Henry Goldham (1605 - abt. 1661)

Born 1605 in England

Husband of Frances (Burnell) Munger — married after Jun 1627 in England

Descendants

Died about 1661 at about age 56 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut

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Biography

Henry Goldham or Goldam was born in 1605, in England. (Goldam spelling from The History of Guilford, Connecticut from its first settlement in 1639)

Henry's will was recorded in the probate records of his wife, Frances. It is dated 9 July 1661, and recorded in New Haven in 1671.^[1]

HISTORY OF GUILFORD. 15 ... Henry Goldam appears to have been here at this time and long afterwards but his name is omitted from the lists for some cause.

HISTORY OF GUILFORD. 25

Rich. Hughes, died July 3, 1658.

John Stone, " Feb., 1687.

George Bartlett, " Aug. 2, 1669.

Henry Goldam, " 1661.

Nicholas Munger, " Oct. 16, 1668.

Geo. Chatfield, " June 9, 1671,

John Bishop, Jr., " Oct., 1683.

Stephen Bishop, " June, 1690.

This list contains the names of forty-seven persons probably all freemen, as at the time the list was made out there were many others resident in Guilford and planters not named. Of the twenty-eight freemen on the former list of 1650, the nine- teen mentioned again are those in italics.

Sources

1. ↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NJ-G : 9 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 163. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 2, page 43.

The History of Guilford, Connecticut from its first settlement in 1639; From manuscripts of Hon. Ralph D. Smith; J. Munsell, Printer 1877 Albany, N. Y.

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter, pg. 1687.

The Munger Book: Something of the Mungers, 1639-1914, including some who mistakenly write the name Monger and Mungor. Compiled by Jeremiah ( J.B.) Munger ; with the valued assistance of John. E. Munger and Francis E. Munger. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1915. Digital version online at http://tokala.net/MungerBook/index.htm

Munger family gathering, 1783-1907 -- Copy of mss. left by Walter Price Munger Esq. -- Copy of old family tree found in attic of the old Josiah Munger house, Guilford, Connecticut

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