Richard Goodwin (abt. 1764)

Born about 1764 in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania

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Died [date unknown] in Michigan, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Richard was born about 1764. He is the son of William Goodwin and Ruth Gibbs.

Richard Goodwin, (son of William, grandson of Abraham), born probably in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, USA.

He first married a woman whose maiden name was Weyburn.

After the death of his first wife, Richard Goodwin married a second time, and removed with his wife and their child to Michigan.

Children by first wife:

1. William Goodwin, married and settled near Detroit, Michigan, USA., untraced.
2. Edwin Weyburn Goodwin, born 1800, married, first, Almira Ives, second Almira LaBarre.
3. Ruth Goodwin, married William Underwood.

Child by second wife:

1. Richard Goodwin II, taken to Michigan by his parents, untraced.

Sources

• William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Supplement, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Pg. 64, October 1899, Editor: Lyon G. Tyler, M. A., L L., D., President of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia. "The Goodwin Families in America."

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/1915853?seq=4#metadata_info_tab_contents