William Goodrich I (abt. 1545 - bef. 1631)

Born about 1545 in Felsham, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Richardson) Goodrich — married 7 Nov 1568 in Felsham, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died before 24 Oct 1631 before about age 86 in Hessett, Suffolk, England

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Biography

The will of Robert Goodrich of Felsham provided access to his home and sustenance for his widow Elizabeth, who was eventually buried 09 Aug 1579 at St. Ethelbert parish in Hessett, ^[1] and bequeathed to principal heir Adam Goodrich his lands and tenements in Felsham. The other children were given, in the order they were named in the will: Thomas Goodrich received £20, William Goodrich received £20, Emma Goodrich received £10, Elizabeth Goodrich received £10, John Goodrich received £20, and a payment schedule was stated. ^[2]

The will of Robert Goodrich of Felsham was proved 22 Feb 1569/70. By this time son Adam Goodrich had married his first wife Ann and they had three children: Robert Goodrich (the family tradition was to name the eldest son after the paternal grandfather), for whom no baptismal record has been found though Robert was the principal heir in the 1597 will of Adam Goodrich of Felsham, ^[3] and two children baptized at St. Ethelbert parish in Hessett, Suffolk, England in 1566-1568: Susan Goodrich and John Goodrich. ^[4] John Goodrich became John Goodrich the Alderman of Bury St. Edmunds; named in the will of his father as "John Goodrich of Bury," and he was the father of the immigrant Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, Virginia. ^[5] Also by the time that the will of Robert Goodrich of Felsham had been proved in 1570, son William Goodrich had married Margaret Richardson at Felsham on 07 Nov 1568. ^[6]

Following the death of their father Robert Goodrich, Adam Goodrich and William Goodrich appear to have traded places: the remaining 8 children of Adam Goodrich; 4 by first wife Ann and 4 by second wife Katherine, appear in 1571-1588 baptismal records of St. Peter-Felsham. ^[7]

Conversely, all known baptismal records for the children of William and Margaret (Richardson) Goodrich were at St. Ethelbert parish in Hessett: first for eldest son Robert Goodrich; baptized 05 May 1577, followed by son William Goodrich; baptized 11 Sep 1580, followed by son Henry Goodrich, who was baptized 12 Jan 1583/4 with a notation in the parish register that he was the third son of William Goodrich. ^[8] Eldest son Robert Goodrich was also one of the individuals named in a Hessett deed of feoffment with livery of seisin dated 06 Oct 1585 that named William Goodrich and Robert his son, ^[9] which is also consistent with Robert Goodrich being the eldest son. No known baptismal record exists for daughter Elizabeth Goodrich or for son John Goodrich; the principal heir in the 04 Apr 1631 will of William Goodrich of Hessett; proved 02 Feb 1631/2, which did not name eldest son Robert Goodrich, who apparently died before the will was drafted; their sister Susan Goodrich was baptized 30 May 1591. ^[10]

Y-DNA

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 major scientific advance in Y-DNA testing, available to the public since 2013, ^[11] intervened in 2015: next-generation-sequencing (NGS) Y-SNP tests of the Y-descendants: G-18: William Goodrich of Wethersfield, CT, ^[12] G-50: William Goodrich III; later known as William-1 Goodridge of Watertown, MA, ^[13] G-62 Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, VA. ^[14]

The results of the testing showed that:

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

NOTES

Name

Name: William Goodrich

William Gooderich. ^[15]

Birth

1545

Hessett, Suffolk, England

Born ABT 1545. prob. Suffolk County, England. ^[16]

Marriage

Marriage 1568 Felsham, Suffolk County, England. ^[17]

Burial

Date: 24 OCT 1631

Place: Bury, St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Eng

Died BET 04 APR 1631 AND 24 OCT 1631. ^[18][19] Imported only 04 APR 1631 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.

Will: 04 APR 1631. Hegessett, Suffolk County, England. Note: naming all his children except [RF:00010]. He named his son [RF:00005] as sole executor and an heir, leaving him all his "howses... and hereditaments... in Hegessett... free and copieholds... forevermore." John was also tasked with paying as render £16 to his brother [RF:00003], £8 to his sister [R:00007], wife of Philip Clarke, and £8 to his sister [R:00008], wife of John Beamand. The will has the mark of John Bately (or Bewley), Richard Sharpe, and John Tapley (or Copley), which were witnessed in the presence of John Whyte. ^[20][21] 02 FEB 1631/32. Sudbury, Suffolk County, England. ^[22]

Buried 24 OCT 1631. Hessett, Suffolk County, England. ^[23]

William Goodrich. ^[24]

• Title: Comstock-Thomas ancestry of Richard Wilmot Comstock Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Pitman, H. Minot. Comstock-Thomas ancestry of Richard Wilmot Comstock. Bronxville, N.Y.?: unknown, 1964.Original data: Pitman, H. Minot. Comstock-Thomas ancestry of Richard Note: Place of publication from foreword.|||Includes bibliographical references and index. APID: 1,17269::0
• Source: S2 The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984
• Source: S5 Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Francis Helen Miller, Volumes: 2 Volumes Holman, Mary Lovering; Holman, Winifred Lovering; Pillsbury, Helen Pendleton Winston Publication: Privately printed at Rumford Press, Concord, New Hampshire, 1948-1953
• Source: S711279053 Repository: #R700641316 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Repository: R700641316 Ancestry.com

Sources

1. ↑ Records of St. Ethelbert Parish, Hessett, Suffolk, England.
2. ↑ Will of Robert Goodrich of Felsham dated 26 Jun 1563; proved 22 Feb 1569/70.
3. ↑ Will of Adam Goodrich of Felsham dated 08 Mar 1596/7; proved 08 Apr 1597.
4. ↑ Baptismal register of St. Ethelbert parish, Hessett, Suffolk, England
5. ↑ http://goodrichfamilyassoc.org/Newsletters/Documents/September_2013.pdf
6. ↑ St. Peters parish transcript records, Felsham, Suffolk, England.
7. ↑ St. Peters parish transcript records, Felsham, Suffolk, England.
8. ↑ Baptismal register of St. Ethelbert parish, Hessett, Suffolk, England
9. ↑ Goodrich Family Association Quarterly, volume 9, issue 4 (Sep 2013), page 91: http://goodrichfamilyassoc.org/Newsletters/Documents/September_2013.pdf
10. ↑ Baptismal register of St. Ethelbert parish, Hessett, Suffolk, England
11. ↑ https://isogg.org/wiki/Y-DNA_next_generation_sequencing
12. ↑ Full Genomes Corp. Y-Elite 2.0 test 7YZ53; YFull tree kit YF05423.
13. ↑ Full Genomes Corp. Y-Elite 2.0 test 8YQRA; YFull tree kit YF05422.
14. ↑ Full Genomes Corp. Y-Elite 2.0 test N2L2C; YFull tree kit YF05421.
15. ↑ Source: #S2 pages 19 and 31
16. ↑ Source: #S5 page 181
17. ↑ Source: #S5 page 181. This data states that the Suffolk Marriage Index in Ipswich shows the marriage of a William Goodrich and Margaret Richardson. It goes on to state that this is probably the marriage of William Goodrich of Hessett. It further states that the afore mentioned record must be from a transcript, as the earliest extant register of Felsham begins in 1656
18. ↑ Source: #S2 pages 19 and 31
19. ↑ Source: #S5 page 181
20. ↑ Source: #S2 page 19
21. ↑ Source: #S5 page 182
22. ↑ Source: #S2 page 19
23. ↑ Source: #S5 page 181
24. ↑ Source: #S711279053 Book Title: Autobiography of William Seymour Tyler, D D , LL D and related papers : with a genealogy of the anc

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