John Goodwin (1677 - abt. 1707)

Born 23 Jul 1677 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hopkins) Goodwin — married 25 May 1700 in Boston, Massachusetts

Died about 31 Oct 1707 at about age 30 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John was a Mason.

John and Martha Goodwin christened their son John in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, on 23 July 1677.

John m. Mary Hopkins on 23 May 1700 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Probate

John Goodwin Jr. of Boston, Mason died intestate and on 31 October 1707, his widow Mary was granted the administration of his estate. His inventory was not dated. He was a slaveholder and his inventory included an enslaved black man.^[1]

In 1714, Jonathan Kimball of Boston, cordwainer was appointed guardian to his minor children Abiel Goodwin, aged 8 years, Martha Goodwin, aged about 10 years, and Mary Goodwin, aged 12 years, of the estate that they inherited from their grandfather, John Goodwin.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Probate and Family Court Department FILE PAPERS, Box 018 Cases 02961-03150, 1636-1894, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXD-83GJ-D : 4 March 2024), Film #102992159, Suffolk, Massachusetts, File# 3060, image 736. Note: Samuel Willard's documents are in his file too.
2. ↑ "Probate and Family Court Department FILE PAPERS, Box 021 Cases 03551-03740, 1636-1894" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXD-83YP-S : 3 March 2024), Film# 102992162, Suffolk, Massachusetts, image 62-70, File# 3562-3564.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPP-DDM : 4 December 2014), John Goodwin, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0837130 IT 2.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQQ-7ZT : 13 July 2016), John Goodwyn and Mary Hopkins, 23 May 1700; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,093.