David Goodridge (1716 - 1786)

Born 24 Nov 1716 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Martin) Goodridge — married 19 Mar 1740 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1786 at age 69 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

David was born on 24 November 1716 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.^[1]

David married Elizabeth Martin on 10 January 1740 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.^[2]

David's son David Goodridge was born on 19 March 1741 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[3]

David married Lydia (David) Wood on 21 May 1765 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[4]

He died July, 13, 1786. ^[5]

David is buried at South Street Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.^[6]

Transcribed from Case:^[5]

"resided in South Fitchburg, Mass., where he settled at an early date. In 1747, a party of hostile Indians from Canada made an incursion into the town, and one day while Dea. David Goodridge was out looking for a stray cow they surrounded him and demanded his surrender. He spurred his horse and escaped to the garrison. An alarm was fired, men came in from the neighboring settlement, and the Indians retired and concealed themselves. In his flight he lost his hat, and ten years after, an Indian prisoner, taken somewhere on the Connecticut River, had on his head the indentical hat.

Fitchburg was set off from Lunenburg, Feb. 3, 1764, and David Goodridge was one of the first board of selectmen chosen. He was sent as delegate of the town to the provincial congress which met at Concord and Cambridge in 1774 - John Hancock, president - and was sent again the next year to the congress which met at Cambridge, Feb. 1, 1775.

David Goodridge moved from Ipswich to Lunenburg. In 1741, Elizabeth Martin, wife of David Goodridge, was dismissed from the Chebacco Church in Ipswich to the church in Lunenburg.

In 1640, John Martin was admitted freeman in Charlestown. Another John Martin was admitted freeman in 1665. John and Jane (Durgin) Martin, parents of Elizabeth, probably came to Ipswich in 1733, as the births of their children are recorded together in the page of that year".

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009724, FamilySearch Record: QG1K-3G7Y (accessed 20 May 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-98F8 Image number 00258,
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, citing Marriage, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009712, FamilySearch Record: QG1K-S9GS (accessed 20 May 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L97M-R9SZ-W Image number 00898,
3. ↑ Birth of son David Goodridge: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, citing Birth, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225, FamilySearch Record: Q29L-TJ2Y (accessed 20 May 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RSG-84L Image number 00084,
4. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, citing Marriage, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009529, FamilySearch Record: QPHQ-MG99 (accessed 20 May 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-C7P4 Image number 00159,
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} (Case) P.363
6. ↑ Memorial: "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #92718395 (accessed 20 May 2023), Memorial page for Deacon David Goodridge (24 Nov 1716-13 Jan 1786), citing South Street Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).

• FamilySearch Person: LJJN-ZZ6

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-01), "Record of David Goodridge", Ancestor # A045641.

• Case, Lafayette Wallace. The Goodrich Family in America A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn (Fergus Printing Co., Chicago, 1889)

• Goodridge, Edwin Alonzo. The Goodridge Genealogy, A History of the Descendants of William Goodridge (Lenz & Riecker, New York, 1918); p. 96

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 August 2020), memorial page for Deacon David Goodridge (24 Nov 1716–13 Jan 1786), Find a Grave Memorial no. 92718395, citing South Street Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill Bourbeau (contributor 47387362) Find A Grave: Memorial #92718395.

Acknowledgements

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