David E. Goodridge (1747 - 1813)

Born 23 Apr 1747 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Silence (Joslin) Goodrich — married 20 Aug 1772 in Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1813 at age 66 in Winchendon, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Corporal David Goodridge served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

David Goodrich was born on April 23, 1747 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were David Goodridge and Elizabeth Martin. ^{[1] [2]}

He married Silence Joslin on August 20, 1772. ^[2]

Together they had these children:^[3]

1. David Goodrich, b. 1774
2. Calvin "Jonas" Goodrich, b. 1775, d.y.
3. Silence Goodrich, b. 1777
4. Betsey Goodrich, b. 1779
5. Dolly Goodrich, b. 1781
6. Anna Goodrich, b. 1784
7. David Goodrich, b. 1787
8. Calvin Goodrich, b. 1792

David and Silence resided in Winchendon where David settled prior to the marriage. They were members of First Church in Winchendon. Their property was near what became known as Goodridge hill.^[4] David received land in Winchendon from his father David Goodridge of Fitchburg on 7 May 1774 for love and goodwill. This property was 100 acres of the North division, lot number 12 which originally belonged to John Martin.^[5]

He is likely the David Goodridge of Winchendon who served a corporal in Capt. Abel Wilder’s company of Minute Men who marched at the alarm to Cambridge. He had a further fifteen days of service as private in the company of Lieut. Joseph Boynton that responded to the alarm at Bennington. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

He died on July 11, 1813 in Winchendon, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

In his will written 16 June 1813 (proved 3 August 1813), David Goodridge bequeathed to well-beloved daughter Silence Nutting fifteen dollars in addition to what has been given her. Each of the six children of Silence receives ten dollars each when they arrive at age twenty-one. Well-beloved daughter Betsy Darling receives one hundred dollars and does well-beloved daughter Dolly McElwain. His three daughters receive to household furniture to equally divide. Well-beloved son Calvin receives one hundred dollars. The executor is to provide headstones for David, his wife, and daughter Anna deceased. His two sons David and Calvin equally divide the remainder of the estate. Lieut. Paul Raymond was named executor. Real estate was valued at $2,035 including the pew in the meeting house with total estate value of $2,822.68.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn page 363,4,9
3. ↑ Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
4. ↑ History_of_the_Town_of_Winchendon (Rev. Abijah Perkins Marvin, 1868); p 456, p 26
5. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 79:446
6. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); volume 6, p 598
7. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
9. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 24725

• Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Rich Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984.

• Goodridge, Edwin Alonzo. The Goodridge Genealogy, A History of the Descendants of William Goodridge (Lenz & Riecker, New York, 1918); No. 44, pg. 121

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-1S95 : 17 March 2018), David Goodridge, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Winchendon, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,026,993.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-ZB9J : 17 March 2018), David Goodridge, 21 Aug 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,026,993.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-FGZW : 17 March 2018), David Goodridge, 21 Aug 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,026,993.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TJ59 : 10 November 2020), David Goodridge, 23 Apr 1747; citing Birth, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-NTZ : accessed 1 September 2021), David Goodridge, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 665, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2D-G8B : accessed 1 September 2021), David Goodrick, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 950, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 205,630.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-Q44C : 1 March 2021), David Goodridge, 20 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Winchendon, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711085.

• Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1909); p. 34-5

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 August 2020), memorial page for David Goodridge (23 Apr 1747–11 Jul 1813), Find A Grave: Memorial #24838697, citing Old Centre Burial Ground, Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Star Rhodes (contributor 46878998) Find A Grave: Memorial #24838697.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LHJ1-29Q

Acknowledgements

• GED file graciously provided to Whitney Rapp on 10/18/17 by Goodrich Family Association (http://www.goodrichfamilyassoc.org) for upload to WikiTree.