Elizabeth (Holden) Godden (1709)

Born 29 Jul 1709 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Godden — married 31 May 1728 in Watertown, Massachusetts

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Biography

Elizabeth was a daughter of John Holden and Grace (Jennison) Holden. She was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, on 29 July 1709.^[1][2]

Elizabeth Holden was married to Henry Goddin in Watertown on 31 May 1728.^[3][4] Henry Goding made his will on 9 February 1756, naming his "dearly beloved wife Ellizabeth Goding" to inherit his real and personal estate for use during her remaining life, with the estate to pass after her death to "Jonathan Goding my kinsman whom I brought up." The will did not mention his having any children of his own.^[5]

Disputed Identity

In the Henry Genealogy, Eldridge identifies her as the Elisabeth who was married to Josiah Jones of Concord, Massachusetts, and later married James Henry of Hadley, Massachusetts.^[6] This is inconsistent with the records indicating that Elizabeth Holden was married to Henry Goddin. Henry Goddin was still living when Josiah Jones died in Concord on 4 June 1741, so his widow could not have been married to Josiah Jones.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Watertown, Massachusetts. Vol. 2, page 38: Elizabeth Holdin (sic) daughter of John & Grace Holdin was born July the: 29: 1709.
2. ↑ Eldridge, page 6
3. ↑ Vital Records of Watertown, Massachusetts, Vol. 2, page 85: May 31. 1728. Henry Goddin (sic) and Elizebeth (sic) Holdin (sic) both of VVatertown were joyned in Marriage by ye Revd mr Seth Storer minifter of ye Gospel.
4. ↑ Bond, pages 257 and 301.
5. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Probate File of Henry Godden, Watertown, Case 9273, filed 1759.
6. ↑ Eldridge, page 6
7. ↑ Vital Records of Concord, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, page 158: Josiah Jones, Husband to Elisabeth his Wife died June 4: : 1741.

• Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1860.
• Eldridge, William Henry. Henry Genealogy: The Descendants of Samuel Henry of Hadley and Amherst, Mass. T. R. Marvin and Son, 1913. page 6