.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

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